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- Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Parker vs Tupou
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2953
Re: Parker vs Tupou
Looked a bit of an odd knock-out first time through - but on replays it does indeed look like it was the first left that did the damage and the blow to the top of the head came after he was already going down. My query is what was a NZ of Samoan origin doing fighting an Aussie of Tongan origin for t...
- Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Triple decker bunk beds
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2832
Re: Triple decker bunk beds
Seems like the easier option would be just reducing the number of kids?
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:07 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Do you trust your gut feeling ?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1919
Re: Do you trust your gut feeling ?
Yes, but I call it my "Spidey instincts". Actually a thought once crossed my mind that saved me from serious injury, perhaps even my life. A car had over taken me on the wrong side, and the thought went through my head to "slow down as she will change into your lane without looking". I slowed, and ...
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Do you trust your gut feeling ?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1919
Re: Do you trust your gut feeling ?
Only gut feelings I get are 'I'm hungry' or 'I need to take a shit'. Usually trust the first, always trust the second.
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Should the ABs drop a match at the RWC to avoid the boks
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1298
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Looks like Martin Crowe is on the way out
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6009
Re: Looks like Martin Crowe is on the way out
Once he's confined to a hospice I hope he goes quick for the sake of himself and his family. Watching a loved one suffer through those last days/weeks is f**king awful.
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Best Sci-Fi Novels
- Replies: 691
- Views: 100406
Re: Best Sci-Fi Novels
I read the first book and a half a month or two ago and gave up. Does it get better as it goes on, or just not my cup of tea?Hellraiser wrote:The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe. One of the best books I ever read.
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Uncontested scrums
- Replies: 143
- Views: 7756
Re: Uncontested scrums
Last year our competition had a rule that if your reserves team defaulted (keep in mind that these reserve teams do not play against the same opposition as the top side, and are often playing at grounds up to 3 hours away) then the top side lost 5 competition points. Which is quite hard to achieve i...
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:36 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Samoa v NZ - $1.5m loss
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2899
Re: Samoa v NZ - $1.5m loss
Two boatloads of orphans, 57 eight year olds, 11 members of the local 1st XV and 3 current members of Samoa under 20's.Coop wrote:How much did the NZRU demand as an appearance fee?
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: How old were you when Kiwis were truly humble?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 5811
Re: How old were you when Kiwis were truly humble?
Point of order Thomas re the OP - the statement implies that there was some time when humility existed. Can this be ratified at all? You seem to be holding your own, in fact leading the way mostly, on countless match threads your teams are involved in. Fighting fire with fire, no doubt. I don't rea...
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Samoa v NZ - $1.5m loss
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2899
Re: Samoa v NZ - $1.5m loss
When the All Blacks tour the home unions, they get a share of the gate don't they? Doesn't that count as 'charity' under the demilich definition? If not (because the All Blacks usually guarantee a full house for the hosting union), surely a similar gate sharing might be the thing to do for the tier...
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:22 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Samoa v NZ - $1.5m loss
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2899
Re: Samoa v NZ - $1.5m loss
Which is why the endless calls for Pacific teams to be in Super Rugby or The Rugby Championship are not feasible. They are charity cases, not money makers. And it's all about the money. With some proper financial and other support from World Rugby and gate sharing for small Pacific Nations we could...
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
- Replies: 55696
- Views: 9437557
Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW conte
If "where there's smoke there's fire" then that wit kant ought to be asphyxiating any time now.
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:13 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Samoa v NZ - $1.5m loss
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2899
Re: Samoa v NZ - $1.5m loss
Which is why the endless calls for Pacific teams to be in Super Rugby or The Rugby Championship are not feasible. They are charity cases, not money makers. And it's all about the money.
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Oklahoma's brand new monument to Satan
- Replies: 62
- Views: 4121
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:53 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: How old were you when the Wallabies last held the Bledisloe?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 3367
Re: How old were you when the Wallabies last held the Bledis
I was 20 and already had my first grey hairs.kiweez wrote:33....the year I got my first grey hairs.
Anyone got a VHS of the last Wallabies win?
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:36 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: How old were you when Kiwis were truly humble?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 5811
Re: How old were you when Kiwis were truly humble?
In everything but rugby (and rowing) it's actually really easy for a kiwi to be humble, because, regardless of what it is, we're generally pretty shit at it. Myself on the other hand... I prefer a challenge. So I try to be an arrogant wit kant in everything I do.
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:30 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Quades Twitter hacked?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 4243
Re: Quades Twitter hacked?
Looks like it might be even more embarrassing than responding to someone on here or G&GR... The Herald are claiming it was in response to Ratface Rattue... :lol: Surely even Quade wouldn't be dumb enough to rise to one of this columns? Though, on the brightside, if he started an anti-Rattue campaign...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Doping in Sport
- Replies: 125
- Views: 6002
Re: Doping in Sport
It was good when we could throw stones at the Chinese and East Germans. They were systematic cheats and we were clean skins trying our best with god given ability and hard, hard work. Then Essendon FC came along, systematically cheated with virtually no sanction. Thanks Essendon and the AFL for ste...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: "Get your hand off it" - All Blacks are amazing thread 2.
- Replies: 70
- Views: 3875
Re: "Get your hand off it" - All Blacks are amazing thread 2
My particular gripe with Kiwis I've come into contact with over the years is not the smugness per se (if your team has won as much as the All Blacks have, then you'd be smug as a fan too), but the fact that the vast majority of Kiwis I've met tend to consider themselves as having superior knowledge...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 5:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Canada player rankings vs Japan
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1403
Re: Canada player rankings vs Japan
See, this is the problem with Canadians - too f**king nice. If your team loses by 12+ to Japan, you better not be giving a rating to anyone in your team higher than a 3. Someone scored all your teams points, made 8 try-saving tackles, while playing the last 60 minutes with two broken arms and a rupt...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 5:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: "Get your hand off it" - All Blacks are amazing thread 2.
- Replies: 70
- Views: 3875
Re: "Get your hand off it" - All Blacks are amazing thread 2
How is the nz media any different that the overwhelming majority of kiwis on the bored or the ones you'll meet in real life? This article precisely sums up the kiwi attitude to their success in rugby and denial of this is just a national lack of self awareness. Main difference is that our media are...
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:47 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Banning FAIL: Player not even at the game
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1156
Re: Banning FAIL: Player not even at the game
"What is concerning is a player's name was written down on a scorecard and used as another player. It is a serious incident and we will investigate. "If we can't rely on the validity of scorecards, the whole basis of competitions comes into question." Surely they are taking the piss? Underneath pre...
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:30 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Banning FAIL: Player not even at the game
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1156
Re: Banning FAIL: Player not even at the game
"What is concerning is a player's name was written down on a scorecard and used as another player. It is a serious incident and we will investigate. "If we can't rely on the validity of scorecards, the whole basis of competitions comes into question." Surely they are taking the piss? Underneath pre...
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The ground we won - Rugby Movie
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1235
Re: The ground we won - Rugby Movie
They were in our division this year. Seem like good blokes, but sadly they aren't likely to be "winning" much other than that ground. Another victim of the Eastern/Central Bay crying about not enough representation in the top grades, leading to teams being promoted to divisions they don't even begin...
- Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Will Skelton - Great White Hype or Real Deal
- Replies: 170
- Views: 16655
Re: Will Skelton - Great White Hype or Real Deal
Stats don't tell the real story. It's his aggression and intimidation factor as an enforcer where his real value lies. Like when he dropped Schalk with a shoulder in the back off the ball. The whole Springbok pack were cowering after that show of dominance. I know the All Blacks will be terrified th...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm AEST
- Replies: 1682
- Views: 64969
Re: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm A
Aussies win the hit and still get stuffed.
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm AEST
- Replies: 1682
- Views: 64969
Re: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm A
Bismarcks kicking game still better than Pollards...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm AEST
- Replies: 1682
- Views: 64969
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm AEST
- Replies: 1682
- Views: 64969
Re: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm A
Saffers must have been watching the NRL this week. Nice try.
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:28 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm AEST
- Replies: 1682
- Views: 64969
Re: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm A
Bugger. The one man the rest of the world definitely didn't want to see miss the world cup. Matfield gooooonnnnneeeee.......
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm AEST
- Replies: 1682
- Views: 64969
Re: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm A
All's well in the world when the Wallabies scrum is getting he-fucked.
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:21 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm AEST
- Replies: 1682
- Views: 64969
Re: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm A
I like this Pollard so far.
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm AEST
- Replies: 1682
- Views: 64969
Re: TRC: Australia v South Africa @ Suncorp - Tonight, 8pm A
Boks defensive lineout looks surprisingly shit so far.
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Friend Zone
- Replies: 14
- Views: 843
Re: The Friend Zone
What's the point of it? Is it a Gen Y thing or has it always existed? I don't remember hearing the term more than 5-10 years ago. What is the disadvantage of going out with a good friend? Doesn't it make more sense to take things to the next level with someone you already know and trust rather than...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Friend Zone
- Replies: 14
- Views: 843
Re: The Friend Zone
What's the point of it? Is it a Gen Y thing or has it always existed? I don't remember hearing the term more than 5-10 years ago. What is the disadvantage of going out with a good friend? Doesn't it make more sense to take things to the next level with someone you already know and trust rather than...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Friend Zone
- Replies: 14
- Views: 843
Re: The Friend Zone
The "point of it is" pretending to be interested in the crap some lass is babbling about for an extended period of time in the hopes of getting a shag. Sure, it takes a lot longer, involves soul-destroying periods of "listening" to her issues and likely ends up costing more than a hooker in the long...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:39 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: So it begins...
- Replies: 111
- Views: 5375
Re: So it begins...
Is it not legal to immediately sack the jumper (before any more of your forwards form it into a maul)? It's what we were trained to do against big forward packs and we never got pinged for it. It's not always easy to achieve, but it is surely worth a go. It's a worthwhile tactic, yes, but by the ti...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
- Replies: 55696
- Views: 9437557
Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW conte
That's why we do it. Potaytoe.MrBunhead wrote:That's quite true about Ireland, I hate it when outsiders try an Irish accentFrog Flair wrote:
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S Marine kilings in Chattanooga, TN?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2436
Re: U.S Marine kilings in Chattanooga, TN?
Would never have happened if Marines were allowed to carry guns. Damn liberals.