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- Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
Squire v POM? Hard to pick and I'm not shitting on Squire, POM is a very good and experienced player, whereas Squire has rarely played to his potential at this level IMO. Never been all that impressed with Squire when I've seen him but admittedly haven't watched a lot of the ABs in the past year. H...
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official ‘Apathetic about Brexit’ thread
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2923
Re: The Official ‘Apathetic about Brexit’ thread
I might care once we know the outcome, until then it's the worlds most boring drama. At least the Trump saga can be amusing. You can literally go fûck yourself. There is no positive to this. Fûck your insularity. Easy tiger. I'm simply stating that all the speculation is dull. He’s not always a hap...
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ is going to hell and a handbasket
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3363
Re: NZ is going to hell and a handbasket
worst house in the best street and all that
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official ‘Apathetic about Brexit’ thread
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2923
Re: The Official ‘Apathetic about Brexit’ thread
Easy tiger. I'm simply stating that all the speculation is dull.happyhooker wrote:You can literally go fûck yourself.Andalu wrote:I might care once we know the outcome, until then it's the worlds most boring drama. At least the Trump saga can be amusing.
There is no positive to this. Fûck your insularity.
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official ‘Apathetic about Brexit’ thread
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2923
Re: The Official ‘Apathetic about Brexit’ thread
I might care once we know the outcome, until then it's the worlds most boring drama. At least the Trump saga can be amusing.
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
Jay Cee Gee wrote:Who f**king cares who the neutrals will be supporting. Losers who support teams ranked below #2 can piss off.
Such a pointless and needy argument
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
Don't be silly, they are using their arms.
If so, who is likely to play there?bw245 wrote:
I’ve a strong feeling Leavy will pull out tomorrow.
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
Let's be honest, most SH fans support SH teams and NH fans NH teams in cross-hemisphere games. I'm sure it didn't used to be like this but it certainly seem that way now.
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Poorly officiating the offside line
- Replies: 307
- Views: 25414
Re: Poorly officiating the offside line
WR came out and said it was the right call, no?
Whether it should have been offside is a different discussion though, I'm sure plenty of NZers aren't fans of waiting till the 9 actually picks up the ball either.
Whether it should have been offside is a different discussion though, I'm sure plenty of NZers aren't fans of waiting till the 9 actually picks up the ball either.
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
Squire v POM? Hard to pick and I'm not shitting on Squire, POM is a very good and experienced player, whereas Squire has rarely played to his potential at this level IMO.
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Meanwhile, in NZ our kids are now officially retarded
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4614
Re: Meanwhile, in NZ our kids are now officially retarded
"I don't think we can make assumptions about what students should and shouldn't know at that level," he said. " Ah, yes you can. Pretty sure there's such a thing as a curriculum and attached syllabus that would pretty much state what a student should know and I imagine the would 'trivial' would be ...
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
When NZ-born Pass “Kiwi As Fvck” Uluilakepa crouched down to scrum against the Ireland U20s, he was momentarily confused. Expecting to hear the lilting tones of the brogue coming back at him, he was shocked to hear something far more exotic. That’s because Polish-born Kuba “He Looks Irish Now Doesn...
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
In fairness Rokocoko was on a 3 year contract, was tough for him to go back to school aged 8 when he didn't make the ABs.
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
I think you miss the point that over half those guys moved as toddlers with their parents in normal immigration, the rest moved on scholarships to schools. Point the fingers at the schools if you want, how dare they offer kids from developing countries a better education.
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
They are comparing players like Kaino, who moved to NZ aged 4, and Muliaina, moved age 3, to Aki and Payne, who moved around age 25 on pro contracts.
That's really grasping at straws.
That's really grasping at straws.
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Ireland 2022.....nice
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4059
Re: Ireland 2022.....nice
Shite weather, drop goal to win, controversial reffing decision all sounds familiar. I wonder if we'll see the same bounce-back from the ABs this week?
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Ireland 2022.....nice
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4059
Re: Ireland 2022.....nice
It's a fun exercise but picking an AB team almost 4 years out is basically impossible. Don't think there are many (if any) players signed till then and guessing that Aumua overtakes Taylor (for example) is a huge assumption.
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
Caption this picture.
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
If Joe wants to go back for non-business reasons then I doubt he will be bothered if he walks straight into the top job or not.
That being said, someone close to him told me that if Ireland lose then he will announce he is leaving.
That being said, someone close to him told me that if Ireland lose then he will announce he is leaving.
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
The one thing you should never say out loud is 'we're not scared'. Even if you aren't, the moment you say that you just tell yourself that you are. Sneaky from the cunning NZ press. Things you shouldn't say: 'We're not scared' 'aura' 'New Zealand' (Instead of All Blacks) Not saying ABs but saying W...
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
iarmhiman wrote:Nothing. There would be mad drinking and craic.Tehui wrote:Hypothetical: if a cabal took place between Irish and kiwi posters, what would happen?
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Highest number of foreign born players in AI squad?
- Replies: 167
- Views: 12793
Re: Highest number of foreign born players in AI squad?
Berghan is ancestry. I'd never heard of him before he represented Scotland but then I'm not a Cantabrian.
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Highest number of foreign born players in AI squad?
- Replies: 167
- Views: 12793
Re: Highest number of foreign born players in AI squad?
How many residency poaches had Scotland had? Seems like most are ancestry.
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Poorly officiating the offside line
- Replies: 307
- Views: 25414
Re: Poorly officiating the offside line
The ref is a coward. No wonder Lawes thought he'd get away with it.
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: England vs All Blacks 10 Nov 2018 15:00 GMT
- Replies: 1934
- Views: 96541
Re: Official Thread: England vs All Blacks 10 Nov 2018 15:00
Just realised I thought Underhill and Simmonds were the same person until this very moment... Similar players, in many ways . Apart from the way they play the game. They're completely different styles of player If you say so, I've hardly seen either of them play. Both relatively normal sized blonde...
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: England vs All Blacks 10 Nov 2018 15:00 GMT
- Replies: 1934
- Views: 96541
Re: Official Thread: England vs All Blacks 10 Nov 2018 15:00
Just realised I thought Underhill and Simmonds were the same person until this very moment...
Similar players, in many ways.
Similar players, in many ways.
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Which country has the worst governing body in Rugby?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4437
Re: Which country has the worst governing body in Rugby?
On a financial level, Samoa. So corrupt. Of the big 10, SA, for the political interference.
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 2:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
Zero chance the ABs will have heard of whoever is starting at 9 for Ireland then.
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 2:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
That's a shame if true. Henshaw has never blown me away but Murray is a world class player.CM11 wrote:Murray also confirmed out.Nolanator wrote:Henshaw out. Ringrose and Aki in the centres, so.
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 2:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: England's first-choice blindside flanker
- Replies: 85
- Views: 8901
Re: England's first-choice blindside flanker
I would've thought there are dozens of Shields-esque players in England.
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 1:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Highest number of foreign born players in AI squad?
- Replies: 167
- Views: 12793
Re: Highest number of foreign born players in AI squad?
Foreign born by itself is quite meaningless e.g. if you immigrate as a toddler you are hardly a poach. One grandparent to me isn't enough but I don't see that ever changing. At least with a guy like Shields it's both parents so it's an undeniable link, as opposed to a guy who discovers one of his gr...
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 3:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Gatland calls Kerevi a coward who deserved a card
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6136
Re: Gatland calls Kerevi a coward who deserved a card
Thread needs a Kid A gif.
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 3:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Wales v's Straya Match 10th Nov 17:20
- Replies: 237
- Views: 15919
Re: Official Thread: Wales v's Straya Match 10th Nov 17:20
Anyone see the slightly dodgy flop from J Davies at the end?
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:46 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Turning down kicks at goal
- Replies: 73
- Views: 6282
Re: Turning down kicks at goal
Who would've predicted Beauden kicking at 100% and in shocking conditions, with a drop goal.
A lot of people said his kicking would cost us in a tight game.
A lot of people said his kicking would cost us in a tight game.
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Turning down kicks at goal
- Replies: 73
- Views: 6282
Re: Turning down kicks at goal
The roof was closed in Wales no?
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: England vs All Blacks 10 Nov 2018 15:00 GMT
- Replies: 1934
- Views: 96541
Re: Official Thread: England vs All Blacks 10 Nov 2018 15:00
Retallick 6/10?
Invalidates the whole article
Invalidates the whole article
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 12:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Poorly officiating the offside line
- Replies: 307
- Views: 25414
Re: Poorly officiating the offside line
Every team pushes the line and tests the ref. The problem is when a ref is so lax on policing offside that when he is forced to make a call and has to go by the letter of the law, it makes all his refereeing up to that point questionable. As others pointed out, had they not made it to the line off t...
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 11:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 34 000 turn out in Brazil to see Maori ABs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2597
Re: 34 000 turn out in Brazil to see Maori ABs
The weather was shocking too, might have had a few more if it was fine.
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NH vs SH - 2018 EOYT - OFFICIAL scorecards.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3760
Re: NH vs SH - 2018 EOYT - OFFICIAL scorecards.
Palma? Los Palmas is in the Canaries.
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:37 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900 IST
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 118170
Re: Official Thread: Ireland vs All Blacks 17 Nov 2018 1900
I just heard SOB is out. A shame if true. Broken arm The poor lad must have smashed a thousand mirrors and walked under a 298 ladders. :? Can’t catch a break these days. Strange, Shag said in the press conference that it was a grade 1 AC problem. SOB, not SBW. He probably thought he meant a differe...