Blues 2021
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@snowy said in Blues 2021:
"Super Rugby: Blues boost as Blake Gibson return offsets Dalton Papalii defection"
I'm just baffled, and annoyed, at the headline. WTF are they talking about?
I have just googled to see if there was some other meaning for "defection" that I didn't know about. What am I missing?
i'm glad i am not the only one!! it's been doing my head in since it was first posted. I actually read the article to find out if he had moved to the Chiefs
Sadly not.
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I am starting to see what others having been seeing about Papalii. I do wonder what position will be his best in the long run, especially at AB level. He seems a cross between a 7 and a 6 to me.
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@snowy said in Blues 2021:
"Super Rugby: Blues boost as Blake Gibson return offsets Dalton Papalii defection"
I'm just baffled, and annoyed, at the headline. WTF are they talking about?
I have just googled to see if there was some other meaning for "defection" that I didn't know about. What am I missing?
He failed his WOF because of defects?
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@stargazer said in Blues 2021:
@machpants Where? I've never seen it before. Hinton loves American sports; is it common in American sports media?
Maybe it is in UK media? I am certainly aware of having read it before. Still a pointless use of the word but so is learnings
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@machpants said in Blues 2021:
Still a pointless use of the word but so is learnings
Don't start me.
What was wrong with lesson, or even lessons? A perfectly serviceable word.
Fuckwits everywhere, mutter, mutter. You'll find me in the GOM thread.
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@machpants I have seen defection used in that context before, but I think it was during the M10 Cup last year on Stuff.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2021:
@machpants I have seen defection used in that context before, but I think it was during the M10 Cup last year on Stuff.
I'm with @Snowy, it was wrong then, it's wrong now.
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@machpants said in Blues 2021:
@stargazer said in Blues 2021:
@machpants Where? I've never seen it before. Hinton loves American sports; is it common in American sports media?
Maybe it is in UK media? I am certainly aware of having read it before. Still a pointless use of the word but so is learnings
Learnings is the worst.
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@machpants said in Blues 2021:
@stargazer said in Blues 2021:
@machpants Where? I've never seen it before. Hinton loves American sports; is it common in American sports media?
Maybe it is in UK media? I am certainly aware of having read it before. Still a pointless use of the word but so is learnings
Not in UK. Mind you when someone is grassed in the tackle they are said to hit the floor, rather than ground.
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@crazy-horse said in Blues 2021:
I am starting to see what others having been seeing about Papalii. I do wonder what position will be his best in the long run, especially at AB level. He seems a cross between a 7 and a 6 to me.
Great guy to have in a RWC squad. Like a cross between Kaino and Cane. Wouldn't be upset to see him start at 6/7 if Cane or whoever the 6 is was injured. If he goes ok at 8, he could take Ardie's bench spot when he leaves after the RWC...
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