B&I Lions 2017
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@kiwiinmelb every flanker ever read that and gave a sneer of derision
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@mariner4life At least, the ones who can read did.
Now get back to groveling in the fucking mud and stop interrupting our intellectual discourse.
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@Chris-B. "intellectual discourse"? Is that what you guys are doing while the rest of us are playing rugby?
"No, we don't want it until it's quick ball and there is no one in front of us, you guys keep it"
"okay now! shit, I've dropped it. okay, scrum for them, we'll have a bit more of a chat"Parasites living off the hard work of others
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@mariner4life Acute tactical appreciation.
"Look at those two stunning babes on the sideline. If you drop the ball on the 22 line, we should be ideally situated to flex our manly backs' muscles at them, while the peasants fuck about collapsing their scrums and rubbing each others faces in the mud".
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@Chris-B. yep, and after the game while the forwards are having a quiet beer reflecting on that ruck he didn't hit hard enough, or the tackle that was almost slipped, the backs are out there preening and congratulating one another in front of the women claiming the game was won by them!
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@taniwharugby Which it obviously was - through "magnificent speed, strength and skill".
"And what do those fat boys do?" she asked.
"You mean other than take up space... ha ha ha...".
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Massive long shot, but it turns out I'll be in Auckland for the weekend of the third Test. If anyone knows of any tickets for sale, or any way of getting them, I'd be all ears.
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@Bovidae said in B&I Lions 2017:
To change the subject slightly, has anyone who got their test tickets via the ballot received them yet? I know tickets for the non-test games have been sent but I wasn't sure about the test tickets. There is still a month to go though.
What tickets have gone out? I haven't gotten any yet.
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@taniwharugby said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Chris-B. yep, and after the game while the forwards are having a quiet beer reflecting on that ruck he didn't hit hard enough, or the tackle that was almost slipped, the backs are out there preening and congratulating one another in front of the women claiming the game was won by them!
Whether it was or wasn't the backs end up looking up the skirt of some hotty while the forwards look at the bottom of an empty glass.
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@Crucial said in B&I Lions 2017:
@taniwharugby said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Chris-B. yep, and after the game while the forwards are having a quiet beer reflecting on that ruck he didn't hit hard enough, or the tackle that was almost slipped, the backs are out there preening and congratulating one another in front of the women claiming the game was won by them!
Whether it was or wasn't the backs end up looking up the skirt of some hotty while the forwards look at the bottom of an empty glass.
I never saw the problem.And the truth was spoken. As the good book says - the meek shall inherit the earth.
And the totty, blondes, autographs, Stuart Barnes All-Time Favourite All-Blacks, comp tix, etc, etc
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@Unco said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Bovidae said in B&I Lions 2017:
To change the subject slightly, has anyone who got their test tickets via the ballot received them yet? I know tickets for the non-test games have been sent but I wasn't sure about the test tickets. There is still a month to go though.
What tickets have gone out? I haven't gotten any yet.
Physical tickets to Maori and Barbarians have landed already.
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@Crucial said in B&I Lions 2017:
@taniwharugby said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Chris-B. yep, and after the game while the forwards are having a quiet beer reflecting on that ruck he didn't hit hard enough, or the tackle that was almost slipped, the backs are out there preening and congratulating one another in front of the women claiming the game was won by them!
Whether it was or wasn't the backs end up looking up the skirt of some hotty while the forwards look at the bottom of an empty glass.
I never saw the problem.just bided our time...waiting for the backs to, er, drop the ball so to speak.
Anywhoo, got my tickets for the opening game weeks ago, have heard lots of people yet to receive them.
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@nzzp said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Unco said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Bovidae said in B&I Lions 2017:
To change the subject slightly, has anyone who got their test tickets via the ballot received them yet? I know tickets for the non-test games have been sent but I wasn't sure about the test tickets. There is still a month to go though.
What tickets have gone out? I haven't gotten any yet.
Physical tickets to Maori and Barbarians have landed already.
We've got our tickets for both the Maori and Chiefs games.
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@Bovidae said in B&I Lions 2017:
@nzzp said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Unco said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Bovidae said in B&I Lions 2017:
To change the subject slightly, has anyone who got their test tickets via the ballot received them yet? I know tickets for the non-test games have been sent but I wasn't sure about the test tickets. There is still a month to go though.
What tickets have gone out? I haven't gotten any yet.
Physical tickets to Maori and Barbarians have landed already.
We've got our tickets for both the Maori and Chiefs games.
We haven't received the Chiefs tickets yet. Really annoying.
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@SimonAdd_2 there might be a few available after the 2nd test...
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@Unco said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Bovidae said in B&I Lions 2017:
@nzzp said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Unco said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Bovidae said in B&I Lions 2017:
To change the subject slightly, has anyone who got their test tickets via the ballot received them yet? I know tickets for the non-test games have been sent but I wasn't sure about the test tickets. There is still a month to go though.
What tickets have gone out? I haven't gotten any yet.
Physical tickets to Maori and Barbarians have landed already.
We've got our tickets for both the Maori and Chiefs games.
We haven't received the Chiefs tickets yet. Really annoying.
Another thing where NZ is falling into the worldwide 'process'. Lots of tickets for gigs, games etc now aren't sent out until the week before in the UK.
I guess it is an attempt to cut reselling down as you are less likely to put another link in the chain of waiting for it and trusting it will arrive. The likes of Viagogo have had to start setting up collection booths for sellers to drop tickets off last minute for pickups. -
@gollum said in B&I Lions 2017:
12 & 13 are hugely different defensive positions in union. Does anyone play left & right? It seems like the sort of thing the Aussies might have tried at some stage
A left/right setup elsewhere in the team has often been favoured by the French with a pair of left/right flankers instead of open-/blindside.
But they also do that very French thing of having guys who play 9/10 (other than a few exceptions like Ruan Pienaar and the numerically-fluid Giteau).
Sometimes multi-position players are the definition of Jack-of-all-trades (for England: Austin Healey: 9/10/wing/fullback - though good enough to be twice a Lion)
and others are masters of more than one (for Ireland: Mike Gibson, 10/12/13, and occasional 14, and 5 Lions Tours). -
@Crucial said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Unco said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Bovidae said in B&I Lions 2017:
@nzzp said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Unco said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Bovidae said in B&I Lions 2017:
To change the subject slightly, has anyone who got their test tickets via the ballot received them yet? I know tickets for the non-test games have been sent but I wasn't sure about the test tickets. There is still a month to go though.
What tickets have gone out? I haven't gotten any yet.
Physical tickets to Maori and Barbarians have landed already.
We've got our tickets for both the Maori and Chiefs games.
We haven't received the Chiefs tickets yet. Really annoying.
Another thing where NZ is falling into the worldwide 'process'. Lots of tickets for gigs, games etc now aren't sent out until the week before in the UK.
I guess it is an attempt to cut reselling down as you are less likely to put another link in the chain of waiting for it and trusting it will arrive. The likes of Viagogo have had to start setting up collection booths for sellers to drop tickets off last minute for pickups.But if Bovidae's already received his tickets, I'm not sure that's the case here.
@Bovidae Cheers, I'll give it to Wednesday and if I still haven't received anything, I guess I'll call Ticketek.