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mr bungle

This has been talked of for years. Before the Boks pushed the envelope with forward replacements. Heard Wayne Smith talk years ago about limiting subs and theory behind it. Persecuted Saffer Complex will of course have a field day should any changes re sult. :lol: Because that would never ever happ...

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This has been talked of for years. Before the Boks pushed the envelope with forward replacements.

Heard Wayne Smith talk years ago about limiting subs and theory behind it.

Persecuted Saffer Complex will of course have a field day should any changes result.

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I’m not a huge aficionado of Dire Straits, but the stuff I like I really love. Knopfler is an incredible player. His fingers are magical. I’ve always marvelled that I cannot remember any names of his band mates. He recently sold heaps of his guitars and gear at auction. Remarkable to see what some ...

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A few years back I played a guitar that Mark Knopfler had played backstage at some Auckland gig in the 80s/90s. It was a pretty average acoustic by the time I picked it up to play.

An old EKO

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I’m not a huge aficionado of Dire Straits, but the stuff I like I really love. Knopfler is an incredible player. His fingers are magical. I’ve always marvelled that I cannot remember any names of his band mates. He recently sold heaps of his guitars and gear at auction. Remarkable to see what some o...

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Jay Cee Gee wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:57 pm
Clogs wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:42 pm I thought John Eales retired many years ago?
All time great but a bit over-rated at times, IMO.

Shut your f**king mouth he was.

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Jay Cee Gee wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:11 pm
Monkey Magic wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:41 pm
towny wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:40 pm

George Whitelock is an all-time great lock, but he’s not the GOAT ffs. He’s not even the best AB lock in the last decade.
Wasn't George a winger
George was a flanker, you're thinking of the younger one....Adam?

Adam was a second five.

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November2019 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:58 am Nope, Tadhg Beirne still playing

Moved on from exalting James Ryan? Figures.

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OupaStruisbaai wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:30 pm Only watched the 2nd episode now. Obvious we won the WC after that narrow loss against Ireland. Rassie is a genius.

Playing against 14 men in a final helped.

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Am loving the love-in …but Brodie was much more pivotal to the ABs and the game in general. Brodie had a higher peak, but ultimately as their careers continued side by side, Whitelock was the more consistent performer, and for much longer. The last 3-4 seasons it was Whitelock making the huge, pivo...

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McCAW Had a higher % when he retired. White lock must have won 7/8 super titles and 9/10 rugby championships, 2 world cups and probably 135 plus test matches. Well played :thumbup: From the other MrB last year… https://i.ibb.co/Kmz4L27/IMG-5041.jpg

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trapper wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:02 am The All Blacks have played 637 tests, Sam Whitelock has played in 24% of them.
That, is some stat.

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Eben’s only come good the latter half of his career. He’s miles off the consistent, high quality performer Whitelock was from his debut. Whitelock is one of just seven men’s players who have won 100 Test matches, all of which are All Blacks – McCaw (131), Whitelock (125), Keven Mealamu (114), Kieran...

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:32 pm He took part in 4 World Cups... and 3 Finals. That's pretty impressive.

He's got a war chest of trophies the likes of which rugby hasn't seen before. More than McCaw even, other the the 3 x WPOTY trophies.

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towny wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:36 pm One of the most overrated players in world rugby.

Not one you worry about on the team sheet.

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A trophy cabinet like no other, not even McCaw boasts as many trophies. He and Retallick the premier locking partnership of my lifetime.

Second to McCaw as our greatest pro forward.

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Rugby2023 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:18 am
True Blue wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:44 pm Which fans are worse? Paddies or the Saffas?
ABs by a distance, tho ur all right

Most neutrals say Saffers.

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Mike Cron is a quality addition.

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Seeing snippets on Twitter is about all I could stomach of Rassie the “incredible man motivator”. “You lied, you f**king lied” :roll: Seems to work though Despite the hype around his team talks I really respect Rassie. The emotion and humility he showed when they landed at the SA airport with the c...

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capt hurricane wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:24 am So, Mrs Barnes shares her husband's trait of making bad calls then.....

It’s the Dutch in you that’s the unfunny part, isn’t it?

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Seeing snippets on Twitter is about all I could stomach of Rassie the “incredible man motivator”. “You lied, you f**king lied”

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Zakar wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:34 pm fudge the internet sucks on 1 April.

Some NH rugger fans are very lame on this day.

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Taylor Swift isn't a proper songwriter ffs. There are 2 others credited for "songwriting" on her song Shake It Off. The likes of Swift and Sheeran have teams of songwriters bouncing songs off them and when they feel they have a hit they sing on it. Can't be compared to the likes of Hozier, who spen...

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Short Man Syndrome wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:29 pm MJ tunes that we play out:

Rock with You
Billie Jean
Don’t Stop till You Get Enough
Shake Your Body Down to the Ground
PYT

I’d love to do a medley with Wanna Be Starting Something but I don’t call the shots.

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa!

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Difficult to pick between Joost and FdP. Both could break from the base of the scrum. Joost had the ability to put players into the gap. He could even put a Prop Forward into the gap as below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM6pF_wvdsY That was all Richard Bands. Hardly great vision from Joost. He...

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Swift has a bunch of catchy pop tunes but she’s not come anywhere near the same impact that MJ had. For instance, I couldn’t name one of her albums. I might name 3 of her hits… Shake it Off Style Blank Space That’s all I got. Black an white, Billy jean, smooth criminal are the only mj songs I can n...

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I’m always amazed at the size of concerts he sells out whole playing an acoustic, basically with a loop station and zero backing band. I can’t recall anyone doing similar?

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I didn't think periods at school counted towards residency? Ordinarily they don’t. That changes if the family has relocated. 19. What is the position of students? As far as students are concerned, particularly those that are not financially independent, being resident, as a full-time student, in an...

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Gregan would be 4th on my list behind Joost/FDP, Smith.

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towny wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:07 am This thread could blow up!

My pick for top 3

1. FdP
2. Joost
3. Smith

Best top 3. And you could potentially swap the first two.

Although Smith the perfect 9 for NZ style with a GOAT like Carter outside him. FdP & Joost more the playmakers than vanilla Stransky and donkey Butch James.

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Honestly, what an embarrassing complaint. 'Boo hoo, I had to postpone my silly little boat race because they wouldn't let me run over an endangered species." World's smallest violin. That “silly little boat race” has a global audience of over a billion people Would you hazard a guess of how many ac...

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You just don't seem to get it do you, they knew the rules and signed up to them so unless the harbourmaster or Dolphin watchers went outside the agreement then Coutts and Co are just a bunch of self entitled wankers. Another thing that no one has mentioned, that I've seen, is what if a catamaran di...

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Zakar wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:19 pm Both are eh

Tuilagi had one game vs the All Blacks where he was unstoppable. Never seemed to regain it.

Norovirus.

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I get both sides of the discussion here. Whilst I think it is absolutely pathetic imposing such draconian rules on such an event and cancelling the entire days racing on Saturday because one single fu c king dolphin was spotted on the course was ridiculous and must make us a laughing stock around t...

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Greg Clarke was always a good lead man, for me anyway. Rod Kafer seemed level headed and sensible but has descended down a right wing anti vax rabbit hole on Twitter. The accounts that dipshit follows and retweets

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I have Dean Richards at 8, just an unreal player, positional awareness, handling and strength all outstanding. I played against him in a memorial match for a team mate (a copper) , his strength was unreal. You'd need to play under the old laws or else he'd be red carded out of the game today. Bit o...

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Can't seem to be bothered.

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Back was so overrated, such a negative openside. Countless NZ 7s were better. Then you get to the lofty heights of the true greats like McCaw & George Smith.

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Zakar wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:25 am Meanwhile, we have this happening in the NH

Stamped out in super rugby by the refs saying use it as soon as the ball is safe in the ruck

They’re such hopeless wankers.

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Beat the ABs multiple times in a row. No one has ever done that before. Ergo…most successful in history. 8) Do you mean the two wins in 1998? Three wins in 1998... Cockbain/Wilson/Kefu One win in 1999... Cockbain/Wilson/Kefu One win off the bench in 2000... Williams/Wilson/Kefu Two wins off the ben...

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