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Reminds me of the local judge who denied Hayden Wilde a triathlon gold medal in London Olympics, just for touching his bike helmet strap The London Olympics held when he was 15? Think you mean the Commonwealth Games in a different city in a different year I knew one person would be pedantic and pul...

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 4:03 am Ah, a posh school Volty

I still remember going from Hukanui Primary to Fairfield Intermediate. A bit of a culture shock...

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1960s tuck shops were soooo much better than the lot you lot are quoting above. Pies, sausage rolls, buzz bars and soft drinks. The rest can piss off. My standard order on bought lunch day at Hukanui Primary in the mid-late 1980s was a sausage roll, an apple turnover and a Big M chocolate milk. Tak...

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Changing tac a bit, does anyone have any updated figures on how compliance to the healthy homes standards is going? I watched a special on Fair Go last year that said despite labour bringing in the healthy homes standards about 5 years earlier at that point, only just over 50% of rental properties ...

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That said, potentially a better bowler than the likes of Robert Kennedy, Kerry Walmsley, Warren Wisnewski and Andrew Penn, who all popped up in BC colours during his time in rugby...

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Yes. Which is why I said he didn't play tests. Was he good enough to play tests if he had concentrated on cricket instead to trying to do both and eventually concentrating on rugby? Hard to say. He was more focussed on rugby by the time he debuted in cricket. But he has pretty strong cricket roots....

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Eugenius wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:55 am A couple of one dayers no ?

Yes. Which is why I said he didn't play tests.

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Too much recentism - so, to add some history... Don Clarke - played a bit of rugby and was also a fast bowler for Auckland and ND Vic Pollard - played a bit of cricket and football for NZ Mark Burgess played some cricket and was also NZ footballer of the year George Nepia - Rugby and League Inga Tu...

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Eric Tindill - test cricketer, All Black, international rugby referee, test cricket umpire.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Tindill

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He's... British?

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Has to be the Americas cup win doesn't it? Certainly in terms of the global expectation and history of the sport to that point No, cause the America's Cup is a f**king load of shit. Aussies have woken up to it being an extreme elite sport plied by rich owners dabbling in a hobby crewed by who you k...

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Jarryd Hayne was a successful rugby league player who tried to make a go of it in the NFL.

Turns out he wasn't too good at that, but he was pretty handy at ... RAPING. [/Norm MacDonald voice]

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It's always been well known around Dunedin that he wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Not that intelligence necessarily translates to domestic violence but...

Anyhoo, he seems like a piece of shit

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No better rugby viewing stadium in NZ than Forsyth Barr Stadium. FACT.

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I voted for Cathy Freeman's gold medal win. I still remember screaming and crying when she won and hearing people screaming across the suburb. The 2000 Olympics 200m freestyle relay was also great. Klim broke the world record in his leg of the race and Thorpe came home to smash the USA at the end. ...

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The most depressing thing could be what her story may tell us about the state of mental health services in NZ. And the idiots with their threats and access to the internet. We really are a f**ked up country if what she says is even half correct. After the Ardern disclosures, I fear she is being hon...

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Slim 293 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 3:16 am

I'm sure this deserved its own thread...

Old El Flash has a habit of thinking that every single one of his internal musings needs a thread of its own on the Planet Rugby forum.

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From the ones I've worked at: Premiership: Franklin's Gardens, hon mention for the Rec 6N: Principality by a mile Europe: La Rochelle or UBB Test: Kings Park Durban or Carisbrook . Best grub: Gloucester Twickenham Ernst-Mayol Worst grub: Aviva Cardiff Murrayfield Best Parking: Twickenham or Lille W...

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Smell ya later, Muttonflaps.

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Won't be missed.

Oh sorry, I thought this was a belated thread about the departure from this bored of that miserable Scottish poster JRP.

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Given you seem very keen to move on from your wee corner, can I assume that your naming of Golriz Ghahraman a "Golly G" is either racist or misogynistic, or both? Well her first name is Gol riz so abbreviating it to Golly doesn't seem that unreasonable. And her surname begins with G so Golly G make...

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mojo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:57 am
And who could go past the Bundy family motto?

"Hooters, Hooters, Yum, Yum, Yum. Hooters, Hooters, on a girl that's dumb. "

Isn't that the motto for the No Ma'am Club?

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Christmas/NY plans. Thoroughly enjoyed a few days in Christchurch after the direct SFO to CHC flight, terrific new route, and flying into Nelson tomorrow for the Black Caps game before spending Christmas in Blenheim. Later I’ve got a full day fishing charter out of Picton and lots of vineyard visit...

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Flying up to Mt Maunganui/Papamoa on the afternoon of the 22nd, will catch up with Dad over in Tamahere at some point, then back to Wellington on the morning of the 28th. Only non-stat day I'm taking off is the 28th, as I used up my leave on my month-long UK holiday, and need to save a few days for ...

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Yes it is. Or, in the words of that great orator Willie Jackson, "They're useless Maoris!" (He literally described David Seymour this way earlier this year). EDIT: Actually it was last year looking at the date of that story. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/466863/jackson-defends-calling-seymou...

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Can't believe the grief Tory is getting for this. During a cost of living crisis, she should be applauded for providing relief to a ratepayer.

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Eugenius wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:01 am Once Chris Bishop came into the Gallery , I asked him if he had “a spare ciggie mate” , he didn’t laugh , but a couple of my workmates did .

Classic. You would have been the toast of the gallery that night!

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"Ah daont need to luk at tha fowtow! Ah saw ut wuth ma own ahhs!"

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Looking forward to seeing which 1995 Springbok ends up with some stolen art, only for the paintings to be handed over to a Eurotrash heir of one of original owners.

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Would RA ever consider bringing Hamish Riach into the mix? This is perhaps the most distressing aspect of this whole debacle for Kiwis, the image of Mark Robinson smugly striding the halls of NZ Rugby thoroughly convinced of his own excellence. All based on the underwhelming achievement of perceivi...

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Any chance we could deal in facts? I don't necessarily agree with the decision but it's for one template. ONE. In a statement, MFAT told 1News the use of te reo within the ministry and across its communication channels "remains unchanged". However, it admits it has made an adjustment to one briefing...

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Well played, KG. A prompt apology is a rarity on PR...

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kiwigreg369 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:23 pm
True Blue wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:29 pm Thomas, tell us where the naughty kiwi touched you on this doll?
It’s his new mother.
The one with all of daddy’s cash…

You're a piece of shit, KG. That's completely unacceptable.

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Barnes wants New Zealanders locked up...

Jacinda already did it in 2020 and late 2021, mate.

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Clearly Hayden Meikle had a hotline to the selection room. Highlanders squad Props: Jermaine Ainsley, Ethan de Groot, Luca Inch, Ayden Johnstone, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Saula Ma’u. Hookers: Henry Bell, Ricky Jackson, Jack Taylor. Locks: Mitchell Dunshea, Fabian Holland, Pari Pari Parkinson, Will Tuc...

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jdogscoop wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:53 am Queens of the Stone Age, Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas.

Mr bungle would have loved it.

Made all the better that I was there with you. xx

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Big bust in the making. Very ungainly and He’ll be injured a lot. Won’t take long for people to realise either This take is ageing like absolute milk. 4 games into his career? See you in a couple of years kid Heh. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/victor-wembanyama-climbs-spurs-record-books-with-3...

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mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:00 am To respond to the thread seriously, Mo'unga probably goes down as a top 5 ABs 10 of all time.

Carter, Mehrts, Fox nailed on imo then pick 2 of Cruden/BB/Mo/Spencer to round it out (BB + Mo imo).

Sickening disrespect for the Wellington dentist.

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Akkerman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:20 pm great to see Rassie share the joy even with non-capped players

Good from you.

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Du Toit like a toiger.

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