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Shame on everyone who thought that Ian Foster would never land a head coaching role again and said his ascension to the AB coaching role was nepotism and jobs for the boys at its worst. The man’s credentials speak for him and on his and his merit alone, he has landed the head coaching role at Toyota...

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I’m wanting it to be Liverpool and if not them, Arsenal … so the results were pretty disappointing to wake up to this morning.

I hope city don’t walk away with this but expect they will.

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I am passing through Oxford so stopped to grab a couple of Sheffield Pies.

I have gone for a peppered steak and a venison and whiskey.

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Sounds bad.

Thoughts to all involved.

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Thomas wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:58 am
sunnybanana wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:40 am Good on the Aus judiciary for taking action
Our government will take any opportunity to deport a Kiwi.

Unless he can cover 10 and has a mercurial running game, he’ll be gone.

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Brendan Leonard and Steve Devine? Unsure if they were ever in the same squad though so don’t know if that works.

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Someone better grab them or we’ll be hearing “you can’t even give Crusader tickets away these days” soon enough.

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The BBC’s live reporting is accurate but cutting.

KICK-OFF
Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd

The used-to-be-good derby kicks off.

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It’s crazy. Presumably sides will start announcing that injured All Blacks are available a couple of weeks earlier than reality but are being rested.

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Manchester United have been dominated all over the park all night and looked to have snatched a win for all of 30 seconds before the equaliser.

Can Brentford find a deserved winner?

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Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:09 am 1 thread that won't be Irished

Probably.

They might show up early but I can’t see them hanging around.

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My wife is from Wigan so we get over that way every couple of years. I won’t have the same quality of advice as the locals but if you are heading to Wrexham there’s the Blue Planet aquarium nearby (just out of Chester from memory) which our kids enjoyed at a similar age … it breaks the trip to Wrexh...

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Thank goodness for that.

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Nice … counting down every minute now.

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0-5 and propping up the bottom of the table makes you appreciate the little things like holding a lead.

I’m nervous.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A6RDX3I06 ... NrIGh1bWFu

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That has quite a lot of support on Twitter, along with poor, misunderstood Russell... About time. Dolphins and Pandas have been given an easy ride for too long. The tide is turning https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9fcHzDxZcLo/maxresdefault.jpg And there must be no surprise at all at the similarities in dress...

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Auckland is probably a better option anyway - easier for a crowd to watch (more vantage points) I would have thought and without an endangered species present. I get the frustration but presumably the restrictions were known to Sail GP and Coutts when they signed up for the location. Unless an unexp...

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A stuff article (Marc Hinton I think) described this as an acid test for the Blues.

The Crusaders being talked of so highly was the highlight of the season for me.

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Ticker tape parades for the winners, a spoon pelting for the losers. There is a symmetry there.

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In a shocking development it has been revealed that the ECB has been exposing England’s cricketing youth to toxic material. Hulk-like batsmen could light up the T20 circuit and Spider-Manesque quick bowlers slinging it down would be impressive, but is this taking things too far? https://www.stuff.co...

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Maybe we have gone full circle back to 1996.

The wooden spoon could be on the cards this year, a solid mid-table the season after and then a glorious three-peat from 2027-2029.

Rob Penney took on a huge ask following Razor and with all the departures, but the injuries/illness on top are killers.

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Barrett isn’t just out for this match, he is out for six weeks.

Tough times.

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Kate has admitted to editing the image. Two scenarios then. Either, the photo is essentially as it originally was but she had a go at editing it to fix a few things she wasn't entirely happy with, and the whole thing has been blown out of proportion. Or, they are all wearing human looking skin suit...

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I wonder how Boult would have coped even if he was picked. He’s been living off a T20 only diet for so long would he have been up to test bowling loads? That’s not to say I wouldn’t have wanted him there and even short spells from him would have been more threatening than Kuggeleijn but maybe that w...

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That makes the drop sting a little less.

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What happens to Steve Smith as an opener? Australia don’t play tests again for a long time so do they write the struggles off/forget them and hope he comes right or will they change things up?

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The idea about property owners getting special treatment wasn’t helped when Grant Robertson started talking about “closing a loophole” when interest deductibility was removed. That messaging could have been picked into a lot more but was often taken at face value.

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Hopefully Henry can pick up on more for 10 in the match so NZ at least walk away with that.

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This is getting exciting.

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I’m almost sad to see Steve Smith struggling like this. Almost, but not quite.

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Kuggeleijn needs to bat for Phillips here. He played nice shot and then got carried away swinging again.

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300+ minimum I reckon and realistically 350+. The positive is that it’s doing a bit with the new ball. Matt Henry is the big hope with the ball.

As I type this Blundell has gifted his wicket away.

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I don’t know what next week at work will bring for me but no matter how tough it is, I will be thankful I am not Hurricanes CEO Avan Lee.

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Tehui wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:28 am
Monkey Magic wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:24 am Kanes stats recently about going on after getting 50 have been insane, but if I post that do I jinx him
With that kind of power comes responsibility.

I’m not angry with Monkey Magic but I am very disappointed.

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Williamson is channelling Andrew Jones with the jumping cuts.

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NZ and Australia play so infrequently everyone’s stats will be stacked by a couple of efforts. The split of matches across nations is really interesting in its lack of balance. Looking at Steve Smith, more than a third of his career has been against England. And that’s why I’m not saying Williamson...

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NZ and Australia play so infrequently everyone’s stats will be heavily impacted by a couple of efforts. Matt Henry headed into this series averaging more than 100 with the ball vs Australia for example and I imagine that is now considerably lower. The split of matches across nations is really inter...

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NZ and Australia play so infrequently everyone’s stats will be heavily impacted by a couple of efforts. Matt Henry headed into this series averaging more than 100 with the ball vs Australia for example and I imagine that is now considerably lower. The split of matches across nations is really intere...

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NZ bowling was really good this morning. Far tighter than it’s usually been. Now up to Williamson scoring runs when it matters against Australia for once. For Williamson it is probably vs Australia and specifically in NZ. He does have a couple of centuries and an average in the 40s against them in ...

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