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by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves
Replies: 18
Views: 192

Re: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves

NFJ needs a tiny bit of credit. A professional trainer years before professionalism.
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs v Rebels
Replies: 96
Views: 539

Re: Waratahs v Rebels

That front row was the basis, the foundation.
Two wallabies in the second row didn’t hurt either
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves
Replies: 18
Views: 192

Re: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves

RodneyRegis wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:54 am
Auckman wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:13 am Nationality bias will infect this thread
Correct.

Joost best.
Good call

Was going to call my first born after Joost

Settled for Dave instead, but yeah
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
Replies: 14
Views: 177

Re: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?

In summary, anywhere that is not the festering shit-hole that is Manchester

(excluding Salford and Macclesfield, which are somehow worse)
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs v Rebels
Replies: 96
Views: 539

Re: Waratahs v Rebels

I was at Suncorp to watch Cooper (in his pomp) demolish the Bulls When you’ve been in the presence of greatness, you don’t easily forget it FMD, that guy was magical, that season No doubt he was great but he also had some very good players in the team. He also made plenty of mistakes. Yes. He had f...
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs v Rebels
Replies: 96
Views: 539

Re: Waratahs v Rebels

I was at Suncorp to watch Cooper (in his pomp) demolish the Bulls When you’ve been in the presence of greatness, you don’t easily forget it FMD, that guy was magical, that season I went to see them play the Chiefs in 2011. It was special. Glad I got to see it. :thumbup: It was like Uncle Rico actua...
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs v Rebels
Replies: 96
Views: 539

Re: Waratahs v Rebels

I was at Suncorp to watch Cooper (in his pomp) demolish the Bulls

When you’ve been in the presence of greatness, you don’t easily forget it

FMD, that guy was magical, that season
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves
Replies: 18
Views: 192

Re: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves

Tehui wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:47 am Is the question which halfback had the best RWC, which was the better player, or which had the better career? You could get different answers for each of those questions.
Good call

This is a great thread
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves
Replies: 18
Views: 192

Re: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves

Great OP. Excellent idea

Having said that, I find it difficult to be objective

Joost - sentimental favourite
NFJ - second sentimental favourite
Smith - just a magic footballer
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
Replies: 9120
Views: 285101

Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)

towny wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:45 am
shanky wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:37 am Jed Holloway the first lock picked for the WBs though

You know it’s true
Not sure about first, but I’d have him in the four.
Good enough

Roldy would probably have Nathan Sharpe
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:37 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
Replies: 9120
Views: 285101

Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)

Jed Holloway the first lock picked for the WBs though

You know it’s true
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
Replies: 14
Views: 177

Re: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?

Glaston wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:26 am
shanky wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:18 am Drive through Snowdonia National Park.
Absolutely beautiful

If you don’t enjoy it, I will personally give you $25
Its had a name change mate, its now known as Eryri
Why? Is that because of the indigenous people there?
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
Replies: 14
Views: 177

Re: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?

Drive through Snowdonia National Park.
Absolutely beautiful

If you don’t enjoy it, I will personally give you $25
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Early Joke of the Year Contender
Replies: 20
Views: 403

Re: Early Joke of the Year Contender

Mad skillz bro
:lol:
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Early Joke of the Year Contender
Replies: 20
Views: 403

Re: Early Joke of the Year Contender

tafano wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:35 am The punchline could have been -after 20 seconds the towel started to moan with pleasure. And the three went “Waft the fück?”-
Good suggestion. I like that
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:31 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Early Joke of the Year Contender
Replies: 20
Views: 403

Re: Early Joke of the Year Contender

Did you write this joke?

You seem quite attached to it, resistant to suggestions for improvement.
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Early Joke of the Year Contender
Replies: 20
Views: 403

Re: Early Joke of the Year Contender

Mate. Your friends at the sheltered workshop don’t know shit about proper humour.

Cassandra is too long of a name as well. Should be Betty or similar
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Early Joke of the Year Contender
Replies: 20
Views: 403

Re: Early Joke of the Year Contender

For starters, Angus needs to deliver the punchline, not Johnny

Johnny needs to be having second thoughts and Angus needs to rescue the situation

I mean, yeah. WTF?
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Early Joke of the Year Contender
Replies: 20
Views: 403

Re: Early Joke of the Year Contender

That joke is f**king terrible
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2024 Boredies - the Results!
Replies: 24
Views: 357

Re: 2024 Boredies - the Results!

Great work team collating all this must have been a ton of work. Personally I would have taken 'worst aussie' as a badge of honour. I've honestly been gunning for this award for the last 10 months. Snide comments here, free character assessments there. A few dabs of casual racism. All that work for...
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2024 Boredies - the Results!
Replies: 24
Views: 357

Re: 2024 Boredies - the Results!

We’ll never shut Towny up now

FFS
by shanky
Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:15 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Sam Bankman-Fried Goooone...
Replies: 415
Views: 25204

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Goooone...

AlanBengio wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:16 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3EYKuFGJ5c

Watch it
Wow. That was compelling viewing.

Thanks
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Whats the wokest thing you ever read?
Replies: 50
Views: 1053

Re: Whats the wokest thing you ever read?

‘Woke’ has replaced ‘PC gorn mad” which replaced ‘bloody hippies’ which replaced…

People don’t like change. Look at the rugby laws thread. ‘Woke Aussies stealing our game’
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Student discovers gold worth R450Billion in Jo'burg
Replies: 9
Views: 339

Re: Student discovers gold worth R450Billion in Jo'burg

So, he didn’t really ‘discover’ it?

Instead, he did a calculation?

“Student does calculation” is probably not as newsworthy
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wtf is going on in the Brit post office?
Replies: 169
Views: 20217

Re: Wtf is going on in the Brit post office?

PwC partner recently got done here because they were passing upcoming tax rulings to private clients The fallout has been dramatic, with many partners being axed How can this happen, you ask yourself? Then you realise that these guys are all operating on a grace and favour basis. Yes Minister, all t...
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18094
Views: 819834

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

There are reasonable concerns about advantages institutions have in various markets, but this isn't as one sided as there are no reasons to restrict retail access. People could lose a lot of money very quickly, and whilst that's always going to be true I can see why you'd look to mitigate that at t...
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 85
Views: 1644

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

The answer clearly depends on who beat the All Blacks the most. Guscott - 1993: Eng x1, Lions x1 Tuilagi - 2012: Eng x1, 2019: Eng x1 It’s a draw. However, the quality of Tuilagi’s performances in those wins puts him well clear of Guscott. Yes This is known as the ‘Matt Cockbain Index’ We call it t...
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies
Replies: 43
Views: 608

Re: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies

Zakar wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:20 am
shanky wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:40 am Do you win many cases, Counsellor?
I actually just decide them now.
Oooh errr

Well done mate. :thumbup:
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies
Replies: 43
Views: 608

Re: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies

Do you win many cases, Counsellor?
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
Replies: 9120
Views: 285101

Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)

Farva wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:38 am
shanky wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:22 pm Moore was 3x the hooker that Beale ever was, no dispute there
Beale’s love of fast food meant that he was doing his damnedest to catch up.
:lol:
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies
Replies: 43
Views: 608

Re: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies

TBF it’s a properly lawyer/Canberran answer Parsing the issues to thread the needle :nod: Do people talk about Michael Jordan being developed by the University of North Carolina (where he was 18-21), Raleigh High School (13-17), or Wilmington Junior High (10-12)? This is your precedent case? A play...
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29275
Views: 2042773

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Well clearly (b)

But that’s not what happened here, hence we’re back examining (a)
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies
Replies: 43
Views: 608

Re: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies

TBF it’s a properly lawyer/Canberran answer
Parsing the issues to thread the needle
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29275
Views: 2042773

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

How does pump priming in an inflationary environment help the country?
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29275
Views: 2042773

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Avoiding a wedge is politics

Taking money from battlers to fund union boondoggles is more existential, more problematic
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29275
Views: 2042773

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

You don’t think broken promises of the government-of-the-day should be scrutinised? Millions more Australians got a bigger tax cut than they were previously going to get. All the polls at the time showed Australians overwhelmingly supported the changes to Stage 3. OVERWHELMINGLY! Given Dutton voted...
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29275
Views: 2042773

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

You don’t think broken promises of the government-of-the-day should be scrutinised?
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
Replies: 9120
Views: 285101

Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)

Let’s ask Scott Fardy
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies
Replies: 43
Views: 608

Re: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies

wamberal wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:10 am
shanky wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:06 pm
wamberal wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:03 pm

:lol:
Whereas we know that most all talent actually arises from Eastwood! ;) :) :)
Mmmm. Not quite. A few.
:)
by shanky
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29275
Views: 2042773

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

No. I expect the focus will be on the government of the day. Specifically The Voice, Immigration, Broken tax promises, Glambo, and so on