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Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Vagabundo posted:

No but you see All Blacks are so dirty.

BUT O'DRISCOLL

# ¿ Oct 19, 2019 11:48

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 04:37

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

slothrop posted:

Nigel really doesn't want to award this

Nah it's a sensible thing to be checking

# ¿ Oct 19, 2019 11:56

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

meh not much in that

# ¿ Oct 19, 2019 12:11

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Sexy Bill could do some damage here

# ¿ Oct 19, 2019 12:42

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Yikes still 17 minutes left.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2019 12:54

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Ardie is so loving good.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2019 13:04

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

I only saw Michael Jones when he was old and broken, but from what I've heard would current Ardie Savea be a good comparison to him in his prime (era adjusted)?

# ¿ Oct 19, 2019 13:05

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

er... what?

Even if he *was* offside, it's beyond me how a professional foul that fails to stop the try (ala Ireland in the first half) is just a try in the corner, whereas a foul that successfully stops a try is both a penalty try under the posts, AND a sinbin.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2019 13:11

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

And another knee to a tryscorer unpunished, Nigel Owen has been overall good, but very lenient on foul play.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2019 13:13

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Pail Ale posted:

Allez le bleu!

Would be classic France to win this actually.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2019 08:26

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

SACRE BLEU

# ¿ Oct 20, 2019 08:27

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

oh France

# ¿ Oct 20, 2019 09:33

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

that's forward imo

# ¿ Oct 20, 2019 10:02

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Didn't go upstairs because he was scared he'd have to send him off

# ¿ Oct 20, 2019 11:31

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Love it when props go nuts over crushing it in a scrum

# ¿ Oct 20, 2019 11:46

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

gently caress off spider cam, gently caress off aimless AB kicking game.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2019 09:53

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Ratios and Tendency posted:

Literally 80 minutes of box kicks.

Yeah I gave up.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2019 10:38

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

I kinda wish the haka would get banned because the tedious debates stirred up annually by the UK media really aren't worth the bother of keeping it.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2019 08:49

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Flayer posted:

I'm all for TMO reviewing dangerous play but the second England try that was disallowed vs NZ was an absolute joke of a decision and an example of how TMO should not be used.

"Wahhh the TMO correctly ruled out a try for my team due to a forward pass/knock on :qq:

# ¿ Nov 1, 2019 07:01

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

I know Kapa o Pango has more meaning to the team but Ka Mate will always be the superior haka to me.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2019 10:02

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Mrenda posted:

Taking the points in the third place playoff. Shameful behaviour or respecting Wales?

Edit: A shameful miss.

Yeah that's the rugby gods saying loving go for the try.

edit: LURCH IN THE CLEAR OFFLOADING FOR MADEYE!

# ¿ Nov 1, 2019 10:08

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Farewell try for Ben from Accounts :unsmith:

# ¿ Nov 1, 2019 10:39

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Smith to Smith :unsmith:

edit: NZ rugby fans actually getting a crowd song going, wow

# ¿ Nov 1, 2019 10:47

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Well that was a pretty chill and fun game, not usually a 3rd place playoff kinda guy but it was pretty nice to have a no stakes palate cleanser after the semi.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2019 11:52

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Stars really aligned last week, England look loving garbage so far.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2019 10:19

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

YEESSSSSSSS

# ¿ Nov 2, 2019 11:37

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Failed Imagineer posted:

At least England have their narrative for how they were robbed now

# ¿ Nov 2, 2019 11:40

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

ABs should've thrown that pool game v SA.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2019 11:54

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

To have the focus and determination to get to the elite level of any sport you are highly likely to be a hyper competitive rear end in a top hat who sees anything less than first as a failure. Most of the time there's a manager or PR person in their ear reminding them to do and say the right things while they're on camera which doesn't seem to have happened in this instance.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2019 05:14

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

SRU looked extra stupid when the game went ahead anyway and they were comprehensively beaten.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2019 04:28

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Defending SRU throwing a petulant tantrum about the contingencies in a tournament agreement they willingly signed which all turned out to be hypothetical anyway is a weird hill to die on.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2019 23:17

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Folau has gone full 'Westboro': https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/117489806/israel-folau-fire-and-droughts-in-australia-are-gods-punishment

quote:

Israel Folau: Fire and droughts in Australia are God's punishment

Israel Folau has claimed fire and droughts in Australia are punishment from God.
Sacked former Wallabies star Israel Folau says the ongoing bushfire crisis in Australia is punishment from God.

In a sermon posted on Facebook, Folau claimed the crisis, along with the ongoing drought, were both punishments for legalising same-sex marriage and abortion.

"God's word says for a man and a woman to be together, one man and one woman in the covenant of marriage to be together.

"They've changed that law and have now legalised same-sex marriage," Folau said in the sermon.

"Abortion, it's okay now to murder and kill infants, unborn children, and they deem that to be okay.

"You have changed the law and changed the ordinance of these things, look how rampant these bushfires, these droughts ... all these things have come in a short period of time. Do you think it's a coincidence or not?

"God is speaking to you guys, Australia. You need to repent," Folau said.

Israel Folau was sacked by Rugby Australia in May, in response to his controversial posts on social media.

Folau had claimed transgender people were evil and should repent.

He also said "drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolators" would go to hell unless they repented.

In 2018, he said gay people were going to hell on social media.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2019 11:08

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

I remember there was a little bit of 'God's Wrath' talk about the Christchurch earthquakes, I think around the Manchester Street sex workers being displaced. It was quickly shut down by the observation that the various churches around the city seemed to have copped some of the worst damage.

# ¿ Nov 18, 2019 00:25

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

About time a major sporting body made the right call on that for player safety alone even setting aside fairness.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2020 06:42

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

I know outrage is the default setting for anything trans but why do people think there is a separate category for women in the first place if not for protective and competitive reasons?

# ¿ Oct 11, 2020 03:48

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

BabyFur Denny posted:

Why create a separate category for women and exclude some women from it?

Because at the time you set up the category (for safety and competitive reasons to allow women to play) you didn't anticipate people from outside that category (edit: who possess many of the physical characteristics you intended to exclude for those same safety and competitive reasons) would or could enter it.

Smorgasbord fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Oct 11, 2020

# ¿ Oct 11, 2020 05:10

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

BabyFur Denny posted:

Nobody from outside that category is entering it though.

I edited at the same time you replied, but you know exactly what I mean - people who were born and developed as male and as a result have the physical characteristics that the categorisation was intended to exclude.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2020 05:16

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Unimpressed posted:

Wtf going on with NZ? They're looking as bad as we do.

Traditional first test of the year shitfest for NZ.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2020 05:42

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

goddamn, been lit since that penalty goal off the post

# ¿ Oct 11, 2020 05:51

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Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

bessantj posted:

Is that true?

No, at least not in any reputable source I can find.

I suspect based on the persistence of the claim there must have been a study that isolated one variable where the results were ambiguous enough or the sample size small enough to allow activists to fudge it but as per the IRB release the science is pretty clear that there is a significant imbalance in multiple areas.

There are just so many athletic advantages of being born and gone through puberty as a male that do not go away from taking hormones starting (and by no means ending) with bone density, lung capacity, strength, body frame. There is a reason why many mediocre recreational sportsmen immediately become elite female athletes as soon as they are allowed to compete as women after transitioning, even when they are decades older than the other elite women. It is impossible to not find those cases and understand why that is unless you are ideologically unwilling to see it.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2020 12:29

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