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    Dan54

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    • RE: Happiness Scale

      Just saw this thread, and quite a good one I though. I have had a change, lived in Aus for 24 years, and as I was due to retire we came back home to NZ. Not a rushed decision as was always coming back, would of perhaps 5-10 years back but was getting to age where I was better to keep going with work etc until retirement. So in October I handed/gave my business over to fella who had been with me since I started and sold house and wife and I returned hame. We originally looked at Hawkes bay to live but couldn't find any houses we fancied where we wanted to live (Waipukurau), so after looking around Waiarapa etc we ended up in Taranaki (don't ask how, we from Levin) and after moving into house etc I can say I am enjoying every moment of my life. I have never been a gardener (who can be in Brisbane anyway) I have been mucking around in garden, generally enjoying living back in small town. Been down to Southern rugby club to have a look at trainings, so will be a supporter there. Get to see my siblings as I want, that are spread around North Island, see my adult daughter and grandkid s(also adult) at times, so actually at times I stop and pinch myself to make sure it all real. I even love driving around the roads as countryside here so beautiful. So in reply to how I am on happiness scale, at moment I right up there! hey and rugby has started so😁

      posted in Off Topic
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      Dan54
    • RE: Old people talk about the olden days

      I always walked to s chool when going to Kapuni school, if someone offered you a ride home and you turned them down you were frowned on at home, to bad if you didn't know them.
      I always still laugh at how my parents would be shot today, as a 4 year old on the farm the old man would sit me on the drivers seat of tractor, put it in gear and I would hold it in straight line while he fed out the hay, as we got close to the fance at end he would jump off trailer, jump on back of tractor, turn the steering wheel and get back on trailer etc. God help us how we survived I still trying to work out.
      Mind you I come from a family of 18 kids , so the old man probably figured he could risk a few of us without too much worry 😀

      posted in Off Topic
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    • RE: NZ Club rugby (general)

      Just thought I would put up a post to remind everyone about club rugby. I know it not trendy to follow it these days as much as it was, but moving back home and too a small town it reminds me where a lot of the heart of NZ rugby lies. Taranaki actually kicked off club rugby on Good Friday, so I was able to go to Stratford and enjoy them playing Clifton. Was just brilliant sitting in a packed stand and having a chat to people I didn't know about the game etc, as well as watch game full of players just playing becuase they love the game. And were a good number of cockies there in gumboots etc . Only trouble was too many heading into clubrooms after game seemed it best to head home.
      And then Saturday in Hawera ,Southern (which is now my club played Tukapa and were enjoying 25th year anniversary. Once again it was a great crowd ,and bloody enjoyable time watching games, and this time while having a quiet beer and great rugby chat with a few gents I had never met before. I know we get a few that sneer at what they call park rugby etc, but I would suggest that it is still what any rugby man should try and do more often (I know some can't for their own reasons) and you just may remember why the game is so bloody good.
      What is the point of the post? Just that this is a rugby bored and the theme of posts is to often negative about players/coaches etc, and I just thought why not have one about some of the bloody good things and why ours is the best game around!
      I actually posted this elsewhere, but just I feeling real good about game so..............

      posted in Sports Talk
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    • RE: Old people talk about the olden days

      @rancid-schnitzel said in Old people talk about the olden days:

      @dan54 said in Old people talk about the olden days:

      I always walked to s chool when going to Kapuni school, if someone offered you a ride home and you turned them down you were frowned on at home, to bad if you didn't know them.
      I always still laugh at how my parents would be shot today, as a 4 year old on the farm the old man would sit me on the drivers seat of tractor, put it in gear and I would hold it in straight line while he fed out the hay, as we got close to the fance at end he would jump off trailer, jump on back of tractor, turn the steering wheel and get back on trailer etc. God help us how we survived I still trying to work out.
      Mind you I come from a family of 18 kids , so the old man probably figured he could risk a few of us without too much worry 😀

      18???? Your poor mum. Was she able to walk?

      Funnily enough as kids grew up and left they still seemed to love having grankids and great grandkids hanging around too. It was a different type of life I had, I always wanted what everyone else had, because I had bugger all, but now I wouldn't change my life growing up in that madhouse for anything!

      posted in Off Topic
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    • RE: Pasifika SR team

      @rapido said in Pasifika SR team:

      With this kind of thing:

      https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/124896487/super-rugby-tonga-coach-welcomes-moana-pasifika-but-with-a-warning-for-all-blacks

      Did Mark Robinson et al actually think an NZ Pacific franchise would be ever be a good PR thing for the NZRU?

      Welcome to years of trolling anytime an NZ born and raised Samoan happens to make the All Blacks if at some time early in his career he happened to have played for an NZ franchise based in Penrose rather than another one 9.5km away in Sandringham.

      Kefu kind of has a point, though from a Tongan POV. Tonga, unlike Samoa, actually do produce some good players that enter the NZ system and go right to the top. Although they already enter at schoolboy level and this won't increase any of it.

      Isn't it good to see Kefu's worry etc, after the stirling performance he had for Tonga!
      FFS how short the memories and pot kettle comes to mind!

      posted in Sports Talk
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      Dan54
    • RE: SRA round 8: Highlanders v Blues

      Well fellas there is why I love this game! That was bloody great, don't ever accept the other team has better players, have a better team plan is the answer!

      posted in Rugby Matches
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      Dan54
    • RE: Old people talk about the olden days

      @taniwharugby said in Old people talk about the olden days:

      @mn5 I had KFC for the first time in probably 10 years a few weeks back, but was a zinger burger.

      As I have mentioned before, IMO the best chicken was the stuff near the end of its allowed time in the warmer.

      The KFC special herbs and spices comes prepared in a package, then mixed with flour before starting the breading of the chicken.

      I always enjoyed KFC, bit since being back home have found a Tegels takeout range, and actually really enjoy Nashville style or Louisana style as much as KFC. It has become my go to food while watching rugby, of course it helps thet my wife cooks it up for me and brings it out whilst I in front of tv!

      posted in Off Topic
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      Dan54
    • RE: All Blacks 2021

      @nzbloke said in All Blacks 2021:

      @kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2021:

      @nzbloke said in All Blacks 2021:

      @kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2021:

      God I was waiting for the “smith is no better than TJP chat to start”

      The smith box kicks too much is so 2017, that hasn’t been a problem for years, yes he went through a phase where he was kicking away possession but like the pro he is he took that criticism and changed, you would be hard pressed to see him box kick now without at least one chaser knowing exactly what’s going on and the rest of the line coming up for the counter which means it is very much the game plan

      Other than Smith's pass tell me all these other areas in that position where he's better than TJ, Weber etc ???

      It's common bloody sense to weight the ball from a box kick so your players chasing have a chance of regaining it again - what I'm saying is it's a low percentage kick to overdo, think about it ? the ball only travels about 30 metres, even when it's an accurate one you have less than a 50/50 chance of regaining possession in the air back as the other sides players are moving forward towards it... also, like any sport you vary your tactics, so you don't become predictable.

      Do you honestly think the box kick is a top tactic to break down a rushing defence ? also find it brainless when a players box kick lands well within his own territory, better to kick the ball out near halfway, even if the other team get the lineout throw, by having the lineout you settle things down, having more time to set your defence.

      You know we had this discussion before aye?

      Might just be me but I’d always considered passing to be pretty important for a halfback

      Listing all the areas where smith is better than tj would be listing all the aspects of rugby…so I’m just going to say rugby…smith is better at rugby than tj…currently at least

      Yeah, we had the same discussion before on another sports site... but you still haven't really answered it.

      Naturally having a good passing game is very important for any halfback to have, we all know Smith is better in that area than any of our other 9's - he basically relies on two things though, passing & a heap of aimless box kicking... but also a halfback needs to make darting runs, add a few well waited grubbers into space etc, mix it up, having more skilled options on attack constantly keeps the opposition in two minds, making that 9 even worth more value to the team.

      have you watched Smith play?? You are right when you say he has a great pass, but I not sure you have noticed one of his other greatest assets is how fit he is, he is always at breakdown waiting to clear ball, and it's not as coomon as may think. The try ABs scored against Ireland in overtime a few years back, from start to finish of the movement Smith handles the ball about 10 times, that is extraordinary for a player who started the match to keep getting vthere and hitting players with passes. His pass is not only quick but by far the most accurate I have seen, his ability to hit one player he wants on the run is best by far of any I have seen. He is actually pretty handy on the break, but as Kiwiwomble rightly says he just a better rugby player than others named. as his decisions are generally so good! Hell I a Canes man, but TJ who has his own strengths is nowhere near Smith's all round game!

      posted in Sports Talk
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      Dan54
    • RE: Crusaders v Fijian Drua

      @Stag said in Crusaders v Fijian Drua:

      @antipodean then you clearly know very little about loose forward play

      I go with anti here, Christie isn't in the picture for test rugby really, a bloody good game against Drua who were getting beaten everywhere isn't how you judge a 7. Hell he not even first choice at Crusaders usually.

      posted in Rugby Matches
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      Dan54
    • RE: All Blacks 2022

      @Tim said in All Blacks 2022:

      Cane maybe captain, but is recovering from injury … again.

      Does anyone think he will play better than Papalii would in this series?

      I do!! He is an international player I reckon. And probably one of every first named?

      posted in Sports Talk
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    Latest posts made by Dan54

    • RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test

      @taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

      @Dan54 safe from what? If any of them were ill, like any normal person, they shouldnt come in to work.

      When the few of my work colleagues returned to work after covid or isolating due to a house member with covid, we didnt wear masks, is that a thing now?

      I think it recommended that Masks are worn in enclosed places, not a rule, but recommendation, and think with Cpvid in ranks it pays to be safe is all, and show it?

      posted in Rugby Matches
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      Dan54
    • RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test

      @taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

      @booboo but they were over it, or they shouldn't have been there...?

      Either way, thought it looked daft with one box all masked up, and the other not.

      Do we use safety gear for what looks daft to someone on TV or for what they think is best for safety.

      posted in Rugby Matches
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      Dan54
    • RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test

      @Stag said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

      @African-Monkey 6 runs for 1 meter gained and 14 tackles is hardly earth shattering for an All Black 7 and captain.

      really, 14 tackles and a good percentage of them dominant, chirst some of you probably need to learn about the game. it's not about stats, but who makes a difference on field and Cane surely does!

      posted in Rugby Matches
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    • RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test

      @Toddy said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

      @canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

      Can I say Scott Barrett is having a good game?

      Defensively Red has been excellent. Best of the loosies on D which should be the captains bread and butter. But Red been quite inaccurate at the ruck and his throwing the ball along the ground after being tackled has lead to some slow attacking ball.

      One of the things I enjoyed was Brad Mooar saying after halftime there wasn't much to say as the players had answers themselves!

      posted in Rugby Matches
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      Dan54
    • RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test

      @Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

      20 minute red cards or full game?

      International test, Red card is for game! Will be for all tests from now on.

      posted in Rugby Matches
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      Dan54
    • RE: All Blacks XV

      @antipodean said in All Blacks XV:

      @Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks XV:

      Nik Simon  /  Jun 30  /  Rugby

      O'Gara and Robertson to join forces for Barbarians against All Blacks

      O'Gara and Robertson to join forces for Barbarians against All Blacks

      The coaching team has not yet been announced but Sportsmail understands that O'Gara and Robertson - have already agreed to join forces for the Barbarians.

      I'm inclined to believe NZR didn't approach Robertson before coming up with the XV concept.

      Well according to one version of that report he was offered it when NZR resigned Razor. Perhaps Baabaas job worth more money? Mind you it could be speculation about Razor as there no official staement.

      posted in Sports Talk
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    • RE: All Blacks XV

      @booboo said in All Blacks XV:

      @mariner4life said in All Blacks XV:

      ultimate @booboo this one

      What'd I do? (I'm hoping someone ... cough @Dan54 ... started a new thread 50 odd posts after someone started a new thread and it wasn't me ... )

      P.S. who is @Dan54-35 and @Dan543 ?

      buggered if I know who Dan 543 or Dan54-35 is Boo, only know who I am, and it's hard enough being me without trying to be anyone else. My Nic comes from my name and year born, so whoever else does it different.

      posted in Sports Talk
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    • RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test

      @antipodean said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

      @Dan54 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

      @gt12 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

      This conversation is driving me fucking nuts.

      We're playing a lock at 6 to hopefully make up for the fact that we are playing an impact 7 at 8.

      At what point are the selectors going to man up and make a choice that it would be better for AB rugby to lose Ardie Savea, so that we could get some fucking balance?

      Fuck him if he leaves because he has to play off the bench. We'd be better off.

      So if Ardie is a 7 playing at 8, why is he picked in world VXs at 8, why does he look to be the first player named in any super team while playing at 8? He is a pretty capable 8, and because he can also play 7 doesn't stop him being a bloody good 8. Who has said he will bugger off if he is on bench, that is just making shit up and seemingly trying to make Ardie look like an arsehole.

      People pick World XVs based in highlight reels. Just watch him play and how he never shifts bodies at rucks. Always leans or one out. Isn't tall enough to be a good option for lineputs.

      Those are considerable gaps to be overcome in a loose forward trio.

      You do know the world xv (the only one I use as it is a World Rugby one) is picked by the a panel including Richie McCaw, Terry Dustoir,, Joe Smit, Ugo Moyne etc etc, I know I know how would these lot know more about what makes a good international rugby player than those who who inhabit forums etc., but there you go they just look at a few highlights and pick team no doubt.

      posted in Rugby Matches
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    • RE: All Blacks XV

      @taniwharugby said in All Blacks XV:

      @Stargazer I merged his thread into this one...

      And you have my gratitude taniwhai, we will pretend I always intended that to be done. 😁

      posted in Sports Talk
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      Dan54
    • RE: All Blacks XV

      @Stargazer said in All Blacks XV:

      @Dan54 You might want to check out the first post of this thread. 😉

      Ok sorry fellas, I didn't look properly (again), that's not like me!!!!

      Oh ok it is but............................

      posted in Sports Talk
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