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by mightyreds
Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: match 1 - B&I Lions v Argentina OFFICIAL
Replies: 674
Views: 11512

Re: match 1 - B&I Lions v Argentina

The Lions were unimpressive and will hardly have Joe Schmidt shaking in his boots. Their best were the centres and wings, and the always dependable Genge (though Freeman gifted one try to Argentina, who were wonderful and it was great to see the emotion of their fans and players doing the pogo with ...
by mightyreds
Fri Jun 20, 2025 11:05 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
Replies: 16195
Views: 673039

Re: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt

towny wrote: Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:56 am
mightyreds wrote: Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:54 am
Bindi wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:48 am ESPN claiming Kerevi, JOC, MK all excluded.

Boooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Correct and well done Joe - all too old!
Samu Kerevi is 4 years younger than Bundee Ali.
Yes, but the Lions don't have younger, better players to put in - we do.
by mightyreds
Fri Jun 20, 2025 11:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
Replies: 16195
Views: 673039

Re: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt

Two absolutely astonishing omissions: Ryan Lonergan - I'm a Reds supporter, and I can still see he was the best performed Australian 9 in Super Rugby. Tate was close, but RL was still out front. Josh Canham - with Nick Frost, he was one of the 2 best Aussie locks, week in and week out. I prefer to b...
by mightyreds
Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
Replies: 16195
Views: 673039

Re: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt

Bindi wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:48 am ESPN claiming Kerevi, JOC, MK all excluded.

Boooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Correct and well done Joe - all too old!
by mightyreds
Sat May 10, 2025 7:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Lions Lions Lions
Replies: 3032
Views: 237775

Re: Lions Lions Lions

And has anyone ever seen a bigger bullsh[*]t fest than the announcing of the B&A Lions squad? They took 60 minutes to do something they could have done in 20. Muffled shouts kept coming from the very toffee audience and I'm guessing they were saying "Get on with it!"
by mightyreds
Sat May 10, 2025 7:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Lions Lions Lions
Replies: 3032
Views: 237775

Re: Lions Lions Lions

Be nice to have full stadiums. Every twelve years they get them. I wonder who holds the world record for a tier one test crowd. Clue: it was a game between 2 x SH teams. I think it was the 1998 Test between Australia and the ABs in Melbourne, which got 98,000 plus. I attended with my brother and to...
by mightyreds
Sat May 10, 2025 7:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SRP Rd 13 'tahs v Reds, Friday 9 May 2025
Replies: 63
Views: 3960

Re: SRP Rd 13 'tahs v Reds, Friday 9 May 2025

What a game! Both teams going like hell at it and the Reds only hitting the lead for the first time 2 minutes before the end. Thankfully they were very strong from there to close it out. They should have won by more because they scored a try at 17 minutes (check it out on your Stan replay) which was...
by mightyreds
Sat May 10, 2025 7:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SRP Rd 13 'tahs v Reds, Friday 9 May 2025
Replies: 63
Views: 3960

Re: SRP Rd 13 'tahs v Reds, Friday 9 May 2025

What a game! Both teams going like hell at it and the Reds only hitting the lead for the first time 2 minutes before the end. Thankfully they were very strong from there to close it out. They should have won by more because they scored a try at 17 minutes (check it out on your Stan replay) which was...
by mightyreds
Thu May 01, 2025 6:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 31185
Views: 2532769

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

This is a warning to all those eligible to vote in the Australian Federal Election: do NOT use online voting! The following report, concentrating on the seat of Aston, was issued by America's leading cyber security analyst, J Alex Halderman* after his visit to NSW in 2023 to witness the State Federa...
by mightyreds
Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
Replies: 16195
Views: 673039

Re: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt

I’m assuming that’s in Toole’s favor based on Koroibete’s poor defence and lack of speed? After last year I feel that he’s marked to never play again under Schmidt. nt But Toole will probably find it tough to leapfrog Kellaway, Daugunu, Potter and Pietsch for a spot on the wing… it’s possible that’...
by mightyreds
Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
Replies: 16195
Views: 673039

Re: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt

Toole I would say is as good as most provincial wingers going around in defence, especially in cover. And he is as big as a winger needs to be for Test rugby, when you look at Kolbe driving Will Jordan into the turf in the World Cup semi-final. He makes Kolbe and Arendse look like midgets. One thing...
by mightyreds
Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Pope Francis gonnnnnne | Hey/Howdy/like oh mah Gad Pope Leo!
Replies: 231
Views: 34300

Re: Pope Francis gooooonnnnnne

feckwanker wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:16 am
DragsterDriver wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:03 am "The Pope actually woke in the hospital and asked if he was in heaven. No replied the porter, we're just taking a shortcut through the children's ward."
I'm stealing that.
He must have concluded that when he noticed he was surrounded by little angels.
by mightyreds
Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Pope Francis gonnnnnne | Hey/Howdy/like oh mah Gad Pope Leo!
Replies: 231
Views: 34300

Re: Pope Francis gooooonnnnnne

I guess convention demands I say RIP but I won't miss him. A bolshevik nutcase who supported Chinese persecution of Christians - how inappropriate for a Pope can you get?
by mightyreds
Sat Aug 03, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: When a player utterly dominates the opposition ....
Replies: 94
Views: 7752

Re: When a player utterly dominates the opposition ....

Thierry Dusautoir vs NZ in 2007 or 2011? It seems everybody is forgetting the great Springbok lock, Frik DuPreez, who not only monstered the British Lions' lineout in the 1st Test of 1962 but also scored a 70 metre try, as he could run like a gazelle. I notice Frik is still with us to I send him my...
by mightyreds
Sat Aug 03, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: When a player utterly dominates the opposition ....
Replies: 94
Views: 7752

Re: When a player utterly dominates the opposition ....

:thumbup:
towny wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:41 am
Slim 293 wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:40 am Pocock v South Africa, 2011 RWC QF...
:thumbup:
by mightyreds
Sat Jul 13, 2024 1:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 13 Jul • Melbourne
Replies: 988
Views: 22515

Re: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 13 Jul • Melbourne

During the week I foresaw a possibility that Lolesio could manage his game to the point of being his best every week, based on improvements over the past year, ie: . Brumbies' SR semi-final 2023: Brumbies forwards have the better of the Chiefs, but crucial passing and kicking errors by Noah contribu...
by mightyreds
Sun Jul 07, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 13 Jul • Melbourne
Replies: 988
Views: 22515

Re: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 6 Jul • SFS

What an arm wrestle! Daugunu, Lukhan - superb! Other heroes: Taniela, Conroy, Cale, Lynagh, Kailea Everybody else: for working hard throughout, with a miraculous self-redemption from Thomas Wright. I had been thinking, 'Maybe we have Kellaway at fullback next week...' And though Planet Rugby player ...
by mightyreds
Fri Jul 05, 2024 12:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 13 Jul • Melbourne
Replies: 988
Views: 22515

Re: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 6 Jul • SFS

I got myself up to speed on Williams - realised he was the inspirational captain that led the Force to a number of against-the-odds wins this year - I just hadn't picked up his name from the commentary. With leadership like that at his age, this is someone you want fighting in the trenches beside yo...
by mightyreds
Fri Jul 05, 2024 4:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 13 Jul • Melbourne
Replies: 988
Views: 22515

Re: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 6 Jul • SFS

I’m sure that we will see Donaldson in the next few weeks. Lynagh plays similarly to Noah but he has a potential ceiling much higher than the other two. He also has a good connection with Tate, Paisami, Flook and Wright/McReight. Its a perfect opportunity to ease him in. If the game goes south Noah...
by mightyreds
Thu Jul 04, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 13 Jul • Melbourne
Replies: 988
Views: 22515

Re: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 6 Jul • SFS

I’m sure that we will see Donaldson in the next few weeks. Lynagh plays similarly to Noah but he has a potential ceiling much higher than the other two. He also has a good connection with Tate, Paisami, Flook and Wright/McReight. Its a perfect opportunity to ease him in. If the game goes south Noah...
by mightyreds
Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 46435
Views: 2288027

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

Again I have to ask you, what do you think he's up to? Leaving aside any allegations of inappropriate behaviour with adults which is a separate issue, all I'm seeing here is a somewhat senile old man. I mean not a great choice for President really, but you seem to be trying to blow this up into som...
by mightyreds
Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 46435
Views: 2288027

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

It's all falling apart for the most corrupt president in the history of the USA, and probably in the history of western democracies. Biden was one of the generation of politicians influenced by the Washington swamp to be in it to make as much money as he could anyway he could, right from his first d...
by mightyreds
Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 13 Jul • Melbourne
Replies: 988
Views: 22515

Re: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 6 Jul • SFS

I would have had Donaldson to cover Noah off the bench, because the last game the Wallabies turned out in (vs Portugal) every player was excellent and he was a part of that, but there's a lot of for and against in this spot, as Lynagh's selection is a concession to the factor I was convinced would d...
by mightyreds
Wed Jul 03, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 13 Jul • Melbourne
Replies: 988
Views: 22515

Re: AUSTRALIA v WALES • Sat 6 Jul • SFS

Kick off: 7.45pm East Coast 5.45pm West Coast 10:45am Wales Location: Allianz Stadium https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/b1/19/rlQ2Lx1Z_t.png AUSTRALIA https://media4.giphy.com/media/YFHZMRM3wT7pcwz09i/giphy.gif Coach: Schmidty Lineup: 1. James Slipper 2. Matt Faesslar 3. Allan Ala’alatoa 4. Jeremy William...
by mightyreds
Wed Jul 03, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.K Politics Thread
Replies: 15628
Views: 534520

Re: Breaking: The UK is going to the polls

Go, Nigel! Time to reform that dysfunctional nation.
by mightyreds
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL" Reds are too lazy to start a Chiefs thread" thread
Replies: 160
Views: 3462

Re: OFFICIAL" Reds are too lazy to start a Chiefs thread" thread

Great to see the Reds muscle out an inspiring victory at the end. Our whole backline played like loose forwards to disrupt the dangerous Chiefs attack, and our forwards stayed strong from start to finish.
by mightyreds
Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 31185
Views: 2532769

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Man, they just don't get it do they? Conservative politicians in Australia appear to be the dumbest and most stubborn people around. Yes but they know there are dumbest and stubborn voters that will vote for them. I see Dutton & co clutching their election manifesto for the next election now, same ...
by mightyreds
Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 31185
Views: 2532769

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Great to see our Maori brothers and sisters out in force in Brisbane to stand against anti-semitism and send the Hamas Hate Brigade a 'you won't pass here' message. It brought tears to my eyes - the All Blacks are now my 2nd team forever!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFwLHY5 ... e=youtu.be
by mightyreds
Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..
Replies: 4147
Views: 106763

Re: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..

I pick NZ to win this: they are peaking at the right time and I have a feeling Mounga might leave grandfather Sexton grasping thin air a few times. Ireland have excelled in the development of, and adherence to, a particular style and patterns, but Joe Schmidt knows them like the back of his hand: h...
by mightyreds
Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 31185
Views: 2532769

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

People genuinely think that indigenous Australians already receive far too much largess, even though they're by far the most disadvantaged group in Australia. 100% this. Albo's big mistake was not running the inquiry into Murdoch. No, people don't think indigenous Australians receive too much large...
by mightyreds
Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 31185
Views: 2532769

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Great news for democracy to see the Yes campaign get it's ass kicked, and Albanese's attempt to establish CCP influence on Australian government (Mayo and Reid are both avowed Communists) through a back door stopped in its tracks. Watch the accompanying video right to the end to see the Yes Campaign...
by mightyreds
Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..
Replies: 4147
Views: 106763

Re: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..

If we play at the top of our game we will win. If Ireland play at the top of their game they will win. What if both play at the top of their game? Donald Trump is elected president of ukraine and creates peace in the middle east while Putin and Zi marry and the smurfs finally catch Gargemel! I can'...
by mightyreds
Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..
Replies: 4147
Views: 106763

Re: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..

They don't have to fear me; they have to fear William Webb Ellis: Karma is a terrible, terrible force.
by mightyreds
Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..
Replies: 4147
Views: 106763

Re: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..

I pick NZ to win this: they are peaking at the right time and I have a feeling Mounga might leave grandfather Sexton grasping thin air a few times. Ireland have excelled in the development of, and adherence to, a particular style and patterns, but Joe Schmidt knows them like the back of his hand: h...
by mightyreds
Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:44 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..
Replies: 4147
Views: 106763

Re: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..

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by mightyreds
Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..
Replies: 4147
Views: 106763

Re: NZ v Ireland RWC Quarter Final Thread..

Magpie26 wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:15 pm If we play at the top of our game we will win. If Ireland play at the top of their game they will win.
What if both play at the top of their game?
by mightyreds
Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: QF 4 - France vs South Africa - Sunday 15 October 23
Replies: 1384
Views: 33251

Re: QF 4 - France vs South Africa - Sunday 15 October 23

I wonder if the organisers have songs lined up for other teams too if they win Ireland - Zombie NZ - Paint it black would be sensational France - hmmm I wonder what song this will be! SA - Shosoloza maybe? Wales - Delilah? Fiji - no idea Argies - no idea England - something by the Spice Girls I gue...
by mightyreds
Sat Oct 14, 2023 7:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: QF 4 - France vs South Africa - Sunday 15 October 23
Replies: 1384
Views: 33251

Re: QF 4 - France vs South Africa - Sunday 15 October 23

Is there any update on the rumour that the Boks will be turfed out of this RWC for failing to sign the World Anti-Doping Agency's protocols, and being the only team at the Cup not to do so? On another matter: you can be sure the Saffrican coaches have authorised a whole bevy of players to give Dupon...
by mightyreds
Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: How Can the Wallabys Win Back the Bledisloe?
Replies: 93
Views: 6569

Re: How Can the Wallabys Win Back the Bledisloe?

Everyone at the Waratahs at all levels outside the player group should be fired and start again. Make the Waratahs great again. Drain the swamp. Then they should hire the entire adminstration layer and coaching staff of the Crusaders. Eliminate any chance of nepotism from NSWs. That's quite a good ...