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Kahu

No, you're right, it's not.

Something has got to change though. The current way isn't working. Might I suggest keeping violent thugs in jail for longer. It beggars belief you can murder someone, get a life sentence and be out of jail in 10 years.

Maybe we could learn from El Salvadore?

Kahu

Misery and injury is then reserved for the few , but prison will remain the best place to recruit . I don't think you realize how difficult it is to go to jail in this country. Thugs have chosen their team long before they end up behind bars. The gangs are so well entrenched most of their new patch...

Kahu

It was quite embarrassing to see how poor most of them were. Quietly confident I would have stapled my way to victory

Kahu

Misery and injury is then reserved for the few , but prison will remain the best place to recruit . I don't think you realize how difficult it is to go to jail in this country. Thugs have chosen their team long before they end up behind bars. The gangs are so well entrenched most of their new patch...

Kahu

It is a 7s tournament !!! :lol: Oh well, even that is an improvement. It’s probably a module for a term at these schools, culminating in the tournament. It would be nice to build the rugby programmes at these schools to have a fully-fledged XVs competition one day. :lol: I counted 9 on field for th...

Kahu

There’s plenty of money in Australian sport. No one wants to tune into the dross that we got served up last night. Nor to see Aussie teams get pumped on the regular from Kiwi sides that have an inherently superior system. Hear, hear. I've been calling for Australia to ditch Super Rugby for years bu...

Kahu

towny wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:20 am
Let me wrap up by reiterating my opinions, which is where I should have left things from the start:
- Having a local SR team is good for community rugby.
- A SR team is not essential to running community rugby programmes or establishing pathways.

Hear, hear

Kahu

JB1981 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:12 am What’s this “New Zealand’s national stadium” stuff with Eden Park? Does anyone really think of it as that other than the Eden Park marketing team?

Just Jaffas being Jaffas

Kahu

Just noticed this on social media - some of this from a Kiwi please On this day 8️⃣ years ago, Brendon McCullum hit the fastest Test hundred of all time, taking just 54 balls to reach three figures 🆚 Australia at Christchurch. It was his last international match – what a way to say goodbye. 💪 Iirc ...

Kahu

So Jimmy Gopperth is in the NZ GOAT 1st 5 conversation because of his incredible longevity?

Kahu

In the real world its proven that professional sports team have little actual effect on junior sports participation. Accessibility and parental and peer support are the big drivers. Here's a brainscratcher for ya. Why did people play sport before professional sport existed? Maybe connect the dots b...

Kahu

8% reduction in juniors and 20% in seniors. The Force were a special case and the reduction was clearly a angry reaction and a middle finger from some in the community to RA for it's decision axe the Force. https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/participation-in-sport/topics/factors-influencing-s...

Kahu

Would be hilarious and classic Black Caps to lose this match. Even if they win its a moral loss at this point. Even more embarrassing is we have 2 South Africans in our XI If and when NZ win, it will be a moral loss and an asterisk... Unless the Black Caps can knock this total off before tea I agree

Kahu

Oh I see discussion has moved on from politics to corporal punishment. It is irrelevant in my view the fundamental problem is the attack on the nuclear family and the number of kids being brought up in single mother households without a father. Even if a male is present in the household he is more ...

Kahu

8% reduction in juniors and 20% in seniors. The Force were a special case and the reduction was clearly a angry reaction and a middle finger from some in the community to RA for it's decision axe the Force. https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/participation-in-sport/topics/factors-influencing-sp...

Kahu

So, not in Australia... but New Zealand? :thumbup: Yep and they have soccer and league, as Kahui says run by keen locals etc. Plenty of kids play League and union etc. But league and soccer aren't bigger (in a financial sense) than rugby, right? I mean, you guys aren't losing the overwhelming major...

Kahu

I received the strap from the Deputy Principal at age 5. I learnt at an early age, through the education system, that violence can solve problems. :proud: Now kids learn it via criminals in the community and the media.

Kahu

NZ rugby would lose a big chunk of fans. Lots of paying boomers would be lost as fans. The effect on junior amd grass roots rugby wouldn't be as much. (Which was my original point) The Rebels going belly up is bad for Australian professional rugby and fans undoubtedly but let's not pretend amatuer ...

Kahu

Farva wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:09 am It wont die. I dont know if anyone suggested that.
It will go backwards though. Look at what happened in Perth when the Force were cut.

That was a very different set of circumstances though.

I had a mate from school who moved his family back to NZ because of it. What a Karen eh lol

Kahu

Would be hilarious and classic Black Caps to lose this match. Even if they win its a moral loss at this point. Even more embarrassing is we have 2 South Africans in our XI Three if you count Glenn Phillips who moved here when he was five. Hmmm I'll give him a pass. At that age he's practically tang...

Kahu

NCEA was the 2nd worst thing to ever happen to NZ Education. T aking away corporal punishment the 1st... Your teacher didn't hit you hard enough. ;) I got strapped by my primary school principal after it was abolished. It was a proud moment being the only one of us 3 boys that didn't cry. Isn't it ...

Kahu

Would be hilarious and classic Black Caps to lose this match. Even if they win its a moral loss at this point. Even more embarrassing is we have 2 South Africans in our XI

Kahu

NZ is basically one big village. Perhaps old mate could see it this way....lets say, suddenly, both Super Rugby teams in the South Island folded and ceased to exist. What would the impact have on juniors? Sure, some diehard kids will still adore their favourite meat worker/hardworking number 8 from...

Kahu

The number of professional Victorian rugby players since the inception of the Rebels due to the pathways in place suggest that you're both wrong. Another backward thinker. I'm sure all of that forward thinking you're presenting will eventually be grounded in facts or reality... :thumbup: Here's som...

Kahu

I agree Kahu, what sport has biggest junior playing numbers in NZ?? Soccer, not a lot pf professional soccer teams here. Basketball is getting bigger too, same thing. Exactly. Junior sport is driven by parents and passionate volunteers. Losing the Rebels will be a big loss to Professional Rugby in ...

Kahu

NCEA was the 2nd worst thing to ever happen to NZ Education. Taking away corporal punishment the 1st...

Kahu

I'm saying professional sport has little effect on junior playing numbers. If you think that's wrong then I've got a bridge in Melbourne to sell you... I agree Kahu, what sport has biggest junior playing numbers in NZ?? Soccer, not a lot pf professional soccer teams here. Basketball is getting bigg...

Kahu

How so? In NZ there are many areas with fantastic junior numbers despite nil professional rugby presence. NZ has at a stretch, three cities. Outside those, what's out there? It's essentially rural. Greater critical mass in Melbourne. More alternative opportunities. Rugby is simply being out-compete...

Kahu

Blind take. Dumb take. How so? In NZ there are many areas with fantastic junior numbers despite nil professional rugby presence. Are you taking the piss? Are you seriously comparing the sporting landscape of NZ to Victoria? Just listen to some rugby people in Melbourne who understand the situation....

Kahu

Funnily enough junior rugby league in Melbourne is practically non-existent despite hosting arguably the most successful professional NRL team of the past 25 years. 4500 registered League players across all grades in a state of almost 7 million people and y'all think the Rebels collapsing is going t...

Kahu

Heard Rassie was in hospital with serious burns? Hope he's doing OK. Wouldn't wish those injuries on my worst enemy.

Kahu

So that’s the thing. Junior development is going well. Watch that die on the vine. I don't see why the Rebels dying should affect junior rugby in Melbourne? Juniors play because their parents take them along and they enjoy the game and community, not because they saw Carter Gordon on AAMI Park and ...

Kahu

This is anecdotal evidence, so take it with as much pinches of salt as you like, but the wife and I went to a local secondry school open night (as you eldest is about to leave primary) who are offering the Cambridge system. During the question and answer session with the Principal, he dropped the t...

Kahu

Scrap them. Perth can support the Force. RA have wet dreams about the mythical lucre to be made in Melbourne. Give it up. Return to basics. RA should support 4 teams. Use Melbourne for junior development to be farmed out to the 4 pro teams. So that’s the thing. Junior development is going well. Wat...

Kahu

UncleFB wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:40 am
Kahu wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:55 pm

Is it Kūpapa ? My BiL and his whanau use that all the time as a derogatory term
Yep. Are they Kingitanga or from the north?

Ruahine/Ruanui

Kahu

Like rugby, prioritising Internationals at the expense of domestic competition has been a massive failure for the sport worldwide. Good on the Saffas

Kahu

FYI, there's a derogatory term in Māori that has the same meaning as UT. I won't bother posting it on here, because I don't want any of you to say that word out loud by accident and get thumped by one of UFB's cousins (as the word sounds very similar to an everyday Māori word that most Pākehā under...

Kahu

PS here growing up. 3 years ago told my partner to buy a ps 4 or 5 for Xmas for our boy (and us) and she came home with a Switch because she wanted to play Animal Crossing. Almost kicked her out right then and there.

Kahu

fatcat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:07 am
Kahu wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:10 am Speaking of plum English boxers I'm looking forward to seeing Ben Whittaker get ktfo
Is he that showboating twat who I caught glimpses of the other day while sitting near a pub TV with the sound off?

That's the one.

Kahu

Speaking of plum English boxers I'm looking forward to seeing Ben Whittaker get ktfo

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