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    Chris
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    #125

    @booboo said in Crusaders 2022:

    @chris said in Crusaders 2022:

    As a Crusaders fan I couldn't care less how much shit we get as long as we keep winning.
    But I will stick up for my team 🤨

    An upvote but I hate you

    Only to be expected 😍

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  • sharkS Offline
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    replied to Duluth on last edited by
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    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @stargazer said in Crusaders 2022:

    And here it is. The most underwhelming Crusaders signing in many years.

    Stop criticising the Crusaders! Everyone picks on them. It’s not fair.

    Too right.

    Some of you ungrateful fucks need to start thanking us for allowing the comp to benefit from the players we develop.

    The Chiefs have been propped up by Retallick, Leinert-Brown and McKenzie (the good family members; not Calum, Daniel and Marty). Their poaching knows no bounds with Dom Bird, Tom Sanders, SBW, Nepo Laulala and Solomon Alaimalo other shining examples helping to form their patchwork quilt of a playing roster over the last decade.

    We let one of our best up and coming coaches head north to try and make the Blues respectable and eventually get them to a faux championship, whilst also gifting them Sam Darry this year as a further boost. Hell, we even allowed and forgave DC a Blues dalliance recently. Not so much those Chemist Warehouse ads. Our generosity should be acknowledged.

    The Hurricanes have benefitted from, well, umm, Reed Prinsep, but at 1.78m he's given their line out a significant boost now for a number of years. Oh and Mal Arnold. Or was it Derek Maisley.

    Then I notice Highlanders fans never utter a peep when these threads turn into poaching debates. And nor should they given the encyclopaedia of Crusaders and just generally good Cantabs theyve picked up over the years to plug the seive-like holes in their annual roster scramble. Lately they've gone for a Stiflers' mom approach and pilfered the likes of Sam Gilbert and Will Tucker but they also like to have a veritable who's who of Cantab loose forwards in the mix with Harmon and Lentjes there now to replace Dixon and Manu. And let's not forget Sam Harding. Patrick Osborne, Colin Slade and Rob Thompson were lured south from the Crusaders environment to bolster backlines past and where would they have been without Chris King, Siate Tokolahi and DLB. But we still love you, Highlanders.

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    delicatessen
    replied to shark on last edited by delicatessen
    #127

    @shark said in Crusaders 2022:

    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @stargazer said in Crusaders 2022:

    And here it is. The most underwhelming Crusaders signing in many years.

    Stop criticising the Crusaders! Everyone picks on them. It’s not fair.

    Then I notice Highlanders fans never utter a peep when these threads turn into poaching debates. And nor should they given the encyclopaedia of Crusaders and just generally good Cantabs theyve picked up over the years to plug the seive-like holes in their annual roster scramble. Lately they've gone for a Stiflers' mom approach and pilfered the likes of Sam Gilbert and Will Tucker but they also like to have a veritable who's who of Cantab loose forwards in the mix with Harmon and Lentjes there now to replace Dixon and Manu. And let's not forget Sam Harding. Patrick Osborne, Colin Slade and Rob Thompson were lured south from the Crusaders environment to bolster backlines past and where would they have been without Chris King, Siate Tokolahi and DLB. But we still love you, Highlanders.

    I mean your best fullback in recent memory was poached from the Highlanders, but say on.

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  • boobooB Do not disturb
    boobooB Do not disturb
    booboo
    replied to shark on last edited by
    #128

    @shark said in Crusaders 2022:

    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @stargazer said in Crusaders 2022:

    And here it is. The most underwhelming Crusaders signing in many years.

    Stop criticising the Crusaders! Everyone picks on them. It’s not fair.

    Too right.

    Some of you ungrateful fucks need to start thanking us for allowing the comp to benefit from the players we develop.

    The Chiefs have been propped up by Retallick, Leinert-Brown and McKenzie (the good family members; not Calum, Daniel and Marty). Their poaching knows no bounds with Dom Bird, Tom Sanders, SBW, Nepo Laulala and Solomon Alaimalo other shining examples helping to form their patchwork quilt of a playing roster over the last decade.

    We let one of our best up and coming coaches head north to try and make the Blues respectable and eventually get them to a faux championship, whilst also gifting them Sam Darry this year as a further boost. Hell, we even allowed and forgave DC a Blues dalliance recently. Not so much those Chemist Warehouse ads. Our generosity should be acknowledged.

    The Hurricanes have benefitted from, well, umm, Reed Prinsep, but at 1.78m he's given their line out a significant boost now for a number of years. Oh and Mal Arnold. Or was it Derek Maisley.

    Then I notice Highlanders fans never utter a peep when these threads turn into poaching debates. And nor should they given the encyclopaedia of Crusaders and just generally good Cantabs theyve picked up over the years to plug the seive-like holes in their annual roster scramble. Lately they've gone for a Stiflers' mom approach and pilfered the likes of Sam Gilbert and Will Tucker but they also like to have a veritable who's who of Cantab loose forwards in the mix with Harmon and Lentjes there now to replace Dixon and Manu. And let's not forget Sam Harding. Patrick Osborne, Colin Slade and Rob Thompson were lured south from the Crusaders environment to bolster backlines past and where would they have been without Chris King, Siate Tokolahi and DLB. But we still love you, Highlanders.

    You forgot Mitchell Hunt

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  • NepiaN Online
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    Nepia
    replied to shark on last edited by
    #129

    @shark said in Crusaders 2022:

    Some of you ungrateful fucks need to start thanking us for allowing the comp to benefit from the players we develop.
    The Chiefs have been propped up by Retallick

    Lose use of the term develop. We took BBBR from obscurity and turned him into a world beater, meanwhile you poached the raw talent of Dom Bird and turned him into Big Bird.

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  • ChrisC Offline
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    Chris
    replied to shark on last edited by
    #130

    @shark said in Crusaders 2022:

    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @stargazer said in Crusaders 2022:

    And here it is. The most underwhelming Crusaders signing in many years.

    Stop criticising the Crusaders! Everyone picks on them. It’s not fair.

    Too right.

    Some of you ungrateful fucks need to start thanking us for allowing the comp to benefit from the players we develop.

    The Chiefs have been propped up by Retallick, Leinert-Brown and McKenzie (the good family members; not Calum, Daniel and Marty). Their poaching knows no bounds with Dom Bird, Tom Sanders, SBW, Nepo Laulala and Solomon Alaimalo other shining examples helping to form their patchwork quilt of a playing roster over the last decade.

    We let one of our best up and coming coaches head north to try and make the Blues respectable and eventually get them to a faux championship, whilst also gifting them Sam Darry this year as a further boost. Hell, we even allowed and forgave DC a Blues dalliance recently. Not so much those Chemist Warehouse ads. Our generosity should be acknowledged.

    The Hurricanes have benefitted from, well, umm, Reed Prinsep, but at 1.78m he's given their line out a significant boost now for a number of years. Oh and Mal Arnold. Or was it Derek Maisley.

    Then I notice Highlanders fans never utter a peep when these threads turn into poaching debates. And nor should they given the encyclopaedia of Crusaders and just generally good Cantabs theyve picked up over the years to plug the seive-like holes in their annual roster scramble. Lately they've gone for a Stiflers' mom approach and pilfered the likes of Sam Gilbert and Will Tucker but they also like to have a veritable who's who of Cantab loose forwards in the mix with Harmon and Lentjes there now to replace Dixon and Manu. And let's not forget Sam Harding. Patrick Osborne, Colin Slade and Rob Thompson were lured south from the Crusaders environment to bolster backlines past and where would they have been without Chris King, Siate Tokolahi and DLB. But we still love you, Highlanders.

    Amen Brother

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  • sharkS Offline
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    shark
    replied to Nepia on last edited by
    #131

    @nepia said in Crusaders 2022:

    @shark said in Crusaders 2022:

    Some of you ungrateful fucks need to start thanking us for allowing the comp to benefit from the players we develop.
    The Chiefs have been propped up by Retallick

    Lose use of the term develop. We took BBBR from obscurity and turned him into a world beater, meanwhile you poached the raw talent of Dom Bird and turned him into Big Bird.

    Cute.

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  • nostrildamusN Offline
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    replied to delicatessen on last edited by
    #132

    @delicatessen said in Crusaders 2022:

    @shark said in Crusaders 2022:

    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @stargazer said in Crusaders 2022:

    And here it is. The most underwhelming Crusaders signing in many years.

    Stop criticising the Crusaders! Everyone picks on them. It’s not fair.

    Then I notice Highlanders fans never utter a peep when these threads turn into poaching debates. And nor should they given the encyclopaedia of Crusaders and just generally good Cantabs theyve picked up over the years to plug the seive-like holes in their annual roster scramble. Lately they've gone for a Stiflers' mom approach and pilfered the likes of Sam Gilbert and Will Tucker but they also like to have a veritable who's who of Cantab loose forwards in the mix with Harmon and Lentjes there now to replace Dixon and Manu. And let's not forget Sam Harding. Patrick Osborne, Colin Slade and Rob Thompson were lured south from the Crusaders environment to bolster backlines past and where would they have been without Chris King, Siate Tokolahi and DLB. But we still love you, Highlanders.

    I mean your best fullback in recent memory was poached from the Highlanders, but say on.

    Funny how when you search for Poaching in the National Library Archives, most of it is on the Crusaders, Christchurch, and Canterbury..
    https://natlib.govt.nz/items?i[subject]=Rugby+Union+football+players&text=Poaching

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  • HoorooH Offline
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    Hooroo
    replied to Duluth on last edited by
    #133

    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @majorrage said in Crusaders 2022:

    No. Definiteily a bigger chiefs wank fest then Blues. It's just the guys that own the site are Blues, so try to bring us down to their level.

    Way too many Chiefs mods. Over half of them are Chiefs scum

    Anyway, every side gets plenty of shit.

    As for sides getting a disproportionate amount of chat on TSF? It would be a tie between Northland and Hawkes Bay. Which is fine. If fans of other sides want more chat about their team - post more about them.

    More Blues mods than Chiefs though?

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    Duluth
    replied to Hooroo on last edited by
    #134

    @hooroo

    No

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  • HoorooH Offline
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    Hooroo
    replied to Duluth on last edited by
    #135

    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @hooroo

    No

    Is it equal? The list I just had up had more Blues?

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    Duluth
    replied to Hooroo on last edited by
    #136

    @hooroo

    8 v 5

    Some haven't logged in for a while though

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    Snowy
    replied to Duluth on last edited by
    #137

    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @hooroo

    8 v 5

    Some haven't logged in for a while though

    Sulking because the chiefs suck?

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  • HoorooH Offline
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    Hooroo
    replied to Snowy on last edited by
    #138

    @snowy said in Crusaders 2022:

    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @hooroo

    8 v 5

    Some haven't logged in for a while though

    Sulking because the chiefs suck?

    That would have been many years before Rennie and post Rennie without posting.

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    Duluth
    replied to Hooroo on last edited by Duluth
    #139

    @hooroo said in Crusaders 2022:

    That would have been many years before Rennie and post Rennie without posting.

    Nah, that's not quite right

    I'm only talking about Bartman who posted plenty about Rennie (remember 'Rage rage against the dying light' about Rennie's Chiefs taking over from the Crusaders?) and he posted during the last RWC

    Anyway, lets get back to the Crusaders being poaching scum and their fans having soft skins

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  • ChrisC Offline
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    Chris
    replied to Duluth on last edited by
    #140

    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @hooroo said in Crusaders 2022:

    That would have been many years before Rennie and post Rennie without posting.

    Nah, that's not right

    I'm only talking about Bartman who posted plenty about Rennie (remember 'Rage rage against the dying light' about Rennie's Chiefs taking over from the Crusaders?) and he posted during the last RWC

    Anyway, lets get back to the Crusaders being poaching scum and their fans having soft skins

    And proud of it,Poach on

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    Nevorian
    wrote on last edited by
    #141

    I am always amused when people start talking about poaching in professional sport. You have to forget the sport bit and focus on the professional bit. These guys are professionals first looking for the best career path with the best rewards like most of us in the work force and then sportsmen second.

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  • sharkS Offline
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    shark
    replied to Duluth on last edited by
    #142

    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @hooroo said in Crusaders 2022:

    That would have been many years before Rennie and post Rennie without posting.

    Nah, that's not quite right

    I'm only talking about Bartman who posted plenty about Rennie (remember 'Rage rage against the dying light' about Rennie's Chiefs taking over from the Crusaders?) and he posted during the last RWC

    Anyway, lets get back to the Crusaders being poaching scum and their fans having soft skins

    10

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  • SnowyS Offline
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    Snowy
    replied to Hooroo on last edited by Snowy
    #143

    @hooroo said in Crusaders 2022:

    @snowy said in Crusaders 2022:

    @duluth said in Crusaders 2022:

    @hooroo

    8 v 5

    Some haven't logged in for a while though

    Sulking because the chiefs suck?

    That would have been many years before Rennie and post Rennie without posting.

    That just reinforced my point about the chiefs not mods. One did pack a sad and resign of course.

    A couple of good years in almost 3 decades, quite a dynasty.😉

    Please remember that I am a blues fan so my glasshouse is extremely fragile.

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  • sharkS Offline
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    shark
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    #144

    Jeez had I known my post was going to make the front page I would have tarted it up. A lot. The standard is clearly dropping around here if dross like that is deemed worthy of a front page appearance!

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