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- Thu Aug 19, 2021 12:09 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 'New Zealand' goooooooooooone
- Replies: 314
- Views: 29053
Re: 'New Zealand' goooooooooooone
That's part of it, yes. More hesitancy I see, not in my family or friend circles, is ceding anything to Maori who get 'everything' already. There's a real disconnect amongst Pakeha with what Maori truly lost and colonisers gained. It's not a case of going on as one people from here and forgetting t...
- Wed Aug 18, 2021 8:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 'New Zealand' goooooooooooone
- Replies: 314
- Views: 29053
Re: 'New Zealand' goooooooooooone
If NZ is serious about all this, then the Maoris urgently need to get cracking on some new vocab.
Words in the Maori Language: 20,000
Words in the English Language: 171,146
Words in the Maori Language: 20,000
Words in the English Language: 171,146
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Fall of Kabul
- Replies: 1220
- Views: 88027
Re: The Fall of Kabul
Why on earth do we need the Yanks?
We stood to toe to toe with the Afghans in the nineteenth century and we could quite happily do it again
We stood to toe to toe with the Afghans in the nineteenth century and we could quite happily do it again
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Should we start to worry about Brodie Retallick?
- Replies: 120
- Views: 11101
Re: Should we start to worry about Brodie Retallick?
A few broken ball glamour plays won't help Brodie when the heat comes on from Big Eben, Franco and Maro...
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 8:28 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
- Replies: 911
- Views: 70135
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 8:28 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
- Replies: 911
- Views: 70135
Re: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
I've never seen an All Black team so bereft of confidence, physicality and real class
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 8:06 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
- Replies: 911
- Views: 70135
Re: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
Wallaby basic skills - restarts, lineouts, the boring stuff - is sub-English Championship level.
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 8:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
- Replies: 911
- Views: 70135
Re: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
Never too early for quality ruggers, old beanAli's Choice wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 8:03 amNice commitment, 8am in the UK?MrDominator wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 8:02 am TJ "Hand on Heart' Perenara is such an annoying little pipsqueak
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 8:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
- Replies: 911
- Views: 70135
Re: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
Lots of nervous blinking amongst the Kiwis doing the Haka.
You can tell half of them hate doing it
You can tell half of them hate doing it
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 8:02 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
- Replies: 911
- Views: 70135
Re: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
TJ "Hand on Heart' Perenara is such an annoying little pipsqueak
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rory Best: 'Scottish and Welsh bias ruined the tour'.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1449
Rory Best: 'Scottish and Welsh bias ruined the tour'.
Hard to disagree with this: “I would like to see a British or Irish head coach. I’d also like to see coaches from each of the four nations included in that,” Best explained. “I think it gives you an even spread, it gives you that you treat the Lions with respect. There can be no arguments over selec...
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 3:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Scottish Fans how do you feel about this
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3286
Re: Scottish Fans how do you feel about this
Well, we didn’t ask to join. You need to ask to leave. Do it, man. DO IT!!! I’m a member of Plaid and Yes Cymru, we ask every election. We just need a few more idiots saying that we’re not a real country to sway the fence sitters. There'll be UN peacekeepers doling out food on the streets of Newpor...
- Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
- Replies: 911
- Views: 70135
Re: Bledisloe II: All Blacks vs Wallabies: MATCH THREAD: Sat 14th August
Nice to see a bit of mongrel in the Aussie pack for once.
Lachie Swinton looks a sort.
Lachie Swinton looks a sort.
- Thu Aug 12, 2021 1:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rassie. A tactical genius?
- Replies: 87
- Views: 10455
Re: Rassie. A tactical genius?
Rassie's latest homily on Twitter: “The worst waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who does not care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. “Never waste time on discussions that make no sense… There are people who for all the evidence presented to th...
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Russian spy in the British embassy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7769
Re: Russian spy in the British embassy
So it turns out he's the very opposite of a Corbynista... The Sun is usually well sourced on stories like this. A SECURITY guard at Britain's embassy in Berlin has been snared on suspicion of spying for Vladimir Putin. The 57-year-old is feared to have had access to the names and aliases of British ...
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Russian spy in the British embassy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7769
Re: Russian spy in the British embassy
Interesting comment from a British defence guy: The approach vectors are increasingly diverse – the Cold War days of trying to understand how to make an approach to a potential recruit, the agonising over what their interests and pressure points were and how to determine if they were credible or not...
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 8:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Russian spy in the British embassy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7769
Re: Russian spy in the British embassy
Some suspect the PM himself is a potential Russian asset. He made a very curious trip to Italy, minus his security detail, to meet Alexander Lebedev.
And there's more than a touch of Bill Hayden about him...
And there's more than a touch of Bill Hayden about him...
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2024395
Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
That's Mr DOMS to you lad
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 'New Zealand' goooooooooooone
- Replies: 314
- Views: 29053
Re: 'New Zealand' goooooooooooone
Change it for good, and the flag. The bigots will die off in 40 odd years. In only 15 years teenagers will be laughing about how Aotearoa used to named after a dutch prince and we almost had an identical flag to OZ. Great shout. Ship all the descendants of invaders back home, too, so that New Zeala...
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Russian spy in the British embassy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7769
Re: Russian spy in the British embassy
I'd say it's probable he'll have been compromised in some way by the Russians rather than decided to commit treason off his own bat. Yeah Britain has no history of people just passing off information to foreign powers for money or ideological reasons :uhoh: Very different world now from the 1930s, ...
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Russian spy in the British embassy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7769
Re: Russian spy in the British embassy
I'd say it's probable he'll have been compromised in some way by the Russians rather than decided to commit treason off his own bat.
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: How South Africans react to criticism of their style of rugby
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5176
Re: How South Africans react to criticism of their style of rugby
The style of play criticism is nonsense. South Africans run harder into contact than anyone else; it's beautiful to watch for anyone who's a proper rugger sort.
The public assassination of Nic Berry, on the other hand, was an unadulterated disgrace
The public assassination of Nic Berry, on the other hand, was an unadulterated disgrace
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:22 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 'New Zealand' goooooooooooone
- Replies: 314
- Views: 29053
Re: 'New Zealand' goooooooooooone
What's the matter, bro?Farva wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:22 amHmmmmMrDominator wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:19 am
It's time for all Kiwis of British blood to stand up and say: "ENOUGH!'
Are only Maori allowed to talk in those terms?
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:19 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 'New Zealand' goooooooooooone
- Replies: 314
- Views: 29053
'New Zealand' goooooooooooone
They have totally lost the plot down there... National leader Judith Collins has backed calls for a referendum on the name of New Zealand, saying Kiwis are getting “tetchy” about the word Aotearoa being used without consultation. But press releases from National’s time in Government show the word be...
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Outstanding Olympic performance
- Replies: 86
- Views: 12620
Re: NZ Outstanding Olympic performance
The first Carrington obviously walked straight off the ship and straight into the local women ;) :lol: The Saxon is quite magnificently adept at plunging his seed into native women :smug: Wouldn't it have been better if the 7 Saxons in the scrum in the last 8 minutes in Cape Town had plunged into t...
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:03 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: C'mon Aussies lend a hand
- Replies: 60
- Views: 5062
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Outstanding Olympic performance
- Replies: 86
- Views: 12620
- Mon Aug 09, 2021 6:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Should we start to worry about Brodie Retallick?
- Replies: 120
- Views: 11101
Re: Should we start to worry about Brodie Retallick?
Itoje took his manhood in Yokohama and that was the end of it for Brodie. He's never been the same player since. Who took Maro’s in SA? Seemingly he had an average series. He was the probably the worst lock of all the starters, was absolutely hammered by Etsebeth and Mostert. Even a half baked AWJ ...
- Mon Aug 09, 2021 6:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Should we start to worry about Brodie Retallick?
- Replies: 120
- Views: 11101
Re: Should we start to worry about Brodie Retallick?
Maro won Lions' Man of the Series.mr bungle wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 7:54 amWho took Maro’s in SA? Seemingly he had an average series.MrDominator wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 4:02 pm Itoje took his manhood in Yokohama and that was the end of it for Brodie.
He's never been the same player since.
Nuff said.
- Mon Aug 09, 2021 12:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: "South African rugby culture is bankrupt"
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2208
"South African rugby culture is bankrupt"
The main man Ger Gilroy laying out the facts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJfHaDMai74
From 2:46 but the whole rant is worth watchingSouth African rugby culture is bankrupt. You have teenagers doping to try and get contracts. It's one of the worst sporting cultures on the planet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJfHaDMai74
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Lions tour 2025 - f****d already
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5912
Re: Lions tour 2025 - f****d already
'Good bloke-itis' is an absolute cancer in rugby.
Quite ridiculous nearly 20 years into professionalism
Quite ridiculous nearly 20 years into professionalism
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Lions tour 2025 - f****d already
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5912
Re: Lions tour 2025 - f****d already
It will be a disgrace and an embarrassment if Gatland gets another tour
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Lions winners and losers.
- Replies: 80
- Views: 10640
Re: Lions winners and losers.
Raynal was great up until 60 minutes, after which he progressively shat the bed.
The unfair scrum pen against Sinckler followed by the harsh pen on Lawes was a 10 point turnaround.
Rassie would be releasing 3 hour videos from his bunker if those calls had gone against the Boks...
The unfair scrum pen against Sinckler followed by the harsh pen on Lawes was a 10 point turnaround.
Rassie would be releasing 3 hour videos from his bunker if those calls had gone against the Boks...
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Outstanding Olympic performance
- Replies: 86
- Views: 12620
Re: NZ Outstanding Olympic performance
Have you seen the state of Kiwi women? The only distraction for beefy young Kiwi bloods is alcohol. We're breeding out that Anglo-Saxon rubbish from our genes. This is the future http://t3.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcSRo5R-n3Dj44tFoG45LR0NbffDkDcV-nWnW0hT0IeYkpCd1fZ61wrpGSgx5dLsBjt-AOBuc...
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Why is Ireland so terrible at the Olympics?
- Replies: 171
- Views: 13963
Re: Why is Ireland so terrible at the Olympics?
The Stillorgan Under 15s have specimens who would put the fear of God into Henry Shefflin himself.
It's all about levels lad
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Why is Ireland so terrible at the Olympics?
- Replies: 171
- Views: 13963
Re: Why is Ireland so terrible at the Olympics?
The Stillorgan Thirds would DOMINATE for Kilkainy hurling.
FACT
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Why is Ireland so terrible at the Olympics?
- Replies: 171
- Views: 13963
Re: Why is Ireland so terrible at the Olympics?
I watched the GAA hurling between Cork and Kilkainy earlier. Pasty, under-nourished young urchins from the boglands of Ireland throwing their stick-thin bodies against each other. Quads as thin as string, biceps invisible, no discernible manhood visible through their tight white shorts... It was a ...
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Why is Ireland so terrible at the Olympics?
- Replies: 171
- Views: 13963
Re: Why is Ireland so terrible at the Olympics?
I watched the GAA hurling between Cork and Kilkainy earlier. Pasty, under-nourished young urchins from the boglands of Ireland throwing their stick-thin bodies against each other. Quads as thin as string, biceps invisible, no discernible manhood visible through their tight white shorts... It was a t...
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Outstanding Olympic performance
- Replies: 86
- Views: 12620
Re: NZ Outstanding Olympic performance
Have you seen the state of Kiwi women?
The only distraction for beefy young Kiwi bloods is alcohol.
The only distraction for beefy young Kiwi bloods is alcohol.
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: More blatant South African Cheating Exposed
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5003