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That was the other favoured possibility, but I thought Craig Wing attended SBHS, not Newington. I didn't go to Newington. Btw the preferred acronym is 'SHS' Someone told me you went to Newington. Nope. It's not really a secret I went to High. Wamberal was mocking me about our old boy Scott Morrison...

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Re Kelly, Parcell and Beattie: growing up in Ipswich, the brief advent of an all-Ipswich Strayan front-row was seen as the highwater mark for local RL. (And may still be, altho' Langer + various Walters brothers would push it close). The only one I actually met was Dud Beattie, through our respecti...

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shanky wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:33 pm You can’t call them ‘gals’ any more Wambers.

Wouldn't have happened in my day.

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Nothing to do with me, of course, but "Mitch Hunt" does not sound the sort of name an All Black would have.

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Technically, you’re correct, but it only gets penalised if you interfere with play. There’s plenty of examples of where the laws aren’t strictly enforced, in the interests of a flowing game Example - kick offs where the kicker steps over the line. I'm fine with little things like that being dismiss...

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shanky wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:52 pm
Olo wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:31 pm
Monk Zombie wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:55 am REBels on the wrong side of a poor ref today
Ref has been fine, in this and her other games. Have a problem with a female ref do we MZ?
Lolwut?

You can’t criticise the ref because she’s a woman now?

You leave Amy alone, you big bully. She's a Woodies gal.

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Sydney University is now actually more powerful and influential than any of the genuine district clubs. Fixing that might achieve something. I was wondering when your obsession with Uni-hate would emerge. It is actually a great example of the sort of entrenched parochialism that is retarding the pr...

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Why did they play the game at the fcuking soulless SCG? There could have been 10k people there but you wouldn’t know. Why didn’t they play it at a community ground - to reflect community week. One possible reason is that the Tahs Board and Tahs Foundation had a combined event - so need a function s...

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The Tahs playing well would be worth a lot. Getting Gordon back is a good start. Now we have to find a functioning front row from somewhere. And get rid of Newsome. He got cooked alive for pace by Nic White. Why is he starting over Nawaqanitawase? Newsome is the captain, I suppose. Not with Gordon ...

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Zakar wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:16 pm
wamberal wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:03 pm The Tahs playing well would be worth a lot. Getting Gordon back is a good start. Now we have to find a functioning front row from somewhere. And get rid of Newsome.
He got cooked alive for pace by Nic White.

Why is he starting over Nawaqanitawase?

Newsome is the captain, I suppose.

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The Tahs playing well would be worth a lot. Getting Gordon back is a good start. Now we have to find a functioning front row from somewhere. And get rid of Newsome.

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Nobody has mentioned the injury to Jake Gordon. Having him on the sideline has been the single biggest handicap for the Tahs this season. Is that Penney's fault? Bugger me, I have been a NSW/Waratahs fan since the mid-sixties, when I watched them beat the ABs at the old Sportsground. Sacking Penney...

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:43 am Waratahs vs Brumbies? Should be a good, close game.

Haw haw haw.

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Maybe not.

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The particular talent that NSW has for corruption across all walks of life is known and understood... but could we try not to paint the entirety of Australian politics with that specific shitpit of self interest and stench? Oh, righto. Forget all about Queensland under Joh. Or WA under Brian Burke.

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If you’re an ALP supporter, why are you lumping them in with the problem? In the last 40 years, they’ve been the good guys. Have a look at the ABC "Exposed" documentary on the Luna Park Ghost Train Fire. 1979. Then get back to me. I really don’t like the ‘both sides are bad’ shtick. It’s easy to th...

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It wasn’t true when he said it and it’s not true now. It’s just a quote. Just a quote? Did he say it, or not? If you’re an ALP supporter, why are you lumping them in with the problem? In the last 40 years, they’ve been the good guys. There is a problem in all political parties. As for the ALP being...

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Never said it was. But trying to frame Manenti's origin story as that of 'westie done good' is misleading. I am not trying to "frame" any story. But then again, I have a very different perspective to most of the experts around here. I grew up in Eastwood. Our rugby team was admitted to the SS in 19...

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According to the Woodies grapevine, John Manenti might be a candidate, but not until after the Olympics. Manenti coached West Harbour before moving to Eastwood. He is definitely not a Mosman chappie. The coach is not the real problem though, is it? Not that there's ever been "a Mosman chappie" as s...

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According to the Woodies grapevine, John Manenti might be a candidate, but not until after the Olympics. Manenti coached West Harbour before moving to Eastwood. He is definitely not a Mosman chappie. The coach is not the real problem though, is it? Not that there's ever been "a Mosman chappie" as s...

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According to the Woodies grapevine, John Manenti might be a candidate, but not until after the Olympics. Manenti coached West Harbour before moving to Eastwood. He is definitely not a Mosman chappie.

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Crean is really part of the problem - his son was one of the first "Legacy" MPs TBH, there needs to be 2 generations between MPs - it's not a good look in a population of 20 Million + to have dynasties. Kim Beazley? Some would say he was the best Prime Minister we never had. His father served in th...

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Grace Tame is freakin awesome! She should run for parliament as an Independent, she'd romp in. She's too good for Australian politics. How pathetic are we as a nation that this a true statement :| We supposedly model ourselves on the mother of parliaments: Westminster. The Poms put us to shame. Pol...

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:50 pm Grace Tame is freakin awesome! She should run for parliament as an Independent, she'd romp in.

She's too good for Australian politics.

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Wambers, they have already been reduced to as low as they can go. If those idiots do not realise it is time to jump then they need to be pushed, for the good of rugby in NSW and Australia. They probably do realise it.

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Davis, Doorne and the board need to go. After Penney got scapegoated for their delinquencies, no coach of Penney’s level is likely to take the poisoned chalice of coaching the ‘tahs. The only realistic way that could happen is if RA steps in. It would be in the interest of rugby in Australia if the...

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I know that AC rates Micheala Cash but I’m not a fan. :? Is this a joke, like when you say I'm not really a New Zealander and when you say I grew up supporting Auckland? You’re the one that said you used to support Auckland AC - that’s your joke, not mine. Yes, it was a bad joke. Clearly a joke tho...

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FairWeather_Aussie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:10 pm Davis, Doorne and the board need to go. After Penney got scapegoated for their delinquencies, no coach of Penney’s level is likely to take the poisoned chalice of coaching the ‘tahs.

The only realistic way that could happen is if RA steps in.

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Nobody has mentioned the injury to Jake Gordon. Having him on the sideline has been the single biggest handicap for the Tahs this season. Is that Penney's fault? Bugger me, I have been a NSW/Waratahs fan since the mid-sixties, when I watched them beat the ABs at the old Sportsground. Sacking Penney...

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Nobody has mentioned the injury to Jake Gordon. Having him on the sideline has been the single biggest handicap for the Tahs this season. Is that Penney's fault? Bugger me, I have been a NSW/Waratahs fan since the mid-sixties, when I watched them beat the ABs at the old Sportsground. Sacking Penney ...

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Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 6:29 am Laming gooorn...............but not until the next election so the LNP can try and hold onto power

Realpolitik.

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grievous wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:19 pm
This is a guy who has habitually trolled people with vicious abandon for years... he's taken pleasure from taunting and tormenting those individuals who have crossed his path
That reminds me of someone, a former MVP perhaps...

Precious.

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Tell me again, how the Reds can have BPA and the Brumbies can have Faingaa, for hooker - both Sydney boys And for our hooker pozzy, we’ve got a choice of 2 club players, one of whom barely cracks 100kg Roger Davis and chums innit... It’s like a living experiment in sustained mediocrity. Makes Cheik...

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One only has to watch, and listen to Biden to know he is in decline. https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse Welcome to the Biden-Harris White House! :lol: Biden at his worst is a far better and more effective President than the Orange Buffoon. At the very least he is not in cahoots with the Kremlin. That a...

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Another phenomenally good commentary by the best politics journo in Oz: Katherine Murphy. Easy to google.

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Even News Ltd journalists are attacking Scott Morrison. He's been exposed as an absolute dud. Sydney Boys' High!!!!! 8) He's not our best old boy, tbf. We've had a few duds. Garfield Barwick. :blush: John Singleton (my year) established something called the "Workers Party" in the mid-seventies, whi...

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:38 am Even News Ltd journalists are attacking Scott Morrison. He's been exposed as an absolute dud.

Sydney Boys' High!!!!!

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When Scummo held his famous teary press conference it is pretty obvious, in hindsight, that his tears were tears of self-pity.

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Struth. I could just about imagine the Force stealing this one, if all their pensioners and mercenaries get their acts together. I'm worried about our scrum getting towelled up. When that happens, its anyone's game. Greg Holmes looks as though he could do the job on his own at the moment. Talk abou...

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For a team in western Sydney I think we need to wait for a billionaire to roll them. Eastwood and the Force have a strong relationship. Eastwood will be establishing a new home ground in the Hills District, sooner rather than later (I hope). North Western Sydney is a fast growing area, with a lot o...

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