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by naki111
Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52644
Views: 3530569

Re: NZ Politics Thread

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by naki111
Tue Mar 29, 2022 7:51 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Combined Will Smith greatest day in history Thread
Replies: 421
Views: 19265

Re: Combined Will Smith the greatest day in history Thread

A man bullying a woman about her hair on the world wide stage, damn right he deserved a slap. And call it " roasting" all you want, she didn't sign up for a roasting at the Oscars. She’s at the Oscars. It’s an occupational hazard from being there. It’s happened before and I hope it happens again, i...
by naki111
Tue Mar 29, 2022 6:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Combined Will Smith greatest day in history Thread
Replies: 421
Views: 19265

Re: Combined Will Smith the greatest day in history Thread

Muttonbirds wrote: Tue Mar 29, 2022 5:20 am The whole episode reminds me how awful American people are. Even the 'nice' ones are awful.

Decline of an empire right here.
There are 320 odd million Americans. Have you ever been further than the Gold Coast? Ever been to the states?
by naki111
Tue Mar 29, 2022 4:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Combined Will Smith greatest day in history Thread
Replies: 421
Views: 19265

Re: Is today the greatest day in history?

Comparing alopecia with male pattern baldness is a joke. Why would you bother Using the word disfigurement to describe her fairly minor hair loss is also a joke, tbf. I understand she may be sensitive about it, but she'd not actually close to being bald let along disfigured. https://www.hellomagazi...
by naki111
Thu Mar 17, 2022 4:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52644
Views: 3530569

Re: NZ Politics Thread

In the short term NZ can also help by doing what it can in increasing the pressure on Russian oligarchs based in, or profiting from assets and businesses located in, New Zealand. There may be proper reasons why this chap is left untouched but it would be good to have a more fulsome explanation. Chr...
by naki111
Wed Mar 16, 2022 5:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52644
Views: 3530569

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Don’t want to start my own thread on this and sorry for jacking this one, but where do the sages on here see house prices going realistically in the next 6-12 months? I’ve seen predictions from your Cameron Bagries and various banks saying they’ll be due a correction ‘10-15% next year’ the last few ...
by naki111
Mon Feb 28, 2022 10:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: European Federation
Replies: 34
Views: 2147

Re: European Federation

How did Britain and France stop Libyan leaders from behaving in a way that could have led to equitable government rather than rule by warlord? You've said that it's their fault, not any blame on the local leaders. Why don't local leaders carry the responsibility for their own actions? Why is it 100...
by naki111
Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?
Replies: 408
Views: 22030

Re: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?

perhaps either the 6Ns committee or SARFU putting feelers out


Been a bizarre couple of weeks, wouldn’t surprise me at all if that was the intention.
by naki111
Sat Feb 19, 2022 12:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Foxy Knoxy engaged
Replies: 86
Views: 12840

Re: Foxy Knoxy engaged

Well, I settled down to watch the Netflix "Amanda Knox" over the weekend. Some case. Two convictions and two successful appeals. I am not sure if that says more about the complexity of the case or the Italian judicial system in general. A couple of observations: The journalist Nick Pisa is a self-s...
by naki111
Fri Feb 18, 2022 11:05 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby Pacific: Drua vs Waratahs
Replies: 75
Views: 3804

Re: Super Rugby Pacific: Drua vs Waratahs

Drua will be lucky not to concede 50 at this rate. Poor discipline costing them dearly. Seems to be a bit of biff at just about every ruck.
by naki111
Fri Feb 18, 2022 11:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?
Replies: 408
Views: 22030

Re: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?

Nothing quite like the early morning troll from our china resident. :lol: I’m glad you have so much faith in the integrity of SA’s future because myself and most of the okes I’ve spoken to who’ve left certainly don’t share the same optimism. I doubt there would be many who would put down any seriou...
by naki111
Fri Feb 18, 2022 9:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?
Replies: 408
Views: 22030

Re: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?

Do you really think that's all the Springbok brand name will add to the 6 Nation competition? Think again. South Africa are unreliable partners, always have been and most probably always will be. The best indicator of future outcomes is the past, and SA’s track record in this regard is very poor. H...
by naki111
Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?
Replies: 408
Views: 22030

Re: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?

The other elephant in the room is how politically viable is South Africa as a country going forward? It’s very close to a failed state as it is. There is more than just the quality of rugby here at play. Nothing quite like the early morning troll from our china resident. :lol: I’m glad you have so ...
by naki111
Fri Feb 18, 2022 7:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?
Replies: 408
Views: 22030

Re: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?

The other elephant in the room is how politically viable is South Africa as a country going forward? It’s very close to a failed state as it is. There is more than just the quality of rugby here at play.
by naki111
Fri Feb 18, 2022 6:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?
Replies: 408
Views: 22030

Re: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?

That's peanuts compare to what the Springboks add. Priceless Ah, South African tv money???? That’s in the ball park of the tv deals for the top14, the gp and the 6n combined. You’ll forgive me if I’m a little bit sceptical. Do you really think that's all the Springbok brand name will add to the 6 N...
by naki111
Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?
Replies: 408
Views: 22030

Re: Was it is a mistake to let Italy in the 6 nations?

https://extra.ie/2022/02/17/sport/rugby/italy-removed-six-nations-south-africa Italy look set to be removed from the Guinness Six Nations Championship with a replacement lined up by tournament organisers, according to reports. The perennial competition strugglers have regularly faltered since joinin...
by naki111
Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53759
Views: 2377820

Re: Russia mass military buildup on the Ukraine border

Nope 🤣 You have lived and begged in a place you hate for over a decade. It's pathetic. I’m not sure how old you think I am but you’re a wee way off with your wild haymakers. Keep stroking those c0dez big fella. Unless you moved to the country you can't stop moaning about with your parents than you'...
by naki111
Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53759
Views: 2377820

Re: Russia mass military buildup on the Ukraine border

Do you believe all that? Have you managed to find a job or build a life in a country you don't actually hate? Or is NZ just too poor to return too Rattled. Nope 🤣 You have lived and begged in a place you hate for over a decade. It's pathetic. I’m not sure how old you think I am but you’re a wee way...
by naki111
Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53759
Views: 2377820

Re: Russia mass military buildup on the Ukraine border

Dozy wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 11:42 am
naki111 wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 11:28 am
Dozy wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:52 am

This is Covid all over again.
Which Chinese lab was it this time?
Do you believe all that?

Have you managed to find a job or build a life in a country you don't actually hate? Or is NZ just too poor to return too
Rattled.
by naki111
Wed Feb 16, 2022 11:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53759
Views: 2377820

Re: Russia mass military buildup on the Ukraine border

Bro you can laugh all you like. But on this I gotta agree with Dozy, they clearly put definitive time lines on when and they kinda fu.ked up. Russia laughing at them know, but who knows, that could be part of their strategy, to make west look stupid, if so, they are winning. Assuming the details pr...
by naki111
Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby to create it's own World Test Championship
Replies: 54
Views: 3485

Re: Rugby to create it's own World Test Championship

Sometimes less is more. Test rugby is one of those things.
by naki111
Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Chinese are buying Fiji Rugby players
Replies: 47
Views: 3407

Re: Chinese are buying Fiji Rugby players

Why's that ? Ex-Mongolian wrestlers dominate sumo now. Maybe that's where Zakar's coming from. Aparently rugby is getting a lot of prime time attention in Mongolia. They're bigger on average than their neighbours (hence sumo domination) and they already have a number of players in the Japanese syst...
by naki111
Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread
Replies: 218
Views: 12566

Re: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread

A bit off topic but I do wonder how long the IOC can keep the gravy train running in regards to hosting the Olympics. I see they’ve amended the bidding process to reduce competition and allegations of vote buying which is a start I suppose. I still fail to see how having an absolute blowout every tw...
by naki111
Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RIP Jack Jeffery, Evesham RFC, age 27
Replies: 33
Views: 2391

Re: RIP Jack Jeffery, Evesham RFC, age 27

Respects should be paid by all to this young man. If it's better for a long term regular to do an article then please do and I'll delete this one. The response so far is pitiful. Weird post but by no means your most out there of late. Can’t imagine how the guy who made contact is feeling right now.
by naki111
Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Chinese are buying Fiji Rugby players
Replies: 47
Views: 3407

Re: Chinese are buying Fiji Rugby players

Sure but it wont, this smells of a non event “We have a very good relationship with the China Rugby Union and also have a Memorandum of Understanding on areas of collaboration, and they have neither advised the FRU of any planned professional competition and likewise their desire to recruit our pla...
by naki111
Sat Feb 12, 2022 7:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Chinese are buying Fiji Rugby players
Replies: 47
Views: 3407

Re: Chinese are buying Fiji Rugby players

Remember the Alibaba announcement with WR on this? https://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/10/27/alibaba-invests-big-help-grow-rugby-china China has had so many "rugby about to explode" stories you have to call BS. Lets say its true, doesnt WR have to sanction it? Who is funding it? Same with KRU one, wh...
by naki111
Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread
Replies: 218
Views: 12566

Re: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread

I’m not sure how much use her millions will be once she is under house arrest for ‘tax evasion’ or something similar sooner rather than later. She will be useful until she isn’t any longer.
by naki111
Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Another RWC group of death farce
Replies: 92
Views: 6418

Re: Another RWC group of death farce

Who is likely to be the Asia/Pacific qualifier in group B? Tonga?
by naki111
Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3368908

Re: China's COVID Lies

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by naki111
Fri Jan 07, 2022 1:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Planet Rugby Addiction
Replies: 57
Views: 3706

Re: Planet Rugby Addiction

Don't you teach English in China? Have you ever been busy in your life? I’m a primary school teacher , so fairly busy most of the timebut try to avoid coming on to PR to humble brag about what a legend I am in the office. 12 hours with ‘no breaks’ :lol: :lol: Yeah ok mate. No wonder you think 12hrs...
by naki111
Fri Jan 07, 2022 9:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Planet Rugby Addiction
Replies: 57
Views: 3706

Re: Planet Rugby Addiction

It's not unknown. What a hero. Don't you teach English in China? Have you ever been busy in your life? I’m a primary school teacher , so fairly busy most of the timebut try to avoid coming on to PR to humble brag about what a legend I am in the office. 12 hours with ‘no breaks’ :lol: :lol: Yeah ok ...
by naki111
Fri Jan 07, 2022 6:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Planet Rugby Addiction
Replies: 57
Views: 3706

Re: Planet Rugby Addiction

You are seriously not busy at work if you have time to log into here or any other social media. I used to do it, those days are long gone. :lol: Let me guess you work from 7am to 7pm every day without any breaks yeah. My work is intense but there are short downtimes throughout the day, like most jo...
by naki111
Fri Jan 07, 2022 3:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Planet Rugby Addiction
Replies: 57
Views: 3706

Re: Planet Rugby Addiction

I found actually bring really bloody busy at work fixed it for me, barely get to log in at all these days Not even that works for me, I have a job that most would consider demanding but I log in here as a sort of diversion I think I associate it with stress relief at this stage. If it wasn’t PR, it...
by naki111
Fri Jan 07, 2022 3:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival
Replies: 2339
Views: 109440

Re: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival

The more I read into this and Australia the more I hate the place. That Michael Gunner in Queensland is actually evil, pure evil. Australia is a mess up place and the citizens are so weak for putting up with it. Australia is certainly a place hard to like. We should not be allies with this nation a...
by naki111
Fri Jan 07, 2022 2:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival
Replies: 2339
Views: 109440

Re: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival

Hami As of 2017, Hami had a population of about 580,000 of which 68.4% were Han Chinese and 31.6% ethnic minorities, mostly Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Hui. As of 2015, 427,657 (76.6%) of the 616,711 residents of the county were Han Chinese, 109,072 (17.6%) were Uyghur, 55,550 (9.0%) were Kazakh and 17,5...
by naki111
Fri Jan 07, 2022 1:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival
Replies: 2339
Views: 109440

Re: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival

No I didn't; find the posts. Be delighted for you to see then and read them slowly. Read my last few posts here and you also get a picture about what I said. Eejiit It's a majority Han population in that region with Hui, Kazak, Mongol nationalities too.. Uyghurs are a distinct minority. Hami As of ...
by naki111
Fri Jan 07, 2022 1:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival
Replies: 2339
Views: 109440

Re: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival

Where is the magic 51% majority? You said majority in the province. Dig up the old exchange; I know exactly what I said. I also slapped you down for dismissing the views of other Muslim groups in the province, you seem to fail to even acknowledge they existed. You need to stop this. I think I've fo...
by naki111
Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival
Replies: 2339
Views: 109440

Re: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival

Of the population of the province, the demographic make up including Hui, Uzbek, Tajik and Mongol populations including Han and Manchu.... Sure, go ahead. It needs to be clear and decisive and clearly said that this one ethnic group is the majority in the province. Also the source needs to be one t...
by naki111
Thu Jan 06, 2022 3:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival
Replies: 2339
Views: 109440

Re: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival

We were not talking the GLF or the CR Also, the Uighur are not a majority in Xinjiang; to claim otherwise is wrong. Do you want me to post the evidence for the third time? :? Of the population of the province, the demographic make up including Hui, Uzbek, Tajik and Mongol populations including Han ...
by naki111
Thu Jan 06, 2022 3:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival
Replies: 2339
Views: 109440

Re: Djokovic Visa cancelled on arrival

You have spend the last decade there, living your life, so excuse me if we don't take your moans seriously. You picked it over every other nation on earth to make a life. You actually travelled to there and begged for work and they gave it to you. Then when a pandemic hit you stayed there because t...