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Sonny Blount

Akkerman wrote:

This album is awesome. How could you forget you loved this? That's like forgetting your mothers birthday.

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How do you freeze the goddam thing?

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Anonymous wrote: New Zealand is a wonderful place to be. Especially when they are losing at International rugby. I feel privileged to have witnessed 1998 first hand. Outstanding

Huh?

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usermame wrote:But selectively applied to South Sea Islands. I think that may be the point.

It's a perfectly fine geographical term that makes sense relative to someone from the Northern Hemisphere.

There is no double meaning to it and a person trying to twist it into something racist is a bit of a wit kant.

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deadduck wrote:Because he (and Barrett) saw space at the back, and took the opportunity to exploit it

Going to set piece would mean England could set their defense.

Actually he saw space in front of him which is why he ran it rather than grubber/chip kicked it.

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I thought Kaino was the MOTM. Will move to 6 next week with Read or Vito coming in. Messam was poor tonight. Did Kaino stay at 8 when Vito came on? Scrum was a worry at times. Ben Smith had a poor game. I'd rather he made way for Savea. I was impressed with Fekitoas cameo A bit rusty, will be bette...

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Anyways, in the end, i just wanted to see ManuSamoa play. And he did very well, and completely dominated the Mid-field. He is the real deal. Good night. How many clean breaks did he make? How many tackles did he miss? I would take C Smith in a heartbeat over Tuilagi You seem to be suggesting you ar...

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You missed one statistic Tuilagi is a good player but not in C Smith's league yet Come on all he did was fall over the line. Even our TH Wilson could have done that. That's the point of rugby. Get yourself and the ball into a position where you fall over the line and a try is scored. Well done Smit...

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maverickmak wrote:Think I could have finished Smith's try to be fair. It was all in the setup and one man short.

Yes it was.

Textbook C. Smith really.

Next up, why don't we compare lineout steals of Brad Thorn and Victor Matfield.

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Anyways, in the end, i just wanted to see ManuSamoa play. And he did very well, and completely dominated the Mid-field. He is the real deal. Good night. How many clean breaks did he make? How many tackles did he miss? I would take C Smith in a heartbeat over Tuilagi Tuilagi - 5 defenders beaten, 1 ...

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Interesting. While I agree with you about TJP, I thought Barrett was awful. Barrett shouldn't be dumped in at fullback. Cruden was reading that game poorly in the middle of the match and could have been pulled. Although I've never seen him defend better than that, he took down Tuilaga at one point.

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Ted. wrote:
True Blue wrote:But seriously, the backrow is unbalanced and Messam needs to be cut. Kaino is wasted at 8.

Really!

I thought Kaino was f**king outstanding at 8, and I haven't previously been comfortable with him there.

That said when Read returns I'd like JK back at 6.

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Just pointing out the facts guys. The scheduling has been a farce, and judging by today, it just compounds it because England would be one-nil up if the tour had had a fair start. But nevertheless, it was a good game, and the next two will be monumental, no doubt. But the Kiwis now a very hollow on...

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Rupeni at 8th. What a joke. He's not in the top 100. It's one of the many maddening delusions of this board that a dozen fine games in 2003 and intermittent decent breaks since make someone a great rugby player. If you want to distill a players career down to one season then you start finding that ...

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Jay Cee Gee wrote:
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And Rupeni '03 is several leagues below Cullen '06 and Umaga '07.
10 years too late on Cullen & Umaga I suspect.

d'oh. thanks.

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My hasty yet quite accurate list: 20. John Smit 19. Christian Cullen 18. George Smith 17. Jason Robinson 16. Stephen Larkham 15. Ma'a Nonu 14. Victor Matfield 13. Bryan Habana 12. Martin Johnson 11. Jonny Wilkinson 10. Conrad Smith 9. Joost Van der Westhuizen 8. Rupeni Caucaunibuca 7. Fourie Du Pre...

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Kieran Read please.

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Ted. wrote:
indomite wrote:
enzedder01 wrote:Next year is the Hurricanes year.

Here first. Ah sorry - here, 176,854th
He's got to find some replacements for the cattle the Hammer drove away.

Well the current geniuses have kicked it off by signing an outside back. We're short of those, aren't we.

Andre Taylor needed replacing.

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Next year is the Hurricanes year. Here first. Ah sorry - here, 176,854th He's got to find some replacements for the cattle the Hammer drove away. Which ones? Name them please so we can assess current strengths of squad position by position. So we know what we are dealing with. I think crucial area ...

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In all seriousness though, both Carter and Wilko big sex symbols and ladies men. Who wins in the looks department? It's so close in every catagory, but Carter etches every one of them. I also think Carter was just as good a goal kicker at his peak, he kicked 9/10 in game 2 of lions 05 series. He al...

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When people get talking about extinction rates they are talking nonsense.

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I am not suggesting it was not a bit of fun but it was a PR stunt lets not canonise the bloke :? Why does it have to be a PR stunt? Maybe he was just having a bit of a laugh at work. Im with everyone else on this OS.. youre a cynical git and no mistake. Oh FFS yes I am cynical, but I am not suggest...

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towny wrote:
Harden up!!! wrote:
If we are going to mention ROG why does Larkham not get a mention? I would take Larkham over ROG.

Wilko, Carter, Larkham and Lynagh.

These 4 stand out head and shoulders above all others that I've seen.

Henry Honiball.

Its possible he was better than Wilko.

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Dunnikin Diver wrote: And even if those 3 years were all we had to judge him, is not home and anyway victories over all not quite an achievement for any NH player?

The soft bigotry of low expectations.

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John Eales took players like Bill Young to a 5 year reign of Bledisloe Dominance and back to back Tri Nations titles. None of his forward pack are ever mentioned in best of era teams. And yet Eales mindfucked the AB's for years, the stigma of the weak AB lineout lasted most of a decade. By the same...

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A lot of lions and 03 guys describe him as a man you would follow over the top. Johnno had one of those alpha personalities who commanded the respect of his charges and who made them play to the limit of their potential because they would not have wanted to let him down. I'm sure that we have all a...

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Carter is a better defender

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Assuming the injury doubts are injuries, here are the unavailable players in italics and the player for the first test in bold. In brackets are replacements that are unavailable. 1. Corbisiero, Marler ( Vunipola M., Waller A. ) 2. Hartley, Webber, Ward ( George ) 3. Cole, Wilson 4/5. Lawes, Launchb...

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Leadership: I'd take Eales but there is probably not a lot in it. Eales took his teams further for longer than Johnson did. No team in my lifetime has owned the ABs like Eales Wallabies did for several years. Physicality: Eales again. I think he could go harder and faster for longer than Johnson. Th...

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Clearly top to bottom of that list is not best to worst.

The best voices on there such as Van Morrison and Karen Carpenter are nearer the bottom.

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Deadduck, the point is that the NZ taxpayer is funding the introduction of educating NZ children to standards set by corporations or religious groups rather than our elected Government, and with freedom-of-information oversight explicitly written out. Would you still have no issue if the NZ taxpaye...

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enzedder01 wrote:Unfair to blame Cruden on Hammet. He followed his provincial coach up here.

If Cruden moved because of coach preference then it couldn't be any more directly due to Hammet.

Cruden is the no 1 casualty of the Hurricane boards mismanagament of the franchise.

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Interesting to see that Mvovo is statistically in all the right areas. I'm also quite surprised to see how few South Africans make up the handling errors numbers, as it's the one area I've felt we've really lacked this season. And Matt Hodgson is an absolute tackling machine, although I think we al...

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Look at this lead pencil. There’s not a single person in the world who could make this pencil. Remarkable statement? Not at all. The wood from which it is made, for all I know, comes from a tree that was cut down in the state of Washington. To cut down that tree, it took a saw. To make the saw, it ...

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Look at this lead pencil. There’s not a single person in the world who could make this pencil. Remarkable statement? Not at all. The wood from which it is made, for all I know, comes from a tree that was cut down in the state of Washington. To cut down that tree, it took a saw. To make the saw, it t...

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kiwigreg369 wrote:Is there any chance of a reduction in these killings without the US changing it laws on the right to arm yourself?
KG

Yes

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Jones certainly seems to have set the cat among the pigeons with this one. As long as the 00-03 Eng side is recognised for what it was I'm happy. You southern types are welcome to bicker over the exact order and degree to which you are/were better than us the rest of the time. I'm sure you were a g...

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No Sonic Youth or Iron Maiden?

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<quote> Jimmy the Gent Post subject: Re: Super 15 defence is abysmal Reply with quote At no point did I say the SH international teams defense was shit, which it isn't. I said the super rugby teams defense is shit, which it is. </quote> If the Chiefs were to play Ireland next weekend, I think the C...

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I would think that if you took the 10 worst defensive displays in a season of the Aviva or Rabo Championships, from teams like Worcester and Zebre, they would probably ship 100 points in the Super XV.

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