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    @ruggabee said in Crusaders 2024:

    @Chris said in Crusaders 2024:

    @ruggabee said in Crusaders 2024:

    @Chris said in Crusaders 2024:

    Ok I have not said much when we signed Crotty,Halfpenny,Heinz then Franks
    Was not impressed
    Then McNicol now Arnold well I can now confirm Rob Penny,James Marshall especially have completely lost the plot.

    Can you please inform me why James Marshall and Dan Perrin got appointed Crusaders as assistants? They have lead Ta$man to 7th, 8th, 7th since they've been there, they have lost far more games than they've won and the Mako$ have looked abysmally coached under their watch. It just doesn't make any sense to me, they haven't got a coaching record that justifies their roles.

    I don’t know why to be honest,
    I thought they were bad decisions at the time.
    Razor Scott Hansen and Tamiti Ellison were the real brains of the operation over the last few years.

    Interesting that Ellison is also part of the All Black's coaching staff now, he seems highly rated by Razor.

    I guess it begs the question for me does he continue his current position (All Black's tackle & breakdown coach) if he gets the Crusaders head job in 2026 - as most people assume will happen? Hard to imagine that one could manage the workload of both?

    You would think he would not stay on with the ABs but take up the HC Crusaders role for long term gain as a HC.

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    The photos of training today showed Tuipulotu taking part

    @george33 is he going to play this weekend?

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    Reminds me a bit of pre-injuries Scrafton, but faster. Gonna be pretty good with a couple of years more of pro conditioning.

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    Just as I was contemplating dropping myself after this last weekend’s performance

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    @canefan said in NZ Politics:

    @MN5 said in NZ Politics:

    I’m not sure what Chumbawumba are upset about.

    This whole thing means a new generation get to hear their fucken awful song for the first time…..

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350218920/winston-peters-be-issued-cease-and-desist-chumbawamba-despite-insisting-he

    That song, along with Cotton eye Joe, were two major musical scourges of my late 1990s

    The 90s was probably the best musical era for me…..but also the worst. You’re forgetting Barbie girl, the Macarena, loads of boy bands, Smash Mouth…. but I’ll stop going on before my post gets deleted for going off topic.

    I love the fact that Winnie doesn’t give a fuck and his ability to wind people up shows no sign of abating.

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    Looks like these had broken again. There was a small change to the instagram urls so I had to update the pattern matching.

    Should be good now. No idea how long it was broken

    [Edit] Actually there seem to be a couple of different urls styles now. So not every embed was broken. It works for both styles now