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JJR wrote:You'd swear from reading this thread that Kiwis think all NH teams do is walk around.

Of course not. We know they do dwarf tossing as well

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I'm no cricket tragic but appointing Craig McMillan as the batting Coach seems madness when his technique was not great - a serial front foot pusher. Most top coaches in sport were never that good as players themselves. Has McMillan been a successful batting coach since his retirement is the questi...

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That has to be near Cullen at 13 levels of idiot. BB has shown especially at the end of Super rugby that he is a 10 who creates for himself, those around him but more importantly able to drive a team around the field with his kicking. Crotty has been a key reason we have given up 5? tries in a champ...

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Threads like this make reference to the speed, strength, conditioning of the All Blacks as factors in their supremacy along of course with their great skills. There's even reference to the NZ pack actually being bigger and heavier than the South African pack yet still able to carry around that bulk...

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Threads like this make reference to the speed, strength, conditioning of the All Blacks as factors in their supremacy along of course with their great skills. There's even reference to the NZ pack actually being bigger and heavier than the South African pack yet still able to carry around that bulk...

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Looks like they are being revised / ditched along with the 6 point try http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11726970 Looks like they read this thread and my well reasoned arguments. :thumbup: You think they got together and decided something in one day?? Kiwi rugby?? :lo...

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Looks like they are being revised / ditched along with the 6 point try

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/ar ... d=11726970

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So this is what Welsh rugby fans go through, a polite pat on the head in first two tests then a complete pasting

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Whatever happened to Brownlee?

Collapse kings, in foreign conditions but still not pretty

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RuggaBugga wrote:
JB1981 wrote:Could this be the innings from Guptill that buys him another twelve months of mediocrity?
It shouldn't given that he was dropped for f**k all and the pressure is off now that we've already lost the series.

Well no need to stress now.. or will they say he got cut off after finding form

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My bad

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Been an awesome 30min

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League without the tackle count sounds about right, has made it a bit of a bore and am sure someone at some point is going to get kicked in the head - especially at lower levels

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Week 3 for Squat and Bench
Squat
5
3
12
FSL x 10
25 x2 @ 50%
Bench
5
3
8
FSL x 8
20 x 1 @50%
15 x 1 @50%
15 x 1 @50%
Rather than do 5x10 for accessories tried for 50 reps in as fewer sets as possible for first time which must say I prefer

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Ashwin on and throwing grenades straight away, this could get ugly.... uglier.... back to what we expected 4 years ago ugly

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You must take into account the Wallabies and Boks sides are among the worst in their respective histories. Yes. Everything the team has achieved so far this year I think is equal parts crap opposition and good AB standards. But isnt that kind of the point, everyone is expected to drop off slightly ...

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Jesus the guy breathes life into a division that has been suffocating since Lewis and then gets to the point where the only thing keeping him from knocking himself off is that he is a Christian and doesn't want to be sentenced to eternity in hell

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dam0 wrote:Cricinfo has nothing on the story. No doubt the BCCI told them not to say anything and they obliged.

How is a story this big not on the main cricket website in the world?

Do India still stay ranked no. if they forfeit the third test?

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Group training session done today - lot of core work

Week 2 of squats tomorrow - actually looking forward to it which I never thought would happen

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Watling needs to bat above higher imho..wasted at 7..should be at 5 for this test [/quote] I don't agree with this. Let Watling be a keeper who bats rather than putting too much pressure on him to be a batsmen who keeps. If Watling bats at 5 that means you would have 1 - maybe 2 - specialist batsme...

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Its a pity Ryder never got his act together. Yeh but we need an opener to play with Latham Ryder could open at odi level, no temperament for test opener I wouldn't mind seeing Kane dropped to 4 eventually once Taylor calls it quits, obviously has great stats at 3 but exposed to the new ball too muc...

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Doull doesn't even try to hide his love for his Indian Overlords. Commentators in India have to be very careful as the BCCI are very sensitive about what they say and one wrong word can lose you the gig. Think he might of go a tap on the shoulder? He has been very negative about some of the other d...

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Geeze my first reaction was "inside edge you cheating plums. But it was plumb as. Bit of luck to Guptill on his way to a famous century? I'm a Black Caps pessimist and I'm rarely disappointed. If you extrapolate the performance in that session out for the rest of the game we will win by 10 wickets ...

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Kiwias wrote:India all out for 263

BCs chasing 376, with plenty of time to get them.

Do we get more than 10 wickets?

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Might have to turn mine off, I was out before and we got 4 wickets, tune back in and Indians start going bang

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Still massive lead given the conditions

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Dhawan getting a working over but we need wickets

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Would have been great to get the lead under 100

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Reprieve doesnt last long, skies one for 47

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As long as Ben Smith stays well out of the conversation all the options have the ability to thrive if given the opportunity

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Obviously played a great game, but his defence and support play is what stands him out, when TKB came on his passed looks much slower and his cover is pretty non existent. Also his haka was more masculine than A.Smith's too. He outplayed Aaron twice this year in super rugby. So the gap has closed n...

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I did a big presentation on the BCs and by big presentation I did a quick search, they are a better ODI side obviously and average more per ODI inning then they do in a test inning. My theory is why don't they approach a test the same way they do an ODI? That way the bowlers might get at least a 50...

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Ofa didnt do too badly but that is maybe not we're looking for in an AB Tuipolotu did some good things on defence and imposed himself which was important without Kaino on the field. Would have to check the replay was it his complete misjudgment on one of the kick off receptions? All well and good th...

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Was crap to watch the second half, but could be a good thing for ABs heading to South Africa. Will need to be a heck of a lot more disciplined with Morne Steyn driving the boks around the field. Argentina looked like they were starting to regress to a spoiling diving mess - this might be slightly un...

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Talk about game of two halves...

So bonus point or no for ABs?

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Argy giving up trying to play rugby and now going the full football dive

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Use a fend ffs

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If Squire didnt have a mullet you'd feel sorry for him - no one passes him the ball, gets taken off bc of Moody and then off again

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What a load of shite

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REally not a fan of moving Smith into centre, please dont let us go down that route again

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