SBW and Crotty both injured.
Fuck me, that's never happened before.

From GAGR -
"It's pretty inspirational that the Boks are even playing in this tournament. Seems Etzebeth and many of their forwards suffer from serious chronic medical conditions, severe forms of arthritis, perhaps, and struggle to go more than 14 seconds without being attended to by a legion of medical staff for a minute or two. Leaving the care home -- whence I assume they all reside, what with all this constant need for medical attention -- must be a pretty daunting experience. They have displayed true courage simply by turning up to Australia, let alone finding the willpower to partake in a match of rugby union football."

51 players.
Unlucky Akira, you were the 52nd.
Honest mate.

@frank said in AB EOYT 2018:

51 players.
Unlucky Akira, you were the 52nd.
Honest mate.

Fuck, I was taking the piss Steve.

I also agree with my more left leaning friends on this forum that there is probably not fraud of any significant scale. The US system is very decentralized. It is difficult to cheat on a massive scale. If you vote twice, your original vote plus the fake ones are thrown out.

I also think the mail-ins should have been counted at first if possible. Even if legitimate, the late dumps after the election day vote at 4 am give the perception of suspicious minds (and trust me that is the majority of Republicans) that the Dems knew how much was needed. But to be clear, I don't believe there has been mass fraud unless proven.

Trump should NOT be going around saying that. They should simply get their lawyers and court litigations and quietly go about the checking and recount processes that may be needed.

If Trump loses, and it seems he almost certainly will, there will be a tiny fraction of militant right wing extremists wanting to, shall we say, do something, in revenge if the major perception is the Dems won by fraud. Trump has a responsibility to shut the fuck up about this. But the horse has bolted.

I am withdrawing my support for him for the time being unless it is proven it was a steal by the Dems because I think he is being irresponsible for the whole country and you can still do all the checking through litigation anyway.

@stargazer said in All Blacks 2021:

@frank I don't see the need to add skin colour. Just keep it to "safe".

Nah - safe white boy is way funnier.

The sweet, sweet tears of Phil Kearns.

WTF did Bridge and Ennor do this year to earn selection?
Or last year for that matter.

I remember Fozzie saying they were going to up the physicality and pick more specialists.

What a load of BS.

Bridge has played okay, especially in the last test where he was superb under the high ball. It's tough on Reece because he the far more threatening attacker, but with Will Jordan you kind of get the best of both worlds.

@daffy-jaffy said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

7 Albertus Smith, 6 Siyamthanda Kolisi

Kwagga Smith + Kolisi = Boks trying to speed the game up, or perhaps Mostert has just been shit at blindside.

@kiwiwomble said in Coronavirus - Australia:

they're both choices, one may cost more sure but its a choice to have children and then its a choice for them to play sport etc etc
should you not have to pay the dues/fees for that sport if you don't want to? no, there's a cost for that choice, and now being vaxxed is the cost to do that too

What utter bollocks.
BTW - one of the first steps the govt/ needs in establishing permanent overreach is a nicely compliant population. Looks like they might be succeeding.

According to this paywalled headline............

New Zealand's elimination strategy has made our country the envy of the world so far in the pandemic – and experts say there's little logic in abandoning it now.

Anyone got a peek behind the paywall to tell me -

1. Which countries are envying NZ right now ?
2. Who are these "experts" advocating continuance of the elimination strategy?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-delta-outbreak-why-nz-needs-to-stick-with-elimination/HJPRJCOICKPVFFE55566UOPRFM/

@bones said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Yeah can't see Frizzel doing much different than Blackadder, so give Blackadder the same chances.

Blackadder doesn't knock out teeth as well as Frizell.

Codie Taylor seems a step down from Taukei'aho.

From GAGR -
"It's pretty inspirational that the Boks are even playing in this tournament. Seems Etzebeth and many of their forwards suffer from serious chronic medical conditions, severe forms of arthritis, perhaps, and struggle to go more than 14 seconds without being attended to by a legion of medical staff for a minute or two. Leaving the care home -- whence I assume they all reside, what with all this constant need for medical attention -- must be a pretty daunting experience. They have displayed true courage simply by turning up to Australia, let alone finding the willpower to partake in a match of rugby union football."

Really like Blackadder, real mongrel about him.

That's why he's a better winger.