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FujiKiwi

Anyone watching 3 Body Problem? One episode in....I'm sorta hooked so far.. I am similarly in and hooked. I enjoyed it all. Though it looks like audience numbers may not be high enough to earn a second season which is a shame. I found it all boring. Kept waiting for something exciting to happen and...

FujiKiwi

Congrats to all winners, and thanks to CanNZ and the other organizers. Seeing the boredies brought back to life has been a lot of fun.

FujiKiwi

Nobody with a rugby brain is going to pick BB at 10, and we all know Razor’s got a rugby brain. DMac and Perofeta as first and second choice, with Love or Sullivan in the wider squad to learn the ropes, maybe.

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 7:23 am Who is going to be our no.1 goal kicker in 2024? The way Rugby is going at test level, there is a argument for picking the best goal kicker in SR in the starting team, even if they aren't overall the best player in their position. An accurate goal kicker in non-negotiable, IMO.

Agree with this.

FujiKiwi

Havili as a backup 10.

The comedy.

Perofeta or Love, probably.

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TheSmurf wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:57 am Imagine a loose trio of Savea, PSdT and an 8th man.

Gregory Aldritt.

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Yeah. I said to the missus that Ardie looked really tired around the 70-minute mark. As befitting a man who’s largely been carrying the team for weeks.

Years really.

The better part of a decade.

FujiKiwi

Like most of the team, he wasn’t quite at his best. Have we seen his last game as an AB? I wonder.

FujiKiwi

Huge. Deserves massive respect. I still think Jordie had a good game, but yes, aspects of Jordie’s play were restricted by PSdT.

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Well done South Africa. Congrats.

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Tons of South Africans on Twitter saying “White kant” is Afrikaans for “white side” and is used by Springboks to let each other know where the ball is at ruck time. Is this true? Sounds like a convincing explanation.

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Dusautoir and Itoje both put in the most complete rugby performances I’ve seen in World Cup matches.

Dusautoir did it twice. What a player. I still despise Ian Smith for calling him “Thierry Henry” to his face in the post-match interview in 2011.

FujiKiwi

I really liked the France versus All Black quarter final in 2015. Just a fun game, with Julian Savea, Nehe Milner-Skudder etc. making outrageous plays with ease.

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Aaron Smith’s yellow was understandable. A pretty instinctive thing. But what was Cody Taylor thinking? I don’t get why pulling down a maul would even occur to a player as a good option. You’re not going to get away with it. You’re just going to be in the bin for ten and there’s a penalty try anyway...

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Fvck. Yes. A fitting affirmation of Beauden Barrett’s superb game? I'll check that out in more detail once I'm done watching replays of the Jordan try Mounga laid on. As soon as I posted that I remembered one colossal cock up by BB, but overall I thought he played really well. Rieko had some good m...

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jdogscoop wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 3:18 am Fvck. Yes.

A fitting affirmation of Beauden Barrett’s superb game?

FujiKiwi

I’m pretty sure I saw him miss an early tackle that resulted in a big break for Ireland. But after that he was inspirational. That ruck turnover was a beauty. I’ve derided him on at least two forums, but he showed his worth today and then some.

FujiKiwi

I was wrong. Sexton's closing act in an Ireland shirt was to gob off at Ioane. https://twitter.com/ITVRugby/status/1713296892832968870 Classy as ever Very possibly Rieko was being a dick. I did see a neck roll on Rieko at one ruck in that last passage of play. Maybe that fired Rieko up to say somet...

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Sam Cane was great and Ireland were great. Two things I’ve stridently denied were possible. I’m an idiot. Apologies. Ireland left a lot out there, due to the amazing defence of NZ alright but still had far more chances in the 22 than NZ and fudged them up. Fair play to Cane, POM's classless sledgin...

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Sam Cane was great and Ireland were great. Two things I’ve stridently denied were possible. I’m an idiot. Apologies.

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What have the Romans ever done for us?

FujiKiwi

Or if PPP doesn’t reach his potential, hopefully Sam Darry grows some mongrel and aggression.

FujiKiwi

Have we ever had a Namibian (as in, a citizen) fan on the bored?

FujiKiwi

I’ve met Michael Jones, who is unbelievably humble, at a school camp. He showed up like a couple of hours later than he’d arranged to be there. But then he chatted with kids and played table tennis with them for hours on end, even when he was apparently due at another function somewhere else. I thin...

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His playing days were a bit before my time, but I once saw Mark Ella interviewed at length (on a documentary about David Campese). Ella came across as a thoroughly decent bloke: genuine, humble and very funny. At one stage, beside the pitch, Ella was being interviewed about Campo while a Wallaby pra...

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I like that 23 a lot, Mr B, but you’re showing a stubborn streak in favoring Goodhue over Rieko. I think even you may have admitted Rieko played admirably well against France?

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 9:09 pm Dan Carter for number 10

A nice bloke for sure, but Johnny Wilkinson seems even more of a decent lad.

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I wholeheartedly agree with Pakia’s points about players, game plans and balance, and how the current set up have got all this quite badly wrong. I particularly wish we had like-for-like replacement players in the loose forwards and midfield. Who is the most Jordie—like 12 playing in New Zealand at...

FujiKiwi

I wholeheartedly agree with Pakia’s points about players, game plans and balance, and how the current set up have got all this quite badly wrong. I particularly wish we had like-for-like replacement players in the loose forwards and midfield. Who is the most Jordie—like 12 playing in New Zealand at ...

FujiKiwi

It’s a yes and no. They tried 100% to win against France while keeping a lot of tricks up their sleeve for later on. Not the wrong approach in itself, but deep-seated, all-round incompetence meant they lost anyway, and are unlikely to go deep enough into the tournament to see whether these secret ta...

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Lima Sopoaga.

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Cabbage wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 2:40 am

Thank you for posting this historic photo of the moment Rieko Ioane came of age as an effectively distributing centre.

FujiKiwi

South Africa and France are considerably better than Ireland and New Zealand, and much better than any team on the other side of the draw. On what basis are you claiming South African and France are better than Ireland? Perhaps I could have finessed the statement by saying that those teams are sign...

FujiKiwi

South Africa and France are considerably better than Ireland and New Zealand, and much better than any team on the other side of the draw.

Only cards at key times in big games could stop these two juggernauts making the final.

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obelixtim wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:36 am France were average. The ABs were clueless. Neither will get past the QF based on todays game.

France played well below their best and trounced us. They will defeat Ireland in the quarters. South Africa and France will meet in the final.

FujiKiwi

90% chance this is the final.

Allez les bleus!

FujiKiwi

Talent available might not be that great, but look at how Ireland have brought out the best in what were shaping to be journeymen players. The coaching is the problem. Watch out for spectacular improvement over the next two years once Razor takes over. Those three Kiwi journeymen and the Aussie are...

FujiKiwi

Talent available might not be that great, but look at how Ireland have brought out the best in what were shaping to be journeymen players. The coaching is the problem. Watch out for spectacular improvement over the next two years once Razor takes over.

FujiKiwi

I'm not overly concerned. Assuming our best forwards can come back and Jordie I think we will still be in a position to beat South Africa or Ireland in the quarters. South Africa showed last in the last RWC that peaking in the first match isn't necessary. France didn't get out of third gear but nei...

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Tansy Fry

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Wait… shit…. All my bank accounts have been hacked somehow.

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