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not_english wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:39 am God this is painful to watch. We really miss the south African teams

You prefer seeing the Chiefs pump the Cheetahs instead of MP?

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Name the NZers ? Will Skelton, Bundee Aki and Uini Atonio. Jamison Gibson-Park James Lowe He was good in NZ, just wasn't the flavour wanted by our coaches. Gibson-Park is the biggest turnaround in ability outside of a league player you probably don't know called Chad Townsend who was terrible for t...

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Quick poll. How many here ride a bike to work? Don't get me wrong, I love cycling but it's a recreational pursuit for me. No way cycling to and from work is convenient in any way shape or form for me. Let's hear from all you regular posters? I walk. But I have a rule that I only take jobs within wa...

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You don't think Mo'unga adds to a group that includes Stephen Brett and Perofeta? :lol: How did Brett get into it? Any Cantab on your brain. Anyway, I said doesn't add much, he still adds to it, but not enough to invoke a Mo rule, the same goes for BB. My bad, not the first time I've inadvertently ...

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I'm making a call based on who I think is the best player to wear 10 for the AB's. You're obviously happy to have McKenzie, Perofeta and Cameron leading the All Blacks around the field from 10? I don't think Mo adds that much to that group, certainly not enough to overhaul our whole system. You don...

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I'm making a call based on who I think is the best player to wear 10 for the AB's. You're obviously happy to have McKenzie, Perofeta and Cameron leading the All Blacks around the field from 10? I don't think Mo adds that much to that group, certainly not enough to overhaul our whole system. Our sys...

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Mo'unga shouldn't be the reason you advocate for it either, you're making a call based on Super rugby performance not test rugby performance. I'm making a call based on who I think is the best player to wear 10 for the AB's. You're obviously happy to have McKenzie, Perofeta and Cameron leading the ...

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I love war and westerns of this era. Seen a bunch. You just have to get used to the depiction of 'indians' as primitive and dim. Its a downward spiral on cultivating racism. Here are a few westerns. I've started with the must-see classics then gone by actor rather than director. And I'm purposefull...

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NZ's depth at no.10 has never been weaker. When Damien McKenzie is our locked in starting 10, and Brett Cameron or Perofeta are his back-ups, we know things are dire. The Crusaders by themselves have had better depth at 10 in the past than the country has now across all our SR teams. The rusted on ...

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Who's hysterical about Burke leaving? Certainly no-one on this thread, unless I've missed something? I've never rated Burke and I think we wasted years on his development. Good, so you agree it's not the end of the world and no need to throw the baby out with the bath water and change our policies....

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So why are you being hysterical about him leaving then? We've had guys not close to AB level leave at his age for the past two decades. Who's hysterical about Burke leaving? Certainly no-one on this thread, unless I've missed something? I've never rated Burke and I think we wasted years on his deve...

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Why do you peddle lies? I haven't said that at all. What we should be concerned about is why Razors favourite home town 10s don't want to play for him though. Although, realistically there's also a scenario where Burke's been told by Razor he's not in his plans so he's looking at an international c...

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Wow, this speaks volumes about the game in NZ nowadays. If being the first choice 10 and the starter in super rugby for the foreseeable future is not a drawcard anymore…? Injured first five-eighth Fergus Burke, 24, has been linked with English club Saracens, with Crusaders coach Rob Penney saying a...

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Confusing thread title, Meads is dead and BBBR is still playing.

But enjoy your retirement Sam, one of our true greats.

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:lol: You're right, I don't give a shit but I did think it was a nice effort of a April fools joke. Had me sucked in. Glad I didn’t comment on the OP. :blush: Don’t listen to Wignu. Auckland will be united one day! It's not truly united without South Auckland Counties and North Auckland. :D

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:13 am I thought Andy Ellis outperformed Weepu in the 2011 RWC final, tbh.

He did a good job coming on to close out the game for an injured Piri (which was normally Piri's speciality), in fact he far exceeded my expectations of him, but wholly unsurprising you thought Angela was the bees knees.

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I love Joost, he once paid for a taxi for me and my mate in Hamilton (the game where James Small jumped up and kneed one of the Waikato players) but I don't remember him being that individually dominant in 1995. I remember Farr Jones having a huge presence in 1991. Smith is less memorable in 2015 ju...

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Ghost-Of-Nepia wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:43 pm No hatred. It's just that you Magpie supporters are so easy to wind up.

He was in the team last year so he's probably already experienced at doing lines off the Shield.

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Well, last night proves that the loss of McKenzie is a huge issue to the Chiefs. The Ability to manage mandatory AB rest periods will be key to some teams, and disturbingly, the Crusaders may have an edge when their top players return. The Canes have huge depth, and the Highlanders only have one pl...

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I think the thread title needs to be changed to NZ to poach young talent from a French colony on the other side of the world that they haven't given up yet. Contracted to Hawke bay but thinks he's going to play for hurricanes. Delusional much? :lol: It's all moot. He's contracted to Hawke's Bay so h...

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Honestly I think we'd probably play him at 12, not 13 in NZ. But yes, I do, as he's the exact sort of crash-ball gainline option we lacked for almost that entire tenure. So he wouldn't get picked over Rieko, he'd get picked over our 12s (after Ma'a left). True, but Manu/Reiko is unbalanced. Manu at...

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Come on now. Yes he is. Don't be silly. Do you actually think Fozzie would pick Manu over Rieko? Honestly I think we'd probably play him at 12, not 13 in NZ. But yes, I do, as he's the exact sort of crash-ball gainline option we lacked for almost that entire tenure. So he wouldn't get picked over R...

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As a Kiwi and spiritual guardian of the game I believe I speak the truth when I say Jeremy Guscott is one of the All time greats. Manu would struggle to make the ABs most years. Ryan Crotty made the ABs plenty of times, as did plenty if centres that don’t hold a candle to Tuilagi. I’m sure Tuilagi ...

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I think it was Aristotle that said "give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man". There is plenty of empirical evidence showing the impact of quality ECE education on cognitive, language and motor skills, in addition to social and emotional skills. A suitably qualified teacher utilisi...

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Changed for you princess. Don't change your racism for me. :lol: No, no, you are obviously a sensitive Susan/Stanley/it/them/thing. ;) I don't mind being called sensitive to racism, especially from a racist who is trying to rationalise their racism, so keep throwing your jibes if it makes you feel ...

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Bogbunny wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:00 am
UncleFB wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:58 am
Bogbunny wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:57 am

Islanders can give it but can't take it.

Good thing Ashton didn't react.
Are you racist in all your posting or is this just a once off?
Changed for you princess.

Don't change your racism for me.

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Bogbunny wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:57 am
Hawk97 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:09 am
Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:00 am
I'm not sure he really knew much about that decision.
I think if Manu caught him properly, he’d have been in the shadow realm

Islanders can give it but can't take it.

Good thing Ashton didn't react.

Are you racist in all your posting or is this just a once off?

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Will create a proper thread later, but for now, team for this week: https://crusaders.co.nz/assets/Images/Image-1.png Positives: Strange, Reihana fit again, plus Franks back from suspension, Sykes-Martin over his COVID issues, and McNicholl officially named to start after only being a late inclusio...

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From my memory him and Carling were kind of underutilized playing outsid e Rob Andrew who wasn't the most creative fly half . On the few occasions they selected Stuart Barnes and he created more space for them Guscott was a beautiful player to watch. He almost glided. Now that’s an understatement, ...

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Guscott was the best not an illegal overstayer given citizenship because he was good at rugby of the two.

Oh, and Guscott is best on any other metric too.

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:26 am I'll be the contrarian and add a McRae and Davis centre pairing.

Of course, greatest ever.

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shanky wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:05 am Well, that was easy

I’ll go and have a biscuit now.

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Richards, Winterbottom, Shelford definitely played in a different era. Had that excuse Back did not, he was a professional rugby player See above, plus don't associate Buck with that thug. Buck was hard, and you wouldn't want to get into it with (like that Welsh lock) but he was dirty like Richards.

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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 of a head kicker like Winterbottom, wasn’t he? Don't associate the pride of the Magpies with that thug. ;)

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shanky wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:29 pm Dean Richards is a good shout.
Baffled that no English posters have mentioned Winterbottom though. He was a machine, that guy.

Played for the Hawkes Bay Magpies as well which turned him into that machine.

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95 Mike catt is about as worthy a fullback as ugo. 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 e...

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farmerdave wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:49 am Normally Finley Christie doesn't bother me but damn he's been slow and indecisive. A bit of speed at the base would really outstrip the saders.

I assume this is the first time you've seen him play?

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On the NZRU too I think the issues that Australian Rugby are seeing are coming your way too. I think they already are, just look at the Warriors and the League support these days in Auckland and the games popularity amongst youth, but some prefer to keep their heads in the sand. If the NRL ever dec...

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For the All Blacks it's hard to go past the 2008-2015 sides except maybe front row and back 3, but not sure of that's just recency bias. Front row: Dowd, Fitzpatrick, Brown (90s), older poster might the 60s guys in there? Locks: Whitelock, Retallick Loosies: Kaino, McCaw, Read Halves: Smith, Carter...

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Well that's my posting for the morning, back to work now.

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