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JB1981

Back in the day, all other NZ super rugby franchises had to share franchises with other tier one NPC unions. The Blues had to share I believe three or maybe even four NPC unions. The Chiefs had two that come to mind The Hurricanes had I believe three. The Highlanders had two. The Crusaders at its f...

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I think this is part of what NZs found hard to take at the time. It's OK if you do it but not OK if we do it? Worst part was O’Driscoll trying to defend D'Arcy to the ref. This type of tackle was unfortunately far too comon at the time and I am very happy it's gone from the game. Sadly it took an i...

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If we are 20 years to the day since the BOD incident we must be about 20 years and one week since D’Arcy’s spear on Tipoki.

JB1981

Charles Darwin would be turning in his grave at the OP. Since when have we advocated for survival of the weakest?

JB1981

After being one of the most dominant coaches in NPC history, Rob Penney has now also conquered Super Rugby. Should he be the next All Black coach? After hate reading Ian Foster’s book, how do you think he’s feeling after Penney got the redemption story he dreamt of? Could there be an addendum blami...

JB1981

After being one of the most dominant coaches in NPC history, Rob Penney has now also conquered Super Rugby. Should he be the next All Black coach? After hate reading Ian Foster’s book, how do you think he’s feeling after Penney got the redemption story he dreamt of? Could there be an addendum blami...

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Hard luck to the Chiefs.

That was a great fight all game and feels so good after last year.

JB1981

Simple things like a good exit matter.

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Game management ? Dunno I recall him receiving the ball during that long period of phases and he just hesitated then bumbled. I remember last year near the end of that French game he received the ball with lots of space and lots of time and he just jogged across the field slowly wondering what to d...

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Neverwas wrote: ↑Fri Jun 13, 2025 9:34 am We're far too reliant on Jordan for points.

Getting into squeaky bum territory

If it works, it works.

This is going to be a long eight minutes.

JB1981

I would love him to be back in the country and wouldn’t care which Super Rugby team he went to.

As long as it wasn’t the Blues, Chiefs or Hurricanes.

JB1981

Only if the Blues beat the Sadists. They are #1 seed now :thumbup: At least that’s better than how I understood it. I’ll try again to find info about this shite. There could be little debate though that if the lucky losers go on to win the title, they would be the worst Super Rugby champions we hav...

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Richie Mo'unga has just completed a 9-peat of titles, winning seven Super Rugby titles in a row and now two Japanese League 1 titles back-to-back. Meanwhile, NZR continue to callously block him from contributing to the All Blacks because they don't like being ranked no.1 in the world and they don't...

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A plenary indulgence was just given by Leo. Be quick to grab it! (I already did - just saved myself from 5000 purgatory years) The great spaghettis monster in the sky has noted your lack of faith and will punish you with far worse than that. 5000 years of eating cold canned spaghettios. Uh-oh!

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Meloni certainly seemed deeply impressed during her time with Trump. As body language goes, that is full caps. https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ln3zg6rxqs2s It seems that way. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/4/17/1ffdfad1-8f86-4a08-905a-dc8...

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In his usual style he is doing a runner.

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Don't worry, one of the genocide fluffers will be along shortly with a report written by a completely unbiased organisation pointing out that the font used in the video description shows it can't be real. More likely you'll hear nothing. It's very powerful. Whether it's six year olds being murdered...

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They've hit Norfolk Is with 29%. This means war. Slightly confusing given it's Australian though. This is comedy gold Heard and McDonald Islands - two sub-Antarctic specks home to penguins, a few Australian scientists and no permanent population - are also facing a 10 per cent tariff. Clearly those...

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He's probably just more of a cricket fan which is fair enough. So therefore he has more knowledge in that. I'm an expert in mandarin trees and vintage dildos, so we all have our strengths. Plus he's from Canterbury so he's fighting the retard gene pretty hard. I say good on him. Finally the man to ...

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Ogre wrote: ↑Sat Mar 29, 2025 3:36 am
FujiKiwi wrote: ↑Sat Mar 29, 2025 3:24 am
JB1981 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 29, 2025 3:10 am Abbas looking every bit as good as mrbrownstone’s writeup suggested.
Yes. That was a prescient piece from Mr. B. How can a pundit get cricket so right and rugby so wrong?
Support Cvnterbury?

That’s not a choice, it’s a privilege.

JB1981

Abbas looking every bit as good as mrbrownstone’s writeup suggested.

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obelixtim wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:47 pm Why TF do they keep picking Henry "flat track" Nicholls? Waste of a slot. Watch him score a scintillating 10 runs before getting out.

Not a bad call.

Nicholls gets out horribly for 11.

JB1981

Well done, good read.

The weather is forecast to be good in Napier so hopefully we’ll get to see Abbas in action soon.

JB1981

Bugger.

RIP to a legend of the game.

JB1981

I wonder if Reiko has simply lost motivation, having already reached the pinnacle of the sport last year? “I put a Super Rugby title above a World Cup, because of how much I love this city, how much I love this club, how much I’ve admired this club,” he told Radio New Zealand. Do you think he’s rea...

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Maybe he’s eying up a loop hole. Mo’unga is just on a multi-year sabbatical after all.*

* I haven’t watched the clip so in the standard of the bored am posting in ignorance, but at least conscious ignorance.

JB1981

Looks like Henry won’t be playing.

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Any word on whether Matt Henry is good to go after his shoulder knock?

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ROLDY wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 9:42 am Do we allow Australian players to sign for NZ teams, lifting their standard?

James O’Connor is already here and trying his hardest.

JB1981

FujiKiwi wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 8:34 am “World’s most hated” scores

And washes it down with a yellow card.

Edit: make that a red.

JB1981

I’m behind the posts, how close did Godfrey come to diving dead? His hand looked very close to the line at the point of grounding.

JB1981

Monkey Magic wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 7:53 am
Monkey Magic wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 7:51 am Cheers for making the thread Monkey, although as far as match threads go its pretty substandard
Hiw about you try and make a better one? Whats that? You cant? Best you go fudge yourself

JB1981

It's still only Feb... only takes an injury to Salah and/or Van Dijk for it to all implode... There's no title race, hasn't been for some time. 'pool are 13 points clear and the team in 2nd can't score. I won't even feel happy when it's mathematically impossible for Liverpool to be overtaken. Caref...

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That’s two tournaments in a row England have been knocked out by Afghanistan.

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Turns out Liverpool’s point midweek was a point gained in the title race after Arsenal were put away by West Ham.

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The tardiness of this thread wasn’t matched by the Hurricanes getting points on the board.

38 seconds in and it’s 5-0.

JB1981

After last year, I am very happy with that.

JB1981

Liverpool get it done very late.

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Has there been a more flattering 3-1 victory this season?

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I’m heading back to NZ via LA this weekend and staying near LAX. We were planning to head to Santa Monica, check out the Walk of Fame and see the Hollywood sign etc. Now, depending on the smoke and air quality we are looking at a plan b of three days by the indoor pool/in the hotel room with the ki...

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