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Nah, it's going to be short. Bledisloe will be over after 15 minutes in the first two games. Unless something seismic happens, we're going to slowly slide down firmly into the second tier eventually relying more and more on overseas players who didn't even learn their rugby here. And that's assuming it's not too late already. In the Australian sporting market, we'd need the best management in the world just to stay up there. Instead we have the worst. We'll always have Shute shield though. Go woodies.
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# ¿ Jun 24, 2017 08:09 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 23:42 |
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Vagabundo posted:I guess the All Blacks have decided the Lions don't rate a Kapa O Pango. Is that the watch selling one?
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# ¿ Jul 1, 2017 09:05 |
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How ardie savea is second to Sam cane I don't know. Must be the looking like ruchie thing.
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# ¿ Jul 1, 2017 10:23 |
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Brace yourselves for a national meltdown... Half the NZ herald writers are going to have a stroke midway through their piece.
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# ¿ Jul 1, 2017 10:26 |
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Lol, watching in Australia and our commentators are marvelling at how a team can play 80 minutes against the all Blacks. Living vicariously, Aussie rugby TM
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# ¿ Jul 1, 2017 10:33 |
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Watch as garces never refs NZ again...
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# ¿ Jul 1, 2017 10:41 |
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I never let the facts ruin a good story.
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# ¿ Jul 1, 2017 11:50 |
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At best borderline red. Yellow for sure then depends on the ref. Wasn't anywhere near as bad as sonny bill's tackle. That was right to the head, entirely a shoulder charge and Watson was being held in a tackle at the same time. If vunipolla's tackle was a red every day, there would have been way more reds in the history of rugby.
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# ¿ Jul 2, 2017 00:55 |
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Don't get me wrong, had Vunipola received a red it would have been absolutely fair IMO. But there are some differences that made SBW's tackle a no-choice red and Vunipola's more ambiguous. Vunipola was attempting to use his arms, his left arm was wrapping around BB. The hit to the head was glancing compared to the absolute crunch of SBW's. As I said, Vunipola could have gotten a red easily and it would have been fair, but if SBW hadn't gotten a red, it would have made a travesty.
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# ¿ Jul 2, 2017 01:40 |
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Tyma posted:I can't even remember what the Toxx was, but I found this nightmare fuel at a flea market last week : These days it can only be looked at ironically...
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# ¿ Jul 6, 2017 04:26 |
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Only marginally better than the wallabies... Sad...
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# ¿ Jul 8, 2017 10:32 |
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bigfoot again posted:So bizarre but before the series everyone was saying 3-0 so I guess well done guys? Mate, they were crowing about 10-0...
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# ¿ Jul 8, 2017 10:36 |
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Except it was the right call, even if his process in reaching it (i.e. first blowing a penalty and then taking it back) was crap.
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# ¿ Jul 10, 2017 03:57 |
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Vagabundo posted:Jaco Peyper's riffing the final, after the controversy over his semifinal performance. How hard could it have been to give Angus Gardiner the nod? Apparently it's based on the referee ratings throughout the season and peyper was the best ref. Gardiner was downrated after the crusaders v highlanders game. I guess they didn't want to change the system just before the final. Hopefully next year they'll pick an Aussie referee for the final. Just thinking about it though, there aren't enough Aussies for both semis, so there can't be a neutral ref at that stage...
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# ¿ Aug 1, 2017 10:39 |
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Vagabundo posted:The issue is that due to Peyper's nationality, any gently caress-up by him which, in any way shape or form, benefits the South Africans is going to be seen as the natural result of not appointing neutral refs. There have already been some questionable calls that have hurt touring teams over the years in South Africa, and Peyper's second half performance has been the source of some controversy this weekend. I completely agree. It's a dumb way of doing it and is unfair to all parties involved. But I can understand them not changing it just before the final. Hopefully they change it for next season. Still have to find two Aussie refs for the semis though.
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# ¿ Aug 1, 2017 16:45 |
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Troy Queef posted:Tickets at Ellis Park sold out in 48 hours, and already jokes are going around that you have to respect the Crusaders fans who make the trip as flights from Cape Town aren't cheap. Ha ha, over here it's really cheap for Kiwis to attend the Bledisloe, at least in Sydney. There's a free bus from Coogee Bay to the stadium for ticket holders.
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# ¿ Aug 4, 2017 01:09 |
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It's amazing how few lions are in the sa squad.
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# ¿ Aug 7, 2017 10:40 |
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SBW is being included for the sake of trolling Australia around his bullshit serving of suspension. There are probably 25 better NZ 12s than him, and NZ would easily beat the clinically depressed Wallabies with 14 men right now anyway.
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# ¿ Aug 17, 2017 00:52 |
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Schlesische posted:The Australian XV was announced like a month ago: Australian Rugby post the Force axing: Who Gives a poo poo Anyway.
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# ¿ Aug 17, 2017 06:24 |
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Boks bad at lineouts, Aus beating Argies in the scrum, it's an upside down world.
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# ¿ Sep 18, 2017 07:15 |
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NZ had a fair few 2nd stringers, and, as good as they are, they're a couple of percentage points behind the 1st stringers and it showed especially with some silly uncharacteristic mistakes. Ben Smith would've never coughed up that last minute ball. But I'll take a win over NZ any way any time. If the Wallabies can actually start the season with intensity we might have a chance of winning a game that wasn't a dead rubber.
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# ¿ Oct 21, 2017 12:39 |
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I doubt there will be many Americans who get confused by this.
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# ¿ Mar 24, 2018 10:57 |
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This, it's what shits me to death. There are mountains of explanations how Jesus didn't really mean it when he said it's hard for rich people to get into heaven. Christians waved away the Jewish food laws with a very convenient dream Peter had, but only one thing is absolutely irrevocably true, that it's bad to be gay. gently caress Cherry picking Christians, aka pretty much all of them.
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# ¿ Apr 11, 2018 00:11 |
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Nermal posted:Unless he starts preaching in work, what exactly is the issue? Exactly what jobs are evangelical Christians who spout their opinions on social media allowed to do? Bullshit. When he posted that he respects gay people but was against same sex marriage no one made a fuss about it. It was a respectful reflection of his religious beliefs. When he posts that gay people are going to hell, it's not. Would you accept him posting that all Jews, Muslims and Hindus are going to burn in hell, or that women are to be subordinated to men? Would you accept a white supremacist Rugby player posting his "religious" beliefs that black people are subhuman? Nermal posted:In the meantime, if you think that it's wrong that someone might have to spend £500K in legal fees defending a paper-thin case, with no recourse against the prosecutor for costs, not be granted anonymity until the verdict, be the subject of a libellous and moronic Twitter lynch mob, and then finally run the risk of being fired at the end of it all: Yes, because the prosecution doesn't need any threshold to prosecute someone. I hear people are being prosecuted for murder with their names simply being drawn out of a hat. You're either a troll who's bad at trolling or an arse.
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# ¿ Apr 12, 2018 01:01 |
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Vagabundo posted:Basically, when you look at several rugby competitions, it's not unusual to see certain naming conventions. Have you just discovered the true source of Australia's current malaise?
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# ¿ Apr 16, 2018 22:49 |
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Some real home refereeing this Blues game. Not sure how many last chances they got there but it's certainly a new definition of the word last.
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2018 09:28 |
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Schlesische posted:Oh wow. Mate, Australian Rugby is hosed, but the Jaguares beating the Blues is hardly the symbol of that. The only surprise about the Jaguares is that they're not killing the comp given they're basically the Argentina Test team. The symbol of Australian Rugby being hosed is when the shambles of a team that is the Blues clean sweeps all our teams.
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2018 11:25 |
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Why does this sound eerily similar to the Waratahs?
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2018 22:01 |
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If the ARU had any balls, they'd do the same to show that they don't support Folau's views. Of course, they don't have any balls so there's that.
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# ¿ Apr 30, 2018 01:44 |
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He's not the team captain.
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# ¿ May 1, 2018 10:59 |
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So basically it takes a literal murder attempt and very early red for a kiwi side to lose to an Aussie one. And part of me is afraid that the tahs will still find a way to lose this.
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# ¿ May 19, 2018 12:20 |
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Pocock is a cancer on the game. gently caress me, I support Australia, but how was that not a try? Unimpressed fucked around with this message at 12:17 on Jun 16, 2018 |
# ¿ Jun 16, 2018 12:07 |
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I think because it was pure cheating given he was on the ground. Fair play Ireland, certainly deserved the win.
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# ¿ Jun 16, 2018 12:57 |
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Yeah, probably Phil Kearns, the man who makes idiots look clever by comparison.
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# ¿ Jun 16, 2018 13:10 |
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reac posted:Was that really worth a card? I don't know which one you're referring to but the answer is no.
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# ¿ Jun 23, 2018 13:07 |
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Smorgasbord posted:The Australian commentators are possibly the sookiest whingers in the world. It varies, Rod Kafer is reasonably balanced, Greg Clarke is I guess more or less the usual biased commentator. Phil Kearns on the other hand is the absolute worst commentator in the world. He has about as much perspective as a two year old throwing a tantrum. Sometimes I can't believe I'm paying for that poo poo.
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# ¿ Jun 24, 2018 00:57 |
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HappyCamperGL posted:henry pyrgos is taking the long arduous journey down the m8 to edinburgh. sad to see him go but he's too good to be third choice scrum half tbf, and should fit in with the gunners style of play. Not particularly.
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# ¿ Jul 9, 2018 04:35 |
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loving Waratahs can't even stay consistent between two halves let alone two games. The lions are gonna gently caress us up bad.
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# ¿ Jul 21, 2018 13:11 |
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Crusaders have an uncanny ability to make the opposition look, well, not good.
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# ¿ Jul 28, 2018 12:21 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 23:42 |
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Hard to believe watching this game that Australia and South Africa are 5 and 7 in the rankings. Looks more like 15 and 17. Two bad teams.
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# ¿ Sep 8, 2018 11:38 |