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No great loss he was a wannabe Nat anyway why he joined the Labour party for god knows maybe they had more attractive staffers. If Labour can win without needing Winston or who knows (fingers crossed) govern alone there is a chance for them to make some real changes in industrial relations that coul...

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The ratings make grim reading for the Aussies with a bullying attitude on here The Highlanders-Crusaders game in round 4, won 40-20 by the Crusaders, drew in a peak audience of just under 100,000 in the UK, industry sources said, despite the game kicking off at 8am, UK time. Stuff understands that a...

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Better than believing Aussie rugby can fund it self on the maniacal ranting and circle jerks of its fans like yourself.

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No a special type of stupid is believing Australia of all rugby countries can go it alone when professional sports are on the wane not going from strength to strength and you own that.

Unless you are proposing Australian rugby going back to amateur status?

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The internet. It has fundamentally changed the way people spend leisure time. Sports do not play the same dominant role they did in previous generations for how young people spend their leisure time. Its impact is probably greater than the invention of Television which brought about the whole phenom...

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We will lose all our players overseas unless we bow down to the Aussies :lol: All because we won't have any income from the All Blacks cause of Covid :lol: How is this going to be any better with the expense of your mickey mouse competition? Also please explain how all our players are going to asco...

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Holy shit. That’s quite a rant! :lol: are you saying this isn't? Why don't you have a go at this post? Especially maniacal ranting is the highlighted bit Steve Hansen proving to the world he’s a moron: “ What was most important was to ensure Super Rugby was still a tough battleground for young men ...

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You know you are really hearing BS when you get Aussie rugby supporters claiming The NRL is altruistic and trying to grow the game by allowing the Warriors to play in their competition

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We will lose all our players overseas unless we bow down to the Aussies :lol: All because we won't have any income from the All Blacks cause of Covid :lol: How is this going to be any better with the expense of your mickey mouse competition? Also please explain how all our players are going to asco...

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Holy shit. That’s quite a rant! :lol: are you saying this isn't? Why don't you have a go at this post? Especially maniacal ranting is the highlighted bit Steve Hansen proving to the world he’s a moron: “ What was most important was to ensure Super Rugby was still a tough battleground for young men ...

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We will lose all our players overseas unless we bow down to the Aussies :lol: All because we won't have any income from the All Blacks cause of Covid :lol: How is this going to be any better with the expense of your mickey mouse competition? Also please explain how all our players are going to ascon...

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Charles Piatau, one day he was tearing it up for the Blues and then next minute "poof" he disappeared off the face of the earth, never to be seen again. He could have been a great imo. He chose the money though. To be fair he is one of ten siblings so I imagine the family pressure to earn would be ...

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Codie Taylor was good around the field no doubt but the Crusaders lineout is misfiring too much this season and while that is not all on the hooker he can not be excused either. As a leader in the side he needs to get on top of that shit and demand more of others if they are the ones making mistakes...

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Razor making a good point about Mitchell Drummond there. He has really impressed this season coming off the bench. Is this a specialist role that should see him move ahead of others for the All Blacks who are maybe better starting 9s but not so good making an impact coming on with 20 left.

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Difference in the game has been Mounga able to create something in the face of a brilliant and brutal Blues defense. Whereas the Blues haven't been able to do similar in the face of a efficient Crusaders defense which is a sad reflection on Barrett.

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BB falling to bits at the back

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Could he be any worse than Qantas?

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Luke McCallister and sad to say it looks likek Aaron Cruden.

Both hamstrung by going overseas. Left as creative sparks came back as carthorses.

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If it's an AB trial then it should be a Probables v Possibles. I doubt this game will carry any weight at all in regards to AB selection. It's just a nostalgic moneyspinner for a dying organization desperate to stay afloat Ian Foster again showing what a poor choice for All Black coach he was by pa...

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On current form, maybe? 15. Will Jordan (Tasman) 14. Jordie Barrett (Canterbury) 13. Brayden Ennor (Canterbury) 12. Jack Goodhue (Canterbury) 11. George Bridge (Canterbury) 10. Richie Mo'unga (Canterbury) 9. Brad Weber (Otago) 8. Gareth Evans (Otago) 7. Dillon Hunt (Otago) 6. Shannon Frizzell (Tasm...

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The Hitler oak is safe. This will be a mainly North Island thing in NZ. South islanders will just ignore it.

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Other than maybe some locks who are on the heavier side, the subs being chucked on isn't because the replaced players couldn't do the 80. Usually it's tactical or the GPS data indicates that the player has fallen below optimum performance. The latter doesn't mean they're not capable of finishing th...

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Dude in all seriousness if Super rugby's troubles have taught anything over the last 10 years is that for a successful competition to continue to prosper and be relevant it must maintain its integrity. The amount of short term financial gain of including SA would not offset the risk of long term sta...

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That is nothing. NZ and Australia could join the NFL. They will give an equal share of the money pool they have worked to build up and change the rules to better suit our style of play. Why not we are combined 5 times RWC winners, and once they smell our fantasy money they will welcome us with open ...

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Agree that it is over hyped. It wasn't complete crap but was below average.

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For NZ you could make an entire team of Crusaders during the professional era. Greg Somerville - 66 Reuben Thorne - 50 check out his wikipedia picture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Thorne Mark Hammett - 29 Dave Hewett -22 Caleb Ralph -14 Todd Blackadder - 12 Blackadder was rank average but I...

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Answer me this, MOG - has Australia had a national fast food chain devoted to meat pies? https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcR_9PiPSi7exVz2t2-ul8rD0T15wCPlPF-P3e_uwTK0ZQy766YP Yes. Pie Face. I'm not sure Pie Face is cheap and nasty enough to be in the same league as Georgie Pie....

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Yep Craig Joubert was both a great referee and a great servant of the game, which was the better for his involvement. For shame sullying his reputation.

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I'm astonished anyone as unrelentingly, aggressively thick as OB is still alive, really seems the type that requires a reminder to breathe. This the kind of post that makes me think you as the type who can't argue any ideas of your own so you just agree with the majority and start insulting the peo...

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I don't imagine you laugh at much TBH you seem like the type of guy who genuinely believes you can embarrass yourself on an internet forum. Mind you with 4000+ post this is obviously pretty serious stuff to you.

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brat wrote:
tubbyj wrote:Hearing his voice now it was that fattie Craig MacMillan.

Now has a five wicket bag but fatty MacMillan and Hesson won't admit he made them look like dicks
Stay off the booze - you’re embarrassing yourself

Maybe you need a drink to stop being such a self appointed moderator

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Interesting listening to Mike Hesson and someone else (Maybe McCullum) commentating on Jamiesons bowling. they were barely disguising that they didn't rate him and were crapping on how poorly he was bowling and how much he had to learn. Well 4 wickets and one drop that should have been a wicket I w...

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Hearing his voice now it was that fattie Craig MacMillan.

Now has a five wicket bag but fatty MacMillan and Hesson won't admit he made them look like dicks

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Interesting listening to Mike Hesson and someone else (Maybe McCullum) commentating on Jamiesons bowling. they were barely disguising that they didn't rate him and were crapping on how poorly he was bowling and how much he had to learn. Well 4 wickets and one drop that should have been a wicket I wo...

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paynie wrote:18/25 tough quiz.

Very tough quiz

I got 26 out of 25

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You are right Bill English did a good job keeping the books tight and returning it to surplus but to do what FOG did when he took a sneaky dig at Michael Cullen while pretending to praise him with 'his years of surplus's comment' the global financial crisis only hit NZ for a a couple of years thanks...

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As for the Unions they didn't fudge themselves. Business owners and managers always believe that unions are the one thing stopping them making huge profits and the economy going gangbusters just as Unions believe employers and business owners are stopping everyone having enjoying a high standard of ...

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Nobody wants no hopers but once you create someone who is basically useless to even themselves then there is little hope of breaking that pattern. The first noticeable emergence of a significant group of these people in NZ was in the late 80s and 90s. When these people go on to have 3 to 10 children...

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You could argue against a lot of what Clarks government did but the Cullen fund and Kiwisaver were very good for NZ long term . Also the Labour government underwrote the 2011 rwc hosting which were instrumental in us winning the right to hold it here. I'm sure this will bring a tear to Eug's eye :l...

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Funnily enough I was referring to Aunty Helen's Labour in the first paragraph and Shonkey's National in the second. Just shows people see what they want to see. Helen Clark's Labour government gets a lot of credit but as far as I can tell the rot in this country started under her (Maybe Shipley or ...

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