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by Magpie26
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 11205

Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread

Some great try's to be fair :thumbup:
by Magpie26
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024 - Round 1 - Highlanders vs Moana Pasifika - 7.05pm, Sat, 24 Feb
Replies: 30
Views: 975

Re: Super Rugby 2024 - Round 1 - Highlanders vs Moana Pasifika - 7.05pm, Sat, 24 Feb

Jeff the Bear wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:53 am Just caught up on the game. The Ginger Messiah bringing it. :thumbup:

Will be interesting though when they get to play teams that don't allow so much front foot ball.
Lovely passing game but will have to do more.
Very composed effort for first time out :thumbup:
by Magpie26
Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Farce v Hurricanes
Replies: 67
Views: 2086

Re: Farce v Hurricanes

Overall I think the Canes will be pretty pleased. Plenty of power in the forwards and Viljoen, who had an excellent game, got the backs moving well. Lakai, for such a young guy, looked very good at 8 and Proctor is a really good 13. Not completely sold on Naholo yet, still prefer Rayasi at 11. Early...
by Magpie26
Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 11205

Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread

Hawk97 wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:39 pm
mrbrownstone wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:58 pm
Hawk97 wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:41 am

Alright Talula-Does-The-Hula-From-Hawaii Johnson.
15 years ago. Desperate.
Desperate…says the kiwi on a six nations thread
TBF there are usually so many Kiwis playing in 6N games you could almost make an AB D team out of them.
by Magpie26
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024 - Rd 1. Chiefs Vs Crusaders
Replies: 187
Views: 4838

Re: Super Rugby 2024 - Rd 1. Chiefs Vs Crusaders

Was out for a glorious steak dinner in the city and missed the game. Predictable result which I called earlier. The real news is it looks like NZR has finally let the media report on crowd numbers again. Newsflash super rugby is dead.. 50% full at 16,119 tonight :lol: You think FMG is 32k plus :? I...
by Magpie26
Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024 - Rd 1. Chiefs Vs Crusaders
Replies: 187
Views: 4838

Re: Super Rugby 2024 - Rd 1. Chiefs Vs Crusaders

Well for a first up game that was really very good. Not the complete performance by either side but plenty to be happy about. Thought the Chiefs had blown it but did enough to keep the first W. Those Crusaders forwards certainly are tough to break down. Saders midfield just didn't work for me while ...
by Magpie26
Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 11205

Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread

Jeepers I hadn't realised England were 1 win from the last 6 vs Scotland 😳. I'm not so sure Scotland will win this, they seem to be managing to lose games they really should have won of late. Let's be honest, we beat france. Just not according to the record books 😂 Unless England discover some seri...
by Magpie26
Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 11205

Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread

Jeepers I hadn't realised England were 1 win from the last 6 vs Scotland 😳.

I'm not so sure Scotland will win this, they seem to be managing to lose games they really should have won of late.
by Magpie26
Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RFU discussed selling Twickenham and buying 50% share in Wembley
Replies: 20
Views: 575

Re: RFU discussed selling Twickenham and buying 50% share in Wembley

SaintK wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:33 pm I wouldn't trust the current bunch of arseholes to organise a piss up in a brewery.
Their recent financial management of the game as a whole has been rotten.
Hard to argue with this.
by Magpie26
Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RFU discussed selling Twickenham and buying 50% share in Wembley
Replies: 20
Views: 575

Re: RFU discussed selling Twickenham and buying 50% share in Wembley

Not sure how serious the idea is but Twickenham, for all the great stadium it is, seems very hamstrung by its location and the residents concerns in the immediate area.
by Magpie26
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ needs to help Australian rugby
Replies: 209
Views: 5442

Re: NZ needs to help Australian rugby

Rest of NZ vs Canterbury might generate enough 'hate' to make the game interesting 🤔
by Magpie26
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Interesting article in the Times about White Flight to South Africa
Replies: 88
Views: 2812

Re: Interesting article in the Times about White Flight to South Africa

That well written and detailed research written by the real estate market for.....well the real estate market...has me convinced 👍
by Magpie26
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Breakout player/s in Super 2024
Replies: 21
Views: 395

Re: Breakout player/s in Super 2024

Hopefully this year is Fakatava's breakout year.
Behind the greatest AB 9 and then his bad injury which seemed to knock his confidence......hoping this year we see his full potential come through.
by Magpie26
Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Breakout player/s in Super 2024
Replies: 21
Views: 395

Re: Breakout player/s in Super 2024

Hawk97 wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:06 am Don’t know if he can be considered a breakout player, or maybe he’s already broke out, but Hoskins Sotutu. Looks a proper handful.
Bit of a stretch calling Sotutu a break out player.
Probably the most naturally gifted 8 in NZ after Savea.
by Magpie26
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All Blacks 2024
Replies: 1025
Views: 82816

Re: All Blacks 2024

Super Rugby kicks off this week. Time for some bold predictions regarding what Razor's first AB squad will look like. Will be interesting to revisit this in June when new faces have announced themselves and made this look silly. My best guess, assuming a 33 man squad. Bold = almost certain selectio...
by Magpie26
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ball in Play
Replies: 142
Views: 3355

Re: Ball in Play

Ball in play can stay the same... We just want less of the other (orange) stuff.. Which ones though? Waiting for Scrums: 18min 28sec There were 18 scrums in the match. No idea how many resets though, couldn't find data on that. But that is about 60 seconds per scrum. Could maybe try to speed that u...
by Magpie26
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All Blacks 2024
Replies: 1025
Views: 82816

Re: All Blacks 2024

On the off chance Jordan is out with a season ending surgery, would we be looking at Stevenson at fullback or is it Ruben Loves time to shine? Or perhaps we're looking at Beaudy or DMac back there? Personally, I reckon if it's not Aumua as that third hooker, it'll be Tyrone Thompson, he's got futur...
by Magpie26
Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:44 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Hurricanes 2024. The Midget is gone!
Replies: 190
Views: 26241

Re: Hurricanes 2024. The Midget is gone!

Shields seems like a step backwards as a pick, no? At 32 now I'm not even sure he's among your best 3 loose forwards (Flanders/Kirifi/Iose, imo, with Lakai pushing hard for a spot). If he starts ahead of Flanders I'll be very disappointed from an ABs perspective. Kirifi or Jordie feel like the more...
by Magpie26
Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: URC 2023/24 General match thread
Replies: 698
Views: 56967

Re: URC 2023/24 General match thread

The Saffer derbies is going to be epic the next two weekends. The Stormers will be without Fourie, Libbok and Willemse this weekend and the Sharks lost Etsebeth for a few weeks but will welcome back Bongi and Koch and will be able to field a Springbok frontrow. Fat Frans will probably play from the...
by Magpie26
Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024 Pre-Season Fixtures
Replies: 101
Views: 6586

Re: Super Rugby 2024 Pre-Season Fixtures

Genuinely feel the Highlanders team is better, which is a rare feeling. On paper it looks better for sure. Interesting to see Gilbert doing a Jordie and moving in to 12. First time he has played there? Finished last season playing there and looked a natural, reckon it's his best position, and in a ...
by Magpie26
Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024 Pre-Season Fixtures
Replies: 101
Views: 6586

Re: Super Rugby 2024 Pre-Season Fixtures

https://twitter.com/crusadersrugby/status/1757601815724511740?t=8E5AAYdiTIH8nfpRjkFqIQ&s=19 Mixed bag of a team. Newell, Moody, Williams, Reece returning, along with w bunch of guys I've never heard of. Genuinely feel the Highlanders team is better, which is a rare feeling. On paper it looks better...
by Magpie26
Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9375
Views: 309353

Re: Israel declares state of war

November2019 wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:50 pm A video dedicated to bimboman and magpie and skiaddict and all the other zionist cheerleaders here

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0oPKTqFdB8k
You will of course provide evidence of my Zionist cheerleading.
by Magpie26
Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9375
Views: 309353

Re: Israel declares state of war

"Hey, release the hostages or we will bomb everyone in the entire region, kill tens of thousands of women and children. Doesn't matter if they have absolutely nothing to do with it" Does this sound reasonable in or head or do you not realise how utterly f**king deranged you sound?! So you can't ans...
by Magpie26
Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9375
Views: 309353

Re: Israel declares state of war

As we are subjected to graphic images of mutilated children corpses being lifted over walls and Israeli army posting gleeful videos of them smashing Palestinian shops and bombing camps of tents whilst laying siege to the one place of refuge they told the Gazans to go... How do the defenders of the ...
by Magpie26
Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9375
Views: 309353

Re: Israel declares state of war

As we are subjected to graphic images of mutilated children corpses being lifted over walls and Israeli army posting gleeful videos of them smashing Palestinian shops and bombing camps of tents whilst laying siege to the one place of refuge they told the Gazans to go... How do the defenders of the ...
by Magpie26
Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9375
Views: 309353

Re: Israel declares state of war

So why don't they release the hostages and stop fighting? What do they gain by carrying on except more of their people dying? How do they justify that? "Hey, release the hostages or we will bomb everyone in the entire region, kill tens of thousands of women and children. Doesn't matter if they have...
by Magpie26
Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9375
Views: 309353

Re: Israel declares state of war

As we are subjected to graphic images of mutilated children corpses being lifted over walls and Israeli army posting gleeful videos of them smashing Palestinian shops and bombing camps of tents whilst laying siege to the one place of refuge they told the Gazans to go... How do the defenders of the ...
by Magpie26
Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland vs France Match Thread
Replies: 912
Views: 15769

Re: Scotland vs France Match Thread

The more I review all the events of the game, the more I agree Scotland won. The rest is history. It probably was a try and probably Scotland should have won but there was not enough conclusive evidence to overturn the refs decision. Saying that if Scotland didn't have whiteline fever they probably...
by Magpie26
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 🇮🇪 vs 🇮🇹
Replies: 1077
Views: 24195

Re: 🇮🇪 vs 🇮🇹

Aye wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:25 pm I recall a lad called Henry Paul.. New Zealander rugby league convert who played for England. Perhaps played with Andy Farrell?
Poached from Tokoroa IIRC.
by Magpie26
Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Is Ireland peaking too early?
Replies: 67
Views: 3781

Re: Is Ireland peaking too early?

Bogbunny wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:27 pm Can the saffa players cut out the racist comments?
Tough ask
by Magpie26
Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 🇮🇪 vs 🇮🇹
Replies: 1077
Views: 24195

Re: 🇮🇪 vs 🇮🇹

Ireland don't really need to do anything to win this game, Italy are doing a great job of losing it.
by Magpie26
Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: England Vs Wales • Official Match Thread • 6Nations 2024
Replies: 980
Views: 20219

Re: England Vs Wales • Official Match Thread • 6Nations 2024

England have a very limited coach, who delivers very unadventurous selections and tactics. English rugby could do an awful lot better. Who should he have picked? You could start by at least looking at players who are going well in the Premiership. He gave a tip of the cap some of to the Saints back...
by Magpie26
Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Those scrums today
Replies: 39
Views: 993

Re: Those scrums today

On a slightly different topic, there was a French advantage from a penalty that lasted almost 50 seconds before play stopped and the penalty was taken :frown:

Of course there needs to be advantage played but 50 seconds is ridiculous.
by Magpie26
Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland vs France Match Thread
Replies: 912
Views: 15769

Re: Scotland vs France Match Thread

Auckman wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:04 pm Just saw the highlights. I agree with the TMO. Inconclusive.
Agree.
Was a try probably scored, yes.
Can the TMO provide conclusive evidence of the ball being grounded over the line, no.
by Magpie26
Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland vs France Match Thread
Replies: 912
Views: 15769

Re: Scotland vs France Match Thread

Worst Rugby Ever.....Almost.
by Magpie26
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland vs France Match Thread
Replies: 912
Views: 15769

Re: Scotland vs France Match Thread

Ah my eyes x(
by Magpie26
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland vs France Match Thread
Replies: 912
Views: 15769

Re: Scotland vs France Match Thread

Bit of a tough watch so far, let's hope the 2nd half is an improvement.
by Magpie26
Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Blues returning optimism 2024 Thread
Replies: 207
Views: 46102

Re: The Blues returning optimism 2024 Thread

That was some catch and score by Clarke :shock:
by Magpie26
Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024 Pre-Season Fixtures
Replies: 101
Views: 6586

Re: Super Rugby 2024 Pre-Season Fixtures

Well I guess the Saders will be happy with the result in the end. Decent 2nd half. Once they got their structure going and their transition attack working, there was only going to be one winner. Springer and Bell were very good, Heinz consistent as always and Reihana looked calm and collected. Sayin...
by Magpie26
Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024 Pre-Season Fixtures
Replies: 101
Views: 6586

Re: Super Rugby 2024 Pre-Season Fixtures

All the preseason matches will be streamed on NZR+ Thank you! It’s not being shown overseas except delayed Japanese highlights. Apart from the Bristol game sadly You aren't missing much....30 minutes for the first points. Pissing down and a ref who doesn't seem to have heard of the concept of stayi...