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    @Bones probably Richies, friends, uncles, cousins, sisters, best mates school friend

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    @Machpants said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

    Dane Coles, not a wimp

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/122785210/sign-me-up-ive-got-three-kids-dane-coles-in-for-all-blacks-long-haul-in-australia

    I hear him!

    This may be obvious but is good to hear:

    "NZ Rugby do it really well making sure our families back home are looked after and we have got good support and that makes it a bit easier."

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    "NZ Rugby do it really well making sure our families back home are looked after and we have got good support and that makes it a bit easier."

    Alright, I'm going to say it...fuck these modern all blacks are wealthy pampered fags!

    Either piss or get off the pot!

    Bah humbug!🀨

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    @Siam said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

    "NZ Rugby do it really well making sure our families back home are looked after and we have got good support and that makes it a bit easier."

    Alright, I'm going to say it...fuck these modern all blacks are wealthy pampered fags!

    Either piss or get off the pot!

    Bah humbug!🀨

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    @Bones I'm old school bro and proud of the sacrifices that the old boys made.

    I'm up for the brickbats to be hurled in my direction but a month away, in fine style is hardly something to get the tissues out for and not an unreasonable work sacrifice as we gush over the proud privilege sentiments of being selected that we got a week or so ago.

    I know it's a different time but it's all rather over done in my opinion. These guys are coddled too much I reckon.

    Plenty of men would and do, undertake a few months away to provide for their families with out the "prestige" of representing the jersey.

    Fire away pussies!!😁

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    @Siam sure, I'm just not sure what was wrong with what DC said. Are you saying there wasn't any support given in your "old school" days by nzru and that made those gorgeous studs the manly men they were?

    Heck even my company supports me when I go on long trips by paying for the missus to come too. I am a big girls blouse though.

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    @Bones nah I didn't read any of itπŸ˜„

    Just got my dander up imagining that some weren't going to play and stay at home.

    Then the comment about support for families seemed too touchy feely ( might be other families more in need of support) and then that deeply seated rant came out.

    It's all bollocks and "nothing to see here" but I've made my bed so will have to double down for the next day or two, then skulk off denying it all - as is the tradition on the fernπŸ₯΄πŸ˜’πŸ˜

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    @Siam said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

    might be other families more in need of support

    Yeah true, nzru resources would be best looking to help out in Africa or summit rather than supporting their staff. Fucken heathens.

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    @Bones πŸ˜ƒ more like I can imagine some working class dye hard NZers wondering what support you get on top of 6 figure salary, freebies and a new Ford to drive around while the old man is away at work for a few weeks

    Wonder how the plight of an AB family compares to theirs?

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    @Siam tell me about it - I wasn't able to order the 2kg rolled rump last month as it wasn't on special 😞

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    @taniwharugby said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

    @Bovidae they'd need to get here soon then, cos its only a month away.

    That's what I'm saying about using local refs. The English cricket team used local umpires in recent series against WI and Pakistan so maybe NZ and Aust do the same.

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    @Bones said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

    Gosh.

    I'm going to be honest and say I've never heard of Joe Porter. πŸ™‚

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    @Bovidae yeah neither - way to make a name for himself!

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    Bidwell goes full Reason. Hopefully the last we'll hear of him, if he doesn't care?

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/300110863/rugby-championship-who-runs-rugby-in-new-zealand

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    @Siam said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

    @Bones πŸ˜ƒ more like I can imagine some working class dye hard NZers wondering what support you get on top of 6 figure salary, freebies and a new Ford to drive around while the old man is away at work for a few weeks

    Wonder how the plight of an AB family compares to theirs?

    You got no kids eh?

    Money and freebies ain't got shit to do with how hard it is when the orher half is away. If I'm away for a week, its really fucking hard on the missus to keep a hectic family life rolling, and vice versa when she's away. Our kids have after school activities 4 nights per week, twice before school, variable start times at different schools, weekend activities, homework, and just normal emotional issues of growing up.

    Going from 2 parents to 1 is really bloody hard. You need an insanely flexible job (assuming both are working) and you have to be on point for 16hrs per day organising stuff. Do that for 10 weeks and its bloody exhausting.

    I have no idea what additional support these guys get, but I'm willing to bet it isn't financial. It's likely to be numbers to call when they need a sitter or a dr to come to the house, a car/driver to collect a kid, someone to sort the garden out and mow the lawn.

    No points for you and your "old school" attitude.

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    @voodoo but the difference is, abs are often away for weeks. It is part of their normal life, so something that is planned for. If they didn't want travel, they shouldn't accept the ABs job. This travel is just a little bit longer than the norm.

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    @voodoo all fair mate. A terrible rant from me, perhaps the avatar speakingπŸ˜‰

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    @Machpants reckon its different now. The olden day tours were in a different era, where blokes didn't belp with kids, the school run etc, and wives certainly didn't work. These days they might go for 5 weeks sure, but that's pre-Covid where a flight home was only 30hrs max from anywhere in the world, and partners even had the choice of going with them.

    Doubling that to 10 weeks, plus some quarantine, plus the travel uncertainty, in a world where both parents often work and kids workload is shared, im bot surprised that some are struggling.

    Personally, after my 45 days as a solo parent recently, I'm in the Dane Coles camp and I'd be on the first plane outta here πŸ€ͺ, but that doesn't mean I don't sympathise with the others.

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    It is going to be the same for the Boks and Pumas so I wouldn't be surprised if some of their players to say "thanks, but no thanks" to the RC. There were stories out of SA a month or so back that player welfare would be an important consideration when the tournament was to be based in NZ.

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    Don't half of both squads have covid anyway?

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