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- Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: All Blacks 2023
- Replies: 4967
- Views: 145128
Re: All Blacks 2023
Interesting. And Ryan has probably spoken to Razor about his temperament etc and so there he is... has McLeod played in the centres this year? Yep MacLeod played centre early in season for Crusaders, and bloody well too. He only moved to wing to cover for injuries, I thought he was better at 12 fro...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 8:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53562
- Views: 2346595
Re: War in Ukraine...
Yeah, Im confused too? Eugenius raised Chomsky and you responded showing the simplistic issues that come with that comparison he came up with - ie, its not a good one. Not sure where Merlin or Towny are coming from here? Hmm, I was commenting on Russia acting like a jilted lover. They don't believe...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: All Blacks 2023
- Replies: 4967
- Views: 145128
Re: All Blacks 2023
Just out of interest, and not knocking anyone's opinion, we all have em, me included. But after listening to Scott Ryan (I find Ryan bloody interesting) talking about how much work the 3 selectors put into the selecting etc, you would think they would have seen all the things that need working on o...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53562
- Views: 2346595
Re: War in Ukraine...
I stopped reading your latest apologist shite when I got to ‘Chomsky’. :?: You're the typical example I think. I'd love to see where you found the name Chomsky in my post. Yeah, Im confused too? Eugenius raised Chomsky and you responded showing the simplistic issues that come with that comparison h...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 6:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53562
- Views: 2346595
Re: War in Ukraine...
https://youtu.be/RiA9PtTLi-Q Gotta admit this is not the perspective supplied by much media on Chomsky . He calls the invasion of Ukraine a terrible criminal war crime and Putins act one of criminal stupidity . He has however a point , imagine if you will Mexico joining a Chinese military alliance ...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 3:47 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53562
- Views: 2346595
Re: War in Ukraine...
Bothsideism doesn't work in this fiasco of a genocidal nightmare. There will never be any justification for what Russia has done that will ever pass the normal human being test. Of course we will always have sociopaths among us who will try and blame the victim. They should be pitied and perhaps gi...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 12:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: All Blacks 2023
- Replies: 4967
- Views: 145128
Re: All Blacks 2023
I watched him since half way through the season and he is slow. Foster would love nothing more than to pick another Chiefs player for the team but he's gone for Christie over Weber as the additional experienced selection. Weber is a better defender than Christie and probably a better kicker. Christ...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 12:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags
- Replies: 181
- Views: 5523
Re: ‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags
Do you genuinely believe that? I don't know any left wing voters that would take that view. Here in Australia it's taken as standard that plenty of new immigrant communities are more likely to support our conservative party for this reason. The idea that all liberals would think that hard-line soci...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 12:17 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: All Blacks 2023
- Replies: 4967
- Views: 145128
Re: All Blacks 2023
It's weird because my impression of Weber is that he is a quick buzzy sort of player like Smith but with more of a running game? Christie only ever looks to have one gear... Third... That’s some dodgy science there PP. Average number of passes does not equate to Weber being slow to get the ball out...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 11:13 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53562
- Views: 2346595
Re: War in Ukraine...
And as regards me 'justifying' anything Russia has done so far: Go.And.Get,Fúcked. That's just you parroting the approved narrative. Goodies vs baddies. Rules-order vs. evil 'Asiatics' or somesuch. There is a very clear Good v Evil in this conflict. Trying to win an internet argument over it is a b...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 8:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: All Blacks 2023
- Replies: 4967
- Views: 145128
Re: All Blacks 2023
This, fvcking mental.kiwigreg369 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 18, 2023 8:43 am Actually can’t believe Christie over Weber (I’m sold on Roigard)
Christie has been crap this year, Weber has been excellent.
No Goodhue either, WTF are they on?
Most convincing performances at 12 all year bar none and in the big games???
Clown show
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 8:06 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53562
- Views: 2346595
Re: War in Ukraine...
https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/status/1670277619403612161?s=46&t=hahx9CseQw_Ts1igZokqEQ Looks like a biggie. Presumably this is the same hit. Make sure you turn on the sound. https://twitter.com/AndrewPerpetua/status/1670292426664169472?cxt=HHwWgMC-pZmHia4uAAAA Reminds me of Baldrick's war poem...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53562
- Views: 2346595
Re: War in Ukraine...
Looks like a biggie.
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Super Rugby SF2 - Chiefs Vs Brumbies
- Replies: 336
- Views: 6043
Re: Super Rugby SF2 - Chiefs Vs Brumbies
Well done Chiefs. Legitimately a hell of a match. This, really enjoyed that. Great defense by both sides. Chiefs would have been bloody unlucky to lose it, but in the balance right till the end 👍 Only caught the 2nd half but yeah that was some game. A pretty attendance for a SF? McKenzie looks a cl...
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Super Rugby SF2 - Chiefs Vs Brumbies
- Replies: 336
- Views: 6043
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
- Replies: 425
- Views: 7841
Re: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
Goodhue for the ABs 12 Jersey. Haven't seen anyone else playing at his level of consistency or decisiveness.
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:44 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
- Replies: 425
- Views: 7841
Re: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
Both quality, but Christie, Faianganuku and S Barrett were all great value.Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:07 amHaha. Darn autocorrect.
Goodhue or Mo'unga man of match for me.
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
- Replies: 425
- Views: 7841
Re: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
He did, I wonder whether his crap form over the last few years was injury related.
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 9:36 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
- Replies: 425
- Views: 7841
Re: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
Goodhue has had a very good night as has Ennor.
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 9:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
- Replies: 425
- Views: 7841
Re: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
Tamati Williams doesn't do enough with his considerable bulk. He often takes the ball and barely walks at the advantage line. Not yet ABs material.
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
- Replies: 425
- Views: 7841
Re: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
Blues have been bad, but the Crusaders have been at their absolutely clinical best.
Hats off to the best Barrett. He's been everything. Crusaders loosies owning the Blues back row.
Hats off to the best Barrett. He's been everything. Crusaders loosies owning the Blues back row.
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53562
- Views: 2346595
Re: War in Ukraine...
Ukraine has had a significant advantage in contact wars, which means without either side having an advantage in the air Ukraine is still ahead, albeit with a lot more casualties. The problem before was Russian artillery which has more or less been countered since the NATO deliveries. Now the bigges...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53562
- Views: 2346595
Re: War in Ukraine...
One for the Aussies https://twitter.com/globeandmail/status/1669177543617019907?s=46&t=hahx9CseQw_Ts1igZokqEQ ‘Twas swift bipartisan legislation… It was introduced at 9:01:21am. It passed the House at 9:05:35am. It hit the Senate at 10:13am. It passed the Senate at 10:14:05am. Bill introduced. Bill...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Any EV owners on the bored?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 5918
Re: Any EV owners on the bored?
Read an article today where Toyota (Whom some have said are lagging in EV tech), are planning on a !500Km range battery Would love to see it, but I think the battery specialists are more likely to be the ones bringing new battery chemistries to market. Players like CATL and BYD. There's a lot of US...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 5:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Any EV owners on the bored?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 5918
Re: Any EV owners on the bored?
Re hydrogen production from surplus green electricity, how does creating hydrogen from electrolysis vs battery storage stack up efficiency wise? Appalling once you then turn it into driving force at the wheels. The whole cycle wastes 80% of your original energy. Transmission + charge/discharge of b...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 1:03 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Super rugby is a deeply uneven competition.
- Replies: 457
- Views: 12930
Re: Super rugby is a deeply uneven competition.
In the head-long rush to professionalism, both unions dived head first into pay-tv. In NZ’s case, there was a certain assumption that NZ will always live and breathe rugby but nearly 30 years later, we actually have a whole generation of NZders who haven’t really had much to do with rugby growing u...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Super rugby is a deeply uneven competition.
- Replies: 457
- Views: 12930
Re: Super rugby is a deeply uneven competition.
I am not sure that "choice" is the right word. I think "need" fits better. Free-to-air didn't have the money available. It’s a choice and like all choices it comes with trade-offs. In this case the trade-off appears to be dwindling support over time that’s likely to continue until they find a way t...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Any EV owners on the bored?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 5918
Re: Any EV owners on the bored?
Re hydrogen production from surplus green electricity, how does creating hydrogen from electrolysis vs battery storage stack up efficiency wise? Appalling once you then turn it into driving force at the wheels. The whole cycle wastes 80% of your original energy. Transmission + charge/discharge of b...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 5:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
- Replies: 425
- Views: 7841
Re: Semi Final 1: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Fri 16th June
Time for a good, old-fashioned H2H? 1. Ofa vs Jager - 50 test AB vs a random Irish journeyman: Adv Blues 2. Riccitelli vs Taylor - Riccitelli has been excellent for the Blues and I'm told Taylor is on the wane, but still: Adv Crusaders 3. Laulala vs Williams - Mouth-watering matchup. On form I'd ta...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 5:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: BRUMBIES V CANES Quarter of the Capitals Match Thread.
- Replies: 385
- Views: 7416
Re: BRUMBIES V CANES Quarter of the Capitals Match Thread.
From the PR front page, their take on this: https://www.planetrugby.com/news/loose-pass-when-science-meets-tmos-the-johnny-sexton-problem-and-drafts "if you carried on the dimensions of the ball as they would have carried on into the shadows created by the pile of bodies, the pointy part would clea...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Super rugby is a deeply uneven competition.
- Replies: 457
- Views: 12930
Re: Super rugby is a deeply uneven competition.
Surely every Super rugby player has ambitions to play for their country? I sat next to the wife of the third string Force hooker a few years back, he was angling for a Wallaby spot. When he realised it wasnt going to happen he left the country. But until then had Wallaby aspirations. NZ was in the ...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 12:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52556
- Views: 3498231
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Seems even the left leaning stuff audience think we've become a nation of pussies, Luxon is on pretty solid ground here. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300903899/yeah-nah-is-nz-a-negative-wet-whiny-inwardlooking-country How could you possibly know the stuff audience is left leaning? How could you...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:58 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52556
- Views: 3498231
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Super rugby is a deeply uneven competition.
- Replies: 457
- Views: 12930
Re: Super rugby is a deeply uneven competition.
Bottom line is you suggesting taking talent from NZ and sending to Aus, bottom line is will erode the dtrength of our teams by taking out depth. As well as all that making it harder for young Aussie players to get a gig in Aus teams? Hard to find a hell of a lot of positives! If it's done right, wh...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:51 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Any EV owners on the bored?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 5918
Re: Any EV owners on the bored?
I remember when all the houses were getting VCR’s for the first time one of the lads’ dads bought them a Betamax. He was always going on about it being the superior technology. Betamax is the ultimate example of best tech not being best business. Presume this was mid 90’s Ireland yep? Being Ireland...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52556
- Views: 3498231
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Seems even the left leaning stuff audience think we've become a nation of pussies, Luxon is on pretty solid ground here.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300903 ... ng-country
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300903 ... ng-country
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: BRUMBIES V CANES Quarter of the Capitals Match Thread.
- Replies: 385
- Views: 7416
Re: BRUMBIES V CANES Quarter of the Capitals Match Thread.
Scary to think that he will be partnering Reiko Ioane in the All Black midfield. Have we ever had a midfield that so selfish and poor at creating time and space through passing? We;ve gone from Nonu/Smith to this in eight years. I expect our wingers will once again struggle to make an impact as the...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53562
- Views: 2346595
Re: War in Ukraine...
I'm guessing more about China than the Ukraine, but great nonetheless
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53562
- Views: 2346595
Re: War in Ukraine...
His comment later on the thread..
What Ukraine seems to need more than anything is (surprise surprise!) are highly mobile SHORADs
Whether that is for defense against rotary wing or fixed wing or both I'm not sure.
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52556
- Views: 3498231
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Egg head caught out running the country down again. This time in conversation with a farm worker in a Swanndri. What votes does he expect to gain doing that in front of the media? It goes to show how ingratiatingly immature this twat is. How anyone can consider Luxton a leader of the country is any...