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  Chiefs v Reds
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  @Donsteppa said in Chiefs v Reds: @SammyC said in Chiefs v Reds: Chiefs lost all breakdown presence when Cane went off Izack Rodda is a good player. TTT can’t posssibly make the all blacks squad, his passing is worse than Weber. Cane subbed seven minutes after a ten minute half time break = Super Coach Colin Cooper. Huh? I'm pretty sure you're smarter than that and haven't just come out of a 90s time capsule.. It's been common practice for years now for coaches to begin subbing shortly after half time, one big reason is it allows the replacement to warm up.
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  Auckland Rugby 2019
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  @Higgins I don't think anyone was 'rating' him at all. I only mentioned him in discussion about who the props might be for this season because he was in the squad last season. He played a couple of games early last season and went OK, until he was injured out of the comp, but we have plenty of depth this season so he may not be picked this year. He has been playing in that Perth based rapid rugby competition so may not even return to Auckland? Also rating him on his performances for Wellington 5 years ago may not be so relevent to today. He is alot more experienced now including some seasons in europe.
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  Hurricanes 2019 Discussion
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  Maybe I’ve been out of the loop for too long. I try to keep up with the new names etc but I am finding it hard to watch the canes this season. The WC year has meant anything but consistent selection and I understand the perceived need for that. But most of the games have looked like preseason games. Fuck all crowd. So bugger all atmosphere. Not a lot of top draw play and as good as the Jags have been this year there was no fucken way we should have lost to that team. I dunno may six years in the bogan Mecca that is the Gold Coast I’m just too far removed. Honestly I think they just look shit. But so do all the other NZ teams, Crusaders aside. And I don’t think my living in OZ means I’ve suddenly developed a dislike of NZ rugby...
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  Crusaders v Blues
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  I see 6 potential DNPs on our bench. Like an NBA team in the playoff, we seem to be tightening our rotation. Although, our bench props should be able to match the Crusaders' bench props, so they might get on this week.
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  2018-2019 World Sevens Series
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  All Blacks 7s squad for the London Sevens this weekend: 1 Scott Curry (c) 2 Tim Mikkelson (c) 3 Tone Ng Shiu 4 Jona Nareki 5 Dylan Collier 6 Vilimoni Koroi 7 Scott Gregory 8 Andrew Knewstubb 9 Regan Ware 10 Kurt Baker 11 Joe Webber 12 Sione Molia *Joe Ravouvou is the travelling reserve. “It’s really encouraging to have most of the guys fit and available, we are really excited by this team we’ve got,” said All Blacks Sevens Coach Clark Laidlaw. Speedstar Joe Ravouvou has been named as 13th man, which Laidlaw says shows the strength of the backline and rewards players like Jona Nareki and Regan Ware who are having breakthrough seasons. Olympic Qualification is also front of mind, the All Blacks Sevens currently sit in third behind USA and Fiji. They are nine and 23 points ahead of South Africa and England respectively and need to produce two solid performances over the coming weekends to cement their position in the top four. Pool games Saturday, 25 May (NZT) 10.42pm: v Scotland Sunday, 26 May 1.48am: v Ireland 5.16am: v England LIVE on Sky Sport Pop-up 2 (Channel 56)
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  NBA season 2018/19
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  Drake got into the heads of the Bucks.
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  NRL 2019
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  @antipodean it's fits the narrative we are fed on DV for sure.
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  Club Rugby NZ 2019 (Not BOP, Magpie, Northland)
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  @mikedogz on the tables, jeez, look at the points diff in the Auckland Pool 1...at the top +280 at the bottom -371.. Now onto the non-rugby part...
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  2019 Cricket ODI WC
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  We play India tomorrow night for a much needed warm-up
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  Crusaders 2019
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  @Stargazer down vote
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  Stormers v Highlanders
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  Same referee as in the Stormers v Crusaders game last week: Referee: Nic Berry AR1: AJ Jacobs AR2: Divan Uys TMO: Willie Vos
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  Stormers v Crusaders
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  @nzzp said in Stormers v Crusaders: @Billy-Webb said in Stormers v Crusaders: Given where the pass took place, the ball clearly traveled forward a good few yards so one can understand the inclination to want to call it as forward. But one would expect a TMO to know the laws of the game well enough to know that it is actually about whether the ball leaves the passing player "backwards out of the hand". So yes, disappointing and frustrating that Jonkers got it wrong. Mate, if a TMO doesn't know basic laws, how the hell do the provide advice to the onfield ref? It's just bizarre. Wayne Barnes got this one wrong at Eden park a while ago too. Wait for a terrible call like this to influence a game at the RWC and see what happens. The standard of refs is poor at the moment, and the laws don't help them. Yup. That's what I am saying nzzp And you can bet the farm there will be at least one of these in the RWC. You just have to hope that it isn't against the team you're supporting.
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  Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc
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  @Tim Another flanker in that Wider training group Josh Bokser ex Napier Boys High flanker.
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  Rough tips and other bets...
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  Pulled up a bit flat apparently. Trainer flicked through the book of excuses and landed on "jockey's fault" so new jockey next time. Next run June 10th
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  Super Rugby News
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  Aussie Rugby in general
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  @booboo said in Aussie Rugby in general: @ACT-Crusader said in Aussie Rugby in general: George Smith was a cheat. Referees turned a blind eye to his breakdown cheating. It was a plight on the game. And a blight. Had a cloak of invisibility ... But seriously: George Smith was a legend as he was the only player ever throughout McCaw's career that in any one given year (can't remember which one, fairly early) who I would have picked in a World XV in front of him. Blight indeed. In seriousness, Smith was a phenomenal player. Different type of player to McCaw but yet they were both exceptional over the ball. @booboo I found a place for George in my World XV, it was when OZ moved him to 8 when they made the mistake to play him and Waugh
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  Lord Stanley’s Cup, 2019 edition
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  @mariner4life said in Lord Stanley’s Cup, 2019 edition: @Hooroo said in Lord Stanley’s Cup, 2019 edition: @mariner4life said in Lord Stanley’s Cup, 2019 edition: I wouldn't call myself a "fan" as such, as i have less than a passing interest in it. But, back at uni, when Sky Sports just showed ESPN during the day, we used to watch hockey, and i sort of adopted the Blues as my side (fucked if i can recall why) So, yay team? Same! But my team was the Bruins and the only reason I was the Bruins is someone liked my cap in the pub and asked to swap and I agreed and it happened to be a Bruins cap. I was stoked as no0one had one like it. Ask me to name one player in the history (Current or otherwise), I couldn't. But go Boston! oh it is on!!! As Homer Simpson says! "Sport Sport Sport Sport!"
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  NZ Cricket Going Broke
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  Basically. From the ICC funding POV. NZC have more money. However it is structured i n a way that is is weighted to the backend of the contract period whihc is only 4 ears away - they have a windfall about 2 to 3 years way. But they can't budget well enough, or hold their nerve, for a few years of losses, and are prepared to taker the sword to domestic cricket costs. When the windfall arrives in 2 years time, will the 60 domestic players have retired early to get real jobs because they were about to be made semi-pro for 2 years come back? Or will Plunket Shield have had a generation ripped out of them? Similar to how the disastrous Cricekt Academey ripped a generation of domestic pace bowlers out of Plunket Shield for a decade (the 2000s) due to bio-dynamics/re-modelling breaking them permanently? The other major funding source; broadcasting. Is referred to as ""As a rights holder it's not a bad market to be in," So this whole thing is over the structure of the ICC payments.
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  NFL 2019
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  @Hooroo said in NFL 2019: @gt12 I wonder what the World wide viewership was for GOT? When you take in all platforms (including illegal streaming) it would be in the hundreds of millions for sure.
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  Blues 2019
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