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Weghorst is a real nuisance, he might not get a goal but he attracts a lot of defenders.

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Bellingham so good at such a young age, reminds me of Zidane with his strength, footwork and relative lack of top end pace.

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Foden on fire in that first half.

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In some way the Reform performance is comforting to the Tories - they point to it as if Reform's votes were the deciding factor - they weren't. They also make it look like that there's right wing votes out there for the taking. I agree they weren't the deciding factor, Tory ineptitude was, but real...

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If they do pick a One Nation leader then I think many right-leaning Tory MPs will bide their time and seek to depose the leader as I read the threshold of letters for removal of the PM is much lower now (18?). Those rules are apparently set to be changed this week during the 1922 Committee meeting....

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Margin_Walker wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 4:53 pm Yep. Goes without saying too that FPTP favours the centre inherently. Winning from and ideological pure left or right is unlikely

Worth noting here that the centre ground is not static and not always where politicians/media commentators believe it to be.

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CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 1:59 pm SA played the better rugby but Ireland should've won that. There was a 14 point turnaround involving Lowe which should have gone Ireland's way.

Overstatement I think, even it had gone Ireland's way, no guarantees they win. Missed out on a chance to win, certainly.

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Good race, good to see competition back at the front in F1. Good to see a Brit win at Silverstone. The not so good is Verstappen extends his title lead over Norris.

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Former Tory MP for Yeovil declares the party is "dead", and "everybody should move on" Well 80+ of the Remaining (no pun) 121 Tory MPs are One Nation Group, CCHQ is of a similar composition and they will be selecting the candidates for 2029. So Mr Fysh isn't wrong. In truth, the Tory Party no longe...

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McLaren flying...

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Former Tory MP for Yeovil declares the party is "dead", and "everybody should move on" Well 80+ of the Remaining (no pun) 121 Tory MPs are One Nation Group, CCHQ is of a similar composition and they will be selecting the candidates for 2029. So Mr Fysh isn't wrong. In truth, the Tory Party no longe...

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Saint wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 4:12 pm British 1-2-3 starting grid

Good to see, hopefully they don't take each other out (and hopefully one of them does take Vertwat out, Silverstone '21 one of my fave F1 moments of all time).

Race is live free to air on C4 tomorrow which is cool.

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The more I think about it the more f**king outrageous the Lowe disallowed try was. The f**king guy falls in the ruck with his leg right side of the ball. He’s looking the other way. His leg move towards Irish side either though his own intentional or unintentional movement or because it’s moved by ...

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Considering the crazy build up and war of words from Rassie and players in the months building up to the game, considering the location/stadium, the altitude, the fact very few international teams win in SA, considering SA was just missing 2 players from WC winning side, Ireland missing key players...

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booze wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 6:12 pm Why was that a penalty try at the end?

It seemed as though A Bok forward kicked it through to the Ireland side.

Yes the Irish scrum was backpedaling but it didn’t collapse and SA weren’t in control of the ball or even in possession of it…?

Anyone?

Presumably ref spotted an Irish offence.

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Ireland hung in well and with a bit of luck might've nicked it against a Bok side smarting from their defeat to Ireland at the World Cup. Second test a big opportunity to level the series.

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Lowe is a great player, attacking mindset, huge boot on D.

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fishooks15 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 6:01 pm He won’t do it but I’d love if Farrell laid into the officials

No, go through the proper channels. Don't be a Rassie.

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Whitehouse

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 5:52 pm
Jensrsa wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 5:50 pm
Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 5:47 pm

One of the all time great home town performances
A house in Daspoort was cheaper than a Rolex
He’s doing what all crap refs do, give everything to the other team in the final 15 when the game is lost

Good teams know it's not lost though, 7 points and then it's a score to win.

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Well this isn't neutral ground, that's why it's harder to win away, officials are influenced by home crowds.

Ireland can console themselves that they beat the Boks on neutral ground.

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Surely they had another angle? They pulled a French TV move there.

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No, his hand was on it.

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Magpie26 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 5:31 pm Christ, if they reviewed every try to that much detail there wouldn't be many trys in our game

Kiwis started all this after '07

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Blonde on blonde crime

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Tedious decision.

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Quins89 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2024 11:57 pm Reform expecting to pick up more than 13 seats now.

Tories down though. ZERO SEATS

Reform seat total revised down now, 8? I wouldn't be surprised to see them end up with zero. Hopefully not, but it's a strange old electoral system.

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Vertwat got 10 seconds? I only saw the clip and initial incident didn't look too bad but apparently he was weaving before that(?) and then pulled an Adelaide Schumacher after.

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Amazing result, I think most thought it would be a bridge too far after the effort away in Munster. Great for Scottish rugby and the tournament too.

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Very good first half from England

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4 tries to nil, comprehensive first half hammering.

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A lot of handling errors so far, disappointing from international sides.

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Super from Smith

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That Japanese maul was horrific

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mr bungle wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 9:05 pm How dumb is DDA? Irish aren’t emotional yet Dutch inspired Saffers are?

The Dutch aren't emotional? Max Vertwatten is highly emotional.

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Well they’re must be complete panic. Patel just knocked on the door. She hasn’t had to bother canvassing in the villages for ever. She didn’t enjoy the conversation much. Blamed the pandemic and “stuff” on the failures Which left my reply to “labours tax plans will cost a lot from working people” “...

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Didn’t even think it was particularly close. Fury won maybe 4 rounds, for me. Over the moon for Usyk. Pure class in every sense. Doesn’t have power? Myth. Can’t take body shots? Myth . Referee saved Tyson’s arse in the 9th, an opinion shared by multiple current or ex boxers. The best of the current...

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I can't get over the idea that any judge could have watched that and given it to Fury. :lol: He won a lot of rounds on my score card, and a lot of rounds on the score cards of the 3 judges. It's not outside of the realm of possibility that some would give that to Fury. I gave him a lot of rounds to...

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I must've been living under a rock, because this is the first I've heard of "the most infamous punch in five nations history".Came up on Yahoo today... The incident dates back to 1969 when the late Brian Price, often compared to Alun Wyn Jones, delivered what is now known as the most infamous punch ...

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Never heard of CAT causing planes instruments to "black out" before. Anyone? Depends what he meant by "black out". These reports are often grossly exaggerated/sensationalised. Severe turbulance will cause a temporary loss of control and misreadings on the instruments. Also, even if all the electric...

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