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Sensible Stephen

I couldn't find the "Blues thread" but this is a joke surely... It has been their home ground since the inaugural Super Rugby season in 1996, but are the Blues’ Eden Park days numbered? The Auckland rugby franchise has begun canvassing the views of supporters on whether they would be in favour of a...

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I just don't know how this will get any viewers on PPV. Both are well past their sell date, as well as being footballers first, boxers 2nd.

Sensible Stephen

Am I right in thinking this is your (and SA, Args) last game until the Rugby Championship? You'll be on ice until the Lions leave Australia? I think so. Your lot will be good and toasty by the time the Championship comes around. We will be either battle hardened or dead men walking. Sort of annoyed...

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Why didn’t the ref penalise the Boks for intentional offside at the kick off? Seems strange to give Italy the scrum which was likely what Rassie was fishing for. Imagine intentionally cheating at the kickoff against the 10th ranked side in the world :lol: yet more law book manipulation dressed up a...

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Jorgo and Potter are first choice wings you think? Thats a fair bit of pace, but would we want to see say Daugunu at 11 for a bit of size? Lynaugh starting is a big call too. I wouldnt be surprised to see Donno there, but I dont think we will win if that happens. Yeah I think Lynagh is a risk we ha...

Sensible Stephen

Am I right in thinking this is your (and SA, Args) last game until the Rugby Championship? You'll be on ice until the Lions leave Australia?

Sensible Stephen

Can you see 30000 Aussie and Kiwi fans travelling for the ANZAC team? I can't. I think it would be good for NZ and RA to get together a touring team to play the Tier 2 European nations, during the November tour. That's the best you can hope for. Yeah can't see it either. No tradition, people would ...

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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 . I don't think it depends on skin colour. He gets confused between Love and Cameron for the Hurrican...

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sunnybanana wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 2:32 am Frothing

Overly defensive South African supporter in projecting shocker.

Sensible Stephen

Why didn’t the ref penalise the Boks for intentional offside at the kick off? Seems strange to give Italy the scrum which was likely what Rassie was fishing for. Imagine intentionally cheating at the kickoff against the 10th ranked side in the world :lol: yet more law book manipulation dressed up a...

Sensible Stephen

Was such a deflating game. It really was like a pub team v a proper team. After about 10 minutes it was obvious what was going to happen and concentration turned to the stadium beers.

I wish they could have had more prep time together. Seems like a waste of a game.

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Short Man Syndrome wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:53 am

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Adding kiwi fruit to pavlova, while not top tier pavlova, is not a bad addition. Adelaide Crowes are shit though, and what's with the Weimar Republic vibe? https://s2.qwant.com/thumbr/474x474/6/c/82b3e4e916cb107cb1b52b0205fa1276c5bb7bd0c1cc725f0cde9f4c2a874f/OIP.FgTnf7NixZdIp_BkXKqIPwHaHa.jpg?u=htt...

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jdogscoop wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 3:07 am
Stephen has yellow fever.

He's a closet Wallabies fan.

You're a weirdo.

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grievous wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 2:36 pm Fanzones are heaving good buzz in AFL town pre game day

Central markets were flooded with red wit kant yesterday. Hard to move without crashing into one of them.

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A proper Aussie-Kiwi. Born in NZ, raised in Melbourne.

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I am so pumped for this. Saw us v SA here a couple of years ago, but that was a day game. First time seeing a night rugby game at the oval.

Sensible Stephen

Sad to see him as a complete and utter shadow of his former self.

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I’d go for that too but I reckon Schmitty will start Donno with Lynagh on the bench if fit in the first. Looking ahead to the next RWC it will be Lynagh with HMO,Creighton and/or Meredith you would think. I doubt Donaldson will be in the mix. However we are where we are right now and Donaldson seem...

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Olo wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 5:03 am JOC on the bench will be a good call if needed. Start with Lynagh.

Thats what i am hoping for.

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She did a barn burner of a convention speech and she kicked donald trump up and down the debate stage. She’s not the worst or best presidential candidate ever. The reason she lost is because Biden f**ked her. she didn’t distance herself from Biden enough, perceptions of the economy were awful, the ...

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Looking forward to the tv movie which is no doubt in the works.

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Well done Lions. Good game. Happy with how our boys played, a lot of second and third (and 4th technically) stringers our there and kept it relatively close. I kind of wish we had the full compliment now. Would have pushed them pretty bloody close. Yeah it sucks not being at full strength. I realis...

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Lions a class above but frustrating from the Brumbies.

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Lions tour was locked in 2 years ago, well before SOO game dates were announced. So the genius that decided it was the NRL. They dont give a fudge. Now, could have preplanned and shyed away from ANY Wednesday games. Nrl would have probably moved to Thursday out of spite. Why would they? The Origin ...

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All of our 10's are capable of some good moments, the problem is stringing those good moments together consistently throughout a game. I think Lynagh is probably the most consistent, but I worry about all the head knocks this year, and the fact he hasn't had a run in a while. Starting him against t...

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The fact we don’t actually have an international level fly half is probably a different conversation. All of our 10's are capable of some good moments, the problem is stringing those good moments together consistently throughout a game. I think Lynagh is probably the most consistent, but I worry ab...

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Bindi wrote: ↑Mon Jul 07, 2025 2:00 am If the Lions play like they did against the Tahs, Ponies will take this.

Rumour is this will be the full strength test team. Gives them 10 days to prepare for the big dance. The AU/NZ game will be against the second stringers.

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Zakar wrote: ↑Mon Jul 07, 2025 5:01 am Hard to disagree with any of that. Hussey is probably the top rugby journalist in the country.

I feel the the RA pigeon does better work though.

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Wallabies played dumb in parts but dominated the first half. If Lolesio hadn't had a brain fart, it would have been 14-0 at half time. I just hate how teams try and place loose against Fiji. They love that shit. Revel in it. Tighten it up, play for set piece dominance and the holes will open. Then ...

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Hopefully a lot of that was rust. Bring on next week.

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Ok now just nothing stupid and close this out.

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Thank fudge.

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Farva wrote: ↑Sun Jul 06, 2025 6:17 am Like that one

The line out was just Fiji being more hungry. Why the hell are we so passive.

Sensible Stephen

Three tries overturned in the game so far. Even though that worked in our favour its so annoying. I mean it wasn't obvious, he just licked the line. I feel like TMO should only be for obvious misses, not something you have to spend 5 minutes reviewing. Right, who was going back to look for it? It’s...

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Far out. We are just making dumb mistakes now.

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Gee that’s a shame, such a great try. I really wonder sometimes if that had stayed ‘missed’ would anyone have thought to go back and look at it? WR obsessed with cancelling tries. Might as well bring back the captain’s challenge. Three tries overturned in the game so far. Even though that worked in...

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Sensible Stephen wrote: ↑Sun Jul 06, 2025 5:57 am Fucks sake. Get Noah off. Stupid turn over.

Ok didn't realise his smashed his head. Hope he's ok.

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Fucks sake. Get Noah off. Stupid turn over.

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We just need to calm down. We should win this easily, get back to playing structures.

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