@taniwharugby said in Netball:

why do they have to do it?

It'd be great if the Netballers got a wad of cash for thier efforts, but...

Clearly world cricket should stump up some prize money for netballers?

Now that the topic is dead; any kicker that pauses and then makes a movement should be considered addressing the ball. They'd quickly adjust.

@mariner4life said in 2019 Tour de France:

@sparky said in 2019 Tour de France:

@Chris-B My guess, it is because he counts as a young rider.

Amazing race. Any one of the top 6 on General Classification could win this.

Stage 20, next Saturday, from Albertville to Val Thorens will decide it:

https://www.cyclingstage.com/tour-de-france-2019-route/stage-20-tdf-2019/

those last 3 days are fucking brutal! look at the Stage profiles! fuck absolutely all of that.

It would take me a month of Sundays to ride those three last Alps stages.

@Chester-Draws said in TRC: The All Blacks against the Springboks (version 98):

@Hooroo

I think if we put out our B+/A- team we will have the boks covered.

How much will they beat us by this time then, to count as "covered"?

Last year all the predictions were that we would smash them in the same fixture, and we've got worse since then.

But for this fixture we have the Crusaders who are so good, they beat the Pumas in the Super Rugby final.

@jegga said in US Politics:

@Victor-Meldrew said in US Politics:

@Frank said in US Politics:

My intuition says he is actually nailing it in electoral terms.

He's also given the Democrats a hard choice - give full support to and identify with people like Omar & AOC (who have said some pretty vile things) or distance themselves from them.

Either way it highlights the fact there is a pretty extreme side to the Democrats.

Like this Democratic lawmaker who tearful said in twitter says she was told to go back to where she came from .

Unfortunately for her the guy who she had an altercation with turned up to her press conference and pointed out that he’s a Cuban immigrant and judging by his ranting he loathes Trump and never actually said that to her.

https://tucson.com/news/national/black-lawmaker-white-man-said-go-back-where-you-came/article_93884d35-b6b8-59bb-979d-70867a163ece.html

https://www.redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2019/07/21/real-deplorable-ga-state-rep.-falsely-accuses-white-man-racist-comments-activists-celebrities-pile-truth-emerges

It's easy to imagine what actually went down; an entitled fat bitch thought she didn't have to abide by the rules everyone else does, was called on it and decided to have her own Smollett Time.

The problem is the damage is done, the media have largely moved on and you won't see Di Blasio retracting his statements, nor the brain damaged Tom Arnold.

@Nevorian said in AFL 2019:

@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2019:

@mariner4life said in AFL 2019:

@Nevorian said in AFL 2019:

Realy happy for the Bombers and Worsfold, hoping they can consolidate their top 8 position and have a good finals series

fuck those drug cheats. I am really unimpressed with the way the media, Ch7 especially, are building their redemption narrative.

Also the bomber Thompson dramas in his private life are getting a little swept under the carpet.
We all make mistakes in life , but it does expose him as being a dodgy bastard.

And no one dares to go there, but bomber and dank were working at Geelong during that glory period, you do wonder what went on there

Pretty much probably what happened at the Eagles

There is more association with performance enhancing in the AFL than people can imagine. I went to a talk from an AFL Assistant Coach a few years ago who touched on the Essendon situation but also mentioned that if AFL coaches suspended all players associated with drugs of any kind then most would be struggling to pick a team each week

It certainly puts the three strikes policy into perspective.

@mariner4life said in NRL 2019:

@antipodean he looks like he has taken up Meth

He could be forgiven when you look at some of the players he has to put up with.

Round 1 Vs Round 16

I see Last Chance U is back. Time for another round of a fat, foul mouthed coach without the basic tactical understanding of the game to give fuckups another chance. Compelling viewing.

@Machpants said in TRC: The All Blacks against the Springboks (version 98):

So are we targeting this one for an A team, or putting another B+ team out, with a team going to Bled? I'm sure the boks want to win this, but do the Abs care? I know they want to win, but I mean big picture care, when it's all about RWC and Bled

Given we have to play them in the first game and the winner of that will top the pool with the (on paper if everything goes according to rankings) the easier path to the final, I doubt they'd want the Boks beating us at home.