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I just watched the whole match again... it was better than I thought... Lio-Willie played quite well and had a number of carries over the advantage line (PP your stats are wrong). DMac played better than I remember. I think we remember a couple of bad things he did.. but he did a lot of good stuff....

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Ugh, Nic Berry again. Can't understand how he keeps getting work. Neither does Rassie. I doubt this game will flow.

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Personally I approach these games in a calm methodical manner. I succinctly and quietly evaluate the referee's performance while simultaneously considering a respectful, balanced and informed viewpoint on the opposition's transgressions, inadequacies and moral fortitude. I acknowledge fine play in ...

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Game day! I'm finding myself remarkably excite. Let's go Black!! Don't know if it will happen, but I want a carve-up of this French C team to discourage their development on our time and dime. At one stage Dunedin (Carisbrook) was a hard place for visiting teams to play the ABs, but what is the atm...

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I predict the ABs will struggle with Roigard as their 9. Hesnot a great distributor He's the best halfback in NZ. Your assessment of his play from halfback in the game is probably influenced by the inability of the Hurricanes to get quick ball. The Brumbies did a very good job of slowing it down, w...

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obelixtim wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:05 am Saw the Borealis in Vancouver, Jan 1976. Might have been on Vancouver Island, was in both places during that month. It was OK, but nothing that spectacular.

Australis is best Aurora.

And you may even be older than me!

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There's several FB groups that send out alerts when activity is high , its quick and easy to subscribe, heres some advice , don't ask when it will be visible, you will receive dozens of pointed noob comments from aurora hunters and photographers, just wait for the alerts FB groups you say... Just w...

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I saw it from my backyard in Christchurch last year. Is there room to camp in your backyard? We may need to be there for a few days. I had heard Tasmania before. Good hiking there too I believe. When is the best time? There's several FB groups that send out alerts when activity is high , its quick ...

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Fat Old Git wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 3:38 am I saw it from my backyard in Christchurch last year.

Is there room to camp in your backyard? We may need to be there for a few days.

I had heard Tasmania before. Good hiking there too I believe. When is the best time?

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On the intro to the Highlanders v Drua Super Rugby match was a shot that seemed to show the Aurora Australis outside Dunedin. I've always wanted to see either the southern or northern lights; I lived in Sweden for several years and never managed to see them there - although I did see the midnight su...

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I was certainly a great day out at the shiny new stadium. People in the South Stand especially had a good time and the pyrotechnics were super. But they were right about the food; we didn't have to queue, but it took well over an hour to arrive. I do expect them to get that right with a little prac...

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History made at Hong Kong Sevens’ shiny new Kai Tak home but questions remain Despite problems for fans including long queues for food and drinks, Hong Kong has reinforced its place as a premier spot for rugby sevens New Zealand and Argentina made history as the first Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens o...

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Day 1 is under way. Match results tracker here: https://www.svns.com/en/fixtures-and-results/perth/matches So in the men's, NZ beat Australia, then Australia beat South Africa. I haven't been following the 7s until now, but these seem surprising results? Yeah, not particularly. Everyone can beat ev...

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Auckman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 12:20 pm Day 1 is under way.

Match results tracker here: https://www.svns.com/en/fixtures-and-re ... th/matches

So in the men's, NZ beat Australia, then Australia beat South Africa. I haven't been following the 7s until now, but these seem surprising results?

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Home of 7s has moved across the bay to a new home, bye bye Wan Chai. Should be epic, wish I was at this. :thumbup: Thanks for the info. We shall be there Sunday, down with the people to start with, then in the rarified air of the corp boxes for the later part of the day. Report back on the area whe...

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grievous wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:10 pm Home of 7s has moved across the bay to a new home, bye bye Wan Chai.
Should be epic, wish I was at this.

Thanks for the info. We shall be there Sunday, down with the people to start with, then in the rarified air of the corp boxes for the later part of the day.

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:thumbup: What's an Inverse stock? Is it like a CFD that you can long or short? I do think tech stocks will come down. I mean they are ridiculously overpriced. But who knows when that will happen. Yeah, shorting the Nasdaq. One such is SQQQ for example. Ridiculously overpriced is the consensus from...

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Do you only have the small-cap US index fund? If so you've been missing out some of the big gains in the past few years. I'd consider buying an S&P 500 index fund and/or US all market index fund. No, I have a mixture, but all Nasdaq. People in the US with 401K's & IRA's have a reasonably limited se...

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Merican tech stocks just keeps going up and up. Some crazy gains since yesterday. I was hoping the markets would go down so I could buy but US stocks gone the other way. Big spike in my small-cap US index stocks immediately after the election result, I noticed - around 5% up each. That was the most...

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Merican tech stocks just keeps going up and up. Some crazy gains since yesterday. I was hoping the markets would go down so I could buy but US stocks gone the other way. Big spike in my small-cap US index stocks immediately after the election result, I noticed - around 5% up each. That was the most...

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Do you feel dirty?? :P I imagine FB is filthy. Nah, wasn't Aumua's fault he was born in Welly-Canes territory. :D I wonder, with Taylor out, if this was finally the moment when Aamua steps forward to realise his talent on the international stage? Throwing has been an issue for him, but it was good ...

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I had English commentary... apparently I didn't see one English indiscretion... I've suffered through that before. Borderline unwatchable. 80 minutes of continuous whinging. TNT Sports... Austin Healey is Phil Kearns like in his bias. Did they also happen to mention that apart from the intercept tr...

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Jay Cee Gee wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 4:53 am
sorCrer wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 4:48 am On and on the bleating goes...
Your team just made an official complaint about a match they won 2 weeks ago.

I trust it will have come with a Power Point Presentation. Everything is better with a Power Point Presentation.

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TJ was right IMHO to point out the number of times Bok players were reaching over to slow the ruck ball only for Brace to say "lost" or "hands off". The effect is still to slow the ball down. Your second point I agree with completely. It was even more maddening given the fact that the ABS were in a...

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Absolutely zero issue with a penalty and a warning for that bullshit. I have two issues with it. The Itoje level ranting is a blight on the game and TJs armflapping and sprays are up there. Last game he was doing pretend crying eyes after an Argentinian penalty. No place for it. My second issue is ...

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I'm going to have to watch the game again. Not sure I watched the same game judging by the level of depression surrounding the AB performance. This. I thought this was an encouraging AB performance, better than expected. Thought it better than the previous game against the Pumas, because of who the...

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Yep, he’s got to get used to new players around plus new game plans, it will take some time to get any sort of acceptance for those that want to change players every time we lose let alone when we only just win. Yes have to agree. We won against a strong England side twice who we haven't beaten sin...

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I’ve always regarded the Red Hot Chillies as embarrassingly overrated . Caught them at an outdoor festival . Thought them moronic . The Cure on their seventeen seconds tour blew my young mind ! Saw the Chillis in Sydney, thought they were OK. Saw the Cure twice many years apart, they were decent no...

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I called that earlier.... If we can piece together a functional lineout out of our tall timber, we got the rest of the weapons to go deep. Good set of props, insane loosies, good halves, decent options at 10 (despite uncles trashing of Morgan, he has a far higher skill ceiling than other dross), in...

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Named in the 7s squad. Possibly decided to choose the Olympics over SR. Why would anyone do that? Surely the pathway to a professional career in NZ is through Super Rugny? Yeah, I don't really see the appeal of the Olympics for a rugby player. If you are a young player in particular surely your foc...

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Masterji wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 12:26 am
Enzedder wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:10 am
Masterji wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 12:17 am

You lost.
Was akann playing?
Who the hell is akann you dumb arse.

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Nothing would make me feel more vindicated than Robertson picking Braydon Ennor ahead of Reiko Ioane at centre next season. Ryan Crotty as a smokey. Fuxk that. Injured anyway. I would rather have Aumua at centre Seriously? I'd rather have Billy Proctor than any of those, except perhaps encumbent Io...

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Is 1.97m really lock height? I am not convinced. I assume that it's Delany and hereby name him "New Midget". Delany is 1.98. Walker-Leawere and Tucker are both 1.97. Why do we always get short locks? WHHHHHYYYYY. Where is Dominic Bird? Not selected, elsewhere? Was decent for Wellington, and his exp...

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Disgusting poaching by the Irish, it's Bundee/Lowe etc all over again. https://www.planetrugby.com/news/highly-rated-crusaders-prop-released-and-set-for-a-return-to-ireland With Newell, Williams, Moody & Bower all in the Crusaders squad, I think Jaeger would have struggled for any gametime in 2024....

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True, but a player returning to SA is also returning to his family. Even if they're from a rough area, the money they are returning with would allow them to set themselves up in a very nice place, send their kids to a good school, etc. Like any developing country, if you've got the money you can ea...

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You still wouldn't move back with your children if it was the crime ridden hell hole that people seem to think. True, but a player returning to SA is also returning to his family. Even if they're from a rough area, the money they are returning with would allow them to set themselves up in a very ni...

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JPNZ wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 3:09 am

Strength in depth at prop & midfield especially.

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Highlanders look thin on depth, and light on backs in general. They've got some talented youngsters but it does feel like they've gone for too many Otago players. Not many players want to play down there though. Hopefully Jamie Joseph can make a difference in their set up and make it a bit more att...

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Broadhurst was unlucky. First carry of his All Blacks debut straight into Etzebeth and whoever else was playing lock for the Boks that day - absolutely trucked and spilled the ball. Yanked at half time. I think this gave him the tag as not being 'up to it' at international level. Then concussed int...

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