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With the Crusaders in a slump, AC is proselytizing for the NRL Gushing pieces about Kim Jong V’Landys will no doubt be next. Strange post. I'm simply pointing out a smart strategy being employed by our codes main rival. They're innovating their schedule to suit modern societal trends, meanwhile we'...

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I see the NRL has scheduled a three game Rugby League marathon today for ANZAC day. Very smart scheduling, IMO. It's a national public holiday. Aside from RSL's everything is closed, restaurants, clubs, pubs etc. It's illegal to see alcohol outside of an RSL. Also, many people are up early for dawn...

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Hard to do this given SH players haven't played test Rugby since last year's RWC and NH players have played the 6N this year. You're effectively comparing form from last year to form from more recently.

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Fellas, can we please keep the trans-hate to the women's sport threads?

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I see the NRL has scheduled a three game Rugby League marathon today for ANZAC day. Very smart scheduling, IMO. It's a national public holiday. Aside from RSL's everything is closed, restaurants, clubs, pubs etc. It's illegal to see alcohol outside of an RSL. Also, many people are up early for dawn ...

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Hope this can all be sorted for the sake of Rugby in Victoria.

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I don't mind the changes, this is probably one of the stronger sides we've fielded this year. Newell, McAlister, Bower is our best fit front row - Franks and Moody are done and Bell's throwing has been poor. Hopefully McAlister is better for the run last week. Lovely having Barrett back in the seco...

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Whilst this is great news, it beggars the question, who has been running Super Rugby until now? Like seriously, has it been running itself? Pretty much. Hence its current state in the public conciousness. Essentially until now the different unions have split the jobs via samzaar. Utterly stupid. An...

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Whilst this is great news, it beggars the question, who has been running Super Rugby until now? Like seriously, has it been running itself?

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White Charlie Ngatai

Tasman Jesus

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Zakar wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:12 am
Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:43 pm Are the TAB drunk?
They set the odds based on incoming bets.

So it's the Crusaders fans who are drunk?

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Can start my first match thread of the season! Give MrB and others a break. This will be the 2nd Crusaders game I'm heading to this year. Think odds are again weirdly in favour of the home team considering the Rebels have looked MUCH better than the Force this year. Crusaders should get some cattle...

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Are the TAB drunk?

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On fickleness. How can the warriors have better crowd numbers than all the SR teams and all Premiership teams and all URC teams except maybe Leinster? They've never won the comp. I just can't wrap my head around it. 5th Home sellout in a row coming up on ANZAC day. They sold out a pre-season game i...

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On fickleness. How can the warriors have better crowd numbers than all the SR teams and all Premiership teams and all URC teams except maybe Leinster? They've never won the comp. I just can't wrap my head around it. There are lost of reasons why the NRL is booming, and the Warriors are NZ's most po...

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Nolanator wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:37 pm
Newportblue88 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:19 pm Some absolute mutants around
Like these guys are going to have outrageous health problems in the 50s and on.

At the elite level, power-lifters aren't healthy. Neither are body builders, tbf.

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Newportblue88 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:58 pm Just looked. There have been four 1000kg + totals so far this year in tested / “tested” Feds

Yep, 1000kg + totals is elite.

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Newportblue88 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:56 am The ABS is insane. Pretty much best of best.

I watched a guy local to me total 820 recently. At under 105kg. IPF affiliate so “tested”, knee sleeves and belt. Madness

Would those guys totalling 1000kg+ be tested?

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Sunday arvo matches are great for fans, rare as hens teeth these days though. Used to love a good Sunday arvo session at Ballymore. I’m a fan. Why are they rare though? The NRL and AFL always feature Sunday games. I get the lack of Sunday games when South Africa were involved, Sunday games in the R...

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Spectated at a powerlifting event yesterday. https://www.instagram.com/powerlifting_series?igsh=MWRmNTY4MXp4aDBrbQ== Saw a few guys total over 1000kg. Enormous men. That's so strong. What would their breakdowns for the respective lifts be? 425kg DL, 325kg squat, 250kg bench, or thereabouts? Very im...

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I hope everyone's training is going well. I changed gym about a fortnight ago and I'm very pleased with my new gym. It's got a much better atmosphere and there are less instances of terrible gym etiquette. One thing about it is that it's very cold. Their cooling system is on overdrive. I've not real...

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Kiwias wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:19 am
Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:54 am Great to hear you are on the mend Kiwas!

Stay safe, boet!
I can state with absolute certainty that my little episode put into perspective any disappointment I had been feeling about the Crusaders season so far.

Cheers, mate.

Yep, life has a way of putting things perspectives

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Great to hear you are on the mend Kiwas!

Stay safe, boet!

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Disappointing loss obviously. Not surprising to see fans of other teams piling in on us and Rob Penney. F**k you guys and the nothing-teams you support. I have faith that we have the players and staff to turn it around once we navigate through this unprecedented injury crisis. We've also copped two ...

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My problem with TJ Perenara is that he's always been very average at test level. Almost all his caps were off the bench behind Smith, and by the end of his test career he was being overtaken by younger 9's. Whilst his defense, support play and effort have never been questioned, his passing game, kic...

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Zakar wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:46 pm He stabbed them with a pen it must be said. Don't overplay it.

Was it a biro? And did he stab him in the face?

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She believed that women should be given preference for the role to equalise the stereotype of it being a male dominated job. What part of the diagram suggests that one gender should be given priority treatment over another? You're seeing what you want to see because you're an internet troll who lik...

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I suspect the posters attacking the posters attacking this diagram don't really get how badly some of these ideas are being used in practice. When filling a role in my team last year my manager expressed that 'it would be nice to get a woman in this role', in a database role which we've had 5 women...

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I suspect the posters attacking the posters attacking this diagram don't really get how badly some of these ideas are being used in practice. When filling a role in my team last year my manager expressed that 'it would be nice to get a woman in this role', in a database role which we've had 5 women...

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https://www.health.com/thmb/UDKjvny-R1c2CswGIZzHrpuXOCw=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/IISC_EqualityEquity-b19db87d63d1464192a8d5b508fd7237.png This diagram is commonly used in inclusive education to differentiate between equality and equity. I think it's bro...

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https://www.health.com/thmb/UDKjvny-R1c2CswGIZzHrpuXOCw=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/IISC_EqualityEquity-b19db87d63d1464192a8d5b508fd7237.png This diagram is commonly used in inclusive education to differentiate between equality and equity. I think it's bro...

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:45 am Hezbollah in Lebanon have joined the party with 25 rockets/drones fired into the Golan Heights.

A potential war on three fronts, Gaza, Iran and Lebanon. Great for Bibi's electoral approval.

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If state and federally-based bodies were to politely request governments for increased mental health services funding, would they be told "Now is not the time to" etc? It's a tough one, because funding for mental health has increased massively in Australia since the advent of the NDIS. At the point...

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:38 am I bet mdaclarke is massively disappointed today.

How excited did he get when this thread first started? He was genuinely hoping that this tragedy was perpetrated by an Islamic terrorist so he could troll Islam on this forum.

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https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.569%2C$multiply_1.9577%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_223%2C$y_273/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/fc59f57a05c6c809227284d1c5506804e16e665c So the killer is named Joel Cauchi, a 40 year old from QLD with schizophrenia. He was known to police in QLD. Extremely sad fo...

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I’m just watching the Stan mini game. Saders score their last try with 78:32 on the clock buy the clock doesn’t stop. Berry asked the TMO when the fry was scored. They take the kick at 80:01, which is obviously more than 60 seconds, right? As the ref is the sole judge of time, and it seems he under...

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Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 4:33 am I thought Berry did a good job. The game flowed well and I thought he showed an even hand.

The penalty count was 10-1 at halftime. Egon Seconds agrees that Berry was even.

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Perhaps, like Lance Armstrong famously did, you can sit in your trophy room in your undies, admiring your 7 titles Meanwhile, the Waratahs caravan roll on Anyway, I'm sure proud former Waratah Nick Berry's bizarre 81st minute intervention earned him a few free beers at the post game function from h...

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Perhaps, like Lance Armstrong famously did, you can sit in your trophy room in your undies, admiring your 7 titles Meanwhile, the Waratahs caravan roll on Anyway, I'm sure proud former Waratah Nick Berry's bizarre 81st minute intervention earned him a few free beers at the post game function from h...

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So, after all that success, you’re reduced to blaming the ref Sad state of affairs. How are the mighty fallen Living off caviar for years, now offering $5 blow jobs in a Darlo alleyway Are you blind as well as stupid. I never blamed proud former Waratahs player Nick Berry for the loss. I simply sug...

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