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by Magpie26
Mon Oct 06, 2025 5:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

Is Darry back in action? Hasn't played the last couple of weeks... maybe he is with the All Blacks? https://www.planetrugby.com/news/all-blacks-injury-worse-than-expected-as-scott-robertson-loses-star-duo-for-end-of-year-tour Sam Darry or Naitoa Ah Kuoi could come in for Vaa’i while Tevita Mafileo ...
by Magpie26
Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

towny wrote: Mon Oct 06, 2025 10:35 am Losing Skelton early was crucial - on top of that we saw two Yellow Cards, which served to drain the tank. Without the likes of bench regulars Bell and Tate, there was far less PoW available to the Wallabies in the second half.
I hate to think of the penalty count had Skelton stayed on.
by Magpie26
Mon Oct 06, 2025 7:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

Most pleasing aspect of the game for me was that we were able to control a game for a change.
Yes we went behind but we were able to build momentum and pressure for much of the game and it started to tell with Oz making more and more errors and riskier plays.
by Magpie26
Sun Oct 05, 2025 1:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Innocents be damned - No children have died.. well, a few got in the way... but not too many.. honest.
Replies: 892
Views: 48848

Re: Innocents be damned - Just some rugby chat for rugby blokes, nothing to see here....honest.

You get the feeling there is likely to be a lot of payback to Hamas once they lose control. https://bbc.com/news/articles/c8jm2xlk1gdo Was always going to happen when a fascist terrorist group like Hamas begin to weaken. What a f**ked up place though. A lot of rather niave pro Palestinian supporter...
by Magpie26
Sat Oct 04, 2025 7:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Congrats South Africa - RC winners !
Replies: 37
Views: 638

Re: Congrats South Africa - RC winners !

Yes well done SA. Just managed to scrape home ;)

Excellent RC from all teams. Very even competition that was great to watch 👍
by Magpie26
Sat Oct 04, 2025 2:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

What a shame That was a 2024 effort by the Wallabies All good 2025 efforts undone in one match 9-10 combination was the worst all year should have been subbed earlier Set piece was rubbish 2027 is calling for us If we dont find a dominant fly half we are cactus SORT IT OUT RA Far away from their be...
by Magpie26
Sat Oct 04, 2025 2:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Round 5: Springboks vs Pumas : MATCH THREAD: Sept 27
Replies: 175
Views: 5192

Re: Round 5: Springboks vs Pumas : MATCH THREAD: Sept 27

How was Moody not YC for that one handed knock on.
One hand out, player in space outside him.
Incredible inconsistency :(
by Magpie26
Sat Oct 04, 2025 1:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

Well done James Slipper.

15 years of international rugby is incredible 👏

Always a sportsman who did his country proud.
by Magpie26
Sat Oct 04, 2025 1:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

Another year, another double loss from Australia. No wonder NZ just want to play the boks. Well Oz are good enough to beat the Boks so we clearly see Oz as a challenge especially at home. No you don't. You see them like Ireland sees Wales. Oz are not ranked 12th in the world. Nothing like a similar...
by Magpie26
Sat Oct 04, 2025 1:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

AnkleTap wrote: Sat Oct 04, 2025 1:00 pm Another year, another double loss from Australia. No wonder NZ just want to play the boks.
Well Oz are good enough to beat the Boks so we clearly see Oz as a challenge especially at home.
by Magpie26
Sat Oct 04, 2025 11:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

Leicester makes a break, clearly throws the ball backwards as he is tackled and the ref calls it a knock-on. :((
by Magpie26
Sat Oct 04, 2025 11:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

not_english wrote: Sat Oct 04, 2025 11:46 am That is the funniest play I've ever seen :lol:
Not as funny as Kolbe last week :D
by Magpie26
Sat Oct 04, 2025 11:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

And Oz kicks the ball into a player infront who clearly plays the ball and the ref says play on WTF.
by Magpie26
Sat Oct 04, 2025 11:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

WTF the ref clearly calls advantage over....and then gives the scrum to Oz x(
by Magpie26
Sat Oct 04, 2025 11:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

So this ref has decided that you can't win the ball at the breakdown with one hand.
Be good to see where that is in the laws :roll:
by Magpie26
Fri Oct 03, 2025 7:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

I 'm pleasantly surprised by the team selection. Glad to see lakai starting instead of the under performing Sititi but it does weaken our lineout ,particularly in the absence of Vai'i. The Vaai led lineout that twice put up jumpers on their own 5m line and subsequently conceded two tries to lineout...
by Magpie26
Wed Oct 01, 2025 12:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Replies: 554
Views: 7292

Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

Grandpa wrote: Wed Oct 01, 2025 11:23 am Sounds like Leicester will be replacing Clarke on the wing. And Tupaea getting a start at 13... and Love on the bench
Nothing I have seen from Leicester since he has returned has indicated that he is quick enough to be a starting winger. If anything he looks heavier and slower than when he left.
by Magpie26
Wed Oct 01, 2025 12:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Innocents be damned - No children have died.. well, a few got in the way... but not too many.. honest.
Replies: 892
Views: 48848

Re: Innocents be damned - Just some rugby chat for rugby blokes, nothing to see here....honest.

Another human rights expert discussing Israel’s genocide… https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/01/mass-slaughter-gaza-stands-apart-other-genocides-chris-sidoti-people-cannot-escape And yet this expert can't remember back to Sarajevo :( "The Siege of Sarajevo resulted in over 11,000 people kil...
by Magpie26
Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Innocents be damned - No children have died.. well, a few got in the way... but not too many.. honest.
Replies: 892
Views: 48848

Re: Innocents be damned - Just some rugby chat for rugby blokes, nothing to see here....honest.

Another human rights expert discussing Israel’s genocide… “Israel has been conducting this type of campaign from day one: of saturation bombing, mass slaughter, destruction of all infrastructure that can sustain life – healthcare, education, housing, religious and cultural sites; for significant pe...
by Magpie26
Tue Sep 30, 2025 7:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 49579
Views: 2646781

Re: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents

It's the next step on America's journey to becoming a fat North Korea. They half way there already seeing as half don’t even have a passport , and 1/8 never leave their state of birth (would guess most of those would be Texas alone) That last stat isn’t too far from adult British who have never tra...
by Magpie26
Sat Sep 27, 2025 8:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bledisloe 1: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Saturday 27th September
Replies: 849
Views: 18484

Re: Bledisloe 1: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Saturday 27th September

Was a pity Clarke had to go off, thought he was looking very effective and making good carries.
QT did well when he can on.
by Magpie26
Sat Sep 27, 2025 8:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bledisloe 1: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Saturday 27th September
Replies: 849
Views: 18484

Re: Bledisloe 1: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Saturday 27th September

Monkey Magic wrote: Sat Sep 27, 2025 8:14 am Think wallabies really missed the danger if Tom Wright as well
I think that was the biggest part missing to their attack. Jorgenson is absolutely a talent but he was unsurprisingly not as effective as Wright is at the back.
by Magpie26
Sat Sep 27, 2025 8:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bledisloe 1: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Saturday 27th September
Replies: 849
Views: 18484

Re: Bledisloe 1: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Saturday 27th September

A couple of good periods, mixed with a lot of poo. 5.5/10 from me. Bit harsh there. Besides the 2nd 20 we were largely in control. High ball was much improved and considering all the rejigging of players they stayed pretty coherent. Remember this is a Oz side that has largely thrived on 2nd half pl...
by Magpie26
Sat Sep 27, 2025 8:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bledisloe 1: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Saturday 27th September
Replies: 849
Views: 18484

Re: Bledisloe 1: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Saturday 27th September

For a game that was apparently "ruined" early on... it wasn't bad... ref inconsistent both ways... Dmac big downgrade on BB... which isn't saying much... Tell me more about the both ways? It was pretty impressive that he warned Oz for repeated penalties.......and then let probably another 5 go befo...
by Magpie26
Sat Sep 27, 2025 8:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bledisloe 1: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Saturday 27th September
Replies: 849
Views: 18484

Re: Bledisloe 1: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Saturday 27th September

A couple of good periods, mixed with a lot of poo. 5.5/10 from me. Bit harsh there. Besides the 2nd 20 we were largely in control. High ball was much improved and considering all the rejigging of players they stayed pretty coherent. Remember this is a Oz side that has largely thrived on 2nd half pl...
by Magpie26
Tue Sep 23, 2025 12:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13
Replies: 1125
Views: 35043

Re: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13

We were never force to change. The real change came when Robinson kicked us out of Soup. That force us to the NH competition and it enable us to follow all the Saffers playing in the NH like RG Snyman, Trokkie, van der Merwe, Tank, ext. Rassie changed it after coaching at Munster and bring all the ...
by Magpie26
Tue Sep 16, 2025 9:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Robert Redford gooooonnnnnnneeeeee!
Replies: 36
Views: 2357

Re: Robert Redford gooooonnnnnnneeeeee!

towny wrote: Tue Sep 16, 2025 3:29 pm
LandOTurk wrote: Tue Sep 16, 2025 3:23 pm
towny wrote: Tue Sep 16, 2025 3:03 pm Out of Africa was anything but watchable.
For you. I enjoyed it. I think it went the Oscar for best movie too - not 100% sure.
It did. I got through it once but found it an absolute grind.
Not enough cartoon characters?
by Magpie26
Tue Sep 16, 2025 1:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New Zealanders are arrogant. FACT!
Replies: 39
Views: 2828

Re: New Zealanders are arrogant. FACT!

bimboman wrote: Tue Sep 16, 2025 12:24 pm
Magpie26 wrote: Mon Sep 15, 2025 12:48 pm Has Jordie Barrett come back a better player?

I haven't seen a lot to suggest he has.
It’s not the back who got the AB’s thumped. It was the forwards who got beat badly.
Which of the forwards have played overseas?
by Magpie26
Tue Sep 16, 2025 10:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New Zealanders are arrogant. FACT!
Replies: 39
Views: 2828

Re: New Zealanders are arrogant. FACT!

Ethan Hooker looked pretty average for the Sharks in the URC when I watched him, he looked great on Sat. I see bar Kolbe the whole backline play in the URC. I see Van der Werve even plays for the Scarlets. Quinn Tupae was awful off the bench. And Tupaea was very good the week before when Marx and K...
by Magpie26
Tue Sep 16, 2025 10:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13
Replies: 1125
Views: 35043

Re: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13

He decided on his own to go ahead without consulting with his SARU partners about the way forward. He is to blame for this. Do you never get tired of pedalling this nonsense? There was simply no way to include South Africa or Argentina in a competition while COVID was affecting the world. Some gove...
by Magpie26
Mon Sep 15, 2025 12:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New Zealanders are arrogant. FACT!
Replies: 39
Views: 2828

Re: New Zealanders are arrogant. FACT!

Has Jordie Barrett come back a better player?

I haven't seen a lot to suggest he has.
by Magpie26
Mon Sep 15, 2025 11:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13
Replies: 1125
Views: 35043

Re: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13

Definitely one thing that looked weird from outside. All Black teams will lose now and then but I've never seen one essentially fold and ship that many near the end. Always respected their self belief over the years: Nicky Santoro levels of coming back for more, no matter what the clock said. Coach...
by Magpie26
Mon Sep 15, 2025 8:02 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13
Replies: 1125
Views: 35043

Re: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13

Is it a mental problem? Last week we looked hungrier.... at least for an hour. And won. This week... we were leading at half time... but still didn't look hungry like last week... Today SA were hungrier... and NZ were too satisfied with last week... no hunger. SA don't win every match either.. they...
by Magpie26
Mon Sep 15, 2025 7:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13
Replies: 1125
Views: 35043

Re: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13

He chuck SA out of Soup. Don't be an idiot, he's only CEO, he does what board tells him too. I not a fan, but let's not make dumb stuff up. He decided on his own to go ahead without consulting with his SARU partners about the way forward. He is to blame for this. Do you never get tired of pedalling...
by Magpie26
Sat Sep 13, 2025 9:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13
Replies: 1125
Views: 35043

Re: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13

A little off topic I know but 4 games in and there is only 2 points separating top and bottom place in the table. Incredible :shock:

I have a feeling its going to come down to BP or PD to determine the winner this year.
by Magpie26
Sat Sep 13, 2025 9:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Charlie Kirk Assassination & Political Violence catch-all
Replies: 2257
Views: 56620

Re: Charlie Kirk Assassinated

I love it. He bears no responsibility for whipping people up into a state where they commit violent acts against people that he decries, because he himself didn't carry out the threats or actions. He used words. He didn’t whip anyone. The responsibility for the threats lays with those people. You a...
by Magpie26
Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13
Replies: 1125
Views: 35043

Re: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13

The level of physical domination will fudge the psyche of the ABs for years. Somehow I doubt it. What happens with the coaching gig? A lot of coaches around the world lose their job remember if they take a record defeat. Not all, but a lot do. No idea. Robertson has been in the job for less than 2 ...
by Magpie26
Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13
Replies: 1125
Views: 35043

Re: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13

JiffyJnr wrote: Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:08 am The level of physical domination will fudge the psyche of the ABs for years.
Somehow I doubt it.