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mabunch78

Skiaddict wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 2021 2:23 am If Ireland win tomorrow would that be the first time the 4 SH powerhouses were swept during a single round of the Autumn Internationals?

Might be. The last and only other time the old Tri Nations teams all went down was 9 November 2002 (I think, pretty sure).

mabunch78

DOB wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 2021 12:52 am
"Roughly evens."

England won the World Cup.

Yeah but isn't this about the overall Tier 1 ledger? The South shaded the WC contests 3-2 (Argentina didn't count then but if you want them to, it was 3-3, so not roughly but actually evens)

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BBC not confirming but all the papers have it... https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/20/ole-gunnar-solskjr-admits-united-players-are-in-a-terrible-place Personally gutted about this (as will be fans of the many other 4th spot hopefuls). Any semi-competent manager comes in and they've got t...

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LandOTurk wrote: ↑Sat Nov 20, 2021 11:38 pm PSG clear by 12 after 14 games. What a joke ligue. Well done Messi.

And apparently that tin pot will be the first proof that Poch is a good manager, so said everyone except Spurs fans

mabunch78

Never ceases to amaze me that many people in the social media age zealously live by the sword without the notion ever occurring to them that they could just as easily (possibly more easily?) die by the same means

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When was the last time New Zealand, South Africa and Australia all lost on the same day to 6N sides? I know those are away games for them, but I am not sure this ever happened. The commentator said Nov 2002. Some day for the 6N :thumbup: Yep, as oft quoted, Nov 2002 belonged to the North and was su...

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C69 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 20, 2021 8:50 pm
Sefton wrote: ↑Sat Nov 20, 2021 8:38 pm United need to be patient and trust in the Ole project.
Sage sage words

sorry, yes, yes, totally agreed.

mabunch78

Are we now at the stage where we can say that CA is demonstrably unfit for purpose and incapable of regulating its own actions or culture? Looks like CA themselves actually agree in the sense that he should never have continued as captain in 2018. Conveniently that was under different board 'leader...

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So it’s Gatlands fault? :lol: Gatland is a busted flush with the Lions and ruined the tour- but Rassie is completely off the chain here, nothing to do with Gatlands ‘mind games’ he went full ‘Corne Krige’. Root cause, not the fault. Rassie is supposedly a grown man, he's completely responsible. Sub...

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I think something is going under the radar on this thread. Arguably the root cause of the original incident wasn't Berry's performance, it was Gatland doing his usual calculated non sequitur-ish ramblings in press conferences leading up to the 1st Test. As always, they were designed precisely for a ...

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Tbh this is a farce and someone needs to lose their job at CA. Tim Paine has always been a relatively limited cricketer, and his whole raison d'être was that he was a nice guy. A clean skin. Someone who as leading Australian cricket forward after the debacle with the sandpaper in South Africa. He's...

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And now you'll have Smith, sorry I mean Cummins, calling the shots in the field, and Carey behind the stumps in the field and scoring tons with the bat. Massive swing to Australia, this.... :lol: Resigned from the captaincy, but he's still in the team AFAIK. Surely he can't still be in the team? Th...

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How many Aussie Captains have cried on TV? G Chappell K Hughes S Smith T Paine Any more? I think Steve Waugh was pretty close when he resigned. They're developing a level of consistency in this area that I'd say is currently unmatched... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEivIoDXEAMNRUE?format=png&name=s...

mabunch78

Been thinking about this again, a bit more now TBF...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/ ... -australia

I wonder if Warner is thinking about it a bit more too...

mabunch78

You can call me Bill wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 7:48 am
Enzedder wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 7:44 am How many Aussie Captains have cried on TV?

G Chappell
K Hughes
S Smith
T Paine

Any more?
I think Steve Waugh was pretty close when he resigned.

Don't forget Clarkey! Fair play, it was an awful event...

https://youtu.be/GzAW_IUpB7o

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Dan54. wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 7:40 am Benthos, great post, good to read such sense in here, is there actually another forum where people like you post, you know proper rugby men who can discuss the game ,understand the ethos of it, see both sides and don't have to feel they need to abuse anyone with different opinion?

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Jeff the Bear wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 5:55 am The 141 finish followed by a 170 finish from the previous game was more spectacular. It took real balls!

(In all seriousness, any other player from the 10 would have been extremely happy with two finishes in two consecutive must-win games)

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Spectacular from CA, sitting on it for this long whilst plainly aching to bring Smith back in the role......truly magnificent long game playing... And now you'll have Smith, sorry I mean Cummins, calling the shots in the field, and Carey behind the stumps in the field and scoring tons with the bat. ...

mabunch78

Good to see consistent quality competitive darts without the need of a beer gut...

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Those who are the butt of the joke probably wouldn't though... as a youngster calling out the England Captain? Doubtful... Exactly! And this is the same power imbalance pressure that means if something untoward was said, it wouldn't have been nearly as memorable to Vaughan as it was to Rafiq et al.

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Springboks now the only SH team unbeaten on tour in NH I think England will change that. Vengance for the WC final. Not really vengeance tho, is it? Beating us in our last test of the year after a gruelling season. Whatever floats your boat I guess. Yep. There's no subsequent win that will make a W...

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Three people said he made the remark no one says he didn't. I have no doubt if he did say it he meant it as "casual racist banter" that you would only take offence if "you couldn't take a joke". I've been on the end of so much of that I'm sure some people would be upset that I found the casual raci...

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bimboman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 6:51 am The Aussies seem particularly keen and pleased to have found the only racist in cricket !

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From an Irish point of view twenty years ago we had beaten SA once (1965), hadn't beaten Australia since 1979 (ie since they started taking rugby seriously), and had never beaten NZ. In the last 20 years we have beaten SA and OZ both home and away, and NZ twice at home and once in a neutral venue. ...

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Again, that tweet isn't racist. There are 250 different languages spoken in London. The most linguistically diverse city in the world. However, it was probably a joke about cockneys. No context. It was blatantly racist. People who genuinely think it wasn't might as well be on the board of Yorkshire...

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Hi brand ever since entering the media carousel has been to imitate Piers Morgan's everyperson no-nonsense tabloidesque woke-wary edginess. It's that back catalogue that will have him cancelled as it can very plausibly be used to support the charge of instinctive closet/casual racism. He's cultivate...

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F#ck sake, we were first asking this question in Nov 2002. What sort of Northern ascendancy has transpired since then?

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What was all that girly jumping up and down to celebrate the penalty near the end about? Embarrassing. Always seems massively chippy.

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nardol wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:14 pm Calling anyone on the pitch a cvnt is just bad form.

Possible to come back from though, clearly (POM)

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LandOTurk wrote: ↑Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:58 am Bale back to Spurs apparently ...

Don't want this. I think he was chronically underused last year but I don't think Bale back is worth the dollar bucks it will cost on the wage bill one further year on and at full price rather than ~50% cost...

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Wignu wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:36 pm
Enzedder wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:28 pm Sorry if RR - Conway out of the final with a broken bone in his hand. Dammit
Certainly doesn't help our cause

Now, now boys, don't be shy. Explain to the rest of us how he did it...(I thought NZ sports teams have a "no dickheads" policy)

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iarmhiman wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 12:09 am So Gerard to take Villa?

The Gers will be going back to being shite again

Also a sore point with Scottish fans in general, that Gerrard would take Villa over an Old Firm. Provokes a gut response...

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You can call me Bill wrote: ↑Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:51 pm Very good match. Getting a bit sick of Emma limping every time she's losing though.

The young Andy Murray trope. He started getting successful when he stopped feeling sorry for himself. Same with Novak, and Federer TBF.

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Check this out. :shock: Both the Express and the Daily Mail shining a light on BoJo. Twatty Peston might soon join in. The end may be nigh. https://twitter.com/peston/status/1457848966415110146?s=21 I do wonder if the Red Wall MPs will say "enough is enough". Such a disastrous decision. This and th...

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Anton Chekhov/Edward Norton - Time Traveller? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Anton_Chekhov_with_bow-tie_sepia_image.jpg/220px-Anton_Chekhov_with_bow-tie_sepia_image.jpg Shhhhh. The first rule of time travel..... :?: Looks nothing like Edward Norton. Am I missing something...

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feckwanker wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 12:51 pm
At least China isn't a totalitarian state like Australia /Dozy

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https://youtu.be/RH7Ze1t7b04#

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https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2021/11/04/7-news-apologises-wrongly-identifying-aboriginal-man-suspect-cleo-smith-case Seven News has apologised for identifying an Aboriginal man as the 36-year-old suspect that was arrested by WA police over the Cleo Smith abduction. The network published a nu...

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Sefton wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 10:28 pm Maguire is a liability.

He is what we referred to at school as "a clopper" - presumably our way of saying a donkey, as in Donkey Adams

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The Native wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:18 am

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