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Did the older fella with glasses also want some? Looked like a bunch of football supporters, with another seen waving sarcastically in the overhead shot.

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Journey of the word 'woke' I woke up, so am no longer asleep. Woke means I am aware of injustice issues. Woke means I am a liberal social justice warrior Woke means I am a liberal Woke means any position not alt right Woke is anything I don't agree with. Gammons so enraged by minor changes to their...

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At least on the old clunky site you could click on a match and get all the info. I didn't see any match/player info in the new fixtures/results page, and even on a basic level found it weird that they had the QFs in boxes. My eye drew across thinking the matchups were horizontal. https://i.insider.c...

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Similar to Manu and the Vunipolas here, no? Formative years spent in England?

Not like Bundee, JGP and the wingers?

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For some reason I thought you were quite old and wise... but you're still a youngster! (and strangely wise) Haha... I'm somewhere betwixt 'old soul' and 'ornery coot beyond his age'. :lol: I bet you're sitting in your slippers, by a roaring fire reading the Times and smoking a pipe! Please don't ru...

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Went to uni in 1998. Started my history paper research here: https://udayton.edu/blogs/libraries/resources/img/default-journals-blog.jpg Prof and librarian took us on a tour and showed us how to find articles in indices. 8) When I became a librarian, an instructor told me they used to do early 'int...

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Went to uni in 1998. Started my history paper research here: https://udayton.edu/blogs/libraries/resources/img/default-journals-blog.jpg Prof and librarian took us on a tour and showed us how to find articles in indices. 8) When I became a librarian, an instructor told me they used to do early 'inte...

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Uses “learnings” https://twitter.com/AndrewBrownhil/status/1729609504843579868 x( I despise sporting buzz words.. Between learnings and football teams being in a moment.. :thumbdown: I follow a cycling and a few years ago every feckin interview with any of them and they were talking about their 'se...

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Uses “learnings” https://twitter.com/AndrewBrownhil/stat ... 4843579868

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Hurricanes Poua: I see Joanah Ngan-Woo is back. Still no actual word from Bunting if she was dropped for WXV1 or if she was injured. The lack of press conferences in that tournament was piss-poor. Anyway she’s back which is the main thing. Very happy to see Rhiarna Ferris back. Her and Sae were a g...

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McGoverne back from England to have a go at a Ferns spot? Maybe she was technically on a 'working holiday' in the UK, or a sports person's visa?

A cheeky peek at the socials suggests she's brought Exeter winger Charlotte Woodman with her. Not aware of her, but a partner perhaps?

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From worse to even worse ... the Arrows have basically folded! https://bcrugbynews.com/toronto-arrows- ... mber-2023/

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Would it be for Japan based players?

Go to Europe, and they'd likely be playing 12-month rugby with the Championship prep and tests finishing just in time for pre-season up north.

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Varsity Way wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2023 10:08 pm Turgid. Three phases, going nowhere, kick

Modern rugby in a nutshell, innit?

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Have we seen 'Next Goal Wins' yet? It's got a lot of cheese moments, but enjoyable enough. https://youtu.be/pRH5u5lpArQ?si=znnTlYg0UiRLHYhV ... I might have been the only Canuck who recognized (at least) two of the lads from Naked Samoans / Bro Town, Oscar Knightly and David Fane. I also kept wonder...

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God, rugby 'journalism' really is staggeringly bad. It's basically Clive Woodentop writing in the Daily Heil, or this scurrilous bollocks and the 'lads lads lads' podcasts. As for whether he gets called up or not, that will solely be based on whether he's any good at chasing kicks. But given the pl...

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The car was being driven from the New York side of the border...

We'll be building that wall!

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Did mine moving a table yesterday. Not bad thankfully, but found myself wanting the green whistle I’ve seen a bit lately in clips from Oz.

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I thought he was a genius coach… so it’s all about their hired gun internationals?

I see Toulouse is mid table too. Lyon are propping it up with Montpellier. Both have not splashed as much cash this year?

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Caught up with Good/Bad/Scaz (hate the name of the pod, but like the chatter) and was saddened to hear that Gary Street's suffered a stroke! :( Sounded like he's carrying on with help from his missus. I don't know much about these things... like how bad, can you recover, etc. Anyone heard any more a...

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... just thinking, if World Rugby is so adamant about their 'Laws' and things like red card offences following legal procedures, they run the risk of a group forming like The Innocence Project to legally appeal wrongful adjudications by the ref / TMO that cost teams trophies. :lol: In 20 years ther...

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... just thinking, if World Rugby is so adamant about their 'Laws' and things like red card offences following legal procedures, they run the risk of a group forming like The Innocence Project to legally appeal wrongful adjudications by the ref / TMO that cost teams trophies.

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His funeral featured on the local news recently, not surprising at he was local and played collegiate hockey for the U of M Duluth Bulldogs. What did surprise me is that neck protectors are not mandatory in MN youth hockey. A mate has long time involvement in the sport and he said that he will not ...

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Female rugby player numbers rise, but males in decline 8:30pm Community rugby has seen a surge in women's playing, refereeing and coaching numbers. The sport has seen a staggering 20% rise in females playing since 2022. However, junior male playing numbers continue to decline. New Zealand Rugby on ...

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quarter2four wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 10:54 pm
Rugby2023 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 10:30 pm Which NFL team was it a few years ago started tackling like rugby players?
Seahawks I think.

Yep, cheesily called it ‘Hawk Tackling’ and their demo reel had at least two guys making a low cross-body tackle with head in front.

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Not having a go, but who are the other 5'10" flankers and inside centres?

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In the amateur era, hell even in the first 10 years of the pro era, it was possible to get a pro contract without being involved in the top level churn of strength and conditioning. A guy like Cameron Jowitt ended up playing for Leinster having decided to spend a year here playing amateur rugby. In...

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Without knowing too much about it - like how often it's used, just for 1 yard drives - it's reminded me of an insta post I saw the other day of old Bucs FB Mike Alstott and that many commenters said they don't have big boshing FBs anymore who were who you'd call to get that short first down. :(( htt...

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Rees doing a great job of calling this Spanish try!

https://youtu.be/QUEqgakWngA?si=_QBKNo8ApOeromhi&t=551

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I was initially as bummed as I was joyed that the broadcasting deal might block me out / that the teams might see some money. I'm glad to hear that teams are free to stream because when I clicked on the TNT link ... apart from being a crazy $30 quid a month (iirc) ... I was redirected to a generic D...

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I see that six of his clubmates are South African ... Tom in the changing room:

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Dropping this here in case it works / if anyone is interested. Women's uni semi final upset ... my local uni vs the #1 seed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViQDBp6jETk The 8 seed, U of Victoria, won their semi yesterday (kinda ho-hum) and are playing last year's champs Laval of Quebec City in the ...

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With the way things are, feels like it should just be groups of four. Play each other once, declare a winner of the series on points with no ??? over not playing certain teams in the same group. Or keep as-is and actually play everyone with shorter turnarounds and an extra week (would that be enough...

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 2:58 pm Only workable is

1 Italian
2 Scottish
3 Welsh
4 Irish
6 English

Two pools of 8
Playoffs

I'd love to see English talent concentrated in just a few teams rather than 10-12.

Likely they won't ever relent, though.

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To be fair even though I am a fullblooded Springbok supporter this bible bashing the team does is a bit cringe even Siya's instagram feed feels a bit like his gearing for a post rugby career as a pastor. I know his wife is also reborn in a big way. I guess SA things are so tough that people hold on...

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Dropping this here in case it works / if anyone is interested. Women's uni semi final upset ... my local uni vs the #1 seed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViQDBp6jETk The 8 seed, U of Victoria, won their semi yesterday (kinda ho-hum) and are playing last year's champs Laval of Quebec City in the f...

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I don't get this type of attack on the protestors. The plane is going anyway. Do you want them to burn yet more oil to go by car? Ah, but they could start a movement to end frivolous trips abroad by saying she had a VR vacation that she had to watch via a fixed-time stream in her student dorm there...

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Need to learn professionalism lessons from Lord Clive of Bald. Book own hotels, bring own pillows, hire personal assistants for each player to mist them with cool water all night long.

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Speaking of crowds, Quebec City turned out 3500 people on a week night for a women's university quarter-final. Home town crowd, but that's apparently their largest attendance figure ever. Friday night's semi against a powerhouse, with loyal (rich) traveling fans, will likely smash it, as will the fi...

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