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JB1981

So if the guy who tamed him is saying that isn’t Gus, where is Gus? A Blue Groper winds up dead and Gus vanishes. Sounds like his fins might not be clean in all of this.

JB1981

It’s like that scene from The Last King of Scotland where Idi Amin, despite explicitly being told one thing and doing the opposite, argues “you didn’t persuade me”. I’m not sure there’s anything NZ Rugby could have said to persuade South Africa to stay. They had long said they wanted to go and they ...

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Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:49 am I've never heard of Golriz Ghahraman until now but I must admit she's very photogenic.

Photograph her with most Parliamentarians and she’d steal the show alright.

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That’s a far better explanation than mine. Perhaps I owe NZ MAGA Mike - #MAGAMEMEMarathon - # LIBSofTWITTER an apology. Yeah not a racist thing at all, my fiance is from another culture with a beautiful dark skin colour.......darker than Golly Gs Does he know what you post online? Witty stuff. Will...

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South Africa had been making leaving noises long before that announcement and well before Covid. Also, let's not forget, like the Saffa apologists hope we do, that they already had teams in the NH before the pandemic hit and caused all 3 countries to go it alone for a season with the dastardly NZR ...

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Remind me, how many of your backline are actually Irish again? We have at least some. Lowe aki and JGP were supreme poaches. I'd pipe down as a keewee btw, the Samoan Fijian content of your team is worse than Ireland's poached contingent. More foreign born playing for NZ than Ireland this last worl...

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Didn’t all three unions have their own competitions each using “Super Rugby” in the title in 2020? I never got the angst about the joint one being called “Super Rugby” after that - in a year when South Africa couldn’t participate. Perhaps feeling they weren’t consulted was the straw that broke the c...

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If I was NZ Rugby he’d be a player I would really want to keep. Depending on what happens with Mo’unga’s eligibility he has a great chance to make the step up here soon.

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MoonBatto wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:55 am Shouldn't we save this for the Bledisloe?

'Do it for Gus the Groper!' wouldn't be a powerful dressing room room rallying call.

Do it for Gus!

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ROLDY wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:00 am
JB1981 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:49 pm
Zakar wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:00 pm

FTFY
And the odd one that has never set foot in NZ before.
Yeah, well stop clubbing seals, spearing groupers, and maiming halfbacks.

Maiming (slightly) halfbacks is a public service. And anyway, you can’t expect all three just to stop cold grouper.

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Zakar wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:00 pm
koroke hangareka wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 2:20 pm Ah well, they return hardened criminals to NZ, and in return we send them the occasional idiot who likes shooting fish in a barrel. To be honest i think the Aussies are still ahead.
FTFY

And the odd one that has never set foot in NZ before.

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Perhaps subconsciously brought on by this thread, it’s such a nice day here I have just suggested fish and chips on the beach.

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Sensible Stephen wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 3:55 am
JB1981 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 3:45 am We are yet to fight (and lose) a war against wildlife so still have some way to go.
You genocided your version of Emus. Sickening.

Multiple types, entirely wiped them out. We had the blueprint you needed.

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We are yet to fight (and lose) a war against wildlife so still have some way to go. That’s because the meanest animal in NZ is a possum. I don’t know, our magpies have a mean streak in them. I’d be more worried about a magpie than a Possum and given our lack of a combat airforce, they’d have total ...

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We are yet to fight (and lose) a war against wildlife so still have some way to go.

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I saw this. What a wit kant. He’s probably a wife basher too knowing the kiwi disposition for violence against those they perceive as weaker beings. I hope he gets a good amount of jail time, stripped of Australian citizenship if he has it, and sent home. Classy. I’m not from the country that condo...

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Bizarrely, I can’t see that Scott Robertson has ever been nominated. Robbie Deans was back in 2002 so unless the criteria have changed, Super Rugby coaching doesn’t seem to rule someone out. Perhaps the panel was waiting for someone to do eight or nine titles in a row before thinking them worth a sh...

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Epilogue to the fred:

Ian Foster has been nominated for coach of the year in the Halberg awards.

In an unrelated question, given his pedigree, has he announced his next position yet?

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A 26-year-old Kiwi is being fingered as the culprit behind the killing of Sydney’s most beloved fish.

A fine in top of this? There is perversion at the heart of the Australian justice system.

Seriously though, a $500 fine feels lenient.

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Whitelock, Retalick, Smith, Barrett, Frizel, RMo etc. They're all still playing but have chosen not to represent the All Blacks under Robertson. Keeping players onboard is up to the coach. This is either one of the stupidest posts I've ever read on this forum or rancid bait. Are you seriously sugge...

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:? Clearly, short term success, and attempting to throw into sharp relief his tenure to the previous one is more important to Scott Robertson than the long term health and robustness of the game in NZ. Question: Why does Razor's ego not allow him to pick up the phone to his predecessor for some kin...

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Which Cantab posters were seriously not backing the ABs? Most of us were backing them from the foundations up, starting with wanting the best coach for the job.

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Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:39 am Sam Cane: Tests 76, Red cards 1

Scott Barrett: Tests 48, Red cards 2

What are these numbers? You are missing about 20 tests for each player.

Do you only include stats from when you aren’t banned?

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DC and McCaw I understand. They were GOATs. There's no one in this most recent line up that is a GOAT you make an exception for. Not even RMo I would see it as making the exception for Razor rather than the player as such. If he gets it over the line it will be based on what he can get out of Mo’un...

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Out of the box thinking, revitalisation, picking on form rather than announcing leadership roles months before a first squad is picked.

Sounds like Robertson is doing exactly what was needed and expected from him. He is the breath of fresh air the All Blacks needed four years ago.

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Looks like Warner is going to get the fairytale finish - just though after surviving a very tight DRS by the narrowest of umpire’s call margins.

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With one delivery left Hazlewood could bowl a quadruple maiden.

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grievous wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:30 am Im so happy Warner "found" his "stolen" baggy green caps.

What went on with getting it back? I see Warner has thanked those involved in the recovery. Does that mean it was located rather than returned? And from your comment, are you doubting the whole thing?

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At least Ayub has avoided a pair on debut. I wonder if he can do the duck / century double?

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To be fair, his record would make him an all time blackcraps great. He would make our top 10 openers really. Probably behind Taylor. Hayden averaged far higher, Langer about the same and Taylor a couple of runs less but Warner has the most centuries as an opener, although struggled off Australian p...

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To be fair, his record would make him an all time blackcraps great. He would make our top 10 openers really. Probably behind Taylor. Hayden averaged far higher, Langer about the same and Taylor a couple of runs less but Warner has the most centuries as an opener, although struggled off Australian p...

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What's that got to do with his talent and ability on the pitch? Nothing, who said it did? It's got everything to do with not liking the guy and not wanting him to succeed. If you want to talk about on field talent though, he's a flat track bully who barely averaged 30 away, averaged 26 and 21 in En...

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It’s been a very Warner of late (the last few years) series, hasn’t it. One good score and the rest mediocre. Some players you want to see go out on top, I felt that way about Steve Waugh for example, but not so much Warner.

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Meanwhile, having won the toss, South Africa’s ‘A’ team is 46-8 vs India.

Edit: make that 55 all out before lunch.

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You know the old adage that you can't win a game in the first session, but you can lose it? Pakistan might want to amend that to the first 8 balls. Game over more or less before it even started, and that too after wining the toss. I don't take too much glee in it, as Australia will inevitably do th...

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You’ve got to feel a bit sorry for the young guy on debut. That’s cricket though.

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Eight balls in and Pakistan are in trouble.

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South Africa are sending a real B team to NZ for the tests here because they clash with their domestic T20. That’s hugely disappointing for the long term health of test cricket. What if they win? The Proteas I mean They could. It wouldn’t alter that seeing test cricket as a step below domestic T20 ...

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South Africa are sending a real B team to NZ for the tests here because they clash with their domestic T20.

That’s hugely disappointing for the long term health of test cricket.

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