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The Optimist wrote:

Nic White on FIRE!!!

no he's not. the flame is quite a way from White. But the camera angle does create an illusion that he's on fire

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McCaw was a king. Hooper is just the court jester. Completely different scenarios, so no, NZers will not boo Ardie

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ratpoo is the loser who wanted to drop Dan Carter from the last world cup.

He's either

1) completely clueless about rugby
or
2) a troll

either way, its best to ignore his writings

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Harden up!!! wrote:When was the last time the ABS started two 7s?

IIRC Cane and Savea started against Argentina a couple of weeks ago

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because his skillset matches what Hansen wants from a second-five.

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DMac is the greatest impact weapon against tired legs in the world and if he starts I’m going to cancel my Steve Hansen fan club membership ok. lets have DMac as the supersub, like Beauden was for RWC2015. He can come on the second half, go to fullback and demolish the opposition. But what happens ...

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He's just lost 1% on his agility and that dulls his effectiveness significantly. I think he is as focused and is training hard but it is not unreasonable to lose 1% of explosiveness and not be able to regain it. He was only just over the thresholds that made him effective back in the day imo and he...

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what's race but a second hand emotion?

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Floppykid wrote:Have we mentioned 2011 yet?
Has the vid been posted?

Rougerie eye-gouging Richie McGod and not getting penalised/carded/cited/suspended? i think its been mentioned

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Although I think the yellow was harsh it still surprises me that some think because there was no contact with the neck or head that somehow it wasn't even a high tackle. A high tackle is above the shoulder line, mitigation for such tackles comes down to a player falling or going low, and the tackle...

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Shrekles wrote:
towny wrote:Crotty did a Crotty.

That's a fact. He'll do it again. That's also a fact. You'll deny it then too.
I hope he does in in the first Bledisloe - particularly against Kepu!

nah, against Pocock. He's half decent. Kepu is Mitre10 Cup level. No need to get him yellow carded.

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anyone got a gif of Frans Hougaard getting a penalty and deciding to do a quick tap and kick down field (which goes out on the full)?

and at the 7s a couple of weeks ago, one of the Samoans crosses over the line and decides to pass to another, but passes it forward

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should have a season at the Crusaders first. If anyone can get him back to Beast Mode, it'll be the Crusaders. If that fails then he can take the easy money in Europe

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Crotty was so good last night and probably the most underrated midfielder in World Rugby. Not bad for a placeholder. I'm a fan but I thought apart from his one outstanding fend a lot of his play was sub-par in that game. Wrong options or poor timing on his pass several times during the game which w...

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Every time I see Luke Pearce I think he is excellent. Top ref, will be the best in the world Ref is doing well. One of the best refereeing performances I've ever seen. He's not taking any crap from the All Blacks, who clearly can't believe he's not bowing down before the aura. cant argue with these...

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that team who failed to qualify for the knockout stages of their own World Cup a couple of years ago

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Luke Whitelock is a former All Blacks captain. We don't need to worry about him

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Not long now. :proud: Hope whatever stream I get gets Aussie commentators. I imagine they're tedious enough for people who hear them regularly but I always get a good laugh out of them. whenever aussie concede a turnover at a ruck you know that Phil Kearns is gonna be blaming Richie McCaw, even tho...

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nice sunny day with blue sky here in Auckland

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do we know the French jersey? is it a lighter blue so they can wear it against the Black, or will they be using an alternate jersey? its so hard to keep track of all their jersey changes https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71v-IDe4OXL._SY355_.jpg nice jersey. and it means that both tea...

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do we know the French jersey? is it a lighter blue so they can wear it against the Black, or will they be using an alternate jersey? its so hard to keep track of all their jersey changes

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I’m very curious to see who rides the pine out of McKenzie or Barrett. Barrett was preferred last year and McKenzie only came into the picture following Barrett’s injury. The selectors almost always bring the recovered player straight back in but McKenzie is now considered back up 10 as well as 15,...

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stuff is reporting that Retallick is gooooorne from the first test :( :( Retallick, Read, SBW, (Perry) missing. Crockett retired. doubts over SWhitelock, Cane and Crotty. Even though France are missing lots of players themselves, they must be looking at the All Blacks as vulnerable. Gonna be an epic...

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New Zealand v France Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 9 Jun 2018 Referee Luke Pearce (England) Assistant 1 Angus Gardner (Australia) Assistant 2 John Lacey (Ireland) TMO George Ayoub (Australia) can't remember seeing Luke Pearce referee before. what is he like? A genuine newbie. In 2016, Luke was A...

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ElementFreak wrote:New Zealand v France
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
9 Jun 2018
Referee Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant 1 Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant 2 John Lacey (Ireland)
TMO George Ayoub (Australia)

can't remember seeing Luke Pearce referee before. what is he like?

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i selected France. because ireland will lose at the quarters again and england will be knocked out in the pool stages

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obelixtim wrote:Why are people including Perry in the squad? I thought he was broken.

indeed he is

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i thought one of the articles said that Aussie have paid compensation to NZR/Tasman to secure the release of Pete. Is that true?

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Akkerman wrote:is the "no dickheads" policy still in place with the ABs ?

did we ever have this? Zac Guildford maintained a spot in the squad for a while even though he was regularly f**king up off the field

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going to this

sitting roughly in line with one of the goal-lines. exciting stuff!

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Peteray wrote:
Ted. wrote:Squire is in doubt. He's been cited from the Canes game last night.
Yep, and fatty gets let off because of no film? Surely they can enhance that distant camera view, no?

they could enhance and zoom, but there's the problem of bodies in the way so you can't see whether the punch connects or not

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did any of the ladies have to sign a sawn afterdavided?

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he's good in super rugby, but is he good enough to make the jump to internationals?

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if NZ changed our policy on overseas based players, could we select Luatua or Piutau for the Rugby Championship, would their english clubs release them?

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forceful shoulder to the head of TJP. should be looking at a couple of weeks off.

so our backrow will be?

6 Fifita/Taufua
7 Cane
8 Whitelock

20 ASavea

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thats not very nice

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a 30-for-30 on the '81 Springbok tour would be pretty cool

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think they'll go with 12Crotts/13ALB, though I'd be happy with 12Laumpae/13Crotts

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Marshall Banana wrote: 3 Jeff Toomaga-Allen (Jeff To-ma-ga Allen)

i always thought it was too-ma-nga, like how the g in Umaga and Sopoaga become ng. ah well, i've learned something new this morning

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if we release him for this, then australia will expect him to be released for the rugby championship, meaning that he will miss games for Tasman

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