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merlin the happy pig

With small centres like ALB and Goodhue The AB will be bullied like they were by the Irish. They need at least one big guy like SBW or Nonu, although both are well passed it. Mostly we were bullied in the forwards, not the backs. One more strong ball carrier in the starting XV and another on the be...

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Akira does seem to get a lot of shit for actions we accept in others (Coles, Retallick). Coles, Retallick et al are proven test performers and we’d probably forgive a lot more than what they actually get away with. Akira hasn’t proven himself worthy of plumdom yet. Give him a crack then. He'd proba...

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Whitelock looking like he might be able to step into the backup locking role. Those ball carrying skills are coming nicely. :D Were those fends of swats? He was swatting away defenders like flies. Shows what getting time to recover from injuries can do for a player. That was a joy to watch. Like he...

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You mean BB Naki? He’s been going alright except for the howler vs the saders. I’d argue you could include him over Mo’unga if we take the latter’s poor initial weeks into account. As for the team, looks alright tho possibly PT over Retallick? I didn’t see all the shit chiefs games but I don’t beli...

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Whitelock looking like he might be able to step into the backup locking role. Those ball carrying skills are coming nicely.

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There’s generally a very different trajectory to AFL kicks compared to contestable ‘up ‘n unders’. Much easier to catch a ball above your head when it’s still traveling past you rather than coming straight down from a massive height. Agreed, but when faced with someone like Folau, you are going to ...

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Calculus wrote:In a similar vein I'm a bit annoyed by the cost of motorcycle parts. 50 quid for a couple of bits of moulded hand guard plastics

3D printing is your friend.

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Superb coordination from the Crusaders on attack.
A drill sergeant would cream himself watching some of those moves.

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guy smiley wrote:Classy from Lilo in his post match comments there, wishing Dagg all the best and congratulating his on his career

Agreed good to see.
Miss the iDagg.
Call me English but I loved having an AB who kick kick it from 10m from his own goal line to 10m inside the opposition half.

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Pleasing for the Blues to get a win, some good and bad stuff as usual from them. Some good grunt ball in hand from the forwards, Nonu's passing, great intensity at the start. The bad, the f**king abysmal lineout, 10 Coaches later still the same. The kicking from hand, hopeless. Lacks distance lacks ...

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Insane_Homer wrote:Global warming with the rise in sea level will do the trick!

I think you would also need the corresponding rise in air and sea temps.

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Crusades were farking ages ago and the word crusade plus its derivations have long since become part of the common vernacular in a far more general sense. People brand themselves crusaders for all sorts of causes or claim their acts constitute a crusade, "I'm going to lead the crusade against glute...

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At age 25, you should already have had your irresponsible coke and hookers days. This should be a delayed gratification decision. Think how much coke and hookers you can get with 5% compound interest over 50 years. Adjusted of course for how much coke and how many hookers you can handle at 75. This...

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So, you’re suggesting a fund which invests 100% of the money into US equities? Yup. Indexed. Many of the international conglomerates are listed on the NYSE so to a some extent a U.S. index IS a world index. It's not as much all eggs in one basket as you would expect. If the top 500 companies on the...

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J Man wrote:
So, you’re suggesting a fund which invests 100% of the money into US equities?
Yup. Indexed.

Many of the international conglomerates are listed on the NYSE so to a some extent a U.S. index IS a world index.
It's not as much all eggs in one basket as you would expect.

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jambanja wrote:Seems Mark Reason agrees with Ali

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/1 ... needs-help

Has to be wrong then

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If I were a Blues supporter I would be hoping he spends 8 weeks learning how to challenge for a high ball Half of me says a 4 week ban is the right incentive to make sure players develop the skills they need to compete safely. The other seven eights says poor bastard, no way was he trying to tip th...

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Keep track of who's trending here: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/275653/ The meteoric rise of Buttigieg is the standout there so far. He's come across very well every time he's spoken, he's going to make a lot of the pre-annointed front runners a little nervous that he's going to sip...

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It's that kind of dismissive attitude that delayed all the attacks on Obama until he'd already gathered too much momentum. You need to start early if you want to stop the Dem voters from falling in lurrrrve with a new young bright new hope and elevating him to boyband status. Beto already has that ...

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Crusaders to ride the Brumbies into the dirt.

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Is there any reason why in the medium term, Scott Barrett couldn't be a viable option at blindside flanker? He ticks a lot of boxes in terms of being a big, strong body, being a workaholic, a strong defender and a good lineout/lifting option. Having watched him closely for years I think he's got th...

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Aaron Smith - resigned with the Highlanders until 2022 Surprised as he's already 30 and would have made a killing with the double Japan league season Also surprised the ABs are so dead keen to hang on to him. Admittedly our halfback stocks are not great, but his form is on the wane both at internat...

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Not satisfied with stealing our (almost) best rugby talent the northern plums are trying to take our sunshine as well. There is no act too low. :x Is it still minus the ozone layer? I'd heard that it had closed and is now relatively safe. It has closed, but the UV index for the same latitude is hig...

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Not satisfied with stealing our (almost) best rugby talent the northern plums are trying to take our sunshine as well.
There is no act too low.

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What I took from that game. The Blues don't have a lineout for the 15th time in 15 years. Ma'a is still pretty good. This Blues team has plenty of ticker. (Despite the mistakes this gives real cause for optimism) Tuipolotu, and the Ioane brothers are by far the most influential players in the team. ...

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Tweaking the laws around the breakdown is like pushing down a lump in the carpet.
Either it's a budgie, in which case just hit it repeatedly with a hammer, or it's an air bubble and pushing it down will just cause another problem to pop up elsewhere.

Good luck.

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JB1981 wrote:I opened the link ... they'll be coming for me soon .

Do you have any nice bottles of red you'd like me to look after while you are gone?
I don't charge much.

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I didn't say it was revealing though. Iam genuinely confused then, I read your above post to say exactly that. No need to explain, I take you at your word. Sorry dude, I completely misread your post :blush: Apologies... I took it as a reference to my use of the word 'reasoning'. I found it revealin...

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Sad about Naholo, he promised so so much but apart from 1 or 2 outstanding moment he never quite lived up to the promise. He now appears to have lost some of his pace, and his sheer physical presence too. To much it worse he doesn't seem to have a plan B. I don't think there is any way back for him ...

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Yeah, and a fairer comp is a bonus, even taking into consideration that it is harder on the Saffers with the average travel distance.

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Journos are now telling us that that this is a great idea, as they all did when it was first revealed that super rugby was going to be run as a conference system. On this occasion I agree with them, but not for their reasons, which they appear to arrive at by consensus rather than original thought. ...

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guy smiley wrote:I didn't say it was revealing though.

Iam genuinely confused then, I read your above post to say exactly that.

No need to explain, I take you at your word.

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Although Peterson's book promotes self-help rather than violence or racism, he was photographed in New Zealand embracing a fan wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "I'm a proud Islamaphobe", along with a list of various inflammatory accusations about Muslims. Whitcoulls doesn't specify the e...

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I have changed my she has done very well to she has done extremely well, but I think the latest talk of a Nobel Peace Prize talk is still a tad going over board I agree - all she has done at this stage is react to the attack. Although, as said, she has done it very well. To get a Nobel she would ha...

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The depth of NZ coaches is clear. The best ones are working in NZ bar Hansen and Possibly robertson. Long tenures as AB coach from Henry and Hanse has made coaches lose interest along with the requirement that you need international experience for the AB role. This really hasnt helped keep coaches ...

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Kiwi companys pull ads from Facebook over video I am not sure how Facebook were supposed to do anything about it other than banning all live streams. That said, Facebook are starting their decline and anything that hastens it pleases me. Yeah I would think in the biggest cvnt stakes. Posters >>> Pl...

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Kiwi companys pull ads from Facebook over video I am not sure how Facebook were supposed to do anything about it other than banning all live streams. That said, Facebook are starting their decline and anything that hastens it pleases me. Yeah I would think in the biggest cvnt stakes. Posters >>> Pl...

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Surely that was an All Black win against Ireland?
No Welsh born players on the score sheet that I could see.

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Surely this is the best chance since 2003 for a NH world cup victory. Australia in apparent disarray, South Africa made improvements will be there or thereabouts. All blacks look very thin below the top team due in no small part to player drain. Argentina do well at world cups, and are capable of go...

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