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    @WoodysRFC

    You've missed my point.

    They know not to piss off their own fans and they are brilliant at raising revenue. French home games sell out quickly and their recent game against the All Blacks was the most watched Rugby game on TV in France ever.

    They are super shrewd and I like to see a lot more of that from the people running the game in NZ.

  • Rugby match threads

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    @Nevorian said in Ireland v Wallabies:

    Thought if they had scored off the TT intercept that might have taken the game, unfortunately support didn’t quite get there

    Shit option from Tupou - should have given it to Williams once through the line, and then followed him. They should have both drifted left a little and called Sua'ali'i and Jorgensen into the middle of the field.

    Passing late and badly is never a good option. See it all the time with the leaguies at my club: they think the offload-in-contact is a hero move, rather than staying alive to support.

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    @Billy-Tell said in Sporties - Nominations - Favourite Sportsman/woman (Non Rugby/Cricket):

    Dunno about favourite but that Aussie Gout Gout looks like a genuine sprint star in the making. Wish his parents had chosen NZ!

  • Man of the match voting

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    @mariner4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Italy:

    that poll is telling. We played Italy and two of the top 3 are the props and the other is our baby blindside.

    @mariner4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Italy:

    that poll is telling. We played Italy and two of the top 3 are the props and the other is our baby blindside.

    I get your point but conversely I'd like to think that's where we should expect our best performers to be: front row and the tight-loosie.

  • Details of the competitions run by the TSF members

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    Finally for the season, a review of the history of NPC Tipping. The winners have been

    2006 Brakdov
    2008 Donsteppa/KP/Higgins
    2009 TR
    2010 Bay Imports
    2011 TR
    2012 Winger
    2013 Propsicle
    2014 Cactus Jack
    2015 Higgins
    2016 Joan and Mary
    2018 Langakali
    2019 Bay Imports/Winger
    2020 Dice
    2021 Higgins/Plastered Peni
    2022 Crucial
    2023 Bay Imports
    2024 Winger

    3 titles each for Winger, Higgins and Bay Imports. 2 for TR.

    2006 Valley
    2008 Northland
    2009 Waikato
    2010 Hawke's Bay
    2011 Hawke's Bay
    2012 BOP
    2013 Hawke's Bay
    2014 Wellington
    2015 Wairarapa Bush
    2016 Wairarapa Bush
    2018 Northland
    2019 Wairarapa Bush
    2020 Northland
    2021 Counties-Waikato
    2022 Harbour-Auckland
    2023 Hawke's Bay
    2024 Hawke's Bay

    5 titles for Hawke's Bay, 3 for Wairarapa Bush and Northland.

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    Had issues loading the site this morning and a little bit of slowness persists after e.g. when I hit the button to post, for 5ish seconds the toolbar will still show a draft pending then everything updates.

    Also getting "lost connection" orange text pop-up a couple of times posting this