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  Stadium of Canterbury
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  @Crucial said in Stadium of Canterbury: @Kiwiwomble said in Stadium of Canterbury: @shark said in Stadium of Canterbury: @Kiwiwomble I am pleased you've canvassed "all the professions current working on it (the stadium)" and can throw that considerable weight behind your assertion that money does in fact grow on trees. when did i say money grows on trees? i'm just choosing to trust the professionals stance over what it will cost ,with some standard construction contingency, and not your stance that those people have got it so wrong Your position is valid but as much as I think @shark is finding reasons to support what HE wants as a result, cost blowouts in your industry appear to be quite normal. On of the big drawbacks we have in NZ is that the lack of big construction capabilities and competence means that once a path is started it can become a money pit. Can't afford to finish, can't afford to not finish. Look at roading projects like transmission gully. NZTA can only keep throwing money at it to get it done now. To digress ... Wish I could find it but years ago I read an article in the IPENZ (Institution of Professional Engineers) magazine when it was still hardcopy (ie., ancient) that basically spelled out how Transmission Gully was a pipe dream and whilst it was not unbuildable it was essentially unaffordable. Don't know how true it was but seems it may have had some basis. Regardless, sometimes I wonder (well, we probably all know) that some projects are manipulated to be affordable for political expediency. I'm not commenting on the Chch stadium with the above BTW. FWIW my ill informed opinion is the roof is the better option. Just can't see the need for a larger capacity that will get used once a year.
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  2020 School Rugby
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  @Stargazer said in 2020 School Rugby: Results - Saturday, 11 July 2020: Wesley College ? - ? Manurewa HS Closer than I expected. Great covering tackle in the corner.
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  NRL 2020
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  @canefan said in NRL 2020: The minor premiership winning side was the one which hurt the most. They should have won our first title There wouldn’t have been a single flat on Castle Street with a couch left in their lounge the morning following that Grand Final, they were all burnt on the street. It was absolute chaos, I’ll never forget it.
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  Aussie Rugby
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  @voodoo said in Aussie Rugby: @Bones said in Aussie Rugby: @Siam thought he's about to receive the pop pass and then send the skittles flying. "use me!!!" If they weren't half my age and... oh in a rugby sense. Right.
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  Steamers 2020
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  Tom mchugh has taken time out from rugby Isaiah going to ireland Tyler didn't play for us last year due to wc but he's off overseas
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  UFC
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  @Duluth said in UFC: How did you guys score the rounds in the Volkanovski/Holloway fight? I was expecting a 48-47 win to Holloway 1 & 2 Holloway 4 & 5 Volkanovski I had Holloway edging round 3 but I can see how an argument could be made for Volkanovski in that round. I thought the commentary was too positive for Holloway during round 3 The judges scorecards were a surprise. Two of them went 3,4 & 5 to Volkanovski... ok, not what I scored but I can see how that is possible. The judge that gave it to Holloway gave him 1,2 & 5. So all three judges gave round 3 to Alexander. Did anyone else think Max won round 5? Here are the stats: http://ufcstats.com/fight-details/94b1596c6ff9a25d Nope Holloway 1, 2, 3
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  NH International Rugby
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  @Bovidae Where's Brian Lochore on their lists?
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  Other Cricket 2020
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  @MN5 yeah got hit on the foot first ball from Archer and lasted about 2 overs before retiring hurt. Would've fucken hurt
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  2020 Hawke's Bay club rugby
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  Just checking the points tables and it looks like matches involving the Napier High School Old Boys/Marist Senior Thirds look the best bet if you are after plenty of points scoring action with over seventy points being scored on average in each of their games. https://www.sporty.co.nz/hbrugby/Senior/Draws-and-Results
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  Hurricanes 2020
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  @Darren Rayasi isn't injured. He's playing club rugby.
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  Chiefs 2020
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  @Stargazer said in Chiefs 2020: I don't think the Chiefs were as great pre-covid as some seem to suggest. They weren't just convincingly beaten by the Brumboys; they also lost at home to the Canes. They only beat the Crusaders due to a better second half, but weren't great in the first. Their two biggest wins were against the Sunwolves and the Waratahs ... Just putting it out here: is Gatland really such a good coach? I don't think he has shown much value yet (and won't get a possible payoff of his ways for quite some time). I was against him being appointed head coach while he had other commitments for that reason.
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  Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc
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  Good to see some provinces have been proactive after the cancellation of the Heartland competition. https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/sport/122113261/new-competition-saves-south-canterbury-rep-rugby-season
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  Highlanders 2020
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  @Nepia Yes, Geoff Cridge is signed to HB for 2020.
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  Blues 2020
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  https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/300054975/super-rugby-aotearoa-the-ioane-brothers-were-still-big-winners-in-blues-loss
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  Rugby Finances
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  @muddyriver said in Rugby Finances: And nzs super cap has near no impact on player wages if your an all black or close. Yes, $75,000-195,000 for a SR salary compared with the salaries closer to $1M for the top tier ABs.
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  Major League Rugby MLR
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  AFL 2020
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  @mariner4life yes Pouring with rain didn’t help
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  NH club rugby
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  I wonder how Pro 14 will restart. Scheduled for a week after Premiership. Specifically the 2 South African Franchises .
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  NZ Club rugby (general)
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  Waikato club results from this week. Wed Sat
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  NBA season 2019/20
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  There won't be any outlandish suits or designer tracksuits in those bags, that's for sure. Probably a Chiefs jersey though.
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  EPL 19/20
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  @Bovidae it's crazy that PSG won't have played for 5 months by the time of the quarter-final.
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  Auckland Rugby 2020
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  @Duluth yea they could do worse than have him in there!
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  Magpies 2020
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  New Magpies signing: Lolagi Visinia From the HBRU Facebook page: New signing lends muscle to Magpies backline Former Blues and All Black 7's player Lolagi Visinia will join the 2020 Magpies squad. The wing will "add size" to the Magpies backline which many indicated as a need to have to compete week after week with the best provincial union sides throughout New Zealand. The back, who has returned from France where he has been playing for FC Grenoble since 2017, said he's "excited" after moving to Hawke's Bay and keen to contribute to the community through club rugby. "I'm looking forward to getting into club rugby with Clive and playing for the Magpies," he said. "This a massive opportunity for me to be a part of the Magpies team as I have been following their success of over the last few years and I'm keen to be a part of the legacy." Magpies coach Mark Ozich was "thrilled" to have Visinia joining his backline. "It is fantastic to have secured Lolagi into our Magpies squad. He adds a different dimension to our team at 1.94m and 105kg and having the ability to play a number of positions in the backline." HBRFU chief executive Jay Campbell echoed Ozich's comments Lolagi is a proven performer at fullback and wing at Super Rugby level and said his additional "size and pace will complement our other outsides we have within our roster". Visinia has also played representative rugby for the Auckland and New Zealand Schools and Under-20 sides. . No doubt, the fact that his brother Sebastian Visinia moved to the Bay several years ago and stayed, despite not making the Magpies, has something to do with this move as well. Great for Clive to have both brothers in the squad now.
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  The future of NZ Rugby
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  @rotated you still miss the point they were basing the dropping of provinces on manipulated numbers, which left them open to a legal challenge. But we've been over this bridge many times and we will never agree.
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  ABs vs Kangaroos?
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  @Stargazer said in ABs vs Kangaroos?: Someone woke one morning and realised it was a dreadful idea.
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  Northland 2020
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  @Machpants yep, almost identical to the CCC one from 2000ish +/-
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  Classic Rugby Vids
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  @Duluth @Bovidae Yeah, he got lots of tries from those chip kicks. Always like watching the just before professionalism vids. Joseph shouldered Fitzy after he passed the ball as well.
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  AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?
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  @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?: My take, for what it's worth, is that ALB and Goodhue is a good but not great midfield. The kind that will look a million bucks when we are on top and beating a team, but when shit gets really tough, won't create much by themselves. I think you can extend that across much of the team that lost to England. We had lots of good solid international players - but, not enough who were capable of the extraordinary. I think that's why we had to go with the Mo'unga-Barrett two playmakers thing - because , they were two of the very few we had capable of busting open the most meticulous defences. Beyond them, I'd say Ardie Savea meets that standard. Big Brodie usually does, but he was a shadow of his best self. And maybe Sevu Reece. Everyone else was more a role player - solid, but not demanding of extra-special attention. Compare that to 2015 when we had major threats across the park - maybe eight or nine guys who needed special attention.
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  Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments
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  Condor Sevens The dates for the Condor Sevens have been announced: Thu 10 - Fri 11 December 2020: Open boys & girls (seniors) Sat 12 - Sun 13 December 2020: U15 boys & girls (juniors) Normally, the seniors would play on the weekend and the juniors on Thursday and Friday, but because - due to Covid-19 - several tournaments had to be squeezed into one weekend (because of changed NCEA examination dates), they have swapped the dates for the seniors and juniors, to allow students to play at multiple events. http://www.nzsssc.co.nz/newsarticle/92047
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  Super Rugby 2020
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  @Bones said in Super Rugby 2020: @Chris said in Super Rugby 2020: @Dice said in Super Rugby 2020: I'm surprised Jordie Barrett is up there. Is he a sneaky grub? I can't remember any incidents involving him. Sio Tomkinson probably should be up there, but he's not a high profile player. Off the field he may have got the grub rep He's not J-Mac for nothing eh. There are rumours about that stuff but rumours stick sometimes
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  Rough tips and other bets...
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  @Hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...: @JK said in Rough tips and other bets...: Not too sure mate. I hardly follow NZ racing and only really go to Ellerslie when someone is offering free beers Well free beers at 10:45 am on Saturday if you’re about. Tempting mate but will be down at the beach until mid next week. Taking the lad out for a bit of serious landbased fishing on saturday morning! Cant wait!
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  Exodus
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  @Daffy-Jaffy said in Exodus: Connacht have announced the signing Bay of Plenty number eight Abraham Papali’i ahead of next season. New Zealander Papali’i arrives from Bay of Plenty where he was a key member of the squad that won the Mitre 10 Cup Championship last year. The Auckland-born duel code player started his rugby union career with North Harbour before being recruited into the New Zealand Warriors (rugby league) pathway. In 2015 Papali’i signed a two-year contract with the Sydney Roosters of the Australian National Rugby League. Following his time with the Roosters, Papali’i joined Lézignan Sangliers in the premier French Rugby League competition before the 6’4″ number eight returned to New Zealand and successfully restarted his rugby union career with Bay of Plenty. “I am delighted to welcome Abraham to Connacht Rugby,” he said. “Abraham is a powerful number eight who has all the attributes to become a really valuable player for us while furthering our options in the back-row. I know every Connacht supporter will be excited to see what he can offer.” Did this guy fall out of favour at BoP or was he injured? Don't think he was named in the 23 for any of the finals last year.
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  All Blacks Tests 2020
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  @KiwiMurph said in All Blacks Tests 2020: @MajorRage Melbourne/Victoria is completely locked down from the rest of Australia. I don't see that being a dealbreaker. I can see it now, “The show must go on! Tasmania and Stewart Island get their first Bledisloe tests”
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  'Super Rugby' 2021
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  https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2020/07/rugby-sanzaar-faces-axe-as-details-of-nz-rugby-s-aratipu-review-emerge.html Southern hemisphere rugby could be set for a major shakeup , with doubts emerging over the ongoing existence of SANZAAR. Sources tell Newshub that the governing body could disband altogether to leave international unions to go it alone, in one of a handful of key recommendations to come from the 'Aratipu' report commissioned by New Zealand Rugby in April. Newshub can reveal that SANZAAR's days of running the competition appear to be over from next year. As it stands, Super Rugby involves teams from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina. The draft 'Aratipu' review recommends major changes from 2021 - namely a trans-Tasman competition with the addition of a team from the Pacific. Without teams from South Africa and Argentina, SANZAAR's governance of the competition would inevitably cease. The proposed changes to the competition have been welcomed by those involved. "As long as it keeps the qualities that are making this competition really successful," says Blues coach Leon MacDonald. "Strong teams right across the board, strong games... there's a little bit of a recipe here that as long as they don't deviate too far away from would be well received." It's understood that is what's seen as the missing piece to the Super Rugby puzzle and was identified by review chair Don Mackinnon from the outset. "Do we look at a Heineken cup type playoff model in the short to medium term whereby we're looking at the best of the best playing," Mackinnon queried at the announcement of the review in April. Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has also expressed his desire for there to be something more for the Super Rugby winners. "I love the idea of how we can connect up if we have a competition down here and then we can link to the north, that would make it pretty special," Robertson suggested in May. SANZAAR's sole purpose moving forward would be to oversee the Rugby Championship. But Tuesday's developments suggest that after quarter of a century, southern hemisphere rugby's united front could soon be over.
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  NFL 2020
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  @nzzp said in NFL 2020: @mariner4life said in NFL 2020: Chiefs probably fucked now though. Yeah - should cost them too much, but the way he's been playing, who the hell knows? What a talent - would be delighted to see him and Andy Reid forge a dynasty together. Reid's coaching tree is amazing, such an innovative coach without the championships (until reecently) They are screwed now. No more money to pay good players not named Patrick
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  Crusaders 2020
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  Michael Fatialofa
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  ‘Journalists’ come up with click bait article. Truth ends up being far less dramatic. Fuck me days print media writers are on the whole a pack of absolute parasites.
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  AB Depth Chart 2020
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  @Nepia hasn't seemed that way to me.
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  All Black Coach - Ian Foster
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  9% say Jason Holland is the best coach they've worked under.
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  World & NZ Rugby Awards 2018
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  @Stargazer said in World & NZ Rugby Awards 2018: 2018 World Rugby Awards Award for Distinguished Service: former Japanese prime minister and current president of the Japan Rugby Football Union Yoshirō Mori Award for Character: Doddie Weir Happy Birthday to Doddie Weir, 50 today. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theoffsideline.com/carl-hogg-doddie-weir/amp/ Humbling to see the Big Man take what he learned playing Rugby Union (gather a team around you and fight with all your strength) into his battle with Motor Neuron Disease. A top man and one of Rugby's great characters. Raising a glass to you, Doddie.