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  NPC results archive
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  @Stargazer said in NPC results archive: Great work, @Duluth! Absolutely, fascinating diving into past results.
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  NPC Tipping 2020
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  @broughie Most teams haven't been named, yet. And you can find them all on the Fern, if the team lists have been published. https://www.thesilverfern.com/info/rugby-teamsheets
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  Hawke's Bay Tui
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  @Stargazer I was really impressed at the Tui's halfback. She's probably short of a yard of pace (is she a bit older than the others?) but jeez she can pick an option. Very quick to spot empty space and put the ball there, and good at changing the attack when they looked to be running themselves our of space.
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  NBA season 2019/20
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  @shark said in NBA season 2019/20: Does Tom Brady count too? I don't think he does. He's no longer dominant, probably not even top 5 QBs in the NFL now
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  Highlanders 2021
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  @Chris said in Highlanders 2021: @Siam said in Highlanders 2021: @Bones said in Highlanders 2021: @shark did you not say it was Rameka Poihipi and Isaiah Punivai? Embarrassing. wow, those guys in their 3rd grade club sides wear the same jerseys as the crusaders! Smart marketing Wrong Punivai thats is a pic of Ngane not Isia. Isia played against The Naki not Ngane. Yep. You'd have thought the lack of corn rows would have tipped Bones off, but he was so busy beating himself off over finding pics of Poihipi and a Punivai in Crusaders strips that he couldn't let the facts get in the way of his great story.
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  2020 NZ Schools
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  U18 Chiefs v Blues Thu 1 October 2020 - St Paul's Collegiate, Hamilton 1.05pm – Chiefs U18 (Team Clarke) v Blues U18 2.35pm – Chiefs U18 (Team Messam) v Blues U18 According to the St Paul's Collegiate Facebook page, both games will be broadcast live on Sky, but there's nothing in the Sky tv schedule, yet.
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  EPL 2020/2021
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  @Stargazer said in EPL 2020/2021: @Kiwiwomble Uhm, which team & stadium? sorry, we discussed it just a bit further back, Wimbledon, we'll be moving back to a new stadium on Plough Lane pretty much 30 years after having to leave when we were told there was nowhere to build a new stadium
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  Farah Palmer Cup 2020
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  Round 4 results: Wellington 28 (Thamsyn Newton, Ayesha Leti-l'iga, Joanah Ngan-Woo tries; Penalty try; Newton 3 con) Manawatu 31 (Janna Vaughan 2, Crystal Mayes, Carys Dallinger tries; Selica Winiata con, 3 pen). HT: 14-23 Tasman 24 (Stephani Mitchell 2, Anna Bradley, Ashley Ulutupu tries; Eve Findlay 2 con) Otago 67 (Hinemoa Watene 2, Kilistine Moata'ane 2, Bree Thomas 2, Leah Miles, Amy du Plessis, Meg Breen, Rosie Kelly, Teilah Ferguson tries; Kelly 6 con). HT: 5-33 North Harbour 0 Auckland 72 (Daynah Nankivell 2, Patricia Maliepo, Grace Kukutai 2, Charmaine McMennamin, Saphire Abraham 2, Ruahei Demant, Aleisha-Pearl Nelson, Shannon Leota, Joeannah Uaseli-Purcell tries; Maliepo 6 con). HT: 0-38 Bay of Plenty 73 (Risaleaana Pouri-Lane 2, Pia Tapsell, Mahina Paul, Alena Saili 2, H Parata-Kingi 2, Luka O'Connor, Kelsie Wills, Natalie Delamere, Esra van Ramele, A.N. Other tries; Parata-King 3 con; K Tahere con) Taranaki 17 (Paige Neilson 2, Tiana Davison tries; Gayle Broughton con). HT: 41-0 Hawke's Bay 15 (Niamh Jefferson, Cortez Te Pou, Ashley Palu tries) Canterbury 72 (Alana Bremner 2, Martha Lolohea 2, Grace Brooker 2, Lucy Anderson, Kendra Cocksedge, Isabella Waterman, Grace Steinmetz, Sam Curtis, Trina Greenslade tries; Cocksedge 4 con; Waterman 2 con) Countries Manukau 20 (K Mailata, Ngatokutoru Arakua, Shonte To'a tries; Hazel Tubic con, pen) Northland 32 (Tyler Nankivell 4, Leilani Erwin tries; Timara Leaf 2 con, pen). HT: 20-10 Great win from Championship team Northland over Premiership team Counties Manukau. Apart from Wellington v Manawatu, the other cross-over games had predictable results.
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  UFC
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  @JK said in UFC: @raznomore said in UFC: Somethings brewing. Lots of chatter about Izzy right pec. I noticed during the ring intros that it looked weird. People are claiming it’s Gynecomastia. I really hope it’s just a pec tear. He got asked about it in the post fight press conference and just replied "why you looking at my titties?" and moved on I heard that one alot in my tinder days.
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  Lance
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  Just finished it - it’s on iplayer for fellow UK. Best 3 hours of tv in years. Hooked from start to finish. Absolute psychopath. Undoubtedly. Still in the pro camp tho. Sorry for those that annoys.
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  Springboks moving forward
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  It seems unlikely the Springboks who play for English and French clubs will be involved in the Rugby Championship this year.
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  2020 School Rugby
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  SA S15 Conference 2020
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  I found a replay of Bulls v Sharks on Wed, 30 Sep at 8.00am (Sky Sport 1). Can't find one of the Lions v Stormers game.
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  NRL 2020
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  What a performance for the boys. After 10 minutes we are down 0-10 and then pull off 15 minutes of brilliant league. Tevita-Harris best game. Really took control and made things happen. Watching the post game haka for Adam Blair, I was feeling proud of the team. Amazing how we’ve been able to hold it together given the circumstances. Every team has had challenges this season, but what the Warriors have done and the fact we were a couple of games from the finals, is pretty awesome.
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  Exodus
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  @Rancid-Schnitzel said in Exodus: @Nepia said in Exodus: @Machpants said in Exodus: Anti exodus. Good news. I reckon razor should challenge himself, get out of his comfort zone, and coach another SR team. I nominate the Canes! https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/300116814/crusaders-coach-scott-robertson-set-to-stay-loyal-as-nz-rugby-ramp-up-talks The Canes lost half their homegrown ABs and half their support base the last time they parachuted in a Cantab coach. Probably best he goes to the bottom of the table Chiefs. To be fair, that particular Cantab had no head coaching experience and couldn't break dance. Yeah, there's a reason I want him to come to the Chiefs. Also, welcome back.
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  2020 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby
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  Not a single word from the HBRU, but I managed to find out that the Hawke's Bay Saracens beat Wanganui, yesterday. The final score was 36 - 12 to the good guys. This team list was posted on Facebook by Wanganui: Hawkes Bay Saracens 36 (L Greening, F Lochore, Z Simpson, J Ika tries; penalty try; J Thompson-Dunn 2 con) Wanganui 12 (W Cottrell, J Bogileka tries; N Harding con). HT: 17-5. Long match report from Wanganui: https://wanganuirugby.co.nz/wp/2020/09/26/match-report-steelform-wanganui-vs-hawkes-bay-saracens-26-09-20/
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  Road Cycling
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  https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2020/elite-women-road-race/results/ Good result for the women. Nianh Fisher-Black (15th) and Mikayla Harvey (22nd) finish in the lead bunch - a bit behind most of the big guns. The Dutch kill it!
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  NH club rugby
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  Exeter smash Toulouse, and Racing beat the no try financial dopers to have an Exeter Vs Racing final Go Exeter!
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  SH International Rugby (other than TRC, ABs)
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  Krusty's back. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/54293519
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  Aussie Rugby
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  Interesting point that Marino is applying for RA CEO. Puts the current mess in a new light with respect to his statements that NZ knew about the 12th as final test. Certainly SANZAAR employees dint have a future, well certainly most of them NZH paywall It might pay to take Sanzaar boss Andy Marinos with a pinch of conflicted salt from now on. Marinos appears to have seen the writing on the wall for his role, and duly hitched his cart to Rugby Australia (RA) in the hope of landing a new plum position. The Sydney-based South African had been shortlisted for the Rugby Australia chief executive position, and with that in mind it's only fair to ask how objective he can be in the standoff between New Zealand Rugby and RA over the Rugby Championship scheduling debacle that threatens to force the All Blacks to quarantine through Christmas on their return home. New Zealand Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Sport Minister Grant Robertson and NZ Rugby Players' Association boss Rob Nichol all felt blindsided by Sanzaar releasing the Rugby Championship schedule on Thursday without an agreement being reached. When the Rugby Championship was to be staged in New Zealand, all four parties insisted changes be made to the original proposal to ensure the tournament finished on the weekend of December 5th which would allow foreign teams, including the Wallabies, to return home and be with their families in time for Christmas. Now it is being held in Australia, no such provisions have been made with the tournament due to conclude on December 12th – a date that caught New Zealand powerbrokers off guard. Once the schedule was released, Robinson, Ardern and Robertson made their views about the inflexible schedule clear. "There was an agreement that those games would conclude by the sixth of December and if everyone sticks to that, then it wouldn't be an issue," Ardern said. Robinson suggested the final-round match between the All Blacks and Wallabies could be played earlier, while allowing the Argentina and South Africa test on December 12 to continue as scheduled.
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  Magpies 2020
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  @Number-10 said in Hawke's Bay v Canterbury: Just spoken to Sam McNicol, hopes to be available next week. That's good to hear! I assume he'll makes his comeback via the bench. I wonder where they're going to play him and who'll lose his spot in the 23. Sapsford?
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  AFL 2020
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  @kiwiinmelb @shark guys like Selwood, Pendlebury and a few experienced heads would probably be first names on there.
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  NZ Universities team
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  Due to COVID-19, the tour of NZ Universities to Japan couldn't go ahead. They'll still play some games, in NZ. Times & venues still to be confirmed: Game 1: NZU vs Cantabrians XV - Tuesday, 6 October Time: 6:30pm or 7:30pm Venue: Rugby Park, Christchurch Game 2: NZU vs South Canterbury - Friday, 9 October Time: 6:00pm or 6:30pm Venue: Christchurch Park, Christchurch NZU Squad: Sam Lester (UCRFC) Takaji Young – Yen (AURFC) Nick Grogen (MRFC) Joel Wisnoski (WURFC) Te Ariki Te Puni (AURFC) Patrick Thacker (LURFC) Billy Coman (UCRFC) Tumama Tu'ulua (AURFC) Henry Bell / Sean Whitty TBC (OURFC) Jack Mchugh (OURFC) Kalin Felise (NH Marist) Ryan Gordon (UCRFC) Glen Beardsley (LURFC) Graham Urquhart (OURFC) Basil Aholelei (AURFC) Tyrone Elkington (c) (AURFC) Hamish Northcott (MRFC) George Emosi (AURFC) Isaac Leota (UCRFC) Noah Foster (AURFC) Josh Corrigan (UCRFC) Ben Lewis (Napier Pirates) Ryan Barnes (LURFC) Jayden Falcon (MRFC)
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  NZ Club rugby (general)
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  @Higgins Yeah I noticed that, I don’t think I’d really be that keen to play for the spoon.
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  RIP Dean Jones
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  @MajorRage said in RIP Dean Jones: Phenomenal player, absolutely hated him. Thats the ultimate compliment from a Kiwi cricket fan, surely. Couldn't wait to see the back of him when he played us
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  Otago Mitre 10 Cup 2020
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  'Super Rugby' 2021
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  https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300116889/super-rugby-asia-pacific-dragons-rule-themselves-out-of-2021-contention
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  Rugby Finances
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  UK might be shit out of luck with govt bail outs https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/54284735
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  Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc
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  @taniwharugby said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc: @Kiwiwomble by all accounts, thats why Alaimalo left Tasman, wanted to play 15, they had Jordan and Havili...hell, Hunt has been pretty good at 15 for the Landers
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  All Blacks Tests 2020
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  Tasman 2020
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  I'm looking forward to seeing Parata in action. Seems like yonks ago we were discussing the merits of the Crusaders supposedly bringing him back from NSW.
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  Canterbury 2020
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  @Stargazer A few potential SR players in that list. Ben Lopas -LH Prop George Bell- Hooker Jack Sexton- Hooker Zach Gallagher- 6/Lock Max Hughes-HB Ollie Lewis- Ist Five Shun Miyake-Ist Five Blair Murray-FB Will Gaulter - Centre Eto Banivalu.- Wing
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  Auckland Rugby 2020
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  @KiwiMurph Wasn't Ioane a late developer? He didn't get into the Otago NPC side until 2017. For comparison when Ioane made his NPC debut he was about the same as Hickey was when he left NZ. Or about the same age as Plummer is now in his third NPC season Was there injury reasons? Or he just took a while to get good enough?
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  AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?
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  NH International Rugby
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  @Tim said in NH International Rugby: @Machpants said in NH International Rugby: Ouch. See, Martin Johnson, fuck off with your NH tour idiocy. Wasn't that Lawrence Dallaglio? Probably, pair of fluffybunnies!
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  NFL Season 2020/21
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  https://www.instagram.com/reel/CFa8-JnghA2/?igshid=nqxvmhc54ypp
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  Tuivasa-Sheck
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  @ACT-Crusader yip pretty much. As said, not knowing about a subject is no reason not to comment on here. But what you should know about RTS vs a Benji, SBW or Laumape is this guy is one of the best rugby league players ever. Not just right now. Ever. If he goes to union he will succeed. I hope he stays in League though.
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  US Open Golf
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  Watched the final round in its entirety. Was pretty boring once BDC got the the 3 shot lead, as then he just played "par golf", nothing exciting, all very boring. I do like his methods though.
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  Rough tips and other bets...
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  How cool was the Tarzino?? I love that a non-big stable won it and at $82 as well. Gives little players like us hope and belief that on the right day you can beat the big players in the game. Could not have been happier for them
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  The Shield could be bonkers this year
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  @ACT-Crusader said in The Shield could be bonkers this year: @booboo said in The Shield could be bonkers this year: @Corkscrew said in The Shield could be bonkers this year: Putting aside genuine upsets there are four or five teams who could realistically have the Shield over the summer. Taranaki ought to be able to repel Otago in their first defence but then face Auckland, with both sides with All Blacks out who knows who would win. If Taranaki get through, they look a cut above the remainder of the Championship teams they will face at home. Auckland take the Shield and then immediately face Tasman. Tasman would be slight favourites to win their first stint. If Auckland get past that the biggest threat will be Waikato two weeks later. If Tasman win then they go to a Crusaders derby on 7 November and would be favourites to retain it. However if Canterbury steals it back it is straight back with a last round challenge against Auckland. @Duluth Tried to push this to front page but less than 1000 characters. Suggest use of your super powers. Here’s a few characters to assist - We wuz robbed last night Feel so sorry for you ...