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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Trans issues and 'compelled' speech
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6259
Re: Trans issues and 'compelled' speech
He represented the law perfectly. He debated constantly including at government level. He has indeed become a famous influence, he of course isn’t right wing as much as a conservative. His critics are normally not honest His points about the bill, and where what it could be interpreted to be or eve...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5345
Re: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
Looking at the team stats for the season so far, both teams having played the same number of games. Tries. Canes: 43, Brum: 28 Clean Breaks Canes: 69, Brum: 41 Carries Canes: 1003, Brum: 823 Metres Gained Canes: 4591, Brum: 3538 Defenders beaten Canes: 264, Brum: 117 Tackle % Canes: 88%, Brum: 81.7%...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Hurricanes 2024. The Midget is gone!
- Replies: 190
- Views: 26207
Re: Hurricanes 2024. The Midget is gone!
Let's analyze this 6 games left to go R.10 - Brumbies (A) Winnable R.11 - Waratahs (H) Winnable R.12 - Blues (A) Debateable R.13 - Moana Pacifika (H) Winnable R.14 - Chiefs (A) Debateable R.15 - Highlanders (H) Winnable We currently have 4 out of 6 winnable games on hand judging on form. Crucial ga...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Trans issues and 'compelled' speech
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6259
Re: Trans issues and 'compelled' speech
Because Peterson is a psycho drug addled culture war right wing lunatic While I disagree much with Peterson, in areas like this he's got expertise and makes very well made points in his area of knowledge. His original point on compelled speech was well reasoned. Regardless if it applied to the law ...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5345
Re: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
I have a sneaking feeling Canes gonna lose this one. But I'm Canadic so we always expect that. Any Canes supporter has this feeling at some point every week. Disappointment is part of the fun of being a Canes supporter. We don't suffer the hubris of the 3x champion Blues or 14x champions Crusaders ...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Trans issues and 'compelled' speech
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6259
Re: Trans issues and 'compelled' speech
Jordan Peterson's problem with compelled speech was based on the rationale that the State should have no power to compel people to think in a certain way, and to attempt to do so in a way that sanctions people for expressing themselves in an honest and authentic manner guided by their own beliefs is...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5345
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5345
Re: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
Just saw on the news that Dane Coles was called to see if he would pop back for a stint....
He's unavailable, but that would have been interesting...
He's unavailable, but that would have been interesting...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:07 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5345
Re: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5345
Re: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
Aumua is a big loss ,but like Roigard, shit happens and you move to next option. Super rugby is won by squads , nit individuals. Good point. A quick look at the stats shows that the Canes don't have a lot of players at the top in the individual player stats, but in the team stats the Canes are at o...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5345
Re: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
I say this will bring Raymond Tuputupu up to the main team from the wider training group. He's young at 21, but has played in the top team before. It's an opportunity for him, but this is the first time that our depth in any position has been really tested. Aumua could be back for finals footy. Shad...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:13 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5345
SR Rd 10. Brumbies V Canes: A Capital Affair!
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/april-th-day-month-red-date-written-pinned-calendar-to-remind-you-important-event-possibility-spring-year-198243464.jpg Kickoff: 2:35pm Local 4:35 pm NZT. Venue: GIO Stadium. https://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/photos/canberra-stadium.jpg Teams. https://1000logos.net...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:28 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Welly cabal
- Replies: 28
- Views: 726
Re: Welly cabal
Ms MungoSpouse & I are arriving in Wellington in the afternoon of Monday 29th of this month and flying out to Chch in the morning of Friday 3rd May. We'd like to catch up with you if possible, which is made trickier by me still being unable to locate your phone number (yeah, I checked again but wit...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Welly cabal
- Replies: 28
- Views: 726
Re: Welly cabal
Ms MungoSpouse & I are arriving in Wellington in the afternoon of Monday 29th of this month and flying out to Chch in the morning of Friday 3rd May. We'd like to catch up with you if possible, which is made trickier by me still being unable to locate your phone number (yeah, I checked again but wit...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Hurricanes 2024. The Midget is gone!
- Replies: 190
- Views: 26207
Re: Hurricanes 2024. The Midget is gone!
8 wins from 8. 5 Bonus Points, 37 of a possible 40 points and a 5 point buffer over 2nd place. So this is equal to our best ever start..
As a Canes fan since their inception, here is where we start to get nervous.
As a Canes fan since their inception, here is where we start to get nervous.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
All but 2 of the Crusaders remaining games are at home. In those games they will be facing the Blues, Who they will struggle against, but the opportunity exists to bank at least a few wins this season. I doubt they have enough to make the knockout stage. 5 Wins was enough to get to the knockouts la...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:21 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
All but 2 of the Crusaders remaining games are at home. In those games they will be facing the Blues, Who they will struggle against, but the opportunity exists to bank at least a few wins this season. I doubt they have enough to make the knockout stage. 5 Wins was enough to get to the knockouts las...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
Most New Zealand super sides have had this kind of confidence crisis on a semi-regular basis, where multiple elements line up for the perfect storm (new coach, player exodus, injury crisis and tough early draw) all compounding on each other. What’s remarkable is how long the Crusaders have gone wit...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
It's observational comedy, if you please.mr bungle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:43 pmGhost-Of-Nepia wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:29 pm More of this brilliant, cutting-edge humour that kiwidutchie is so known for.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Beating the Crusaders
Used to be cool...
Now everyone is doing it.
Now everyone is doing it.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
Is there any footage of what happened to make Aiden Morgan look like Hannibal Lecter? You certainly can't doubt his courage! The game certainly didn't have much shape in the 2nd half. (TBF, it wasn't that great in the first either, but the Canes were able to get enough structure to score a couple of...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
For 7 games, Canes have only had 1 card.
Got 3 tonight....
Got 3 tonight....
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
That's bullshit...he was falling in the tackle FFS
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
Not a lot of structure in this game. It's a lot like 7s
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:53 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
Crowd's gone a bit quiet there...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:19 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
Referee: Paul Williams
Assistant Referees: Dan Waenga, Mike Winter
Assistant Referees: Dan Waenga, Mike Winter
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Force vs Crusaders Match Thread
- Replies: 114
- Views: 1821
Re: Force vs Crusaders Match Thread
We've got ourselves a good, old-fashioned cripple fight. 11th vs 12th on the ladder. 1 win apiece. Will we contrive a remarkable new way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? Suffer another 21 injuries? Force by 4. https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExZmxwMGs5eXVjbjdweTk2cXFtcWR4e...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
Given who the head coach is, I'd wager that the Canes are more wary of Fijian Rugby than most...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bondi Junction Shooting
- Replies: 294
- Views: 7605
Re: Bondi Junction Shooting
I get it and not trying to have a go at you. The problem is that you and others are pre-programmed to think this way and its a huge issue, as it shouldnt be the automatic response in this part of the world. And people like Rachel Riley posting what she did, reinforces that. And there are real world...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Fallout on Amazon
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8452
Re: Fallout on Amazon
https://scontent-akl1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/437163362_948525169929390_8779038141120587666_n.png?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=JFdR_0qXEjEAb5LydTR&_nc_ht=scontent-akl1-1.xx&cb_e2o_trans=q&oh=03_Q7cD1QGDYesNlvtLVXFslnV7448BxHW_b-OyRPyiwemT8KGKtw&oe=6649025C Now I can't Unsee this....
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
Game Day Bump.
Weather improving, with the Rain forecast reduced to showers, but 97% humidity!
We will see how the conditioning of the Canes Players is, but I would suspect the Pack Starting weight will be reduced considerably after the game!
Weather improving, with the Rain forecast reduced to showers, but 97% humidity!
We will see how the conditioning of the Canes Players is, but I would suspect the Pack Starting weight will be reduced considerably after the game!
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:44 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bondi Junction Shooting
- Replies: 294
- Views: 7605
Re: Bondi Junction Shooting
I tend to agree with most of that, except for the highlighted bit. There was no suggestion it was Islamic terror except for people leaping to conclusions, and that was then a self perpetuating prophecy from there. In Australia, it was less likely to be that than some other form of violence. Why is ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bondi Junction Shooting
- Replies: 294
- Views: 7605
Re: Bondi Junction Shooting
KD, you are going down the path of "all mass random attacks are linked to Islamic terrorism" which just isnt the case, particularly in Aus / NZ. The headline cases of recent years are not that - they are linked to mental health (this one, the Melbourne car attack in 2017), right wing extremism (Chr...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Listen to your body
- Replies: 122
- Views: 2963
Re: Listen to your body
MY body is saying "Don't goto work today". Anyway in the UK right now your body can say what it likes, it will be two weeks before the receptionist at the doctors surgery answers the phone. Glad you are OK. :lol: Either that, or a 3-day sit in A&E waiting room When it comes to chest pains, they ten...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
Drua to play a 19 year old #10 in their starting lineup...
Very brave, but as the saying goes, if you're good enough, you're old enough.
(Edit. Brought in to cover Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula, who has had to return to NZ following a Family Bereavement)
Very brave, but as the saying goes, if you're good enough, you're old enough.
(Edit. Brought in to cover Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula, who has had to return to NZ following a Family Bereavement)
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
Just saw the boys on the news in their fancy training facility. Heat cranked up in the room, 100% humidity and the equivalent of a few thousand metres above sea level. Looked like hell, a very wet sweaty hell That's to help them get used to breakfast temperatures. Forecast for Suva. Low temp of 25 ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bondi Junction Shooting
- Replies: 294
- Views: 7605
Re: Bondi Junction Shooting
KD, you are going down the path of "all mass random attacks are linked to Islamic terrorism" which just isnt the case, particularly in Aus / NZ. The headline cases of recent years are not that - they are linked to mental health (this one, the Melbourne car attack in 2017), right wing extremism (Chr...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 1547
Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
Time to utilise some other players in the squad? The problem there is, the Drua at home are not a team to trifle with. They currently have the best Scrum in the comp, and a backline that will test any defence. I'd look at playing the same starting forward pack, but possibly swap Lakai and Kirifi. L...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Banning smoking - does it make sense?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 2586
Re: Banning smoking - does it make sense?
Stupid decision. I am an avowed non-smoker, but such a ban would have the opposite effect with an unregulated Black Market. There is also the precedent of the state deciding that if something is not good for you, they can ban it. Which leads to the question, what would be next? Fancy a beer, anyone...