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The whole thing reads like him wanting a break. As I said on our thread, closest a pro can get to a backpacking holiday. What's his NZ salary likely to be? Is it really well off 3/400k? I'm sure he does want a break and a change of scenery will probably do him good. Just make sure he comes back in ...

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Zakar wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:58 am Jesus, there must be literally nothing else to do there.

I think cutting trees down is the main recreational activity.

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I still don’t get it? They have a really strong link to Ireland having lived there as kids. Beauden played U12 Gaelic for Meath. I’ve heard them all talk of loving their time there and wanting to get back to visit. The fact Jordie can do so and get paid well for it, all the better. Agreed but the w...

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That’s just the cherry on top for NZR. No need to spend treasure and resources on developing league talent - overseas clubs can do that. If it works out, they get an All Black. No risk and big upside. Another athlete from Tokoroa. They’ve really churned out some talent with a population under 15K. ...

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Moorby to sign a two year deal with Montpellier, apparently. Big loss if so. Hugely underrated with a high ceiling Agree, was coming into some great form and was starting to look like AB potential. Bummer if true. While it would take a bit to force his way into AB contention, he was definitely on t...

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What a wanker :lol: :lol: He's hardly going to say well it's going to be a nice bit of wedge in the back pocket. I still don’t get it? They have a really strong link to Ireland having lived there as kids. Beauden played U12 Gaelic for Meath. I’ve heard them all talk of loving their time there and w...

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New Zealand back Jordie Barrett is to join Leinster on a short-term contract next season. The brother of Beauden and Scott, Jordie Barrett has 57 caps for New Zealand, and will join in December 2024 and play until the end of next season. Barrett has made over 100 appearances for the Hurricanes in S...

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Musings the morning after the night before.... The Canes Scrum is a beast. The Chiefs have a good tight five, but at scrum time they were destroyed. It was like men v boys in the first half. Personnel changes got parity in the second half early on but overall, it was not a good day to be a Front Ro...

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shanky wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 4:15 pm TBH, I thought the game was over.

I would have settled for a draw. Sometimes you get a lucky break. We got one.

Correct answer.
I thought the game was over too....but sometimes things happen.

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Another very entertaining game. :thumbup: Well done Canes, brilliant at times but fair play to the Chiefs they really stuck in there, were very calm for the main part, got themselves back into the game, took the lead and only 2 bad mistakes late in the game let the game slip away. Clear plan by the ...

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Well that was a pretty exciting game. Yes plenty of mistakes and certainly not the best teams playing but plenty to enjoy watching all the same. Well done Tahs.....just not sure how the Saders managed to lose that 🙄 Undecided on Golden point. Perhaps having the points as a draw with the GP winner ge...

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It's funny that this keeps getting touted, because there have been multiple definitive studies on this. There seems to be a conflict between the stated desire of "player safety" and appeasing the big unions complaining about Springbok tactics. I know it's a meme by now how us South Africans have a ...

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Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:17 am So is Brad Shields better than Flanders?

Don't know he is better but I think he adds a lot of stability and leadership.

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Where is Alex Fidow these days? I remember seeing most of the Hurricanes side coming through the representative age grade sides since college, and he was one of those players. Perma Crooked. That's a shame. I've seen nothing in the media or the Canes site, so do you know if he has retired or still ...

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That was a very good game to watch. Really positive by both sides :thumbup: 2 cracking 1st phase trys (I think they were both 1st phase...) by Saints and Hendy had no right to score his second. Great play by Munster at the breakdown but just couldn't find a way to break Saints defence later in the g...

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No head contact - shoulder to sternum but looking at that, there was no attempt to wrap. Still, penalty only and we took the try instead. I didn't think there was direct head contact in real time, maybe a bit of secondary contact as DMacs legs went out from under him but that was about it. Lack of ...

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How good was Narawa! It just looked effortless. It's also clear that the Chiefs are a completely different team when McKenzie is in the side. Having said that the hit he got from the Moana Centre was one for the highlights reel, and if that isn't the number 1 'Smashed 'em Bro' segment on The Crowd ...

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not_english wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:39 am God this is painful to watch. We really miss the south African teams

Yes because the Chiefs never racked up big scores against SA sides

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Really good by the Blues. Hard to think of a Blues player who had a poor game.
Attitude was good, focused on a game plan and discipline was generally good.

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Support the Force and the Waratahs.....

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Nah, he will come back. They said the same about Michael Jones when his knee went, but he came back from an arguably worse injury. He needed a full reconstruction. He came back but you can't say he was the same as he was before the injury. I was in the stands that day and the whole place took a col...

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piquant wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:13 am
lilyw wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:35 pm
True Blue wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:29 pm The scrum was designed to restart the game not be a random penalty magnet
Is it a restart or a contest?
For it to be a contest the ball has to be fed in such both sides can hook for the ball. So it's a restart

That's a good point.

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Really is a shame as he had superstar potential was robbed of making a big impact last season by idiot Foster preferring the ginger and this year by injury. As Eminem says you do only tend to get one shot so I doubt we will see him reach superstar heights now. Nah, he will come back. They said the ...

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Just seen the game.
That was a pretty decent watch, very fast and very physical

Lynagh looking better and better with every game.
Bit unlucky Reds but Brumbies really hung in there and scrapped the win.
Very good game from BOK as well.

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Always upright, from distance with force.
Clear red.

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Just to put NFL players’ athleticism into context, LRZ’s pro day results would put him 16th fastest in this year’s rookie class at the combine for the 40yard dash, and his vertical jump would be dead last. That’s just for WRs. And he’s probably the most explosive and certainly the fastest player ru...

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Larmour always had that x factor. Ever since that try against Italy in Chicago I've found it disgraceful he's been frozen out of the Ireland set up. He should have been lighting up the RWC. He doesn't have the X factor. He is deadly if given the space but when he doesn't get the space he is ordinar...

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Thought McLeod at 12 really made a difference. Strong carrying, big defence and very active.
Amua, just not working for me. Some good carries that attracted defenders but that's about it.
Last year I thought his form would bring him into AB reckoning but this year he has been poor.

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Has our depth at 10 ever been weaker? Damien McKenzie is our starting 10 by default, and then who? Beauden Barrett? I've been impressed with Brett Cameron this year, but he's hardly got a reputation or body of work that should fill us with confidence. Whenever I hear this mundane take that there's ...

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Bogbunny wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:01 pm York, Scarboro, Whitby, Bamborough Castle , Lindesfarne.

Ace

Bit more than 2 hours each way though (except York).

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Hi English and Welsh boredies! You’ve never let me down before, and I’m hopeful again that you’ll share some pearls of wisdom. The family is heading to England for a couple of weeks in July - based in Manchester - and looking for day trips or possibly an overnighter or two. We’re staying with frien...

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Great game to watch as a neutral :thumbup: Some excellent trys scored by both sides as well as some really determined defence, especially by the Saders. Saders looked a different team in attitude and execution today, great pace to the game and some really slick handling. Saders were going to come ba...

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Rugby2023 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:34 pm
Magpie26 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:54 am
Rugby2023 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:51 am
He wore 12, but played 13.

So Carling who I remember as 13, actually played at 12 for England?
Topical
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U_8_aA9Z1fs

Very good, thanks

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Did I just read that kicking the ball away is the problem with test rugby? Difficult to say. Not too long ago the Aussies and Kiwis did complain that the Boks were kicking too much, we need to see ball in hand attacking rugby all the time. No time for any of the other shyte rugby stuff apparently. ...

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Raynal is currently the 13th most-capped Test referee in history and fourth-highest Frenchman behind Poite (73), Garcès (55) and Gaüzère (52) Over all , a much better ref than any of the above . Consistent throughout any match he controlled but match to match? ......non. Was trying to think how bes...

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We're way past that. So you are saying the game has evolved. I'm thinking that what you think they were intended to be, and what they were actually intended to be are worlds apart I am thinking Lineouts and Scrums were intended to be was to restart the game. I think lineouts have managed to keep th...

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Tuilagi perhaps had more highs than Guscott but he also had a lot more lows. Guscott had that classic look associated with top sportsmen, he always seemed to have time to do things and things looked easy when he did them. Beautiful running style and tons of pace. Part of a centre pairing that could ...

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Scrums. Lineouts. Rucks. Mauls. All those things the rugby-lite crowd totally fail to understand, so want to remove from the game. The same people who enjoy 10 over cricket, pro wrestling and monster truck racing I don't think many want to remove them, they just want them to be as they were intende...

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I would not say league is shit, it obviously has its popularity in Aus and NZ. But what annoys me is that we are moving away from what makes rugby, rugby. The waiting around for another scrum is what makes rugby, rugby? 15% of the game is spent forming scrums - is this what makes rugby, rugby? What...

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Manu Tuilagi's recent effective international retirement got me thinking as to where he sits in the all time England XV reckoning. Tuilagi was at his best and played most of his test rugby at outside centre where Jeremy Guscott was heretofore regarded as the greatest England 13 (sorry Tinds). But p...

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