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Sensible Stephen

CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Sun Nov 02, 2025 7:01 am
nabanoba wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 6:02 pm Where's the Aussie team from the Rugby Championship gone?

Never looked up for it today
Nic White had retired, Skelton didn't play and Edmed is our 4th best 10.

Yeah, just too many not available. Stewart on the bench says it all.

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Edmed

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True Blue wrote: ↑Wed Oct 29, 2025 1:16 am Probably for me:

SA
France
----small gap---
NZ
Ireland
---small gap---
England
Australia
Argentina
---small gap---
Scotland

I agree with that. The only question for me is if the small gap is before or after France. Also, England and Ireland could maybe swap.

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True Blue wrote: ↑Wed Oct 29, 2025 1:19 am My picks

NZ v Ireland - NZ by 3
NZ v Scotland - NZ by 20
NZ v England - England by 5
NZ v Wales - NZ by 90

Man that would be sad. I am shocked at how Wales seemingly suddenly just fell off a cliff. I hope you play a "b" team against them and dont run up a score.

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And when theres no rugby at all in winter, we can all just watch the NRL instead.

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Horrible. Best of luck to both of you Booji and Canz.

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Carter Gordon signed to 2028.

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Its increasingly looking like AI is a bubble. LLMs don't look like they are going to be able to move to the next level.

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I've had three pairs of Samsung Galaxy Pros over the last 6 years. They've all been kind of shit. My first pair just stopped working one day. My 2nd pair just lost volume after about 12 months. My current pair had to be replaced twice because they wouldn't charge properly. I will no doubt buy them ...

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I've had three pairs of Samsung Galaxy Pros over the last 6 years. They've all been kind of shit. My first pair just stopped working one day. My 2nd pair just lost volume after about 12 months. My current pair had to be replaced twice because they wouldn't charge properly. I will no doubt buy them ...

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UncleFB wrote: ↑Wed Oct 08, 2025 11:30 pm Does anyone else have the issue where one earbud always runs out of battery before the other one?

No, but I do have an issue where only one fills up with wax all the time. Thats on me though I guess.

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Hah, The NRL is strongly looking at moving back to daytime GF once the current TV deal ends in 26/27. I wonder how many people are ‘lost’ or ‘gained’ due to time for big game like this? I’d have thought most of the audience would be locked in for a GF across afl or NRL Dunno but it's a good point. ...

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Cant see SA losing this. Their scrum will get them over the line in the second half.

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That was a yellow every day of the week.

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les@mooloolaba wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 1:43 pm Anybody have trouble with Stan loading a lot from about 60 mins. Made for frustrating viewing at the end of the game.

Yeah. It shat the bed. I had to flick over to 9 to continue watching. Not good enough tbh.

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Based on rumours ive heard/read. 1. Slipper 2. Pollard 3. TT 4. Frost 5. Skelton 6. Hooper 7. Mcreight 8. Wilson 9. Gordon 10. Edmed 11. Dungers 12. Lenny 13. JAS 14. Anti Trans 15. Jorgo 16. Bpa 17. Bell 18. 7As 19. Williams 20. Valetini 21. Longers 22. JOC 23. Flook I dont know if I am ready for ...

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Still cant see it lasting more than a season. Who is going to watch this circus.

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NPC looks like its played down the local park these days. Is this really what people are pushing?

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I dont understand what people are on about. Once every 4 years? WTF. Tours.... So if Australia tour Argentina next year say.... Those games are going to be on at what 6am maybe? TV not going to love that. RC made sure that there would always be at least 3 high quality home games (2 x incoming side, ...

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OupaStruisbaai wrote: ↑Mon Sep 29, 2025 5:56 am New Nations Cup starts next year. Scrap the TRC.

Who actually wants this nations cup thing? So shit.

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It would be like NZR scheduling a Bledisloe test to clash with the Melbourne Cup. It's so dumb it's actually a real worry. It's worrying to think that NZR is so out of touch with what's happening outside of Rugby. I see it a little differently. The way international rugby is structured, the home te...

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S Barrett dropped or injured?

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Their focus on Eden Park had been building for a long time. Pressure was immense to not be THE team to lose the unbeaten streak. Boks had their chances but were error prone. The following week NZ were spent mentally and the Boks had much to prove. A perfect storm. What does that mean and how do you...

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So interestingly (and inexplicably) the final round of the RC is outside of the window. So whats the deal with Skelton? Why did he go back to France? I dont understand, cant we say sorry, hes here until October? Or is he too scared to rock the boat of his pay masters? You say rock the boat but both...

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Dont get caught up in the AB hyperbole, it was still winnable at 65min, only then did NZ switch off. They could easily have won. But they looked like a Super team. They just gave up. the last 3? tries were just them waving the SA player through. It was bizarre. It was like they just thought the 10 ...

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Thomas wrote: ↑Tue Sep 16, 2025 2:57 am This will be a slaughter. ABs got manshamed badly and will be out for vengeance.

Agree.

But this NZ team is so up and down, I back us to win the second match.

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We can't win the next two games without him but he has contract fulfillments to honour, oh well. Is the RC outside of the international window? I read somewhere yesterday that Schmitt told him hes not required for the next 2 matches. Surely thats not right. https://www.world.rugby/organisation/gove...

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grievous wrote: ↑Mon Sep 15, 2025 11:44 pm We can't win the next two games without him but he has contract fulfillments to honour, oh well.

Is the RC outside of the international window?

I read somewhere yesterday that Schmitt told him hes not required for the next 2 matches. Surely thats not right.

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They just waved him through. 29 to nil in the second half. NZ mentally out of it

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NZ just not very good. I like our chances in the Bled.

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Lol. That one was forward. Haha wtf

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Arg are playing well, but we only have ourselves to blame. So much dumb shit.

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Card is harsh

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That was clown school stuff.

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How? Edmed....

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Sadly, it now seems both sides are thinking this of the other side. I don't have an answer, but the rapid breakdown of common ground, rational thought and basic humanity is heartbreaking. Kirk wasn't a love thy neighbour Christian, your response to that its to both sides it. In all honesty, your bo...

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Thomas wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 6:57 am
Sensible Stephen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 6:52 am The video.... the gushing of blood. No way he was coming back from that.
He was dead within 20 seconds.

Like a movie, the blood pissing out. Wonder if he knew what had happened, or the blood loss was so quick that he blacked out in a split second.

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The video.... the gushing of blood. No way he was coming back from that.

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Its been 15 months since I stopped drinking every weekend. This year I've only had a drink on four occasions and each time no more than 3 drinks max. I do find myself craving a drink come Friday, but keeping my body lean plus the threat of hangovers is enough to stop myself. I have been the same wei...

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