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Magpie26

So what happens when a player rips the ball from an opponent and the opponent then tries to regain control of the ball, bobbling it around a few times before it eventually goes forward and touches the ground, is that a knock on or not?

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I'd say there where no "bad " wines anymore but then the memory of the Chinese wine I had at the wine fair in excel last year came back to me .....shiver..... You can find some pretty crap stuff in France, that I can tell you. We have "wine fairs" twice a year (early September and some time in Spri...

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The sad thing is, the All Blacks have never had a great halfback in my time . Which has been dominated by Marshall and to a lesser extent Kelleher over a lot of that period. And then Weepu. None of those were great passers. EDIT: Bless Aaron Smith of course, with his snappy pass. He will keep thing...

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Not enough AC to get things kicked-off.

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I think both of them got of very lightly. Surprised Steyn didn't get a rest.

Ah, just seen who the judicial officer was....not so surprising now.

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Mid 70s NZ rugby wasn't very strong - the 76 team was easily the weakest to tour SA. JJ Stewart was a visionary, and I have a theory that he as much as anyone is responsible for the great NZ back play now. But it was pretty shit back then. Takes a generation to turn these things around. your back p...

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I wouldn't be surprised to see some major changes in the backrow. If Shields and Vito are fit then there is a good chance that they will be involved, Shields power is definitely going to be needed to help combat the Bulls pack and Vito needs to be brought in to give some added options to the lineout...

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First time I have seen the tackles and can clearly understand why they were both cited.

Fair bit of intent in both of them and definitely a good chance of some serious injury occurring. I hope both of them get a rest from the game for a couple of weeks, totally unnecessary.

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bimboman wrote:
frankster wrote:
Big Nipper wrote:Was amazed to see the amazing white wines available in NZ. the marlborough area must be a great place to tour?
Yep

Meh, I'm a 6 hour drive from beaune ...

I' less than a 3 hour drive from Beaune and I know which of the 2 regions I would like to be closer to

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Had Caucau been eligible for NZ in '03 he wouldve walked straight into the ABs. I think you are forgetting just how good Joe Roks was in '03 so I don't believe it would have been as easy as you think. Big Joe also had the advantage of: 1) Could actually chase back after a ball behind him 2) Could a...

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Caucau scored tries that no other player in the history of the game could have scored , and did it against defences set up to stop him such is the measure of how good he was, it was a crying shame his full potential was never realized. Hint - have a look at some videos of Lomu and Cullen. It is how...

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we should permanently move clocks forward an hour (in line with the rest of Western Europe). Then we could enjoy long, light, summer evenings and not have sunrise ridiculously early in the summer Last time I checked Portugal was in Western Europe (actually the western most part of mainland Europe) ...

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Thought this was funny when watching the game ... surprised he didn't even get shoved off, or a smack! http://d2v0gs5b86mjil.cloudfront.net/xc/480030559.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D06FD8990EBEBA57699FFFD860C0E8341E1492DC763255165A&Expires=1395795600&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJZZHJ...

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Must really be 'easy rugby' up North if this guy is going to play in the backs......

Jack Lam - Samoa and Hurricanes back

Think he started out as a centre in his schooldays.

Magpie26

Put him in the centre's

League backs such as Tahu, Tomkins, Paul etc have looked way out of their depth playing international rugby in the centre's......and they had experience of playing in somewhat similar positions.

Magpie26

The prejudiced attitude of car drivers shines like a beacon on all these threads. I was primarily a motorbiker and I typically equate what I would do on a motorbike to what I would do on a cycle. I would suggest that cyclist and motorcyclists are completely different animals. Any motorcyclist I hav...

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The prejudiced attitude of car drivers shines like a beacon on all these threads. I was primarily a motorbiker and I typically equate what I would do on a motorbike to what I would do on a cycle. I would suggest that cyclist and motorcyclists are completely different animals. Any motorcyclist I hav...

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BlackMac wrote:The prejudiced attitude of car drivers shines like a beacon on all these threads.

I was primarily a motorbiker and I typically equate what I would do on a motorbike to what I would do on a cycle.

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It should be noted she was in a bike lane. That is what that white line signifies. Basically it's no different to two lanes of traffic, the outside one stationary the inside one moving, and a passenger electing to get out into oncoming traffic, the blaming the drivers on the inside lane. There is n...

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I thought she was pretty restrained! Clearly an accident and they should have shared details but I am not sure I understand why the cyclist thought they had the right to 'undertake' a stationary vehicle, as it seems its not a dedicated separate cycle lane? Off course they can. What would be the poi...

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I thought she was pretty restrained!

Clearly an accident and they should have shared details but I am not sure I understand why the cyclist thought they had the right to 'undertake' a stationary vehicle, as it seems its not a dedicated separate cycle lane?

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OK, so now some posters are saying that try's where a player has grounded the ball short of the line and then rolled the ball with the palm of their hand onto the try line while maintaining contact are not actually try's because they weren't HOLDING the ball at the time :blush: This is getting ridic...

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Hong Kong wrote:Not sure why Walsh did not go to the TMO.

A clear loss of possession, ball went forward. No try.

Please contact Mr J Greeff, c/o SARFU for further clarification.

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That reviewed try to the lions was disgraceful. I'm not so convinced, IIRC the law talks of losing the ball in the tackle but does that extend to having the ball slapped back? Not dissimilar to the Chiefs try on Friday. The Chiefs try came from a ball being passed out of the tackle that was knocked...

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Want to watch the game again but I had a feeling that the position Care took his quick tap from was miles away from where Poite indicted the penalty to be conceded when play was underway. No, he was bang on top of Poite, so much so that I thought the Welsh could have grumbled about being blocked. B...

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Want to watch the game again but I had a feeling that the position Care took his quick tap from was miles away from where Poite indicted the penalty to be conceded when play was underway.

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For a game that had 47 points in it, for a neutral that was tough to watch :( A hell of a lot of hard work and some very good individual performances, primarily on the England side but as to rugby intelligence and creativity that was pretty poor. I actually managed to get out of my chair when Burrel...

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I must be in the minority, I actually prefer the domestic derbies. :? For the Saffies they are basically doubling up on domestic fixtures I can see their point of view there. OK, see where they are coming from a bit more now. Its a bit different in NZ I guess, being a Bay supporter I can watch my p...

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I must be in the minority, I actually prefer the domestic derbies.

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Doesn't having more Saffer Super Rugby teams just kill off the Currie Cup?

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I am well past my "best before" date, but at least I have the excuse of knocking up a half century of hard living. She is in her teens and looks like a 50-year-old bag lady who will blow you for a dime bag of crack. There are sad lonely old men........and then there is this f##kwit. What selfrespec...

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SARU Rugby Player of the Year Winner: Jean de Villiers Finalists: Bismarck du Plessis, Eben Etzebeth, Willie le Roux, Duane Vermeulen Very pleased for JdV, thought he was class as a player, captain and person last season - well deserved. Bit surprised Etzebeth made it to the final list, from the in...

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Three key things for me which England seemed to repeat from the AI's; 1) They still seem to play a bit too narrow - you can argue the kicks for the try's were somewhat lucky but there was space to be found in the wider areas and England struggled to get across to cover the areas, as was the case fo...

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Three key things for me which England seemed to repeat from the AI's; 1) They still seem to play a bit too narrow - you can argue the kicks for the try's were somewhat lucky but there was space to be found in the wider areas and England struggled to get across to cover the areas, as was the case for...

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The true importance of the scrum in the greater context of the game is reflected in the fact that Australia have managed to hold a top four spot, mostly top three in the rankings, even though their scrum has not been all that good. You have to be able to pack down in the North due to conditions and...

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ZappaMan wrote:
Womack wrote:Anyone tried this new Carling Zest?

Seriously refreshing.
*smacks lips*

They look lush

Try Cardinal Lime Cut Draft - very refreshing, and a bit easier to get hold of!

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Picked up a couple of bottles of Quarter Acre Syrah last time I was in M&S
http://www.marksandspencer.com/Quarter- ... B00D658396

Absolutely top notch from a winemaker who is really making a name for himself.

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Diggerland http://i.minus.com/db26qqLTAODJON/diggerland.jpg My niece used to be the Events Co-ordinator there (i.e. booked kids birthday parties) :blush: Mind you if I knew she had the chance to swing people around in one of those digger things, I might have actually bothered to turn up and have a ...

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DraadkarD wrote:

Danny Cipriani?

OK I know its not a bus!

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Call me bias cause I'm a Kiwi, but it's been predominantly Chiefs errors that have allowed the Stormers to open up this lead. If the Chiefs cut out the silly stuff (i.e. grubbers inside their own 22) then they still have a great chance to win this one. Chiefs errors and a typical homer ref. The way...

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