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It's official...

Tom Wright went the entire season without any major brain explosions.

Even as a Brumbies' supporter, I'm shocked, and impressed.

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And I mentioned "pubs" in a post you flew in from a great height to correct. A sports pub is a slightly different animal. All pubs show sport. You dont get out much do you? Clearly I do get out much more than you... :lol: First, no they don't all show sports... Second, around here most reputable pu...

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Yes, those are generally the kinds of pubs that tend to show... sports. And I mentioned "pubs" in a post you flew in from a great height to correct. A sports pub is a slightly different animal. All pubs show sport. You dont get out much do you? Clearly I do get out much more than you... :lol: First...

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I actually didn't know pubs could get Stan now, as originally they couldn't. Will keep an eye out now when at pubs. There were issues in its first year due to Stan's licensing, which required them to roll out Stan Sport Venues ... But since then it's been widely adopted: https://www.fanzo.com/en-au...

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I wouldnt mind watching rugby in a pub from time to time but not many seem to have Stan. I never risk it anymore. Another one of life's simple pleasures as a rugby fan in Oz gone. Nah, pretty much any reputable sports bar in Australia has Stan Sport... :nod: I actually didn't know pubs could get St...

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grievous wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 5:07 am I wouldnt mind watching rugby in a pub from time to time but not many seem to have Stan. I never risk it anymore.
Another one of life's simple pleasures as a rugby fan in Oz gone.

Nah, pretty much any reputable sports bar in Australia has Stan Sport...

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I'm shocked that a forum populated largely by straight, middle-aged men isn't that interested in initiatives that support trans people. Correct me if I'm wrong but we've never, ever had an openly trans member? Anyway, this discussion could have been had on one of the trans athletes threads, same ki...

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There's currently only one. FTA is important in terms of maximising reach but it also needs to be on the main channel and needs proper promotion leading into games. Problem at the moment is no one is going to do that. 7 has AFL, 9 NRL. Probably an old movie on at 7pm will draw in more viewers than ...

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From an unreliable source... Wallabies star Jordan Petaia has informed Rugby Australia that he has serious interest in a switch to the NFL. The outside back has already been in contact with NFL officials, who want him to enter the International Pathways Program later this year. The off-contract Peta...

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That's great that you know. Does the Australian public know that Nuclear would be a lot more expensive in Australia than renewable options? I don't think that's clear. They should, because the CSIRO report was widely reported on a few weeks ago... But some may not, because the Murdoch press has lab...

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Not Australia, but interesting. Cheapest source of fossil fuel power is twice the cost of utility scale solar. Nuclear is the most expensive source. Labour could just start a mantra that nuclear is the most expensive source of power in the US. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/06/11/cheapest-source-...

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It just keeps on keeping on... https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/disgruntled-clubs-move-to-oust-rugby-victoria-directors-20240612-p5jl6o.html Suburban rugby clubs have banded together in a bid to oust most of the Rugby Victoria board as the fallout from the collapse of the Melbourne Rebels co...

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bimboman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 8:08 am
Slim 293 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 7:00 am
bimboman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 6:51 am

What about the celebrations post Oct 7th? Lots of civilians … are they forced to ?

Don't worry Bimbo, most of them are now dead...
Weird thing to say , demonstrably untrue as well.

Because of the actors, or fake numbers? Right?

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From Haaretz today: Hamas said it accepted a U.S.-drafted UN Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of all hostages, and is ready to negotiate over its details. Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar referred to Palestinian civilian casualties in Gaza since October ...

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Carter Gordon...

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE...

To the Gold Coast Titans.

https://www.titans.com.au/news/2024/06/ ... ans-in-25/

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BLUES (1-15): Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Ricky Riccitelli, Marcel Renata, Sam Darry, Josh Beehre, Akira Ioane, Dalton Papali'i (c), Hoskins Sotutu, Finlay Christie, Harry Plummer, Caleb Clarke, AJ Lam, Rieko Ioane, Mark Tele'a, Stephen Perofeta RESERVES: Kurt Eklund, Joshua Fusitu'a, Angus Ta'avao, James Thom...

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Skiaddict wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 2:41 am "We have Israel right where we want them"

Shocking...

No one, not even Hamas or anyone posting in this thread 200+ pages ago, could've predicted that Israel's response would be so... predictable.

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It’s all fake, otherwise… Hamas.

And don’t forget October 7.

And if you dispute that, here’s something from a random Twitter account.

Did I mention Hamas?

I almost forgot… antisemitism.

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She was held by “civilians” though. A doctor and Al Jezeera journalist. These weren’t “hamas” . OK, has this been confirmed? Because all I can see is some nutter on Twitter took the report of the doctor and his journalist son, and their family, who were killed in their apartment building by the Isr...

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So a journalist and a doctor holding the hostage in the middle of a refugee camp. “But no one supports Hamas” I would imagine that since Hamas abducted and held these people hostage, that said people holding them hostage, might support Hamas, being Hamas… But I like what you tried to achieve there....

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So a journalist and a doctor holding the hostage in the middle of a refugee camp. “But no one supports Hamas” I would imagine that since Hamas abducted and held these people hostage, that said people holding them hostage, might support Hamas, being Hamas… But I like what you tried to achieve there....

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Alrighty, based on Opta’s ruck involvements we can lock in…

3. Van Nek
7. Reimer
8. Gleeson

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Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:57 am
grievous wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:54 am
Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:45 am So did Schmidt end up bringing Langi Gleeson in?
For what possible reason?
There is a Wallaby train on squad as I understand it which has been made up of Waratahs and the Force players. Do you know if Gleeson is part of it?

He is…

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One of most watched things each year on Australian television is the SOO. Each game is worth $15m to RL in broadcast rights alone. That’s $45m a year and rising, which is more than what Stan pays to RA for all tests, SR and Shute Shield. This is played during the season. Amazing, right? The best pl...

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In recent years the Reds, Brumbies and Force (maybe the Rebels too?) have taken tours to places like Japan and South Africa around November with their wider squads due to the lack of decent rugby in Australia outside of the SRP season...

Trials then don't usually begin until February.

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The games will be utter dog shit, you need a pre-season to get some combos and tactics set out. Start the pre season earlier then. What exactly do the Aussie players who are not selected for the Wallabies do between June and January? Those players must have the cruisiest, pampered gigs in pro rugby...

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Rugby in Australia... in January? GTFO. There's also little thing called a pre-season. :thumbdown: Preseasons get made into actual games that can make the clubs actual money. You know the clubs in Australia that are struggling for money? Daylight savings means more daylight games which means better...

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Rugby in Australia... in January?

GTFO.

There's also little thing called a pre-season.

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If I was Australian my answer would be Courtney Barnett :nod: That's who I was going to nominate. For an artist who has received so much widespread critical acclaim, I just can't... I've given her a decent listen, but I can't separate it from so much forgettable Australian indie rock from thirty ye...

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IsraelWarRoom eh ? Nice to see your sourcing is as objective as it’s always been . 🙄 I look at all of it but 99% of what comes from Hamas and Al Jazeera is pure bullshit. Have Egypt come up with any explanation for all those tunnels found under their land headed into the Philadelphi corridor in Raf...

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Tens of thousands of innocent people, largely women and children, killed, without shelter and starving...

Hospitals, schools, refugee camps, aid workers, journalists bombs...

Entire neighbourhoods reduced to rubbled...

Musch needed aid blocked...

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TUNNELS?!?!

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How does Hooper compare out of interest? Hooper and Swain are both 3rd and 4th respectively in the comp for locks. They are good at securing ball close in on attack. The issue for the Brumbies with this loose trio is securing wider ball on attack and winning turnovers at the ruck. Jahrome Brown has...

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Based on Skiaddict's history of sharing fake Twitter news/blatant propaganda, that photo could be an explosion in Lebanon, or Israel, or Syria last month, or the Ukraine two years ago, or a fireworks factory in a remote Chinese province... a bushfire in New South Wales from 2003... Or potentially a...

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Based on Skiaddict's history of sharing fake Twitter news/blatant propaganda, that photo could be an explosion in Lebanon, or Israel, or Syria last month, or the Ukraine two years ago, or a fireworks factory in a remote Chinese province... a bushfire in New South Wales from 2003... Or potentially a ...

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That's fair. The Highlanders do have Harmon at 8 though. There's just no one there doing the donkey work from this Brumbies trio. That trio got spanked by the Blues and then they added in Scott the following week against the Canes and won. Rucks per 80 minutes 32.56 Reimer 31.13 Scott 21.41 Brown 1...

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In another episode of stats without context... Brown's average rucks per minutes are similar to Fraser McReight and Liam Wright's numbers, averaging around one less ruck per 80 minutes... those lazy no-good ruck practitioners. I think you're the one not considering context. Let's consider the combi...

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Withy is hardly a breakdown specialist either (although I do rate him as a player). That's fair. The Highlanders do have Harmon at 8 though. There's just no one there doing the donkey work from this Brumbies trio. That trio got spanked by the Blues and then they added in Scott the following week ag...

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shanky wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 11:28 pm Brumbies lineout is awesome anyway. Cale just adds a bit more
We’re going to see a concerted campaign by Brumbies fans to get their man into the Wallabies and they won’t be shutting up until they do

I hope he does, if only to shut the feckers up.

Apparently Schmidt is a fan...

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Why can't the organisers of Super Rugby ever get it right. A 19 week comp? Are they trying to be annoying contrarians to piss the fans off? Simply make it 22 weeks so everyone plays home and away for 20 regular games. How hard is that? The NRL has 27 rounds… with 17 teams. The AFL has 24 rounds… wi...

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Sensible Stephen wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 12:04 pm
ROLDY wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 11:45 am I’m surprised Walsh isn’t dead. That hit was ugly as fúck.
Cameron Smith: Yeah that's a send off in club land, but at this level, no.

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