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Shrekles

Laulala and Tuungafasi have had a powerful scrum this year and they tend to win penalties but they also give away free kicks. Overall Newell is a better player as a defender and cleaner. Newell hold the Crusaders record for the biggest Squat weight at 270 kgs. To put that in perspective, that is mo...

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Nope - no disagreement. It is nice to be an underdog at the world cup for once.

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:22 am
Shrekles wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:15 am This. I may even get out of bed to watch it live.
Same. I haven't watched a game live this entire tournament, but I'm going to try and get up for this one.

The problem is I love my weekend sleep ins…

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For all the whinging, good that the two best sides are in the final battling it out. Might not capture the public imagination and suspect attendance/viewing figures and atmosphere will suffer as a result but, novelty aside, great fixture and massive historical rivalry and there can be no complaints...

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backrow wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:09 am
Shrekles wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:49 am
backrow wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:36 am 100 pages !

It helps the Irish fans to feel involved in the cup.
Perhaps they will claim ginger klischoff as one of them?

I don't think even his own mother would claim that ugly sod...

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backrow wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:36 am 100 pages !

It helps the Irish fans to feel involved in the cup.

Shrekles

Nope, just pointing out that my teams play a lot of finals rugby so I watch more than most Australian fans.

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towny wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:04 am
Magpie26 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:16 pm
towny wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:32 pm

Kolbe definitely in the conversation.
Kolbe's try scoring record is quite a bit lower than Jordan or Penaud I think.
Do you actually watch games or just read about rugby on Facebook threads?

I only watch games my teams are involved in.

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and if he arrived at the press conference in his Stormers jersey...

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Chilli wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:33 am I'm sure that the Bok and WR medical team will be able to produce all evidence if WR requires them to do so.

In the meantime you armchair expert trolls can just carry on trolling.

'i'd just like a copy of the transfer order for the files'

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Dan54. wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:55 am
mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:54 am
Winnie wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:25 pm
Lol it’s really not
Deny it all you want, it's the rugby equivalent of Brazil v Germany in football or India v Pakistan in cricket.

It's the biggest rivalry in our sport, daylight second.
X100

3 world cups each, head to head has been fairly even until this century.

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Just checked some stats, and had to double-check because it was so weird. Sexton: 73 passes and 1 carry. Extraordinary. Hansen: 2 tackles attempted, zero made. Ringrose: 5 tackles attempted, 2 made. Fair play, they tricked a lot of teams with their backline attacking patterns. Was always going to b...

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I remember Johan Roux jogging off in 96 smirking when substitutes were for injury only. They flout laws but I really have no opinion on the HIAs as I didn’t catch it all today. And all the dodgy lifitng they used to do in lineouts before the IRB gave in and allowed that too. How long before they su...

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So what did people make of SA using HIAs to rest players during the match yesterday? Or were half the team concussed yesterday legitimately? Rassie developing a League style interchange system? Clever tactic as hard to dispute who may or may not be concussed... They're definitely innovators when it...

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Sonny Blount wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:30 am
Harveys wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:19 am
backrow wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:29 pm

f**king called it !!

I hope England can do a repeat of their 2019 semi effort.

Here's hoping.

as long as they also do a repeat of their 2019 final effort a week later I am OK with that.

Shrekles

Did all the semi-finalists lose a pool match?

Shrekles

Yes it would - it still could. Let it run for a few years and then counter all the arguments against the voice by demonstrating it works before trying to enshrine it in the constitution. I never had you down as a not understanding Realpolitik! There is no way in this, or if they get in next time, t...

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Have you not followed what happened to ATSIC, etc, legislation can be overturned Talk about Dunderheads who forget civic responsibility.. Did you not read where I said include the referendum in the general to save cost? Maybe try some comprehension before you start lecturing normal people on consti...

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Extremely gracious, Irish fans. It was a lovely game. Part of me wants to act the wit kant and go on about never making it out of the quarters but there was nothing in that game at all. Also, the Irish players and fans are generally class and did not deserve to go out like that. If they had beaten ...

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towny wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:51 pm I’ve never understood why kiwis don’t rate Cane. Super player.

Because he is not McAwe

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I think it was a bit funny when people raised the sanctity of the constitution as a reason to say no. It's a bit of hotch potch of jumbled mess with ancient politician salaries mentioned in pounds and New Zealand is a state of Australia. That is because most people don't understand what the Constit...

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Bindi wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:27 am The racists have won. Sad moment for Australia.

That is a simplistic argument - this referedum is about far more than that.

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It was dumb politics to hold this referedum. Parliament already has the power to legislate the voice - they should have just got on and got it done and then after it has worked for a few years held the referendum to enshrine it in the constitution.

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Team is better than I thought. That is because with Talea out (silly boy) leciester gets a chance - I don’t think he’s there otherwise and doesn’t balance the bench. Including Williams is great. Preference for roigard but as a partner to BB when RMO gets hooked they have the combination. Exciting s...

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I used to think it was funny when Eddie lost the first few matches but this is just tragic now. We need Australian rugby to be strong again - not 1999 strong but 2008 strong would do nicely.

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Reports saying he has signed with Japan

https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/10/12/e ... tY3mJhaLKM

What an absolute shit show this has been for Australian rugby.

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I would use them weekly - the mower ploughs through my 1600m block in 1.5 batteries.

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I always check at the bottom to see if the lifeline number is posted...

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Shit news

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/comedy/c ... 5ebdy.html

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As I approached 40 I took a career change, got married, had a child. Best years of my life so far.

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I picked Makita as they also have a really good outdoor tools range. Good quality vs not stupidly expensive :thumbup: I have an 18v Makita driver and drill set, i then picked up the blower that uses the same battery. For outdoor work I now use Stihl battery powered tools - i have the pole hedge tri...

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I have Bosch tools for those I don't use often such as planer, circular saw, jigsaw, router. All reasonably good quality but a definite step down from Makita.

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16 pages and not even a team named - top work.

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True, Zakar. I just wanted the one battery ecosystem and Makita seemed the best bang for buck vs the wide range of options in power and garden tools. 5 year warranty as well. Drill & driver set Inflator Dust blower Lawnmower Line trimmer Hedge trimmer Garden sprayer Fan - a godsend when caravanning...

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I picked Makita as they also have a really good outdoor tools range. Good quality vs not stupidly expensive :thumbup: I have an 18v Makita driver and drill set, i then picked up the blower that uses the same battery. For outdoor work I now use Stihl battery powered tools - i have the pole hedge tri...

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Friends of mine have them and regret buying them. You are better to buy a decent set of Makita tools - excellent quality and not stupidly expensive.

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Don't buy Ryobi - they are trash.

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Were you not alive for 1987 and 1991? Amateur sporting tournaments run by amateur administrators with frenzied circle-jerk love-ins proclaiming mediocre teams as "world champions", much like the baseball World Series really. Certainly sounds like you were alive for 1995. And clogs, fix the forking ...

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Clogs wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 11:04 pm No? Me too.

Were you not alive for 1987 and 1991?

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Missed it, just watched last 20mins. Hard to know how much this means in the scheme of things but for kids back home picking up a rugby ball, feels pretty damn seismic. Great win, huge emotion all through the stadium. Congratulations Portugal! :thumbup: I watched the last 10 minutes - it was epic a...

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