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  • TimT Away
    TimT Away
    Tim
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    #2533

    The geriatric meme jpg corruption should have been a give away ...

    Awful.

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  • BonesB Offline
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    @Machpants said in NH club rugby:

    @Bones said in NH club rugby:

    @Machpants said in NH club rugby:

    @Bones said in NH club rugby:

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    Only about 6 years late on that one

    You were just 6 years early

    Not me, some bloke called infidel

    @infidel said in European Club Rugby:

    Martin Castrogiovanni, the Italy prop, has been suspended by Racing 92 after he was photographed partying with Paris Saint-Germain players in Las Vegas...

    It should be pretty obvious I don't trust infidels

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    Daffy Jaffy
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    #2535

    For want of a better place to put this -

    André the Giant

    Height 7 ft 4 in (224 cm)
    Weight 520 lb (236 kg)

    Rugby career
    In a 1976 interview with American Wrestling Association announcer Gene Okerlund, Andre stated he played rugby for three years, dominating the opposition from the No.8 position for Grenoble Rugby Club in the late 1960s. At that time, he wasn't fully grown.
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    Machpants
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    #2536

    Leinster don't even make the final, well done bulls. Once again Johnny sexcockwomble sucks the losers lemons. Hopefully 3 more times this season!

    https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/match?gameId=594483&league=270557

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    antipodean
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    #2537

    @Machpants said in NH club rugby:

    Leinster don't even make the final, well done bulls. Once again Johnny sexcockwomble sucks the losers lemons. Hopefully 3 more times this season!

    https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/match?gameId=594483&league=270557

    How do you conspire to lose with these stats?

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    The final in Cape Town after the Stormers scrape through in the final minute.

    SA two biggest rivals North vs South in Cape Town

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    @Catogrande you probably don't know that Georgia Kenea and Zimbabwe play in our CC.

    The other Premier CC provinces Cheetahs Pumas and Griquas will beat the Welsch Italian and Glasgow.

    Cheetahs played pro14 and should have been there from the start.

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    Catogrande
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    @OomPB

    I know you’re passionate about SA rugby and good on you for that and I’m not doubting the quality of the Saffer sides in the URC (obviously since they’re in the final!). I just feel that if the Euro league needed more teams we should have looked to European teams. I also feel that maybe SA have let down their SANZAR colleagues by jumping ship.

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    Machpants
    replied to antipodean on last edited by
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    @antipodean said in NH club rugby:

    @Machpants said in NH club rugby:

    Leinster don't even make the final, well done bulls. Once again Johnny sexcockwomble sucks the losers lemons. Hopefully 3 more times this season!

    https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/match?gameId=594483&league=270557

    How do you conspire to lose with these stats?

    c9267342-9012-4e81-a2ad-ea2d98dc7eb1-image.png

    Ask the chiefs, they know!

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    Machpants
    replied to Catogrande on last edited by
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    @Catogrande said in NH club rugby:

    @OomPB

    I know you’re passionate about SA rugby and good on you for that and I’m not doubting the quality of the Saffer sides in the URC (obviously since they’re in the final!). I just feel that if the Euro league needed more teams we should have looked to European teams. I also feel that maybe SA have let down their SANZAR colleagues by jumping ship.

    They didn't jump ship, NZR unilaterally dumped them, it was fait accompli

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    OomPB
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    @Catogrande we never jump ship. Mark Robinson cut us out. Blame him.

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    Catogrande
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    #2544

    @OomPB @Machpants

    I wasn’t aware of that, it does put a different perspective on things I guess.

    Edit: Are you guys referring to the Covid related suspension or something else?

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    OomPB
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    @Catogrande ```
    https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-australia-rugby-europe-sports-asia-2dc0493c0fe753073fb7cc384389ea11

    CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African Rugby Union decided Tuesday to pull its top club teams out of Super Rugby in favor of playing in Europe’s PRO14 league, and blamed New Zealand for the sudden breakup of the southern hemisphere competition.

    The decision was made after a vote of SARU’s provincial unions and the defection could come into effect as soon as next year if an agreement is reached with PRO Rugby Championship, which runs the PRO14. It would mean the top four teams in South Africa — the Bulls, Stormers, Sharks and Lions — will play their domestic rugby against clubs from Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Italy instead of their traditional rivals in New Zealand and Australia.

    South Africa’s top teams have only ever played club rugby against fellow southern hemisphere opposition and have been part of Super Rugby since the tournament’s inception in the early 1990s, when rugby was still an amateur sport.

    The world champion Springboks would still play tests against New Zealand, Australia and Argentina in the four-nation Rugby Championship, SARU said. Realistically, however, South Africa’s participation in that championship might also be reconsidered once its top domestic teams’ seasons align with the northern hemisphere.

    SARU called Tuesday’s move a vote for a “northern hemisphere future.”

    SARU also said it was forced by New Zealand’s “unilateral” decision to organize its own domestic competition, or possibly a trans- Ta$man competition involving Australian and other teams for next year. That appeared to be because of uncertainty over if a traditional Super Rugby tournament could go ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic.

    Still, SARU said it considered it a slight to not be consulted.

    “Our members are excited about the prospect of closer alignment with PRO Rugby Championship and seeking a northern hemisphere future, but we would not have been taking this decision but for actions elsewhere,” SARU chief executive Jurie Roux said.

    “We will advise our SANZAAR partners of the general meeting’s decision.”

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    Frye
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    @Catogrande said in NH club rugby:

    @OomPB @Machpants

    I wasn’t aware of that, it does put a different perspective on things I guess.

    Edit: Are you guys referring to the Covid related suspension or something else?

    Yes it was because of the international travel suspension in place in NZ at the time.

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    Machpants
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    @Frye said in NH club rugby:

    @Catogrande said in NH club rugby:

    @OomPB @Machpants

    I wasn’t aware of that, it does put a different perspective on things I guess.

    Edit: Are you guys referring to the Covid related suspension or something else?

    Yes it was because of the international travel suspension in place in NZ at the time.

    Sort of, NZR said that was the plan for the future, CV just gave them an excuse to ditch SA.

    NZR said we are having super rugby with upto 4 other teams. Nothing to do with Covid, the plan was for that to be the future forever

    A three-month NZR review concluded the five existing Kiwi franchises should form the core and be joined by one professional entity from the Pacific Islands.

    That leaves room for two-to-four Australian teams and precludes the involvement of franchises from South Africa, Argentina and Japan. Negotiations are under way with potential Pacific candidates but talks with Australia will not begin until next week.

    NZR chief executive Mark Robinson said the bar will be set high for teams interested in joining what he believes will be the strongest professional league in the world.

    “We’re very conscious of any teams coming into the competition, that they are highly competitive, they are financially viable and that they bring value that can attract fans and retain interest in the competition,” he said.

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  • CatograndeC Offline
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    @Machpants

    Not gainsaying anything but what would be the rationale for ditching the Saffer teams? Travel?

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    Machpants
    replied to Catogrande on last edited by
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    @Catogrande said in NH club rugby:

    @Machpants

    Not gainsaying anything but what would be the rationale for ditching the Saffer teams? Travel?

    Yup, I think that's why. Time zones and broadcasting. Most of their teams being uncompetitive. Bugger all fan interest in SA games.

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    Frye
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    @Machpants

    Also being incredibly difficult to negotiate with. Constantly threatening to leave and go to the NH. Claiming that without South African teams that super rugby wouldn't be viable. Y'know, that kinda thing.

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    akan004
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    #2551

    Amazing how the NZR came out looking like the bad guys here when RA have been pushing to get rid of the South African teams for years, and the South Africans themselves had been threatening to pack up and go north for a good part of the last decade.

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  • TimT Away
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    Tim
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    #2552

    Guessing this won't warrant a suspension because it's Farrell.

    https://streamable.com/wkdyv0

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