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And now it seems even 'EU' companies have given up on trying to work with the EU and are now discussing directly with the member countries: French biotech company Valneva has launched a pivotal Phase 3 trial for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine — the last step before seeking regulatory approval. It...

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You watch Genge in that form and you think he has got to be in the England setup. You watch him in the England setup and you think he should be nowhere near the England setup. The guy is an enigma no doubt. Flat track bully. You don’t get to run sideways building up a head of steam at that level. S...

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Do we have a date yet for the first squad naming? Nope. As KG said, we still don't even have confirmed dates for tests. The All Blacks official website has no 2021 fixtures listed. I know there is uncertainty with the pandemic but I would have hoped NZR had fleshed out the details about the Italian...

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You watch Genge in that form and you think he has got to be in the England setup.

You watch him in the England setup and you think he should be nowhere near the England setup.
The guy is an enigma no doubt.

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Great game to watch :thumbup: Hunt was really firing again, some beautiful passes to put players into space and put in some important defensive work. Frizzells workload has been fantastic this year and was again today. Its almost like its 'just give it to Frizzell" at times. He is doing everything. ...

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Sopoaga offski Joins Lyon for next season. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/56739637 Verdict from Wasps fans? I caught a few games over the past few seasons and showed flashes of skill but never seemed to influence a game - also wasn't sure if he was seen as 10, 15 or pine rider. Quite a dis...

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Whats the feeling about Perofeta playing at 15?
Personally I have been pleasantly surprised by how well he has gone there, nothing too flashy but pretty consistent IMO.

Thought we might get a decent look at Zarn Sullivan this season based on what I saw of him at ITM level. Is he injured?

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That Baby Eating lock position is the hardest one to fill in rugby. Makes a massive difference to a team having someone of that size going about creaming rucks on their own and absolutely loving the biff. I think the days of the enforcer lock are long gone. If they ever existed. NZ won RWC's in 201...

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Touoluse should be too strong, from what I have seen. Unfortunately I have to agree. The only way Clermont can win is if Toulouse are sloppy and don't convert their opportunities into points. Then, may be if at the 78th minute, it is a 3pts advantage for Toulouse and Penaud sparks a 80m counter-att...

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:48 am
guy smiley wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:35 am Nah. Havili for me.
That's totally fine by me. The whole point of a thread like this is to incite debate, reflection and discussion, rather than agree on an actual team

Sounds like a Foster team selection meeting.

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Opened a bottle of Hess Special Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 over Easter, thought it might be past its best but was absolutely spot on.

A fantastic reminder why I should drink more Californian Cab Savs!

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LR look a pretty decent side that is for sure. Very entertaining to watch and as was mentioned plenty of times during the match, the speed of recycling of the ball was very impressive.
Not everything came off for them, which was lucky for Glaws as it could have got ugly on the scoreboard.

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Is anyone in the EU actually going to be held accountable for the mess they have made of the vaccination rollout? There is clearly a lot of 'blame game' both internally and externally going on but is there anyone actually accountable for the situation? Its easy to say the blame ends at the top but I...

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It’s such a shame that Manu has had such shit luck with injuries... looking back, he could have been English rugby’s Andy Powell... he chinned Chris Ashton, dived off a ferry while pissed at the WC, tore apart the AB’s, seemed to be a really decent dude, too. I don't think Tuilagi is made of glass ...

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When was Caleb Clarke's last stand out game? Fainganuku seems to offer about the same level of danger while having the better start to the season - would be good to see the blues wingers outside a centre who passes It was a toss up... but as you say, Clarke outside decent inside centres should flou...

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And Antonio has just made it to his first breakdown......

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France, France, France

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franch fan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:31 pm Unlucky but deserved try for Scotland
French forward coach has a lot to ask, it might be the weakest set of French forwards I've seen for 30 years

It's ok, the fat Timaru boy is on

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Great try

For all his strengths, Dupont is not driving the game as he should from 9

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Yer Man wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:53 pm
P in VG wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:51 pm
MrDominator wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:49 pm The two best flankers in the world (Underhill and Curry) paired with Faletau.

When Jeremy Clarkson selects a rugby team

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Just caught the game.....at last a decent win :thumbup: Highlanders certainly could have won that, just did not / could not capitalize on their territory and chances. Some great defense by the Canes, especially at the breakdown and a lucky break with Frizzell dropping the ball after an incredible ef...

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Pretty good selection for me, not many I would argue with. Would probably go with Henshaw and Davies in the centers providing Davies comes back into decent form. 9 & 10 are the weakest areas - Murray and Sexton are not the players they once were and I don't see them as having 3 top level games week ...

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We have issues at the engage, caused largely by the fact we're trying to retain the gap while other teams are trying to close it. Refs get fed up with all the arsing about. Sinckler is much more effective when he can use his speed across the gap. Ireland's new knees on floor scrum technique for the...

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I genuinely believe only a handful of sides in the Premiership could give a Super Rugby side a game. The Crusaders would destroy most Premiership sides. Like, really embarrass them. They're not a club team though. If we amalgamated the Premiership or Top14 sides into 5 sides only, the quality would...

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I genuinely believe only a handful of sides in the Premiership could give a Super Rugby side a game. The Crusaders would destroy most Premiership sides. Like, really embarrass them. They're not a club team though. If we amalgamated the Premiership or Top14 sides into 5 sides only, the quality would...

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Actually the EU are meant to be getting our vaccines from the UK and EU. I don't think that is entirely true - although I know there is much debate... I think this tweet explains the different interpretation, and why the UK is only mentioned in S5.4 of the contract. https://twitter.com/andrew_lilic...

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Clive still thinks he did a good job with the Lions.

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I would be happy to see Akira continue for the time being but as AC points out there are quite a few options now. While I still have concerns about his work rate but there is no doubt he can carry in traffic, step through tackles and has a pretty reasonable turn of pace when needed. He is also very ...

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Prof Bell said AstraZeneca and Oxford were leading the way in offering this vaccine more globally, and was on track to have provided almost 100 million doses under the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access scheme, compared to 1.4 million doses of Pfizer. "I don't think AstraZeneca has had the credit that...

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Well done Chiefs, very exciting game to watch. DMac had another very good game, Cane was immense and the two young Chiefs locks were excellent. Tupaea also impressed for me and Tiatia added plenty when he came on. Canes, well many reasons for the loss but lack of control of the game in the 2nd half ...

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I appreciate you guys are loyal to the core about the dear old EU but can you explain to me why VDL is still in a job? When EU countries want her gone , EU parliament will remove her. But we won't when certain people in rhe UK want her gone She is still there because the EU parliament simply have n...

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I appreciate you guys are loyal to the core about the dear old EU but can you explain to me why VDL is still in a job? When EU countries want her gone , EU parliament will remove her. But we won't when certain people in rhe UK want her gone She is still there because the EU parliament simply have n...

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Many congrats Kiwis. Your boat is a class apart - so far ahead in the development curve and a world class sailing crew. Really interested in the box of tricks inside that mainsail and the setup of the smaller foils. I think Luna Rossa did well as challenger of record . They made a race of it right ...

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Was just looking at how many times NZ has suffered losses on the scale that England suffered in the 2019 RWC final, losing by a humiliating 20 points....... NZ has lost by that amount or more twice in their history, and both times to Australia. Sat, 28 Aug 1999 NZL v AUS 7-28 Sat, 10 Aug 2019 NZL v...

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Was just looking at how many times NZ has suffered losses on the scale that England suffered in the 2019 RWC final, losing by a humiliating 20 points....... NZ has lost by that amount or more twice in their history, and both times to Australia. Sat, 28 Aug 1999 NZL v AUS 7-28 Sat, 10 Aug 2019 NZL v ...

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If only the England boys had been as 'hard' as Mr D.

They might have given the Saffers a game.

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Biggest losing margins in RWC finals

France - 23 pts
England 20 pts
Australia - 17 pts
New Zealand - 3 pts

Good on France and England for focusing more on attack than defence though

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Can't beat the Lions. Pretty sure 2 of these Super rugby sides that Ronan is talking about did beat the Lions and another drew with them. Maybe the Lions were focusing too much on attack? :lol: Right between the eyes. That’ll hurt Mr Dominator. On top of the complete destruction served on Ireland b...

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MrDominator wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:38 pm Can't beat the Lions.

Pretty sure 2 of these Super rugby sides that Ronan is talking about did beat the Lions and another drew with them.

Maybe the Lions were focusing too much on attack?

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Just got a chance to watch the game. Christ those Crusaders are ruthlessly efficient. If they can't beat you one way, they will do it another way, they really are the complete team. Mo'unga was dazzling at times and Havili was very good at 12. The back 3 are very dangerous to any team that wants to ...

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