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CyberPingu posted:https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby...as-born-players Hadleigh Parks is English? On a slightly more serious note. gently caress this "not born in" bollocks. I loving dare some oval office from Stuff to go tell John Barclay he's Chinese or that Hamish Watson(the man with the most Scottish name since Jock McTavish) who got poo poo at school for supporting Scotland all his life while living in England, that he's not Scottish. The only two residency players in that side are Sam Johnson and WP Nel.
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Sep 19, 2019 11:39
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Smorgasbord posted:While it is bollocks to do a raw tally of 'not born in X country' lists, it is equally as bollocks to cherrypick the least objectional examples and pretend that's representative of the more absurd ones. Cool, I'll break it down then. Scotland is not a particularly exciting country with a large player pool, so huge numbers of people leave to live in nicer countries with better job opportunities or pre-existing Scots communities like NZ which is why they have so many familial links. It's not like they're raiding the Pacific islands for players, almost all of these players have family links already baring the two players on residency. Parent(s) John Barclay - Hong Kong Ben Toolis - Australia Ali Price - England Duncan Taylor - England though schooled in Scotland Tommy Seymour - USA Grandparent(s) Allan Dell - South Africa Simon Berghan - NZ Hamish Watson - England Blade Thomson - NZ Chris Harris - England Sean Maitland - Maitland specifically mentioned being raised around Scots culture while living in NZ when asked in an interview. - NZ Residency WP Nel - South Africa Sam Johnson - Australia Vaders Jester fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Sep 19, 2019 |
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Sep 19, 2019 14:12
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Raffles posted:I feel like you could be born on the moon and still qualify for Scotland if you're named Hamish. Considering his weird centre of gravity and ability to hand off literally anyone, he's probably an alien anyway.
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Sep 19, 2019 14:29
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Huw Jones, most Welsh name ever. Born in and plays for Scotland. 
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Sep 19, 2019 15:14
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Because The Last Samurai wasn't white saviour enough.
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Sep 19, 2019 15:48
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bigfoot again posted:All non Maori New Zealanders should be made to play for Scotland imo I'm qualified for Scotland and Italy... FML
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Sep 19, 2019 21:15
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Madkal posted:I'm qualified for Canada and South Africa but I am not as cool as DTH van der Merwe. This is a sad fact of life for many people.
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Sep 20, 2019 10:03
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BOD, Wilkinson, and Warburton on ITV. This might be the nicest pundit team ever.
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Sep 20, 2019 11:08
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Snitches get stitches, Howley .
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Sep 20, 2019 11:21
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Japan not woken up yet
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Sep 20, 2019 11:52
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Welp
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Sep 20, 2019 11:55
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Messy but this might actually be a fun game.
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Sep 20, 2019 12:04
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The Japanese kit is still top tier though.
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Sep 20, 2019 12:13
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Looks like he lost control just before grounding. Tough call because the ball never lost contact with his hand.
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Sep 20, 2019 12:34
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Mrenda posted:The Russians are just shagged. Heads dropped, and not from the opposition dominating but the pace of the game. Ireland and Scotland should be getting 70+ points on them, and be heading to fifty against Japan if they play as loose as this. Inb4 Scotland got FULL SCOTLAND
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Sep 20, 2019 13:43
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White has smuggled a rare caterpillar onto the pitch on his face.
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Sep 21, 2019 05:45
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Sep 21, 2019 05:56
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Scary to see what Fiji are capable of when they have real time to train together.
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Sep 21, 2019 06:13
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Thoughts and prayers for Hodge's brain.
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Sep 21, 2019 06:15
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Madkal posted:Australia took a quick throw in from pretty much their own try line and buggered it up. That should tell you something. When Matawalu comes on, it'll get even more mental
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Sep 21, 2019 06:57
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Argentina v France is the ultimate test of who can France it up hardest.
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bigfoot again posted:I think Fiji win that if Yato and Mata stay on the pitch. Hope Hodge gets cited What happened to Big Bill?
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Sep 21, 2019 08:14
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That might be the most French try in the last decade.
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Sep 21, 2019 08:36
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Du Pont and Penaud are linking well.
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Sep 21, 2019 08:43
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Poirot absolutely did his opponent, Gardner let's it play on.
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Sep 21, 2019 08:56
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bigfoot again posted:I’m thinking forcing all your national players into one club team might actually be bad Just watching Jaguares getting pumped by super rugby sides certainly makes video analysis on Argentina much easier.
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Sep 21, 2019 09:12
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Should be able to watch it again on ITV at some point.
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Sep 21, 2019 10:16
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Offside seems to be enforced if it directly interferes with play or is just really blatant, if not, players tend to be able to steal a metre or two as long as they're away from the ruck and get away with it.
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Sep 21, 2019 10:23
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Slumfrog posted:NZ v SA kickoff is about an hour and a bit still yeah? Time to make some burgs, grab a drink before the main event. Have managed to somehow miss every Boks game so far this year so been looking forward to this bigly. Kicks off in 5 minutes. But no worries about asking questions, everyone here is pretty good at answering anything you might want to know.
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Sep 21, 2019 10:40
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If SA want to win this, they need to stop playing at a million MPH and slow things down to their pace.
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Sep 21, 2019 11:25
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Yeah, honestly. Hoping to play the ABs in the QF. That Bok pack will just kick the living poo poo out of Scotland, at least the ABs play a more expansive game that suits Scotland's play a bit better. Can't see Scotland winning against either side but at least against the ABs it'll be an interesting game of rugby.
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Sep 21, 2019 12:49
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Slumfrog posted:What's this "home nations" business? Said as one of the whitest people on earth. Basically the 4 oldest unions from the UK and Ireland because it's where union comes from. Vaders Jester fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Sep 21, 2019 |
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Sep 21, 2019 17:08
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goatface posted:Easier to say when talking about them in the British media. They're all "home" teams for the national press and tv. Bold to think the media consider Scotland at all.
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Sep 21, 2019 19:00
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Only if they need to throw people that believe the dinosaurs are a hoax a billion quid for some votes.
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Sep 21, 2019 19:14
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Slumfrog posted:Don't understand why Scotland got the penalty there. Looked like Ireland should have got the turnover. Two Irish players not rolling away and slowing the clear out.
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Sep 22, 2019 09:15
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It's OK, Ireland are off the pace, need to score 16 more points to stop the second half 38 point Scotland resurgence... FML
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Sep 22, 2019 10:07
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Just once I'd like to see Scotland get hammered by a team that's on fire instead of just being monumentally shite and rolling over for them.
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What mentalists talk Scotland up? Even our chief journalist, Tom English, thinks we're awful.
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