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So at least Man Utd got rid of Onana now, that trade alone will allow Utd to end several positions higher in the log, the best trade they could have done this season in my opinion

They lost a lot of log points last season as a direct result of his mistakes. He was a lot worse than Bosnich.

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The Bulls have recruited really, really well - way better than any of their rivals - to the extent you really have to fancy them this season. They're all old enough? Pollard will make a difference but I'm not sure it'll be a huge one looking at the RC and his time at Leicester. Marvin Oie didnt las...

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presumably when America manages to force down drug prices, the savings will be passed on to patients so they can actually get affordable medication? Well considering the kind of mark ups on drugs as it is right now I doubt any big cuts are coming in to make prices comparable to many other parts of ...

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The Bulls have picked a squad of players mostly under 21 years. I am glad they went that route and are giving most of the URC players a rest except for the ones that had very little play time. They also included 6 of the baby boks, 5 from the final squad. And with Ackermann watching on a lot of thes...

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Boan Venter was very close to qualifiying for Scotland. I don't think there is any question he'd get more Scottish caps than Bok and make more money doing so. It also makes him less attractive for Edinburgh to keep him. It shows the lure of the home jersey, and hope he does feature many more times ...

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Hope they get Jacques NieNaber. He already gave to much intellectual property to Leinster. It was never going to be any of the other top choices, they were all under contract still and most likely have cost a ton to get released from their contracts. Ackermann was always the first choice since the ...

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Baby Boks pack was absolutely demolished in the set piece by Argentina the whole game. Luckily their backline was deadly when they got the ball in hand. Very disappointing performance the bok pack, also giving away loads of penalties. Hope they sort that crap out before Saturday.

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The boks again with poor execution in this 2nd half. No composure.

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That was an interesting "line out jump" in open play to draw a penalty advantage. They also deliberately gave away a scrum at the start of the game, unfortunately that time the pack engaged to quickly. I love that they keep on testing out different things during these games Kick off was deliberate ...

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But there is still a lot of unforced errors from them. And Libbok keeps his one game good kicker, one game bad kicker trend going. I assume the team against Georgia will again be completely different so that he can give the full 50 squad a run. Wiese is a card machine for the Boks, we need someone e...

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That was an interesting "line out jump" in open play to draw a penalty advantage. They also deliberately gave away a scrum at the start of the game, unfortunately that time the pack engaged to quickly. I love that they keep on testing out different things during these games

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It’s a weird enough one. His insistence that Leinster players are just in a different league implies that Leinster have massively underperformed in bulls’ two knock out victories. In light of these recent victories, is it a little self serving to throw your arms in the air and say “nothing I can do...

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It maybe just me looking from afar but cricket looks to be dying in SA. I looked at the twitter trends earlier and there was very little comment from Saffers and mostly it was Inds. Cricket will never die in SA. We have the same schoolboy structure for cricket as rugby. Its our main summer and wint...

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Bulls have beaten Leinster before in Dublin Think it was against a much weakened Leinster if I recall. No it was against most of the star players, in the first season knockouts. The Bulls played a very good game that day with very few mistakes. Unfortunately this year's vintage make to many mistake...

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Hard as it is to believe but it's the attack and not the defence that's the problem. Man Utd came 8th last season. With the 6th best defense and the 9th best attack. This year in 16th with the joint 15th best attack and joint 11th best defence. Some of the mix ups are school boy but it's up front w...

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I have the opinion that Leinster's constant rotation of players throughout the season also affects them come the knockouts. No other team in any of the other leagues have their top players play as few minutes as Leinster's over a season. So even though they are fresher, they are not battle hardened ...

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The babyboks looked really unfit, specially the forwards, the were struggling by the end of the first half already. They also looked really slow in movement and reacted very slow to loose ball and ball on the ground. New Zealand is going to hammer them if they play like this again. From the 2 games ...

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That loss to the Bulls didnt help any other team in URC. I agree with Freddie regarding the home and away derby matches. It should only be one match like the others. The derbies are the lifeblood of most teams. He's correct they put the Irish and SA teams at a disadvantage but it'd be mad to get ri...

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Oh how the might have fallen! So winning the Europa league is the mighty fallen? 14th in the premier league is. Yes it is a fall, an no Man Utd fan think otherwise, but a Europa League win will be 1 trophy more than the majority of teams will have, even more than some in the top 4 most likely. You ...

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So it is Liberation Day today...will this be the day that the rest of the world slowly get liberated from the influence and control of the USA? Or will the EU and G7 continue to bend the knee to their overlord like they have done for the last couple of decades. It seems Trump is doing wonders for As...

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ZuLurk wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 3:27 am FT
Airlink Pumas 46
Toyota Cheetahs 38

My home province, the Pumas, going strong, even though they keep losing players every year to the other provinces.

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Unfortunately the Willie experiment at FH has had limited success, with him playing good one game and then having a shocker the next. He had 2 shockers against the Sharks and the Stormers. But it is a symptom of the Bulls this season in general, no consistency in performances and a complete lack of ...

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Jake White and the Bulls are disappointing. The Bulls collect so many old age SA players from all over. They had the best youngsters but White love to buy/poach. Serfontein, Pollard WTF? Serfontein maybe, but Pollard is definitely needed. Non of the current flyhalves on the Bulls books, except for ...

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Trump invokes 18th-century wartime act to deport five Venezuelans Donald Trump has invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelan nationals from the US. In a presidential proclamation issued on Saturday, the White House said: “Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Te...

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What a sh*thouse by the bulls and Willie having a shocker. Bulls not handling the wet well at all

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The rain is back to a drizzle now, so they are trying to get most of the water off the field now and players are coming out for warmups

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Jensrsa wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 3:56 pm Looks like there’s at least an hour delay

Yeah the screen in the stadium just says delayed until an inspection can be done.

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FT: Lions 38-14 Sharks Was 38-0 until the 76th minute Great win for the Lions. Im sitting at Loftus and the rain is pouring down and some lightning as well. This is not going to be a great game if the rain continues like this. Very worried about the Bulls error rate in this rain. First half at EP w...

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Loftus starting to look like a swimming pool with this downpour, i will not be surprised if the game gets postponed by a few hours

the rain coming down so much now you can barely see the opposite side of the stadium

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Jensrsa wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 3:14 pm FT: Lions 38-14 Sharks

Was 38-0 until the 76th minute

Great win for the Lions. Im sitting at Loftus and the rain is pouring down and some lightning as well. This is not going to be a great game if the rain continues like this. Very worried about the Bulls error rate in this rain.

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i thought saffer rugby was strapped for cash, how can they afford all this ? Until this year I think the South African teams did not share in the money of the URC and the other European competitions, so they had to budget on their own dime, but from next season they are full financial partners I be...

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Ukraine's problem is that they trusted the USA to begin with. The USA's history getting involved in conflicts since the 2WW does not shout "we are trustworthy allies" Every conflict they got involved in since the 2WW they have stabbed the people they "helped" in the back. And left them worse off tha...

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Zelensky should invite him to come see the rare earth sites... see-before-you-buy tour... Raw earth... :thumbup: scorched earth... I think Zelensky will be better off not inviting the USA to come and see the RE metals. That revelation would turn the USA even more towards Russia :lol: I minerals rep...

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Only drills the Bulls need to run through the week is handling drills, exceptionally bad handling, soon as they god to the red zone they dropped it, their own worst enemy today. But this has been a theme all season so far, screwing up loads of try opportunities through unforced errors. The bulls coa...

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Bulls are throwing this game away. So many opportunities messed up by unforced errors. Handling has been really bad. At the stadium but very frustrating half to watch if you are a bulls fan.

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Why don't Stormers play in Cape town? Justin Bieber or Monster Trucks again? Decided long ago. They're taking some of their games to their fan base in the Eastern Cape Yeah I think it is nice to play some games in areas that are far away and give the fans a chance to see some live rugby. In Super r...

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Checks and balances are good until you get to a point where you have enough people in government that are willing to do anything for you. With enough supporters in government you can overwrite the Constitution of a country and just about anything else. Not sure what majority is required in the USA t...

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+1 40% of all US bankruptcies ate due to medical debt. the system is designed by these CEOs to reject as many legitimate case as possible. They get away with it because Big Pharma and the like put so much money into sponsoring news media, a sometimes reported 70% of TV news advertising. Logically t...

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If the score ends like this Australia can feel very hard done by with that try that came after the Ireland knock. Ireland getting a proper rub of the green with their mistakes and infringements being missed quite a few times.

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Someone please let me know when he overtakes Joost. Because right now, nope. He's on the long list with Joost, Edwards, Gregan, Fourie et al., but not clearly the greatest 9. Let alone the greatest full stop. More broadly, it's impossible to judge whether someone is the GOAT or not while their care...

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