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Mr Mike

Konnichiwa Bitches, off to Japan in January. Recommendations welcome. Will be in Tokyo for a few days, skiing near Nagano for a week or so & then about 10 days to fill. If you have kids with you the Japanese macaques are a great distraction when in Nagano. The snow there is fantastic and the Katsu ...

Mr Mike

I don't know how many times I can go through this but maybe a diagram will help some of you. Head/neck contact is not necessarily foul play, it can be incidental. https://i0.wp.com/rugbyandthelaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HCP2.jpg?w=769&ssl=1 A helpful discussion could break out here if we are...

Mr Mike

It. Doesn't. Matter. There was no foul play. Off feet will generally not get called when you've shifted a body, which is clearly does, while on his feet. What is the definition of foul play we are using exactly? If someone makes contact with neck or head, I expect a penalty. Intentional or not. Som...

Mr Mike

message #2527204 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 27, 2025 7:47 am Bit disappointed with that Morgan Turinui chap.

We have a thread you may be interested in

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=108102&hilit=Turunui

Mr Mike

Pithy reply Mr. Mike with points I certainly agree with. I have no doubt we are in violent agreement with most of these issues, like the c onservative/centralist Kiwis we are ;). If you want to have your blood boil on this theme read or listen to “The Corruption of Lindsey Graham” by William Saletan.

Mr Mike

Konnichiwa Bitches, off to Japan in January. Recommendations welcome. Will be in Tokyo for a few days, skiing near Nagano for a week or so & then about 10 days to fill. If you have kids with you the Japanese macaques are a great distraction when in Nagano. The snow there is fantastic and the Katsu ...

Mr Mike

I’m sure I’ve mentioned it a billion times but we’re off to India soon for nearly a month tour . Counting on losing weight but hoping not to get too sick to achieve it . A few friends are asking why ? I’m not sure what to tell them anymore . What is the itinerary? I have been several times but neve...

Mr Mike

Fat Old Git wrote: ↑Sun Jul 27, 2025 7:29 am True, but given they can't be bothered sending representatives to the Miss Universe competition I say fuck them.

Plenty of aliens in the CBP sense there.

Mr Mike

Thinking of doing something a little bit different/riskier for a break with the wife in September Anyone ever done Albania or Montenegro Any thoughts/rcommendations Appreciate that experiences may vary, but if you do get to Tirana I recommend an evening at Salt if you want a change from more tradit...

Mr Mike

It's odd that the US dems are somehow "our team" becasue we think the obvious dishonesty, hypocrisy, fascist tendenies and BS from Trump and the GOP is bad. The US Democratic party is still well to the right of where most of us who don't regard free healthcare as dangerous communism sit. And just b...

Mr Mike

It's odd that the US dems are somehow "our team" becasue we think the obvious dishonesty, hypocrisy, fascist tendenies and BS from Trump and the GOP is bad. The US Democratic party is still well to the right of where most of us who don't regard free healthcare as dangerous communism sit. And just b...

Mr Mike

Unfortunately you may be disappointed in that one. I’d say the general mood is quite conservative in NZ at the moment. Happy to be corrected. Still we might get some spill over/backlash towards the far right courtesy of the US of A. https://y.yarn.co/2e798079-d2f7-4132-adbd-f235b7d0f825_thumb.jpg H...

Mr Mike

Kahu wrote: ↑Sun Jul 27, 2025 2:40 am Just got back from the weekly grocery date with the middy.

I’ve discovered that I shouldn’t come here for robust Antitrust analysis but certainly do appreciate the nostalgia of Kiwisms.

Mr Mike

Unfortunately you may be disappointed in that one. I’d say the general mood is quite conservative in NZ at the moment. Happy to be corrected. Still we might get some spill over/backlash towards the far right courtesy of the US of A. https://y.yarn.co/2e798079-d2f7-4132-adbd-f235b7d0f825_thumb.jpg

Mr Mike

Magpie26 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 24, 2025 2:58 pm
Mr Mike wrote: ↑Thu Jul 24, 2025 2:46 pm
Magpie26 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 24, 2025 12:21 pm

First player to score in 2 RWCs.
You are correct if you mean tries (Jonathan Webb if just talking scoring).

The first world cup try ever was a penalty try.
Yes meant trys.

Nothing like some rainy afternoon pedantry…

Mr Mike

Jones was a brilliant 7, who moved to 6 later in his career, and was brilliant there as well. I would place him equal to McCaw, considering the influence he had. Difficult to fairly compare them though. He was also the first player to ever score a try in a RWC final. And first world cup try ever in...

Mr Mike

Lack of plan B, while also a recurring theme, is so arrogant it's not funny. There's should always be alternate plans. It is also one of the laziest critiques in Rugby, along with other well worn cliches like “didn’t earn the right to go wide” and “beaten up at the breakdown”. One of the analytical...

Mr Mike

That was a Mitchell call. Umaga was absolutely fit enough to play but the coaches weren't keen. Forget the backs, they were beaten up front and starved of any ball. Lack of plan B! Lack of plan B, while also a recurring theme, is so arrogant it's not funny. There's should always be alternate plans....

Mr Mike

Harsh on Ben Earl. Less harsh on Aki but suprising nonetheless (except for the fact that it's the coaches son). Seems that Farrell thinks that the Lions are going to be under the cosh later on, and so he's changed his bench from an attacking one to a defensive one. Aki is starting... F u ck, comple...

Mr Mike

JPNZ wrote: ↑Thu Jul 24, 2025 4:45 am
Mr Mike wrote: ↑Thu Jul 24, 2025 4:11 am You know things are serious when the flax plants start to go in.

I saw some ferns too

The stadium will be a genuine point of difference for Christchurch from other provincial centers like Temuka, Auckland, Hamilton and Huntley.

Mr Mike

A brilliant suggestion to make all MPs use public healthcare during their term. I would prefer if they also had to have their families use public as well. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/567839/healthworkers-want-politicians-to-waive-private-healthcare-while-in-office If it's not good enough f...

Mr Mike

No, the version I found still had redactions. If I see anything more helpful I’ll link it. Can you post the links you do have? I wouldn't mind reading up on this, as my only knowledge of it is really this thread. There's a load of documentation on the MoH website: https://www.health.govt.nz/informa...

Mr Mike

JPNZ wrote: ↑Thu Jul 24, 2025 2:27 am Business end of construction now taking place, landscaping and planting the new street frontages, mounting the 2 huge replay screens and general fit out.

https://vimeo.com/1103656527

You know things are serious when the flax plants start to go in.

Mr Mike

Best fans I’ve ever had the pleasure of losing too . You can keep your English speaking nations , bunch of boorish louts compared . No wonder they find Hamilton so relatively unsophisticated. Tbf, when I travelled to Christchurch I thought it was just a bigger Hamilton Whereas I thought it was just...

Mr Mike

The duopoly thing is an interesting point, but tuition fees are regulated and increases capped by the Annual Maximum Fee Movement rate set by political decree. As such, Auckland and Otago can’t just charge whatever fees they feel like. As for a CBA, supposedly one has been done which showed the pro...

Mr Mike

There's a lot of conflicts of interest going on here. And I'm entirely sure what the 'win' is in this for the Nats. It's hard to see many votes in such a niche issue, but if it goes wrong (and it could go seriously wrong) you're going to look like (at best) a bunch of idiots and at worst a bunch of...

Mr Mike

There's a lot of conflicts of interest going on here. And I'm entirely sure what the 'win' is in this for the Nats. It's hard to see many votes in such a niche issue, but if it goes wrong (and it could go seriously wrong) you're going to look like (at best) a bunch of idiots and at worst a bunch of...

Mr Mike

DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 7:46 am
Mr Mike wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 7:39 am
Charger21 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 7:31 am
Alone in the night as the daylight brings a cool empty silence
I don’t get it? This means nothing to me..
Ure just being daft.

Just trying to Currie favor with my fellow 80s children.

Mr Mike

Charger21 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 7:31 am
DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 7:24 am
Derwyn wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 7:10 am A lorra of the big Europeans are the same. I was in Brussels the other month and I thought that was bleak.
Add Vienna to that list.
Alone in the night as the daylight brings a cool empty silence

I don’t get it? This means nothing to me..

Mr Mike

I was impressed with Hotham's cameo - he just makes things happen and always keeps the defence guessing (and his team mates at times). I would like to see Roigard start with Hotham on for the last 20 against tiring defences. I've always liked Ratima and don't think he's completely done n dusted but...

Mr Mike

Enzedder wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 12:31 am Ahhh, the French. Not my favourite culture. Best left in the petrie dish.

That was far better than my rushed and non-coherent post deserved.

Mr Mike

Every wing can be made to look like that especially the big ones . Have you watched him recently up north ? A far more polished professional. He’ll be a very good addition now . This is comedy gold. Eugenius and Mr. Brownstone posting on here like they have been watching Top 14 matches, analyzing L...

Mr Mike

Your stick of dynamite needs a new detonator. It was intended as a perfectly serious comment along the line of what has been mentioned previously. A lack of ruck presence. Edit: yeah. Where the conversation went to. Over the weekend these were the ruck stats. Total Rucks 165 All Blacks 116 Australi...

Mr Mike

CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 21, 2025 2:58 pm
Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 21, 2025 2:51 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:56 pm

Professionalism. Amateur hits with professionally conditioned bodies and timing = cte.
+litigation
Well, yes, that was a given

IIRC the changes were introduced primarily to reduce the risk of traumatic neck injuries rather than CTE. I assume that there must also be a benefit there.

Mr Mike

Is the funding only coming from the government or are there other forces at play? I had the news on I the background and thought I heard Waikato Uni talking about private donors or something? But I was busy with something else so may not have heard it correctly. Good question. There is the possibil...

Mr Mike

This Waikato Medical School is going to be a complete disaster. It'll cost a vast sum more money than's been earmarked and there's going to be nothing to stop any graduates fleeing over the ditch anyway. The Coalition should be the one to move on introducing some kind of indentured servitude for gr...

Mr Mike

Enzedder wrote: ↑Sun Jul 20, 2025 10:21 pm
Mr Mike wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 11:56 am
Monkey Magic wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 11:54 am

Probably gone down the pub by now
out with the French team enjoying the many cultural attractions of Hamilton.
There are heaps, if you'd like to visit I'll take you around.

NZR should you as liaison for the French team this week.

Mr Mike

As a lot predicted, NZ were clunky for an hour... not enough people at ruck time (playing like Super Rugby?) and too passive at the breakdown... slowly but surely in the second half, the All Blacks started dominating the rucks and France couldn't get out their 22 for the last 20 minutes... despite ...

Mr Mike

Mr Mike

Monkey Magic wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 11:54 am
HANDSOMECAKE wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 11:47 am Where is the TMO?
Probably gone down the pub by now

out with the French team enjoying the many cultural attractions of Hamilton.

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