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How else can he be centre stage ?

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True Blue wrote: ↑Tue Jul 15, 2025 9:23 pm Yeah I thought SBW was a pretty useful player. Great offload, really kept the defensive line guessing. Useful defender, had a good smothering tackle. I mean he was no Conrad Smith but few are.

In my best ever XV with Nonu and Smith starting he’d be on the bench - again .

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I liked SBW the Stan sports guy. Had genuine passion but clearly had a bias for his mates like that guy from Tokoroa. His meltdown over Eddie Jones was quite funny. Was quite limited as a rugby player but still quite useful - especially in the World Cup final. As for this boxing thing, there’s no w...

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Never liked him .

But he’s only gotten worse at the trough .

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Speaking of Jones, surely the following is a fake? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GvxK2X3WIAELRcJ?format=jpg&name=small I all honesty that sounds like Jones of that era, before he became a "populist" . A populist! He's now unequivocally a fuckwit and quite possibly a corrupt one with it. Didn’t Luxon ...

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2025 10:21 pm
Eugenius wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2025 10:19 pm Neither did I .

Saffers favourites as at home but it’ll be a good game .
It's in Italy... but probably feels like home in that heat...

Ohhhhhh duh

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I almost prefer him .

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Neither did I .

Saffers favourites as at home but it’ll be a good game .

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Nope .

Ski claims not to like Trump but constantly jumps to his defence like the lickspittle he is .

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Very .

Honestly if world opinion wasn’t a factor what horrors would this ghastly coalition enable ?

Nothing would surprise me .

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Unbelievable stuff , Warsaw ghetto even .

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Bugger , he’s been playing under an injury cloud most of the season . This time off might be just what his body needs .

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Fair summation

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Dobbin wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:44 am On the tour in 2001, staying in Coffs Harbour, we were in the same hotel as the Lions and a bunch of the journos. Jones didn't seem to interact with anyone, including his fellow writers. He was very odd

I’ve always imagined him as a rather lonely individual.

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The US really suck shit .

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He really isn’t .

It’s a low bar .

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Love on the wing ?

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I thought the current coalition only wanted peace and security by strength .

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I actually don't mind Nisbett, truth be told, but he needs to get his eyes checked again after that commentator blooper. I’m used to him , but he’s nothing special . He is still the best commentator in NZ. His competition is lousy , and to a large degree any talent deliberately hobbled .

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Salix wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 12:06 pm Didnt realise it was a competition.

Certainly Putin must be disappointed with the results .

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Many 10’s of Millions spent vs a few magazines, I guess it’s pretty obvious which invader is being more economical.

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Am I wrong in saying that the IDF are currently murdering more non combatants desperately lining up for food ; than Putin and all his missile and drone attacks on Kiev are killing targeted civilians ?

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Not sure I understand the criticism of the the kicking game in the first half. The ABs generated three try’s off line out set piece. Generated by…….deliberate kicking tactics. +1, plus a lot of them seemed to be called by players coming through on the chase. I thought our tactics were good! Man som...

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What’s with all the whooping and crowing? It was the nature of some of the performance , especially when down to 14 . Accurate and innovative, attacks from all over the place with nice variation. We could have just done the usual running it wide again and again with the counter attack . Relying on ...

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Anyone still calling for Havili to be in the squad? Funny how so many were outraged at his non selection. He was absolutely terrible last night. Apart from everyone else already mentioned, I thought Codie Taylor was brilliant. Staunch in defence, nailed his core roles and involved in an important t...

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Where’s BB to pour scorn on the effort ?

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He was pretty good .

Much as it galls me to admit that .

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Terrible idea , involving Foster turned it into even more of a social event .

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I don't think it's made much local impact but it's a good event for the NRL. Lots of Aussies come over for it. Was on a flight from Sydney to SF in February and it seemed like half the plane was on their way to the match. Not just fans of the 4 teams playing either. That maybe true, but the way tho...

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Having lived in Wales , I found the Welsh surprisingly lovely buggers and utterly passionate about their rugby .

I hope they have more to cheer about going forward , they need it .

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And they called McCaw a cheat ?

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obelixtim wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 11:31 pm I gave up watching at half time. Glad I didn't waste another 40 minutes watching that. Fozzies hand all over that shambles.

Fozzie likes to hang with rugby players and looked to be having a swell time .

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Ghastly . Having been over to that location , I met some of the Palestinians directly confronting these religious fanatics . They felt helpless and have no where to run to , the Palestinian authority is deliberately toothless and the IDF use their fire power to support the settlers unquestioningly. ...

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How a commentator can confuse Ardie Savea with Timoci Tavatavanawai is baffling. Nisbot has a history of confusing dark coloured players sadly . I actually don't mind Nisbett, truth be told, but he needs to get his eyes checked again after that commentator blooper. I’m used to him , but he’s nothin...

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Well I think we've found our next longterm no.6. Well done Scott Robertson, the AB's have been desperate for a blindside flanker since Jerome Kaino's loss of form prior to his departure, and Razor has found it in Tupou Vaa'i. Now he just needs to build cohesion in the midfield, and build depth off ...

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And if we're going to be talking about potential RWC squads in two years time, we've got to talk about who the ABs' second half-back is. At the moment, there's daylight between Roigard and the next best halfback. I think we'll take three halfbacks to the 2027 RWC, Roigard, Ratima and Hotham. Cam Ro...

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I don’t like mo at ten, and that’s mainly due to the casual disregard he is showing nz rugby and the all blacks. If he makes himself available after the Japanese contract ends, I reckon any previous all blacks coach would tell him to fudge himself. Robertson though? I don’t know. He clearly wanted ...

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Tehui wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:34 am
kiwidutchie wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 9:36 am Worst kiwi performance tonight has been Grant Nisbett.
How a commentator can confuse Ardie Savea with Timoci Tavatavanawai is baffling.

Nisbot has a history of confusing dark coloured players sadly .

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:22 am
mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:21 am Fair to say Bryn Evans’ appointment as lineout coach is looking astute after some of the moves and trick plays we’ve pulled so far?
Our lineout looks better than it has since the peak Kieran Read era.

Looks very good indeed .

Holland is terrific .

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