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Named Western Force Sam Christie, Dane Haylett-Petty, Ed Stubbs, Chris Tuatara-Morrison, Corey Brown, Sam Norton-Knight, Brett Sheehan; Salesi Manu, James Hilterbrand, Salesi Ma'afu, Toby Lynn, Phoenix Battye, Angus Cottrell, Matt Hodgson, Richard Brown. Replacements Hugh Roach, Sione Kolo, Tim Met...

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CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 11:51 am Make or break for Wallabies in this game if they want a jersey for 1st test. Interesting to see how Tizzano goes . Also I think Pietsch could make a case especially van der Merwe is a hard match up.

Daugunu can also take care of him, but i agree about Pietsch.

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Aye wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:03 pm
Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 11:47 am
Aye wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 11:22 am
I’d be fine with keeping the future selections to British & Irish only.
Why? That's thick too.
If it’s going we called British & Irish Lions, might as well keep to the ethos.

I hope you don’t google Tom Richards.

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Apparently all the Force Wallabies will be available. Assuming most are healthy: 1. Pearce 2. Dolly 3. Throbber 4. Swain 5. Williams 6. Harris 7. Tizzy 8. Princep 9. White 10. Donno 11. Pietsch 12. Stewart 13. That kiwi fella or kunzle 14. Potter 15. Grealey 16. Horton or BPA 17. Slim pickings. Cox...

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For the Oz teams:
Nick Champion de Crispegny
Dre Pakeho
Joe Brial
Joseph Sua'ali'i
Teddy Wilson

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When will the Force announce their side to face the B&I Lions on 28 June? The Force website is useless and their franchise is completely useless in providing information to the public compared to the other three. They need to lift their game. Well, considering they don't know what players will be r...

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korben_dallas wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:08 pm
towny wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 8:35 pm You used to be against American wars in the Middle East, right?
Bimbo is always fine with whatever the right wing and/or fascist are doing

Exactly right. He doesn't know what he stands for until he hears what his team leaders say.

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bimboman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:38 pm
Masterji wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:14 pm If Iran doesn't respond we will have more wars and if it does respond, this could be the last war.

You used to be against American wars in the Middle East, right?

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I ignore most of what the AIHC says here because sober national intelligence agencies knew full well the risk posed by the Iranian nuclear program. Certainly a case of "when" not "if". Now that the operation is complete, It appears the DOD knew what they were doing when they tossed the media from t...

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Zico wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 4:01 pm
message #2527204 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 2:33 pm Don't we have a thread or two especially for the antisemites?
Yeah fudge off with the whole "my religion/fairy tale is better than yours" shite, it's boring.

Stick to true events and actions by real people.

This.

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Genuine question which I'd been wondering about, but has now become reality. How much can the CiC of the US armed forces instruct the various branches to carry out operations in times of peace? Presumably there are certain things they can only do in times of war? This is governed by the War Powers ...

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happytramp wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 8:03 am I assume skiaddict is now totally in favour of military intervention in the ME?

I’ve seen his posting - 100% support.

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I’m glad MAGA voted to end forever wars, eh?

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Incidentally, I found this NY Times article interesting, the female author is lamenting the disappearance of men from public spaces, dating etc. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/style/modern-love-men-where-have-you-gone-please-come-back.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Qk8.DqC8.IxdDBO9MONv_&smid=url-...

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I hate the Tahs almost as much as I hate the Chiefs, who were gifted the easiest run in SR history. Fuk them.

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Chiefs don’t like airplanes . They were rarely required to use one for their 2025 matches and I wasn’t surprised that they again didn’t show up when they had to travel so far for the final. Ironically, it might be that the NZR did the Chiefs a poor service is giving them the easiest draw in SR hist...

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Chiefs don’t like airplanes. They were rarely required to use one for their 2025 matches and I wasn’t surprised that they again didn’t show up when they had to travel so far for the final. Ironically, it might be that the NZR did the Chiefs a poor service is giving them the easiest draw in SR history.

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An Australian A side is the missing fixture this time and it would of given a few players their last time in gold they clearly wont be getting now but the Lions rejected the fixture as they didnt want a "4th" test. The ANZ game will probably feature 15+ Oz players. Which is not the same theme despi...

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Two absolutely astonishing omissions: Ryan Lonergan - I'm a Reds supporter, and I can still see he was the best performed Australian 9 in Super Rugby. Tate was close, but RL was still out front. Josh Canham - with Nick Frost, he was one of the 2 best Aussie locks, week in and week out. I prefer to ...

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Onya Jtah…..like your retirement style. Should have mentioned….luck played a big part of my journey. Luck No 1…met the right girl Luck No 2…At age 22 was like most rugby mates…work and footie practice twice a week…lived from pay to pay. After meeting Luck No 1, had no savings, so invested $5 weekly...

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They would be a few people richer than Elon. People you've never heard of, sheiks etc. Quite possibly trillionaires who aren't in the public eye. Most sheiks etc are an order of magnitude LESS than Elon and the like (King Salman of Saudi Arabia is believed to be worth around $18 billion or so, vs E...

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mightyreds wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:54 am
Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:48 am ESPN claiming Kerevi, JOC, MK all excluded.

Boooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Correct and well done Joe - all too old!

Samu Kerevi is 4 years younger than Bundee Ali.

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grievous wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 12:39 am An Australian A side is the missing fixture this time and it would of given a few players their last time in gold they clearly wont be getting now but the Lions rejected the fixture as they didnt want a "4th" test.

The ANZ game will probably feature 15+ Oz players.

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Although a league player, I dare say that Ian Roberts would have (literally) made Bakkies his bitch.

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Rockefeller had immense economic power tbf - he basically owned the oil & gas industry and destroyed anyone that dared compete with him. Musk is a mouse in comparison.

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Ticket prices ridiculous but they're nearly sold out so enough are willing to pay. It'll be interesting to see what the atmosphere is like. Lions fans who travel and follow them around tend to be both wealthy but also rugby fans so hopefully fewer event junkies although I won't hold my breath. The ...

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Ticket prices ridiculous but they're nearly sold out so enough are willing to pay. It'll be interesting to see what the atmosphere is like. Lions fans who travel and follow them around tend to be both wealthy but also rugby fans so hopefully fewer event junkies although I won't hold my breath. The ...

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:lol: This forum must be the biggest nuthouse on the Internet. I've already said Musk is a nazi-adjacent psychopathic slimeball. You guys also want me to also say the richest person in the history of humanity whose high-tech companies include one that reshaped the automobile industry and another th...

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cricket Fair call. I would argue that test cricket is sustainable in its own right. Agreed but in the small elite club it now sustains, 5-7 nations it is on average flushed with cash but its really about three nations. Indians, sponsorship, tv rights. Ive secured my Ashes tix, 500k tickets sold on ...

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As others have said: it's insufficient, but better than nothing. Fills the much-needed gap in Aus rugby where the NPC/Currie Cup would go. The NPC isn’t a viable solution, so I’m not sure why that’s being held up as an example. Rugby is the only sport in the world that has 3 distinct pro tiers with...

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I have a stronger grip than any of the England rugby team- however, I strongly suspect most will outlive me by a good stretch. I still think health in old age and actually reaching it is pretty much luck. You sound like some kind of wanker. You ok Towny? I was just making a comment about his grip s...

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As others have said: it's insufficient, but better than nothing. Fills the much-needed gap in Aus rugby where the NPC/Currie Cup would go. The NPC isn’t a viable solution, so I’m not sure why that’s being held up as an example. Rugby is the only sport in the world that has 3 distinct pro tiers with...

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I am no expert by any means so please seek out more accomplished influencers. My 2 cents - Activities that drive health outcomes are often not binary and the science is always changing/progressing. It is all so bloody complicated - there are infinite inputs that go into one's health and then we hav...

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Super disturbing when he cites the bible as a first reason for supporting Israel. Really? no not really. he's just fishing for some justification however stupid to cover the blatant lobbying. the stupider the excuses the stronger the leverage they must have over him. I would have thought some BS ab...

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The more you see the Trump ballet about entering the war, yes or no, undecided if it is worth to claim he was the one to win or to maintain the lie he is the man of peace, the more you see Mussolini. Albeit a little bit more stupid (Trump - not Mussolini). Exactly same mentality and approach Exactl...

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The U.S. and European Union are running out of time to strike a deal on trade tariffs — and analysts say several key sticking points could make an agreement impossible. One bone of contention flagged by experts was the EU's regulation of especially Big Tech companies. The bloc has faced regular cri...

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He’s a big supporter of Israel. Until a few months ago, he was also a passionate supporter of Ukraine. He posted 10+ times a day for multiple years, but strangely he’s now very rarely seen there ; despite the crises that the White House is inexplicably causing them………. He’d be a passionate supporter...

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IMHO Front row: Lions massive adv. Locks: Lions adv. Backrow: even (and it could be a very entertaining battle) Halves: Lions adv. Centres: Lions adv. Back 3: Lions slight adv. Bench: not even in the same ballpark. Huge Lions adv. Lions should be up by at least 15... Which of the Lions props are be...

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IMHO Front row: Lions massive adv. Locks: Lions adv. Backrow: even (and it could be a very entertaining battle) Halves: Lions adv. Centres: Lions adv. Back 3: Lions slight adv. Bench: not even in the same ballpark. Huge Lions adv. Lions should be up by at least 15... Which of the Lions props are be...

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I’m no longer going to quote the wankstain and he’s on ignore. If enough of us do that he’ll he left in a one-man echo-chamber agreeing with himself, so we’ll all have a win.

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