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JB1981

badmannotinjapan wrote:
Grizz Wyllie wrote:Surely you'd use Ben Smith as first-five cover with Nehe Milner-Skudder on the bench instead of TJP.
+1

Agreed. Presumably past decision-making wasn't a factor in the selection.

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Better at some aspects - probably, but then the reverse is also true. It's a pretty arbitrary judgement considering they fulfil different roles for their respective teams.

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Thats an impressive number of turnovers by Kronfeld from only two tournaments.

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To the topic - the Welsh love rugby, I respect their passion and with the injuries they're having any kind run in the tournament is an achievement.

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The one time I was motivated enough to vote in a student election was when someone included a pot plant (a small shrub not an actual 'pot plant') on the ballot. For all the short-comings of student politics the plant published a great manifesto and won by a landslide. Sadly a re-vote was triggered w...

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Jeff the Bear wrote:Wales.

Yep.

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Has there ever been more truth in "if it ain't broke don't fix it" than Super Rugby? I get 'growing rugby' but when core fans start losing interest you've got a problem. A standard round robin followed by play offs was best but sadly that was many iterations ago. That said, for the teams we play its...

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It's a shame but understandable. I'm sure the rested players would have wanted a chance against the ABs and the ABs would have valued a tougher run out leading into the quarters.

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In a similar vein, English blindside Tom Wood booted Liam Williams in the head and knocked him out cold. Obviously he would argue he was trying to kick the ball, and that may well be the case. As with the discussion about Dan Carter's kick, it raises the question of whether a player has a duty of c...

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A great career for a guy with the injuries he's had and by all accounts a top man too. International rugby will miss him.

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NZ v anybody but McCaw does something, anything, that helps the ABs win the game. The sheer volume of animated gifs and photoshopped images pointing to his malfeasance will crash the site, and possibly break the internet, particularly if it requires uploads of large images from countries with third...

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Fat Old Git wrote:
JB1981 wrote:New poster but long time lurker and always checked out this thread as a Cantabrian away from home. Keep up the great work.
Thanks.

Take the tradional bored welcome as read.

Done.

JB1981

New poster but long time lurker and always checked out this thread as a Cantabrian away from home. Keep up the great work.

JB1981

In a similar vein, English blindside Tom Wood booted Liam Williams in the head and knocked him out cold. Obviously he would argue he was trying to kick the ball, and that may well be the case. As with the discussion about Dan Carter's kick, it raises the question of whether a player has a duty of c...

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Try goes begging.

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Wales are good to back too even if Gatland can make that tough at times.

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Better half than vs Waikato. Both teams showing they can break the line and look to be enjoying the conditions.

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Burgess needed to switch codes a season earlier and play in a settled position. I do get the impression he's been selected on hope. Weighing up his skills you'd say he could be a solid but never spectacular midfield back.

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I don't think I can watch England play anymore. It makes me feel ill, annoyed, frustrated and angry. I can't really enjoy the game. I may just stick to just watching games not involving England - which, come the end of the round won't be a choice anyway. Maybe I'll record the Australia/England game...

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unseenwork wrote:Seriously though, who would replace him?

Peter de Villiers is still on the market.

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Johnny Marrmight wrote:No this match and the Japan/SA match were both awesome.

Heightened interest if anything.

+1

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Great finish.

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New favourite for me. Davies vs England.

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SBW. He's already been there and done it with the league World Cup.

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Jeez, this thread changed overnight. I still think separating the financial aspect from the voting side that its hard to find a reason not to extend voting rights.

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If the main concern with voting rights is potential financial mismanagement, then why not separate the decision on funding from the right to vote. In NZ Otago didn't lose the right to individually vote when it was in big financial trouble.

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The PI unions have a huge tradition/history in world rugby yet don't have individual voices at the voting table. Considering previous comments about a 'lack of respect' from the All Blacks not playing PI teams away, it seems odd that the rugby world hasn't granted the respect of being able to vote i...

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I'm still waiting for one of the many posters on this thread who are passionately opposed to granting the PIs full WR membership to explain how our sport would be put at risk by granting the three PI nations three votes between them instead of one. I suspect you have a broader definition of the 'ou...

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Yeah Barrett has great pace. The second to last Japanese try vs the Boks (line out and then to the backs) plus the context of the game makes that my favourite so far. If the Fijian halfback hadn't knocked on vs England that would have been up there too.

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http://i.imgur.com/HScs2nxh.jpg Click pic Love the table set. It would look good in our patio Uncanny, I've always wanted one of those Pagodas. you need to check out what it's walls of it's halls are festooned with... What sort of species are we looking at here? Ring-tailed Weirdo?

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Really looking forward to this as a neutral. I've gone with Wales but it could go either way.

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Brilliant.

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Two genuine upsets so far, Japan close at half time vs Scotland, England scoring late for the bonus point in the opener, Australia looking for the bonus point vs Fiji. There's plenty to argue against tedious for me.

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Awesome player who doesn't stop. Would there be a singularly more inspirational/talismanic player in the tournament? McCaw is up there but with the quality around him his impact alone on the team may be less.

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Doesn't sound like I'm missing much coming to work rather than watching. There might be a bit of fast forwarding tonight.

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What's the scenario - you want to play running rugby and are scared it might rain?

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Plato'sCave wrote:Didgeridoo (not really an instrument) is awful.

This. Sounds bad and leaves a pool of saliva.

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Nothing in it. Crazy this is being discussed.

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They should have a 5 sec rule and break the maul up, none of this going once and going twice bullshit...its basically saying to the attacking team to play rugby and stop hiding like a bitch Good point. Should the ref immediately start chanting "one mississippi, two mississippi... " or should the st...

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A Waikato win was definitely on the cards particularly the way it looked in the first half. It's looking like an interesting season. Canterbury are unbeaten and top the table but with three very close wins it could have been quite different.

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