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Whoo it's working

Impossible to post yesterday, which made me slightly sad because this is one of the peak international test periods.

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F. Smith, surely?

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I'd risk Ford over F. Smith based on what England's attack did in Argentina. Borthwick will probably pick Smith though.

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It's incredibly difficult to rank teams at present.

1. South Africa
2. France
3. New Zealand
4. Ireland
5. England
6. Australia
7. Argentina
8. Scotland

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Theflier wrote: ↑Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:35 pm All that’s guaranteed is a cluster fudge in west wales from now. Whichever investor blinks first you’d imagine.

The bandaid should’ve been pulled. Cardiff and Swansea into the prem and rebuild

They're taking action very slowly.

Also, the two women's teams, waste of resources surely.

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It's working!

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/steve-bannon-reveals-plan-third-003702993.html And we're off again. And they anticipate trouble, or the need to enforce their own brand of voter turnout policy. Pete Hegseth doesn’t dispute plans to have ‘crowd control’ troops in every state ahead of 2026 midterm...

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How times and sentiments have changed. Ronald Reagan. https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/1981568428164239403 Trump said it was ‘fraudulent’, which means all Trump supporters now believe Reagan thought tariffs were great. Well, they probably don’t actually believe that but Trump gave them a reason to ...

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Did the 12 million go all to Virgina Guiffre ? I hoped so. But no, some went to a charity. If what she (and many others) have said is true... I'd take the money and blab too when it comes to these sort of people. And yet she had all that money and killed herself ? Some sources say it was "only" 2 m...

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Unusable unfortunately, I even had to resort to the Telegraph comment section for my rugby chat.

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Online safety /Digital ID works so well. Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach https://www.theverge.com/news/797051/discord-government-ids-leaked-data-breach Reddit asked me to upload ID photo of myself just to read about 9/11 the other night :| Starmer is pus...

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Yep they do mate, but often played with drink breaks in each half ,basically making them 4 quarters. I think that can be overcome, just make the buggers keep on playing, and not having any tests in Brisbane etc where it gets a tough hot. I not sure how you get around the fact that you won't really ...

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Yep they do mate, but often played with drink breaks in each half ,basically making them 4 quarters. I think that can be overcome, just make the buggers keep on playing, and not having any tests in Brisbane etc where it gets a tough hot. I not sure how you get around the fact that you won't really ...

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It's barely usable, I'm no techie but you'd think in 2025 such a simple forum would work much easier.

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Mike Tindall was a good rugby player. Nobody argues that. But playing rugby and running a global rugby league are two very different things. And the way he’s strutting out this breakaway project, you’d think he was part Clive Woodward, part Elon Musk. Fact is, he’s not. I can't help but feel a larg...

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Isn't the problem with long tours the modern propensity for injury? I'm sure back in the day the midweek teams would've had test players available, but South Africa won't be risking their best players getting injured before the test series as they will be desperate not to lose it. So I expect there ...

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Or jacques burger. Has a back been diagnosed yet other than joost vdw ? Sad news anyways Jarrod Cunningham, it was actually the first time I had heard of the disease in Rugby World magazine or some such. He was so determined to beat it, was weightlifting until he couldn't. I remember rooting for hi...

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Met Lewis in a nightclub back in the day when Leicester were in town. Just a really good fella who spent way longer shooting the breeze with us young reprobates than he needed do.

This news is horrible, handed a death sentence, yet he still looks so young and fit.

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Yep, they needed to have a break from it. So ABs sre going to tour SA, same as in 2030. I thought it was clear. Why was a break needed? Because it has got to be a bot same ol same ol? A bit of a clue that they haven't found the tickets as easy to sell the last couple of years. Has it though? Seems ...

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Despite the calibre of the four teams involved, the Rugby Championship lacks the history, prestige and audience (particularly the travelling fans) of the Six Nations. At just 29 years old, the tournament is a comparative whippersnapper in international terms (Argentina joined Tri-Nations sides Aust...

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Will there be a play off now? I know SA wouldn't be happy winning the trophy on points difference... And they are 1-1 this year against each other. What about a three test series - with SA at home because they are top of the round robin log? :o SA will happily take the W. Shame for SA there is no R...

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Still use Skullcandy, Push Play Active, they were £40. There are a more expensive superior ANC version but £40 is enough.

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Isn’t this always the way of the world , you finally get something nigh on perfect (everyone winning and losing games) and then it gets replaced by something a bit shite. Yep, but would it stay the same? One year doesn't really mean it's all sorted does it? I really looking forward to change. The c...

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What do the bored experts reckon, does Vertwat have a genuine shot at the WDC this year?

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Posted this on the other thread but this thread seems a more apt place for it The 6N isn't always good either but we don't skip it. The RC has built up a 30 year history, never missed a year even during lockdowns and competitively it's the elite rugby tournament in the world outside of the World Cup...

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The 6N isn't always good either but we don't skip it. The RC has built up a 30 year history, never missed a year even during lockdowns and competitively it's the elite rugby tournament in the world outside of the World Cup and is now relegated to expendable and secondary. I really don't think they'v...

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Gonna be charitable and suggest they called "height" length back in the 40s.

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Not even a WC is better then a Springbok vs All Blacks long tour. Have to agree... I don't see why it can't be incorporated as part of a full Rugby Championship though... like in 1996... Must be a generational thing, it's always older people you hear saying this, not sure it holds true nowadays. Gr...

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Big fan of supplements, for the older fullas maybe take a double dose of zinc picolinate

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Would both sides still have agreed to do this if they saw how good this year's RC was?

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Whoever win the Rugby Champs will stay Champuons until 2029 because in 2026 there will be an All Black tour to SA, in 2027 RWC and in 2028 a SA tour to Nz. The Rugby Champs will continue in 2029. Disastrous really. The RC is actually genuinely competitive amongst 4 for the first time ever, and they...

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The two Pumas tries were lovely, the second I think is a try of the year contender. Suali'i's second also a nice score.

I only caught the highlights but surprised Pumas didn't hold out when they kicked to win in the 78th minute.

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The German thing is for local elections (councillors). You've quoted for national (MPs) So we had 4,500 candidates chasing 650 seats at a national level There's around 20,000 local councillors across the UK. There's a pop. of 70 million in the UK, only 18 million in this region of Germany. Seems ra...

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So Black Lion, would they be any good or just another whipping boy?

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I don't think that's too out of whack with the UK if you assume an average of 2-3 candidates per seat That was 20,000 in one region... last UK election there were 4,500 in the whole of the UK... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ggeng6kqxo The German thing is for local elections (councillors). ...

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Nigel delivered a poised and compelling performance before the House Judiciary Committee in DC… Exposing the Labour charlatans, countering misinformation with clarity, and advancing British interests with notable finesse. Some rabid Dems did go hard at him, but if anything I think will endear him t...

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Wed Sep 03, 2025 7:22 pm 20,000 candidates... Not just far right either

candidates from other parties, including the Greens and Social Democrats, have also died.

Are there really 20,000 candidates for one regional election in one part of Germany?

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If you are an English Premiership, Bundesliga etc with large scale support, big rivalries, healthy ticket sales and a nice fat TV deal in one territory I think that's something that can be sustained. Plus, domestic trophy is priority in those scenarios. The Celtic league was never (and never will b...

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That article completely misses the point though. Barrett does knock the ball on, the question (and the same debate as last year) is if the ball then goes forward off Bongi. After Barrett knocks it loose, the ball goes onto Bongi's arm/hand (without him holding it) and then down to the ground. If it...

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I can't remember a TMO awarding a try when the try scorer has dropped the ball in the act of scoring.. even if it may seem like it could have gone backwards... they always seem to say lost control. Especially (like in this case) you can't tell definitely the ball didn't go forward... In the above c...

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