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Keith wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:33 pm Do you? Please post your transcript of every Mbonambi - Curry verbal exchange

That's the responsibility of the accuser.

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Keith wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:27 pm Bring it.

Bring what? Like evidence? We've got that. Where is the RFU's evidence? A character reference from Owen Farrell?

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Keith wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:26 pm He's not wrong though

Nonsense. His analogy doesn't match the situation at all.

If he's so convinced of Curry's accusation, why doesn't he come out and say he heard it?

I wonder if he's changed his views on gypsies or grabbing other player's nuts.

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Keith wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:56 am Joe Marler on the money on Twitter:

Brilliant. Ridiculous. Expected. “I didn't call you Baldy, Baldy."

Ah yes, another towering figure in English rugby of ethics and morals.

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Keith wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:33 am No lies here. The RFU have officially said it happened.

Please share the evidence, if you are so certain about it.

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WR didn't say he didn't do it, they said there was insufficient evidence to charge him at this time. That suggests that they believe that there is more to it. If they didn't think that they would have dismissed it. So yes, I believe that in the balance of probabilities, the comment was made. No dou...

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Should England form a circle and take the knee before kickoff?

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There's probably kids who aren't even in Matric yet who will play for the Boks in 2025. Weird to image that.

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Is the 7-1 split used by the boks as a way to get the ABs to bring on their forward subs earlier? We don’t have the same forward depth as them across the bench. Is it a way for the boks to get their pack playing less time against our top pack? It means our starting pack are going to empty their tan...

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Tehui wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:43 am It's sad to think that 5 players in that final have since passed away (Jonah Lomu, James Small, Chester Williams, Joost Van Der Westhuizen and Ruben Kruger).

And Kitch Christie, only 3 years after the final.

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Australia are in such a mess, they won't provide much competition to the mighty Lions. I know it will be tempting as the Lions will be guaranteed a much-needed series win to justify their existence, but nobody wants to see cricket scores. South Africa are world cup finalists again, and will provide ...

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The difference he made to the $harks team when he joined was incredible.

And conversely we were a much poorer team when he left for Bok duty.

Wonderful player, it's a privilege to see him at his peak at the moment.

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I do think I could have easily done better with better choices but I no longer beat myself about it. The past is immutable so what's the point? My social limitations and life skills were relatively poor and naive. That's mostly a product of my upbringing which I didn't have any control over being a...

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Meh. Stransky is a great commentator, I don't know why all of a sudden he's being quoted by so many websites as a guru. Next they'll be quoting former players whom we haven't heard from in 10 years. Clickbait. More importantly, everything out the Bok camp shows they are treating England with respect...

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Literally. If you manage to live 40 years again you'll be very close to the life expectancy age of most western countries. Ja, I should have added it's quite a reflective moment. I find myself assessing what I have a achieved, and I'm quite critical of myself. I think about what my Dad must have th...

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I never thought that turning 40 would be such a big deal. I've never been bothered about my age or birthdays, but the big 4-O really had an impact on me. Feels like the halfway marker (if I'm lucky).

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Jtah wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:55 am

Don’t take it too seriously. I’m yet to meet a South African I don’t like. But I love to hate the Bokke. Take it as a complement.

fair enough

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Bore them to death ? Have you seen South Africa play recently. That’s a bilateral agreement. Anyone who accuses this South African team of being boring knows nothing about rugby. I'll accept that accusation for a few years ago, but the last two years we have brought in another dimension to our play...

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The Boks seem to be focussed on the final and a repeat, plus 4 titles. What gives you that impression? I heard PSdT being interviewed yesterday and he was under no illusion that Saturday is going to be a massive test. I remember in 2019 people thought we would steamroll Wales in the final but it en...

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As a Bok fan, I hope they pick Farrell.

I'd be much more worried if they started Ford.

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Well this is nice.

I'll take a seat in the leather armchair in the corner with my whiskey and cigar. It's near the window, so I can look at the peasants on their way to the airport.

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I'm just so proud of the boys; playing with smarts and not just being the big dumb Boks of yesteryear. It's added a whole dimension to our game and I love it and have som much appreciaion for it. Absolutely. Even if we had lost yesterday, I think this is probably the best and smartest Bok team we'v...

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Commiserations France. It must hurt, I really feel for supports who have been with this team for so long now. It really felt like it was your turn to lift the cup.

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Yes you've got to give Rassie credit for innovation. Even Kolbe's attempted dropkick from the back of the ruck. Yes he missed, but it was worth a pop and nobody was expecting it. I've never seen anyone try something like that before, they must have waited until the ruck was in the right (i.e. left) ...

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Again, what was genius in a that move? Even a cyclop could have noted that the Bok scrum was getting dominant in their last few scrums. It is genius for the reasons outlined above. Not necessarily for our scrum dominance, but to also slow the game down a bit, legally. He also used a little-known ru...

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I dunno man. I like Willemse, but I don't think he'd make a ballsy move like that and something as unorthodox as that, without the blessing of the coaches. My gut tells me the the coaches identified it as an available law that most people and players have forgotten about to use in an "in case of em...

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That team just shows how insane our depth is.

But of that entire list, the only one I'd like to have seen in a Bok jersey is Duhan.

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I agree. Working with content creators such as Squidge is easy publicity for the game. I'd have as many of them on board as possible, and give them access to players and the games too. The social media stuff World Rugby are putting out is also dreadful. Just re-hashed memes. Very little innovation f...

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So, so sad. The photos of him and his wife are heartbreaking.

49 years old ffs.

I know his career was blighted by the issues of corruption, but in his playing years he was an absolute star and such an inspiration for many young players.

One of the good guys, gone

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message #2527204 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:12 am Was his election not democratic?

They have historically been disputed. But we've seen how difficult it is to democratically remove a sitting president whose family is so embedded in power.

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This coup is different to the ones in the Sahel. It's actually closer to the one in Zimbabwe, comparatiely. Gabon doesn't have a history of coups, and the army have relatively peacefully removed a head of state that was in essence a dynasty. It's been met with cheers from the population so far, a se...

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Sables should call him up ASAP Mavesere before he get's pinched. Apart from pride, I don't think there's much draw to play for the Sables. From what I've seen most players get a few caps and then have to retire and focus on their real career, or they push to get a signing with a club down south or ...

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Hang on, Negri? Yes, born in Harare. His family farm was invaded and they had to flee. Terrible story. There is also Tinotenda Mavesere who is with the Sharks at the moment, and Lovejoy Chawatama who is with Harlequins.

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If Zim wasn't such a mess, I think they could have lured back some of those names to help with the WC qualifiers.

But for now the exodus of players to other countries continues.

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Swings and roundabouts.

We had to play one extra game than England did in 2019.

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I've seen fairer elections in Zimbabwe.

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I remember arriving in the UK in 2002 for my gap-year, and wondering why nobody had ever heard of him. I eventually assumed he must have been a small-time South African musician that never made it big.

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I think we should start all four scrumhalves.
Damien de Allende at 6.
Our bench entirely of forwards.
Play with 14 so we get used to being a man down.

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Ah that's a shame, it brings to a close such an incredible story. It's almost like his life was two halves.

I was actually listening to his stuff last week, such good memories from my teen years.

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mdaclarke wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:56 pm I wonder who will be the Bok's Stephen Donald?

Arise, Curwin Bosch. Your time has come.

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