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  • CatograndeC Offline
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    Catogrande
    replied to Nepia on last edited by
    #2407

    @nepia said in NH club rugby:

    @catogrande said in NH club rugby:

    @higgins

    It’s becoming very expensive in the UK to watch rugby live now. On my way to the Exeter v Bristol game now with my £39 standing ticket in my pocket. Looking forward to paying £6 for a pint and more for pasties. My mate has just taken out a debenture for a seat in the new stand. £5k loan for 10 years. No interest paid snd a miserly 5% discount on the match tickets

    WTF!

    Not anywhere near the best “seats” in the house either 😟

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  • M Offline
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    @catogrande said in NH club rugby:

    @machpants said in NH club rugby:

    @catogrande said in NH club rugby:

    Otter Bitter

    Yeah I like that, very nice drop indeed. Session beer IIRC, lovely. I think we had it at the Double Locks when we were there in 2015, watched Namibia Tonga IIRC

    Yeah only about 3.8%, so very quaffable. The Locks is a Youngs pub but always has one or two guest beers. Did you walk there or drive over the narrow swing bridge?

    Walked there, was a lovely day. Lots of swans, sun shining, in laws looking after the kids for a couple of days - bliss

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  • M Offline
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    wrote on last edited by
    #2409

    Salary cap biting, and possible un-exodus

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/127459994/former-all-black-vaea-fifita-exits-big-wasps-deal-early-as-salary-cap-cut-bites

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  • HigginsH Offline
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    wrote on last edited by Higgins
    #2410

    And here is the Welsh report of the transfer. Incidentally Mr. Fifita will be missing from the Wasps lineup against Leicester on Sunday (Monday morning NZ time) as he has a touch of one of the Covid19 virus strains.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/american-football/scarlets-sign-all-blacks-lock-vaea-fifita-in-stunning-transfer-coup/ar-AASzKyl?ocid=uxbndlbing

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    Bones
    replied to Higgins on last edited by
    #2411

    @higgins said in NH club rugby:

    And here is the Welsh report of the transfer. Incidentally Mr. Fifita will be missing from the Wasps lineup against Leicester on Sunday (Monday morning NZ time) as he has a touch of one of the Covid19 virus strains.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/american-football/scarlets-sign-all-blacks-lock-vaea-fifita-in-stunning-transfer-coup/ar-AASzKyl?ocid=uxbndlbing

    Still wouldn't be surprised if he ends up "finding himself" and becoming a star. He's certainly been on a downward spiral in NZ the last couple of years, but when he was in form it was definite shades of baby Kaino. If he discovered the ability to physically impose himself then he could go far.

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  • BonesB Offline
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    Bones
    wrote on last edited by
    #2412

    Wasn't sure where to put this.

    Ben James  /  Jan 11, 2021  /  Rugby News

    The tales and regret of Wales' hardest rugby player after he was banned from New Zealand for life | Wales Online

    The tales and regret of Wales' hardest rugby player after he was banned from New Zealand for life | Wales Online

    He started at Cardiff RFC before moving to rugby league. Jim Mills was an enforcer like no other during a distinguished career blighted by one appalling incident

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  • HigginsH Offline
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    replied to Bones on last edited by
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    @bones The real problem was the coaches at Super and NPC levels tied to coach him into a completely different type of player to that he was when he first burst onto the scene. You even had Messrs. Plumtree and Hansen openly stating he was a lock and blindside flanker only respectively and each steadfastly not playing him anywhere other than their particular preferred position. When was the last time you saw him ranging out wide like he did when he stared his First Class career when he either scored tries himself or created them with offloads to supporting players? Just a shame he did not opt to go to Japan where he would have been a superstar up there had he been allowed to use his size and speed against the diminutive little Japanese defenders.

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  • BonesB Offline
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    replied to Higgins on last edited by
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    @higgins I dunno, to me it seemed they tried to take a bloke with superb athletic ability and mould him into a useful first class player capable of being more than just a flat track bully on one side of the ball. Two ways to skin a cat so could have gone the way you suggest and use him out wide, but then you're just hoping he picks up the other stuff.

    Would prolly be an excellent league player!

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  • CatograndeC Offline
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    Catogrande
    replied to Bones on last edited by
    #2415

    @bones said in NH club rugby:

    @higgins I dunno, to me it seemed they tried to take a bloke with superb athletic ability and mould him into a useful first class player capable of being more than just a flat track bully on one side of the ball. Two ways to skin a cat so could have gone the way you suggest and use him out wide, but then you're just hoping he picks up the other stuff.

    Would prolly be an excellent league player!

    A bit Victor Vito?

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  • BonesB Offline
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    Bones
    replied to Catogrande on last edited by
    #2416

    @catogrande said in NH club rugby:

    @bones said in NH club rugby:

    @higgins I dunno, to me it seemed they tried to take a bloke with superb athletic ability and mould him into a useful first class player capable of being more than just a flat track bully on one side of the ball. Two ways to skin a cat so could have gone the way you suggest and use him out wide, but then you're just hoping he picks up the other stuff.

    Would prolly be an excellent league player!

    A bit Victor Vito?

    Nah, Victor was a loss.

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  • BonesB Offline
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    Bones
    wrote on last edited by
    #2417

    Fucken knob - and a very lucky one at that. I almost hope England continue with him just to see the dickhead cost them dearly.

    I guess Leicester weren't successful thinking being captain might make him grow up.

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  • BonesB Offline
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    Bones
    wrote on last edited by
    #2418
    Mark Orders  /  Jan 9, 2022  /  Rugby News

    The absolute pounding Scottish rugby just handed Wales ahead of the Six Nations and what happens next amid regional woe | Wales Online

    The absolute pounding Scottish rugby just handed Wales ahead of the Six Nations and what happens next amid regional woe | Wales Online

    Welsh rugby should be hugely concerned at regional and national levels after the thumpings Cardiff and Ospreys just took and issues affecting the four professional teams

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  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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    MiketheSnow
    replied to Bones on last edited by
    #2419

    @bones said in NH club rugby:

    Mark Orders  /  Jan 9, 2022  /  Rugby News

    The absolute pounding Scottish rugby just handed Wales ahead of the Six Nations and what happens next amid regional woe | Wales Online

    The absolute pounding Scottish rugby just handed Wales ahead of the Six Nations and what happens next amid regional woe | Wales Online

    Welsh rugby should be hugely concerned at regional and national levels after the thumpings Cardiff and Ospreys just took and issues affecting the four professional teams

    Comedy Gold

    Another WalesOnline click bait horseshit special

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  • CatograndeC Offline
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    Catogrande
    replied to MiketheSnow on last edited by
    #2420

    @mikethesnow said in NH club rugby:

    @bones said in NH club rugby:

    Mark Orders  /  Jan 9, 2022  /  Rugby News

    The absolute pounding Scottish rugby just handed Wales ahead of the Six Nations and what happens next amid regional woe | Wales Online

    The absolute pounding Scottish rugby just handed Wales ahead of the Six Nations and what happens next amid regional woe | Wales Online

    Welsh rugby should be hugely concerned at regional and national levels after the thumpings Cardiff and Ospreys just took and issues affecting the four professional teams

    Comedy Gold

    Another WalesOnline click bait horseshit special

    And to think, we have a long thread about how bad Stuff.co.nz is. They are a distant third behind Walesonline and Devon Lies, sorry I mean Devon Lives.

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  • TimT Away
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    Tim
    wrote on last edited by
    #2421

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/127514044/kiwi-veteran-jimmy-gopperth-stars-as-14man-wasps-sting-european-rugby-champions

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  • TimT Away
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    Tim
    wrote on last edited by Tim
    #2422

    Now that's some bad technique:

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  • M Offline
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    Machpants
    replied to Tim on last edited by
    #2423

    @tim said in NH club rugby:

    Now that's some bad technique:

    ?

    So head on head, no mitigation red.

    Interesting another one againt beerbelly barbeery burberry? could've been red too, but got talked down to yellow

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  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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    wrote on last edited by MiketheSnow
    #2424

    Great result for Wasps

    And after the talk of Wales’ impending doom in the 6N, Cardiff has no one to blame but themselves for the last second loss to Quins.

    Should have been home & hosed against the English champions

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  • antipodeanA Offline
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    replied to Tim on last edited by
    #2425

    @tim said in NH club rugby:

    Now that's some bad technique:

    Got that completely wrong which lessens my care factor that RCs are ruining the game.

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    Daffy Jaffy
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