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Has any AB coach gotten off so easily after a WC disaster, the way Hansen has? The media in particular are terrified to criticise him. Even the general public were relatively forgiving. Hart, Mitchell and Henry were not so lucky.

akann

Ali's Choice wrote:
sonic_attack wrote:What's Gatland going to say now.
He'll blame the referees like he has for the previous four losses.

Lol he just blamed the ref.

akann

It should be 5 teams from Aus&NZ each, PI and Sunwolves. This tournament concludes in June. Australia + PI & Sunwolves will then play in the Aust Nationsl Comp ending in Sept. Scrap NRC, up and coming club players can play in the national comp as Wallabies will mostly not play in it. Dont think the...

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Mr Mike wrote:
towny wrote:The inside word is that Australia is going to propose to NZ are 22 team comp - 1 full round with split rounds and mid-season, mid-week Bledsiloe games.
22 teams sounds fair.

Still just two Aussie sides?

akann

Some of the coloured and black kids look scary good. Unbelievable talent coming through. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8GY6x1dchQ Well that's better......and now I'm not quite as confident :| Same here :( . Never rated SA backplay before but you can see them becoming a complete team based on the...

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Some of the coloured and black kids look scary good. Unbelievable talent coming through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8GY6x1dchQ

akann

It could be like when Wigan played Sale. 40mins of League and then swap to Union at half-time. Sale won the game Wigan played Bath in two separate games, one league, one union. Wigan smashed them at league, but did reasonably well in losing a slightly watered-down union game. I remember a couple of...

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Auckman wrote:Facken hell the Crusaders looked impressive. Clearly the top team out of all the matches thus far.

Proctor is a complete fool though.

Wasn't Proctor. It was Van Wyk.

akann

2 new cases today, both related to each other and have returned from the UK. I'm presuming they were tested at the border and are now self isolating https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12340250 The cases are related to the border as a result of recent travel from the Unit...

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Probably the greatest cover of all https://youtu.be/GTiibb34Pwo :lol: :lol: Please tell me that's meant to be satirical Some of the comments are comedy gold. I like the one that states, "Fun fact: he recorded this while trying to pass a kidney stone" :lol: And this one. "BREAKING NEWS: Kurt Cobain ...

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RugbyPass is showing them up and still have a few weeks for free. VPN may be required but works fine. I already checked with Rugbypass, and they say it not being streamed in Oz My techie friend who uses RP said get Hola (or any other VPN) set you IP to say HK visit rugbypass.com and sign up you may...

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u2 alone gives Ireland the win.

akann

Not sure how I feel about The Beatles. Some of the greatest songs that I have ever listened to are by them but they have so many awful songs in their catalogue too. Abbey Road is their only album that I can listen to from start to finish without skipping a song.

akann

Listen to Achtung, Zooropa, Pop, (in that order) then try to insist they are 'samey'. Also the Passengers album they did in 1995 with Brian Eno. Here's a snippet from that project for you to get an idea of U2's variety: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f0tJTNj-Jg0 U2 made a mistake in not labeling Pas...

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rugga. wrote:Interesting, would have thought Dane Coles locked in.

Perhaps they are afraid of his lack of discipline. Can't afford to get a yellow or give away a penalty at a crucial moment.

akann

Can we talk about rugby for a second? Sean Cronin has been replaced by Rob Herring. Is this a blow, Irish fans? Cronin has been pretty impressive from what I have seen but would he have made the bench or was it always going to be Scannell? Hasn't been favoured by Joe for a while now, only playing a...

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Floppykid wrote:That centre pairing are very functional and probably facilitate a lot around them, but they seem to lack punch.

Both players are 100 kgs and are pretty explosive. Not sure about Goodhue's match fitness though, he did not look like he was at his best against Namibia.

akann

Can we talk about rugby for a second?

Sean Cronin has been replaced by Rob Herring. Is this a blow, Irish fans? Cronin has been pretty impressive from what I have seen but would he have made the bench or was it always going to be Scannell?

akann

sculler wrote:The game is on, but no decision yet about fans due to transport considerations.

Scotland probably have a better chance of winning if it's played in an empty stadium.

akann

FFS I read it as Gooooonnnnnnnn.

akann

You know what happened last year. England gave you a battering and you limped into Dublin. Now you're going all out to avoid that. Sure Italy arent England but 5 days and the humidity will have a similar effect. Plus risk of injury. You have just answered your own question as to why no sane coach w...

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Even the Boks managed to almost put 50 points on Italy. That tells me that Italy are a tier 2 nation at best.

Great decision by the ABs if what Moore is saying is true. No point compromising their quarter final preparation to accommodate a tier 2 nation who are just there to make up the numbers.

akann

This is going to leave the AB's seriously under cooked for their QF. No game for a fortnight? Virtually the same as Ireland though so that's fair. Not ideal, but fair So is it 100% certain that we will be playing Ireland? That's a very tough QF opponent, the world's no.1 ranked team going into the ...

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I know it's not the point, but Scotland would have just got destroyed by NZ even if they did beat Japan and qualify... small mercies. This is potentially much worse news for NZ than Scotland. Like you said, I doubt Scotland would come close to NZ but Ireland certainly can beat the ABs, especially i...

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Given that the press conference is a couple of days ahead of the match - I'd guess it's about re-arranging the games (moving them). I'd expect them to leave it much closer to the time if they are going to cancel it. Not necessarily true. They need to give fans plenty of notice so that they can make...

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What's the weather like for Monday? Surely reschedule it for then. It isn't fair to potentially have just 5 days to turnaround for a QF but it's better than nothing. The weather for Sunday evening , when the game is meant to be played, will be ok. It’s people travelling in the 24 hours beforehand t...

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What's the weather like for Monday? Surely reschedule it for then. It isn't fair to potentially have just 5 days to turnaround for a QF but it's better than nothing. The weather for Sunday evening , when the game is meant to be played, will be ok. It’s people travelling in the 24 hours beforehand t...

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Raggs wrote:Postponing leaves the league toppers disadvantaged in the knockouts.

Potential league toppers. They might not even be in the quarters if the game was to take place as Scotland stand a good chance of beating them. Too bad if it disadvantages them, it's a lot fairer than kicking out Scotland.

akann

I can’t see Japan v Scotland being cancelled altogether. To do that would be (correctly) seen as the Japanese awarding their own team a place in the last 8 without the inconvenience of having to win one. If anything it will be moved. How do you deal with the fans who bought tickets though? Moving a...

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Great news for France, England and Japan obviously. England are the biggest winners as what was a horror draw now becomes an ideal situation where they will get two weeks off. Terrible news for Scotland and pretty bad bad news for NZ too as they will now have to play Ireland in the quarter final. Sc...

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Meh, if you're serious about winning the world cup, you should be confident of beating anyone. Teams should want to avoid playing you, not the other way around. Trying to game the draw to get on the 'easier' side is a fool's game. Nope. You do what you have to do to give yourself the best possible ...

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I won’t lie. I might try and catch Off the Ball at some point. Hopefully that ‘get used to being superior’ fella will be on. Andy Dunne, by any chance? That man had the smugest voice going. No, it's that annoying little ginger and his idiotic partner. Eoin Sheahan I think his name is and am not sur...

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Plato'sCave wrote:I really can’t see Scotland losing against Japan.

Scotland only have a four day turnaround though so it will be a tough ask. Japan have the best draw of all the teams in terms of days off between games.

akann

Irish lazy runners not getting penalised. Ref definitely favouring the Irish.

akann

Irish fans lol. Almost as bad as the Saffas.

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Zakar wrote:Bit of a size mismatch vs the Boks no?

Only in the loosies.

akann

Nice to see Brodie in training yesterday. Seems like the Saffers attempts to knobble him may have failed. He's still unlikely to play against SA though right? Without him I make SA very slight favourites.. if he was playing, then the balance would shift slightly NZ's way... My concern is if he will...

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https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... es-aged-63

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Murdoch wrote:
hermie wrote:What's the latest on Brodie Retallick?
He will be available for the start of the tournament.

Doubtful.

akann

Was surprised that the decision wasn't reversed since Hooper retaliated and tried to choke Ardie to death.

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