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message #2527204 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 5:22 pm Richard Nicholas Champion de Crespigny? Anyone ? Like the french would? Dick Nick?

Champion du Crepney appears to be the ozzie standard pronunciation.

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Is this the most Scotsmen in a lions test this century?
Doesn't bode well

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That makes zero sense. You don't choose to be ineffective. Itoje has hit by far the most rucks and is at 77% effectiveness. You think he shouldn't have bothered with nearly 25% of those rucks? Anyway, the point was that VDF has significantly more effective rucks than Curry from fewer minutes so it'...

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The video though.. is bloody suspicious don't you think? Why would not bury Trump, rather than lift him up so the shooter can get a better shot? Weird.... He was on the floor for ages. Until they knew the gunman was well dead. They had time to order the fake blood for his ear. Not sure why the gunm...

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https://c.tenor.com/KhtaBX-rWXIAAAAd/tenor.gif The video though.. is bloody suspicious don't you think? Why would not bury Trump, rather than lift him up so the shooter can get a better shot? Weird.... He was on the floor for ages. Until they knew the gunman was well dead. They had time to order th...

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booze wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 3:00 pm
ZuLurk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 6:42 am

a 6-2 forward split on the bench
I see the captain also represented South Africa at the U19 cricket world cup

And the u25s

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It's evidently a contractual issue. It's a contractual issue, that RA have screwed the pooch on. Unless you're a needy Crim. It's such an important contractual issue, to prevent a former Wallaby and actual contracted Soup player from playing in an exhibition match just after having a major sook ove...

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Helps when you pick and choose which rucks to hit. VDF has hit twice as many rucks per min played for a respectable 82%. So that's 45 effective rucks v 31 for Curry. Pointless hitting a ruck if you're going to be ineffective. That makes zero sense. You don't choose to be ineffective. Itoje has hit ...

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Something these stats don’t capture is that Tom Curry has been the only loose forward on tour to maintain a 90+% (93.9%, to be precise) effective ruck percentage on attacking ball, which I suspect was a significant factor. Helps when you pick and choose which rucks to hit. VDF has hit twice as many...

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It's 100% a lions problem. Pete is signed to play with the tahs...same with Phillip (who hadn't played a second of Soup but was aparently fine playing for Tahs vs Lions). They could easily waive this 'requirment', as it's irrelevant, and dumb. Just like you, you fat wit kant. The lions can fudge of...

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That would have given Farage way more power , way earlier . Hitler also for into power thanks to PR BIt much comparing Farage to Hitler. Hitler was at least a good public speaker, artist, vegan and dog lover. Now there was a painter...He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon. Two coats!

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I read the detail. It's garbage. Yes, of course it's "garbage". RA signed a contract with the Lions to field a team of "First Nations & Pasifika" players from Soup Rugby . Ole Petey has been earning the French coin with Bordeaux for the past two years, and thus is ineligible on the basis of the ter...

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seems very unlikely that it was staged - not that it would suprise me that some nefarious people in power are more than happy to sacfrice their own citizens in order to gain or solidfy their own position (as we probably saw with Oct 8 in Israel). I can't see how they would convince a dude to make t...

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A kiwi OP telling the rest of the world how to pronounce things :roll: The irony being the standard Kiwi accent is far closer to BBC English than the majority of your English accents. Nah. When you can say "bitterly" without saying "butterly" come back to us. He may be did! https://y.yarn.co/3b13e4...

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The only Lions team that looked genuinely cohesive and didn't drop a fuck-tonne of their own ball was playing against the AUNZ team. Most of them aren't playing in the first test. The team that is playing tomorrow got pushed hard by a Brumbies team that had good gainline speed and little else. I do...

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Slight hint of obstruction on that final try.

Didn't do that badly in the end.

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I really hate that shouting and screaming in each others faces. Has to be contrary to fair play, spirit of the game, respect... Something.. Anything?

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Cicero wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:10 pm every time england get back in the match france just go up the other end and score to keep a gap. At least it shouldnt be the 70 pts thrashing france inflicted last year.

Yes. Should really have sorted that this year.

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I think Tomas was in line for a bench spot

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They're scoring whenever they get up there... No idea why there playing in their own 22.

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Winnie wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:23 pm Diane Abbott suspended again for racism

exactly the same racism she was suspended for last time. In fact, just denying that there was anything wrong with what she said last time... even though she was suspended until she retracted it and apologised

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terryfinch wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:24 pm I hope I’m wrong but, if this team plays like they did against the Brumbies, we are in trouble. They were poor. Furlong, Beirne, Curry, Conan, Lowe, Keenan, JGP are all playing mediocre, slow rugby.

Boks would best them easily, eh?

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Don't like them playing from their own 22. That isn't the way to do it.

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pjm1 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:23 pm Suspect Pollock made way for Aki. Unusual but sort of see the logic.

If aki or tui are injured, it will be faz on the bench next game which well allow 6/2 and Pollock possibly?

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Earl covers more positions. Aki doesnt Aki only covers 12 but Sione covers 13, Freeman covers 15 and JGP covers wing. Not perfect but manageable. Injuries are more likely in the backrow than the backline, and more likely in the centres probably than the back three as well. Freeman covers 13 too. Ea...

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Wendigo7 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:08 pm
message #2527204 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:05 pm Hmmm.... Probably not...
Typical Under 20s really. We don't take it seriously, they take it very, very seriously.

Nice try though. Good to have cromack putting the ball in the right places.

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Hmmm.... Probably not...

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bimboman wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 5:26 pm
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Auckman wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 3:55 pm I thought that welsh flanker, Morgan, should’ve been there somewhere on the bench.
Earl covers more positions.
Aki doesnt

Does Morgan cover 12?

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Tig -er is close enough for Tadgh alright. Maybe I'm always pronouncing Dafydd wrong but isn't it just Dafeed? Another one we had in the Irish U20s was the commentator calling Oisin Minogue, Ocean. It's pronounced Usheen. Welsh language is phonetic. If you can spell it, you can pronounce it. 20 let...

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Richard Nicholas Champion de Crespigny? Anyone ? Like the french would? Dick Nick?

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bimboman wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 5:14 pm And let me guess, they’ll be authorised to vote by the “new” ID system being introduced to help.

Best get that burner phone bought quick-smart.

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Lions by 30 Oz need a miracle You would think so. Schmidt is a canny bugger but it's hard to imagine his Caleb Ralph-style selection policy will pay off at all. It will be close and heavily contested. 30 points would be a miracle of Steve Walsh proportions. Game winning drop kick in the 80th minute...

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Ella cromack looking good, still progressing. I missed the first game mostly, so didn't see the 'other' team ... Got their hands full with these Italians. The 25m maul try at full sprint was quite impressive by the rosebuds at the death. Indeed. I wonder if they'll finally manage to get one over on...

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according to some media reports aoife wafer is a doubt for the world cup after having knee surgery- having already lost erin king and dorothy wall,2 of their best forwards,to lose wafer would be massive blow for ireland. Ireland needed all their best players available to have a chance of an upset v...

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I think he had 2(?) big games though. Is it your contention that performances on tour are irrelevant to the coaches? Yes, I posted that earlier. They're mostly only for fitness and to help the squad gel. Maybe to make a judgement on one of two very close calls. Everything else is Sky hype to get pe...

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Auckman wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 3:55 pm I thought that welsh flanker, Morgan, should’ve been there somewhere on the bench.

Earl covers more positions.

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Better get used to it - that's what i say

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Trump was as vulnerable as many high profile names who associated with Epstein. His saving grace was he didn't go to peado Island (that we know) and he kicked Epstein off Mar A Lago when he cracked onto the young staff there. Now at the very least it seems Trump has been trend onto protecting the E...

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And you come across as a thick bloke who desperately wants people to think he's clever, but we all have our cross to bear. I think towny is pretty clever, just because he is making a counterpoint to your post doesn't make him thick.. The stats you have posted show that there is sfa difference betwe...

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