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In Utero was a sonic disaster, the biggest band in the world at the time deserved better than that shambolic demo level production. No it's not artsy maaaaan, it's lazy and stupid. RIP though. Abrasive in parts. There were a lot of "noise" songs on the album as Kurt referred to them. Not an unsurpr...

I could be keen for a beer at lunch if anyone is looking to tie one on.

When Super Rugby went professional in 1996, Queensland winger Damian Smith stirred up Queensland-NSW zeal at Ballymore with the most famous punch to miss its target in the history of Super Rugby. He was sent off for his rabid aggression when attempting to hammer rival winger David Campese’s head in...

Seen on Twitter. What memories :lol: https://x.com/jamiewall2/status/1788364623919611977?s=46&t=GwNlOJ3522AwJhmbjqe2GQ I was at that match. On the hill after starting the day with a steak and plenty of beers at midday. Damien Smith got sent off after 12 minutes but QLD still won and would win every...

Seen on Twitter. What memories :lol: https://x.com/jamiewall2/status/1788364623919611977?s=46&t=GwNlOJ3522AwJhmbjqe2GQ I was at that match. On the hill after starting the day with a steak and plenty of beers at midday. Damien Smith got sent off after 12 minutes but QLD still won and would win every...

shanky wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 12:28 am And some kind of random, capricious limit on Brumbies players to be included

Let's say "no more than 5 allowed"

Just to keep things interesting

Or maybe we can only allow Brumbies players who were raised and nurtured by the ACT system.

Pleasing to see the Wright-for-captain bandwagon is gathering speed He doesn’t play for the Brumbies so not everyone will be on board but most of the rest don’t have any conflicts so can get behind this. I certainly can. I'm also behind not having any players from the Force or Rebels in the Wallabi...

Pleasing to see the Wright-for-captain bandwagon is gathering speed He doesn’t play for the Brumbies so not everyone will be on board but most of the rest don’t have any conflicts so can get behind this. I certainly can. I'm also behind not having any players from the Force or Rebels in the Wallabi...

ROLDY wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 11:05 pm
shanky wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 10:40 pm Get selected for the WBs ahead of Hanigan seems to be one thing
If Schmidt is a man of steak over sizzle, then he will be.

He'll also have the (C) after his name.

Wrongers has been killing it this season. Possibly the best performing Australian forward.

Hi all, I hope you're all doing well! After some seriously impressive performances during the Six Nations Ireland certainly left an impression on the rugby world. So much so that it got me thinking about why their squad is so strong at the moment. So I made this short video breaking down and analy...

https://x.com/sethabramson/status/1787543910509666332?s=46&t=ftAkKQR9zT6wmu2ZFDX5mw (THREAD) This is a brief thread from a NYT-bestselling Trump biographer on what everyone—literally everyone—is missing about the 34 felonies Donald Trump committed to win the 2016 presidential election. This will ch...

Tom Wright plays fullback and Peter Ryan was a blindside flanker. Ryan Cross played 13. Peter Ryan played a season for the Southland Stags prior to the Brumbies. He was solid, but obviously finding his feet in the game. As a league player he was voted hardest hitting tackler year in, year out. All ...

A couple of items to address here: 1. I will not be at the game on Saturday night. Mainly because I have a gig up the coast that is paying me handsomely but also because the game isn't actually on Saturday 11 May. 2. I will not be at the actual game on Friday night because of some stupid farken sch...

There is also the dress code. We do smart casual Fridays, so those who work in the office Friday and are at home Monday Tuesday Wednesday only have to dress up for work once a week, where as those in the office 5 days a week need to spend much more money on work clothes shoes etc. We cant adopt a p...

towny wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 11:34 pm
Ted. wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 11:24 pm It's positively scandalous!
It’s just how it is. Always.

I feel sick just thinking about it.

Yes but they can go for bigger money in League no? They wouldn't be getting much money from rugby contracts at that age, if any. I'd imagine most are on academy contracts? Sure technically, but I'm not aware of any if our u20s that have been picked up by league. Not necessarily at U20 but when they...

TranceNRG wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 12:34 pm Hope we can keep most of these players in rugby and away from League

As Zakar says, the NRL has probably already looked at these players and decided they don't want them. They spot talent at U13, not U20.

;) This is rather perplexing , but there's absolutely nothing anywhere in the NZ press this morning re Leo-Willie. Mind you, two rugby scribes have categorically stated that Rieko Ioane knocked himself silly with hip contact in the tackle, when it's patently obvious it was a head clash. I'm thinkin...

A couple of items to address here: 1. I will not be at the game on Saturday night. Mainly because I have a gig up the coast that is paying me handsomely but also because the game isn't actually on Saturday 11 May. 2. I will not be at the actual game on Friday night because of some stupid farken scho...

I've never watched the Reds lose a game live. And that's going back to the 90's.

Admittedly, I usually only go to Reds matches when they play loser teams like those random South African teams, the Highlanders and the Crusaders but I stand by my strike rate.

Is it true that the referee team were all from QLD and all grew up wanting to play for the Reds? Crusaders won the penalty count 14-7 and it still not enough for you to take a loss on the chin. The won the penalty count by double and were awarded a try where the ball was clearly a couple of inches ...

shanky wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 7:53 am That’ll be 8 weeks, easy

Should be more, if they could give more. Y’know?

Oh, I know.

Looks accidental, reflexively bracing because he’s not in control of the fall, looks like forearm instead of point of elbow anyway. How many weeks do you think? Better view. https://twitter.com/lukeb61280407/status/1786679720152850438?s=46&t=ZClhL1WrMUag8n1lrs_oZg I...I feel sick watching that. Loo...

ROLDY wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 9:46 am Wright and McReight are nailed on starters after tonight.
Wilson definitely in the squad.

Liam Wright has been a revelation this season.

Just finished watching the game. It's one of the joke Kiwi teams, but an away win is very nice. Thoughts: 1. Best game I've even seen Wilson play. He's very fit and is pulling off big plays in rapid succession. 2. McReight is the key to the Reds making a run in the finals. 3. Good from Thomas and C...

What are you talking about? He was arguably the best fullback in the world. His kicking was fine. His kicking was merely adequate. It was his biggest downfall. His biggest downfall is that he's a raging homophobic twat who hides behind his idiotic imported religious fundamentalism. But yeah, on the...

I'm WFH twice a week and I love it. I usually do tasks that require minimal interruptions so I can blast music etc while I work. Always good to be able to drop my kids off at school and pick them up from rugby training. A quick google check tells me that 34% of Australians work from home at least on...

booji boy wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 8:36 am
Thomas wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 8:24 am I quite like a room temperature stout or porter.

I like my lagers ice cold.

Everything else in between.
Room temperature or cellar temperature?

Yes, good point. Cellar temperature.

I quite like a room temperature stout or porter.

I like my lagers ice cold.

Everything else in between.

The one thing that is taught well in league is tackling. I've seen some weapon juniors come across to union and their positional play and option taking isn't great but they fold cunce.

Enzedder wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 4:12 am
Thomas wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 2:40 am Well now, this is an interesting thread.

Which one do you want to keep an eye on - or shall we merge them?

Merge them.

Although this is a slightly different topic, the conversation has morphed into the other thread.

You can still push in scrums. It doesn't happen often but teams do it.

Well now, this is an interesting thread.

Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 11:29 pm Yeah Lynagh is a big loss. Blues scored 3 tries to 1 after Creighton came on.

TBF one of those tries (the winning one) was scored when our million dollar winger decided to not tackle someone.

Agree w/- both points. Happy to see HMP back on board, tho’. On t’other hand, I’ll be at this game and I’m not much of an infallible good luck charm for the Red. Been to far to many losses and outright floggings. I’ve only been to one Reds game in NZ, and the Reds won it. I fear the universe may be...

After this I watched Baby Reindeer on Netflix. That's some mad shit. Holy shit we did the same. Man, what a show. Terrifying and somewhat farked up. You're a bit of a comedian (Allegedly)- Can't quite get over the fact this guy thought he was funny enough to get on stage? Yeah, I'm not a fan of ant...

So you think the weight figures are under-reported? Probably. When do they weigh them? Before every season? So if they are all under-reported, surely it's still valid comparing? Why would certain players be under reported by materially different amounts? They aren't under reported. They are just sp...

OK, but if they are exaggerated, surely on average they are exaggerated evenly? Therefore it's fine to compare and contrast the different figures? No, I don't think they are. They seem to be figures that are written down once and then not updated. As someone pointed out on another thread, Ardie Sav...

OK, but if they are exaggerated, surely on average they are exaggerated evenly? Therefore it's fine to compare and contrast the different figures? No, I don't think they are. They seem to be figures that are written down once and then not updated. As someone pointed out on another thread, Ardie Sav...

Skiaddict wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:19 am This Meads fellow, Is he related to that Swain bloke?

No. What an odd question to ask.

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