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naki wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:05 am
Thomas wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:57 am
For those in doubt about the decision, what would you have said had it been MK in the air and Barrett getting the kick to the face?
Yellow card at worst. Redcard-itis for accidents is shit sport.

naki

Thomas wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:57 am
For those in doubt about the decision, what would you have said had it been MK in the air and Barrett getting the kick to the face?

Yellow card at worst. Redcard-itist for accidents is shit sport.

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So Ardie full time captain? When will Whitelock and co make it over? Don’t fancy facing the Boks half cocked

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Goodfellas by basically every measure. Better pacing, better comedy, better dialogue, better needle drops, better ending. It’s the most rewatchable movie ever made. I like Casino but it doesn’t get close for me, Goodfellas is just one amazing scene after another for the entire film whereas Casino ha...

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Clearly Foster is to blame for RMos pending birth - no surprises there - but if RMO is not there who should he play? Had Foster placed his clear, undivided faith in RMo 9 months ago he would have spent more time in strategy meetings with the ABs leadership group etc and none of this would be happen...

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So Sam Whitelock, Richie Mo'unga and possibly Aaron Smith won't be on the plane to Australia on Thursday. Does that mean they'll miss the Australia test? https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/300389839/mark-reason-sam-whitelock-and-richie-mounga-set-to-miss-bledisloe-3-amid-covid-uncertainty Ian Fo...

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So Sam Whitelock, Richie Mo'unga and possibly Aaron Smith won't be on the plane to Australia on Thursday. Does that mean they'll miss the Australia test? https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/300389839/mark-reason-sam-whitelock-and-richie-mounga-set-to-miss-bledisloe-3-amid-covid-uncertainty Ian Fo...

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So Sam Whitelock, Richie Mo'unga and possibly Aaron Smith won't be on the plane to Australia on Thursday. Does that mean they'll miss the Australia test? https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/300389839/mark-reason-sam-whitelock-and-richie-mounga-set-to-miss-bledisloe-3-amid-covid-uncertainty Ian Fo...

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:25 am
naki wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:17 am That father’s face - if that’s who he is - has always given me the creeps
That's because that is his mother

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That father’s face - if that’s who he is - has always given me the creeps

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Keohane seems like the purest distillation of Saffer rugby fandom, much as Stephen Jones is for the English and Phil Gifford might be for New Zealanders.

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mr bungle wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:55 am
Bindi wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:51 am We’ve rolled over again.

Another 2 home rounds for NZ, and only 2 for Australia.
What?

Gold Coast is Kiwi Country, I’m guessing

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trapper wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 2:16 am I’m not in the least surprised to be honest, he’s won every title available since becoming AB coach and that’s all you can ask.

Jesus Christ.

That was probably his sales pitch, too. I feel sick.

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Thanks. In the end it is the result that counts. Not how you got the result. I thought Rassie was magnificent both with his on field water carry/coaching and pre match conditioning of the match officials. I'm not saying that holding the refs entire family hostage in the stadium with AK-47s to their...

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How badly does he have to do to get this contract torn up? Last in the RC, lose the Bled next year, what will it take? I don't think anything could happen between now and the 2023 RWC that would make NZR dismiss Ian Foster. If things got really bad then one or two of his assistants might become sac...

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It was a torrid final but in the end you rolled France quite comfortably.

It's a shame we couldn't make it out of the group for the first time, but happy to just be there really.

Well done

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How badly does he have to do to get this contract torn up? Last in the RC, lose the Bled next year, what will it take?

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Mr Mike wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:17 am Contract extended through to 2023

What the fvck

What

The

FVCK!!!!!!!!!

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Your spelling of Jayden seems way too orthodox

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https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GlumShockingBighornsheep-max-1mb.gif https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ExcitableAromaticLadybird-size_restricted.gif Always hated that ad. That ad couldn't be more Peak Kiwi though. :lol: Who would have thought that tapping into the contempt/insecurity combo that many New Zealande...

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Also struggling to see this as any kind of "win" for NZR, other than the fact that it's a win for everyone as the rugby might (touch wood Queensland remains viable) actually go ahead. Was it really worth further damaging relations with RA, and SANZAAR as a whole, by postponing travel by a week? Shou...

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Im amused by the kiwis claiming a victory, despite the games not going the Twickenham for the profiteering maximum. It's been all about money, but we're desperate for it , and you're flush. Putting our revenue streams at grave risk is a f**ked thing for a partner to do. We're likely to make much le...

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9. Halfback Sid Going Augustin Pichot Fourie du Prueez Pierre Berbizier Nick Farr-Jones Aaron Smith Matt Dawson Joost Gareth Edwards Danie Craven Antoine Dupont is already better (if not far better) than at least 2/3 guys of that list have ever been. Same for Gregan Could be better than some but ho...

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Why do the Saffers lose so often to NZ when they’re so dominant in the important facets of the game? Which country have a better record against the All Blacks? All time, perhaps Rhodesia? Over the last decade according to Wayne Smith Australia has the most wins against NZ, with seven wins and a 50%...

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I reckon for it to be a fair 100, there should be a limit of 7 players in any one position. Mine has: NZ - 32% Whineray, McDowell, Woodcock, Fitzpatrick, Hayman, Franks, Meads, Retallick, Thorn, Kaino, Kirkpatrick, Collins, McCaw, Jones, Brooke, Shelford, Read, A.Smith, Carter, Fox, Lomu, Rocokoco,...

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mdaclarke wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:01 pm I always thought it was down to their kit colour

Really

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Super 12 is baaaaaaaaaaaack They're going with quarter-final playoffs. In a 12 team competition. Strewth. Next year’s new Super Rugby format has reportedly been agreed on by administrators from New Zealand Rugby [NZR] and Rugby Australia [RA]. According to a report from the New Zealand Herald, an ag...

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Farva wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:48 am Who are the great NZ 13s (I refuse to call them centres, a centre includes 12 as well)?
Conrad Smith, Tana Umunga, was Frank Bunce a 13 (and does he count as a Kiwi?)?

Bruce Robertson would be right up there. Joe Stanley in the mix.

Bunce certainly wouldn't count as a Samoan

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All Whites , cancelled. Soon. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2021/08/football-all-whites-all-gone-nz-football-considers-national-team-name-change.html It does sound a little insensitive, particularly as it is an international rep team. Would be strange to even bother as unlike recent name cha...

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If the Perth game goes ahead on the 4th how much does RA stand to lose from shifting it by a week? As it stands the reasons for the ABs not flying out before the "original" date should really stick in the craw of Australian - and especially Argentinian - rugby players who have been dealing with simi...

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You might not be able to name the players, but you have a notion of the 100+ years of rugby history, what % would you attribute to each country? New Zealand 30% South Africa 15% Australia 10% Wales 10% England 10% France 10% Scotland 5% Ireland 5% Argentina 3% Fiji 2% Samoa? Italy? Would that be ab...

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Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 2:32 am Could have sworn there was a thread or three on this already.

Link?

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 2:34 am Got my test this morning - almost no waiting on a Sunday morning.

By Christ, I wish I could pick me nose that deep.

Ironically, the sniffles are nowhere near as bad as yesterday

Hope it’s a negative old timer

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Despite living in the Red/Dead Zone fortunately no one in our house has the Vid. Yet.

The children will definitely kill each other if this lockdown extends before any virus gets them anyway

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Obviously got warped at Cambridge and further still inside the hubris soaked walls of NZR, he was like normal when he was still down on the farm

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Haven’t really been following the back and forth but it seems like these guys are being extremely arrogant carnts and pissing off literally everyone.

Robbo OUT and take the incompetent, jobs-for-the-boys midwit Foster with you!

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DOB wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:21 pm So it wasn’t Dylan, it was just some other hippy with an acoustic guitar, a whiny voice, and a bad haircut who SAID he was Bob Dylan?

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1965 and 1966 were very productive years for Dylan, with Highway 61 Revisited, Bringing it All Back Home and Blonde on Blonde all being released in a burst. No doubt people are crawling though the lyrics for hidden meaning now. Positively 4th Grade? The timeline on this allegation looks very unlike...

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Good news from the good dr bloomfield -- the guy has been using the tracker QR code so it is making tracing very easy Cool. So why haven't they released any of the Auckland locations of interest yet? For all we know this guy could have visited any number of rub 'n tugs in the wider Takapuna/Devonpo...

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