Search found 2726 matches
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
- Replies: 10069
- Views: 332093
Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
That's a pretty mixed up proposition. One of his companies (which plans to operate in Port Kembla) is sponsoring St George Illawarra. So what? This is how business works. Put your inane comment to those that raised it , I didnt, you dont seem to comprehend that. There's sod-all inane to be found in...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 1:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
- Replies: 10069
- Views: 332093
Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
Those that thought Twiggy Forrest could be the White Knight for rugby will have to think again, hes getting into sponsoring NRL. That's a pretty mixed up proposition. One of his companies (which plans to operate in Port Kembla) is sponsoring St George Illawarra. So what? This is how business works.
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:46 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe
- Replies: 226
- Views: 12555
Re: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe
Okay for kids who cannot get into the top State Schools, which dominate the rankings.towny wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:09 amThey’re good schools and parents naturally want their kids to have a good education. It’s not so hard to understand.Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:24 am The obsession with Private Schools in Oz is franky, odd
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2082626
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
What do you define as luxuries though? I think young people are doing much the same as young people always have - head to the pub for drinks with their mates on a Friday and Saturday night. My personal entertainment spend has plummeted in the last few years due to kids. I can’t remember spending my...
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 6:33 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2082626
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
I'm too old to be a Boomer :) but I had it a lot easier financially when I was on the way up than people do today. It is hard to believe today, but money that went into super back then was refunded when you changed jobs, and was taxed at a very low rate. I worked in the financial sector during the s...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2082626
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
Dear oh bloody dear. Mighty Reds in full flight!!!
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: McLennan GGOOOIIINNGGG
- Replies: 129
- Views: 8659
Re: McLennan GGOOOIIINNGGG
One of them was Matt Comyn, CEO of CBA. Pretty hard to fudge up the largest mortgage book in Australia :lol: I have worked for a large bank (not in Australia) and I can assure you that they present complex and challenging managerial problems.
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:13 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: McLennan GGOOOIIINNGGG
- Replies: 129
- Views: 8659
Re: McLennan GGOOOIIINNGGG
Thats what put them in this hole in the first place. They need to branch out and find a good sports administrator/business person who has ties to rugby but not so much to shore and the other schools where most of those wealthy business people come from. They just need to find the right person. GPS ...
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 7:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel Gaza war and protests
- Replies: 9631
- Views: 323808
Re: Israel declares state of war
Did you know that the first Palestinian flag in 1936-1939 during their first rebellion looked like that? https://www.fotw.info/images/p/ps%5E1938.gif A crescent chomping on the cross of Jesus. Not very inclusive of all participants in the regions either, is it..... Muslims venerate Jesus.
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: France up to massive world cup shenanigans
- Replies: 131
- Views: 5090
Re: France up to massive world cup shenanigans
To who’s benefit? Ours. We would field the strongest teams for a change if the best players from both codes were available. What RU rules would you change for this hybrid game? Rules would have to be agreed to by all parties. I would like to see a game that is based on rugby's rules, but with a gen...
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: France up to massive world cup shenanigans
- Replies: 131
- Views: 5090
Re: France up to massive world cup shenanigans
Ours. We would field the strongest teams for a change if the best players from both codes were available.
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 6:19 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Only 2 teams beat more than 1 good team at the RWC
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1777
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Best performance you’ve seen - rock
- Replies: 247
- Views: 12440
Re: Best performance you’ve seen - rock
Such a stupid, egotistical, comment.Plato'sCave wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 8:16 pm No one mentioned on this thread is or was ever worth paying to see.
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 6:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Best performance you’ve seen - rock
- Replies: 247
- Views: 12440
Re: Best performance you’ve seen - rock
Holy, that would have been incredible :thumbup: It was. Almost as good as winning the Bledisloe!!! Bloody hell, that's classic, both the venue and the performer. What I Say has been a playlist Spinstaple for years, love it. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Burns-Johnson_box...
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 12:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: France up to massive world cup shenanigans
- Replies: 131
- Views: 5090
Re: France up to massive world cup shenanigans
It has occurred to me that maybe the southern hemisphere should go it alone, playing a hybrid game incorporating both rugby and rugby league.
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Best performance you’ve seen - rock
- Replies: 247
- Views: 12440
Re: Best performance you’ve seen - rock
It was. Almost as good as winning the Bledisloe!!!
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 7:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Best performance you’ve seen - rock
- Replies: 247
- Views: 12440
Re: Best performance you’ve seen - rock
Ray Charles back in the late fifties, early sixties, at Sydney Stadium Rushcutters Bay. He toured three times, I saw him every time.
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Eddie Jones has resigned
- Replies: 535
- Views: 17562
Re: Eddie Jones has resigned
Getting back to EJ, you just knew he would walk in the 2nd half against Wales. His highly performative head in hands, shielding his eyes schtick in the coaching booth was a clear attempt to broadcast self-displacement from any responsibility. Meanwhile his charges were out there in public playing a...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:58 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: According to the RWC protocols and the Laws of Rugby, The All Blacks won!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 644
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:22 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Eddie Jones has resigned
- Replies: 535
- Views: 17562
Re: Eddie Jones has resigned
What's Jake White doing?
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Eddie Jones has resigned
- Replies: 535
- Views: 17562
Re: Eddie Jones has resigned
Simon Cron is my pick.
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Sam Cane
- Replies: 132
- Views: 3199
Re: Sam Cane
Sad that Aaron Smith missed out on a try. My wife's favourite AB.
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Sam Cane
- Replies: 132
- Views: 3199
Re: Sam Cane
As a neutral observer, I believe the ABs should have won that. I really thought they would, especially when Kolbe was binned.
Why oh why didn't they run the ball more in those last 10 minutes? Run the bloody thing from anywhere.
Why oh why didn't they run the ball more in those last 10 minutes? Run the bloody thing from anywhere.
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:59 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel Gaza war and protests
- Replies: 9631
- Views: 323808
Re: Israel declares state of war
Hamas' reckless disregard for life --- including their fellow Gazans, is underpinned by their belief that as martyrs they will go straight to "paradise".
Fark me, religious extremism has a lot to answer for.
Fark me, religious extremism has a lot to answer for.
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 6:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2082626
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
At the back of the LNP voter mind is the idea that they're family will be well off enough to pay their way to safety. :| I am certain that a large proportion of LNP voters either do not accept climate science, or believe that some deus ex machina will appear. Pigmy nuclear reactors, for example. Th...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: RWC Final: Neutrals, who you got and Why?
- Replies: 201
- Views: 4964
Re: RWC Final: Neutrals, who you got and Why?
I want to see a fair, open contest with no controversies and no serious injuries.
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28043
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
I lived amongst and worked with Chinese people for many years, and I can assure you that they are certain that they are a master race, we are all inferior.
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18336
- Views: 872571
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18336
- Views: 872571
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Trump started his Presidency telling lies. The Inauguration Day crowds kerfuffle, for example. Who can ever forget Sean Spicer being humiliated?
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:13 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa
- Replies: 2845
- Views: 48444
Re: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa
If South Africa cannot field a team with at least one hooker they would have to forfeit.
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa
- Replies: 2845
- Views: 48444
Re: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa
There is a fair chance that the Saffers will not have one specialist hooker in their match-day 23.
Might as well call the game off now.
Might as well call the game off now.
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Eddie Jones has resigned
- Replies: 535
- Views: 17562
Re: Eddie Jones actually gone?
We have to assume that at this stage of his working life, he is motivated to want to achieve something other than lots of money. Here's hoping, anyway.
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Eddie Jones has resigned
- Replies: 535
- Views: 17562
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 3:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Reasons England can beat the Springboks
- Replies: 93
- Views: 2535
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 7:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2082626
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
There were at least 30 police in Darling Harbour/Square/Tumbalong Park today. It is the opening day of SXSW today but I've never seen them lay on that many police for any of the other festivals. Did they think things would kick off after the Voice? Or the Hamas/Israel shitfight? Hamas/Israel by a m...
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 1:02 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2082626
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
Albo farked it up. He seemed to spend all his time telling us how emotional he felt about it. It is interesting that the Yes vote was strongest in richer and younger electorates (full of commies according to our resident nutcase). The cost of living is the biggest issue now. Apart from Dutton being ...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 6:12 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bangkok 10s
- Replies: 5
- Views: 623
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bangkok 10s
- Replies: 5
- Views: 623
Re: Bangkok 10s
Great event. Wish they had it when I was working in Thailand.
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53906
- Views: 2400927
Re: War in Ukraine...
That would be awful - commiserations :thumbup: On the other hand, I have a skin problem which is diabolical, I would happily remain a teetotaller if that is what will help fix it! I have early onsite Psioratic Arthropathy - luckily, I don't have external symptoms bar itchiness. Hope it's not someth...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:53 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53906
- Views: 2400927
Re: War in Ukraine...
They have a new "Flagship" store in Martin Place now Staying off topic, I am a teetotaller at the moment by dint of a medication I am taking. Gee there are some horrible zero alcohol wines around! That would be awful - commiserations :thumbup: On the other hand, I have a skin problem which is diabo...