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For 7 games, Canes have only had 1 card. Got 3 tonight.... He was only reffing one side tonight. Homer aussie refs trying their best to keep the aussies close on the Table. :lol: Paul Williams was born and bred in Canes country. Probably doing his best to show his impartiality and failed miserably,...

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Is there room though? Not saying he's not playing well, as he clearly is, but if everyone's fit I don't see much need for variation from the WC bunch? Lomax de Groot Newell Williams Ofa It's one of the rare few positions where we're well served with young players and continuity. No reason those fir...

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My wife is dieing in front of my eyes. She has smoked for almost 50 years now and just cannot give up. She doesn't try any more and won't even let her doctor discuss it. She refuses any tests to see what damage it has caused, she knows it has but thinks knowing the details will just cause more stre...

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Stupid decision. I am an avowed non-smoker, but such a ban would have the opposite effect with an unregulated Black Market. There is also the precedent of the state deciding that if something is not good for you, they can ban it. Which leads to the question, what would be next? Fancy a beer, anyone...

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The whole thing reads like him wanting a break. As I said on our thread, closest a pro can get to a backpacking holiday. What's his NZ salary likely to be? Is it really well off 3/400k? I'm sure he does want a break and a change of scenery will probably do him good. Just make sure he comes back in ...

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https://youtu.be/gproa6vzgws?si=eDX5y09qlU7mMAE-

Never too early for this!

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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 Toyot...

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puku wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:43 pm 2024 Barrett the younger doesn't look anything like the 2023 version...well as far as performance for the Hurricanes goes.

I think he has reached a certain status with the ABs where he doesn’t have to worry about busting a gut in super rugby!

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CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:15 pm
Akkerman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:04 pm all that's missing is one of those huge saffa locks
Synman ain't exactly small.

He looks very small if you are on the pitch and looking at him in the stands. That’s where he is on most match days isn’t he?

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:08 pm You guys should make an ***official*** Boks thread. Like the English, Irish, Welsh, Aussies, Kiwis have. I’d read it

No, it’s important that each positional change in the boks team gets its own thread!

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The ref having final say over when fulltime is, is nothing new. As Mr B mentioned the Crusaders only have themselves to blame after the players made a series of 4 ridiculous fundamental errors. I'm old enough to remember when Australia was in procession of the Bled and benefited from a number of 1 ...

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Unions are responsible for both the professional and community game. A private owner is only concerned with their club. Both ownership models have pro’s and cons. Is it fair or not? Commercial entities have to contend with things they don’t think are fair in other industries. Overall it seems to hav...

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He kicked it before the 90 seconds expired, which means Tahs can kick it off. How does that work as he kicked it when the clock was red? Because according to the ref, it wasn't red. Bloody homer ref! 👍 I am quite sure he knows the laws better than I do. Surely the ball would only be dead once the c...

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I’m just watching the Stan mini game. Saders score their last try with 78:32 on the clock buy the clock doesn’t stop. Berry asked the TMO when the fry was scored. They take the kick at 80:01, which is obviously more than 60 seconds, right? As the ref is the sole judge of time, and it seems he under...

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Analysts on Twitter aren’t convinced. https://i.ibb.co/VS0XjR4/IMG-6315.jpg https://i.ibb.co/KWw1hnj/IMG-6316.jpg https://i.ibb.co/ZHd7Z2S/IMG-6317.jpg https://i.ibb.co/gPpYwdM/IMG-6318.jpg No Bungle no!! Rassie is a genius!!! (Engender though jacques whatshisname was the actual coach!)

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trapper wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:39 am I really don’t know what to make of Jordie in this game.

Been quiet. Lovely draw and pass for Aumua try just now.

Aumua looking like he is wearing black no. 2 jersey this year

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I guess the point I'm making is no one gives a shit if your crappy bomb squad becomes less effective. Get over it. Didn't even work against NZ in the final anyway. It wasn't some masterful tactical move by Lord Rassie, it was a dice throw and it worked in the semi and very nearly fell on its ass in...

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You’ve won 4 tri nations/RCs in 28 years. Same as Australia. Agreed. Terrible record. But this discussion was about Rassie and his RC record, which spans 2 or 5 attempts, depending on how you want to count them. If you take the view that he was coach for 5 attempts, his record is: 1x 1st 3x 2nd 1x ...

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For what it's worth, I think Rassie is a great man manager and tactician for one-off matches... not so great over the long haul... How many RC's has he won? SA have only won once since 2009. You'll be calling Gareth Southgate a genius next if he wins the World Cup... Technically, Rassie has only co...

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Clogs wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:47 am
towny wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:46 pm I understand why some people don’t like Rassie, but I don’t get how some refuse to accept that he’s a shit hot coach.
He has only won 2 RWC's as a coach. 3 is the minimum for a shit hot rating.

Jacques whatshisname was the coach that won the World Cup wasn’t he?

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Monk Zombie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:50 am
mr bungle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:41 am
LoveOfTheGame wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:28 am
It shows. Everyday.
Rassie is the new Jesus for your god bothering brothers. Not seen the genius in him, yet.
Second post today about Saffas and God. And you have history on this.

What is your issue here?

I think the issue is that you think your imaginary friend is real

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tubbyj wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:06 am I reckon Xavier Numia and Billy Procter have also put themselves in contention with some good early season form.

Yes, I think it is time that they become All Blacks.

Out propping stocks are looking incredibly healthy right now.

Our midfield isn’t too shabby either.

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I think the make up of the subs should be left to each mgmt team. I think it’s great that the boks do something different to the norm. If world rugby are worried about injuries and 300 pound humans running at players and causing injuries then reduce the time wasting during the game and players will ...

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CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:16 pm Rassie will find a way around it.

He is a genius and 5 steps ahead of everyone else and he presicted this back on 1978 and already has a plan in place to get round this

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What potential impact would the general election have on rugby in South Africa? Have there been pledges made by any party relating to rugby? Good or bad? https://www.capetownetc.com/uncategorised/springboks-must-fall/ I actually think the springbok name and emblem are now a sign unity. It may have ...

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The rugby landscape have changed a lot in South Africa. Politics have no influence in it. Thanks to Rassie. He shoukd start a Rugby Party with Kolisi. How has Rassie single-handedly stopped political interference in Sa rugby? What Was happening before Rassie stopped it? His impact reached NZ. I did...

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OupaStruisbaai wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:50 pm The rugby landscape have changed a lot in South Africa. Politics have no influence in it. Thanks to Rassie. He shoukd start a Rugby Party with Kolisi.

How has Rassie single-handedly stopped political interference in Sa rugby?

What
Was happening before Rassie stopped it?

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What potential impact would the general election have on rugby in South Africa?

Have there been pledges made by any party relating to rugby? Good or bad?

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I thought John Eales retired many years ago? All time great but a bit over-rated at times, IMO. Eales once stopped a penalty goal by jumping up and blocking it, before kicking the ball past the PG kicker into touch. Never happened before or since. Well, it almost happened the next week; except this...

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Bloody hell, that is incredible isn’t it?

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The All Blacks have played 637 tests, Sam Whitelock has played in 24% of them. That, is some stat. https://i.ibb.co/GvZkgmK/IMG-6211.jpg McCAW Had a higher % when he retired. White lock must have won 7/8 super titles and 9/10 rugby championships, 2 world cups and probably 135 plus test matches. Wel...

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mdaclarke wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:20 am That's a funny way of spelling Eben Etzebeth.

Haven’t you got a scrum to wait around for?

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Nah, he will come back. They said the same about Michael Jones when his knee went, but he came back from an arguably worse injury. He needed a full reconstruction. He came back but you can't say he was the same as he was before the injury. I was in the stands that day and the whole place took a col...

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“But rugby union is a game for all shapes and sizes" is getting pretty tedious to hear too. Evolution under professionalism will eradicate the obese and the less athletic/skilled players over time anyway, so it's a load of bs. Have you not seen some of the springbok front row? Salads don't win scru...

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Jackal79 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:27 am “But rugby union is a game for all shapes and sizes" is getting pretty tedious to hear too. Evolution under professionalism will eradicate the obese and the less athletic/skilled players over time anyway, so it's a load of bs.

Have you not seen some of the springbok front row?

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Winger_ wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:39 pm I agree with Baxter. All we need to do is quicken up the scrum by stopping the clock after the 1st reset until the ball leaves the scrum.
I'm not paying good money to watch the fatties take up 10 minutes of the game with resets.

It’s closer to 20 minutes most games. It’s criminal!

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Exactly Look at the old games. Scrums took no time. The ball was in and out. These days roided up orcs take minutes per scrum. I hate to think how much of the game is taken up by scrums and scrum penalties. They are part of the game. Surely you should go and watch sevens or league ... Or basketball...

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If you dont want to scrum then just give away free kick after free kick knowing that you won't have to face any scrums. Therefore no need for big props anymore. As Nigel Owen's explains. Owens is also worried that it could lead to some gamesmanship from teams who have weaker scrums. “I just wonder ...

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And how do the proposed law changes actually weaken the scrum? How do they weaken the maul? Do you have an actual though in your head or are you hear just to copy and paste? Because nothing in the law changes looks like it will have an adverse effect on the actual art of scrummaging and the maul wi...

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And how do the proposed law changes actually weaken the scrum? How do they weaken the maul? Do you have an actual though in your head or are you hear just to copy and paste? Because nothing in the law changes looks like it will have an adverse effect on the actual art of scrummaging and the maul wil...

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