@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

i still don't understand how he wasn't penalised for in the side

He actually didn't come in from side, that icture is rubbish, as that's where he ended up. I must be old, butFFS if that a card it's time to pack game in, it was and even in picture clearly shoulder on shoulder contact, and if you can't do that you can't clear out at ruck/maul.
And why would you do it, the same reason as you hit most rucks scrums etc etc etc, even when other team has it, to make tha ball as messy as possible. I not being rude, but thank f*** you fellas never played in teams with me or teams I coached, if you think going passive when opposition got ball!!

@antipodean said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

@Kiwiwomble Mentally ill people shouldn't be driving anyway.

pretty much the first thought i had too

Cracking race at Silverstone. Big accident on opening lap. Zhou Guanyu ended up wedged between the tyre barrier and fence. Very lucky the car didn't catch fire.

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TdF should be cobblestones and mountain goat paths up fucking steep mountains. No rests, nor flat stages. Survive and climb bitch!

Ardie inspired photoshop:

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Top Gun: Maverick

9 out of 10

Saw it at an IMAX theatre with one of the new laser projectors. Visually stunning, well paced, a lot of fun.

Should have used Take My Breath Away.

LOL.

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@Paekakboyz

Yeah, his argument is that those decisions are made on the same basis, while the others said this one only covers abortion... who knows.

Collins and a few other senators look like extreme chumps as they apparently got (some sort of) 'guarantee' from these justices that Roe wouldn't be on the table. Idiots.

Edit: The real big thing is that Kavanaugh now seems to be the swing vote, rather than the Chief justice, which is a lot of power in a junior justice's hands.

@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2022:

@mariner4life it keeps the interest up, almost anything can happen

tipping comps must be a bloodbath this year

@mariner4life said in Australia v England - 1st Test:

@MajorRage said in Australia v England - 1st Test:

Eddie has done a cracking job making the team far less than the sum of their parts.

They really do have some cracking players.

But god they are awful.

this is standard Eddie Jones though isn't it? i feel like you hire him for 3 years maximum.

Yep, I'm not sure what more people expect of Eddie? He specialises in one-off victories against the All Blacks, and he's already delivered that so I don't think he has much more to offer England now. Time for him to move to the next team that wants a famous win against us.

@ACT-Crusader Bell also looks like a unit and I'm scared for all the other franchises about how good that Crusader's front row is going in be in a couple years.

@Victor-Meldrew said in F off with the damn PC Brigade:

Women who question transgender ideology have been branded “farts” as part of equalities training offered to civil servants in Nicola Sturgeon’s Government, it has emerged.

Workers who attended a workplace “trans 101” course were told the term was an acronym for “feminism appropriating ridiculous transphobe” and that women who oppose inclusivity measures were part of a “trans hate group”.

Staff who attended the training session, run by the Scottish Government’s taxpayer-funded LGBTI+ internal staff network, were also urged to study claims that biological sex is a “falsehood” invented by the medical profession to “reinforce white supremacy and gender oppression”.

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When you used to google biological sex, you would rightly get a result that talked about males producing small gametes and females producing large gametes. But now when you google it all you get is pseudo-nonsense like what is in this slide, obfuscating the definition and talking about a bunch of other characteristics to make it seems like it's not binary. We live in insane times.

Edit - at least when you google the definition of male and female, you get the dictionary definitions which define them by gamete size. I wonder how long that will last though.

Kaufusi and Haas forced changes to both sides, but the success of the cowboys has seen players filled from their team in either side. Probably lucky the bye comes for them this week from an NRL perspective.

@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

Warriors clean out?

Seems Porter Jr and Payton II both gone?

Time for GP2 to get paid. He was on the minimum this season and has spent most of his career on two-way contracts.

Would’ve been a massive step to match what was coming in for him, plus pay the luxury tax required to match, when they have the sort of books they currently have.

If I was ranking/grouping them as of right now - more the eye test than anything else:

Panthers

Storm - Cowboys

Eels - Sharks

Broncos

Rabbits - Roosters - Dragons - Manly

Whoever emerges as Rugby Africa Cup 2022 champions next weekend will take their place in Pool A at RWC 2023 as Africa 1, alongside France, New Zealand, Italy and Uruguay. The runners-up will head into the Final Qualification Tournament.

Spoiler for the Elvis movie

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Watched some of game, did anyone else notice that there no scoreboard? Refs had to go to TV on sideline for referrals, and Nic Berry had to actually ask the TMO for score not long before end of game.

Prayers up for apprentice jockey Leah Kilner, she’s in a coma. She went down hard in the home straight during an early/midcard race at Grafton about 9 hours ago. I was watching the race live, her horse was back at rear and not affected by any other horse, but tripped itself and went down, throwing her hard face-first into the turf. It looked rough enough, not unusual, but this was worse than it looks. She went straight into a coma, the rest of the racecard was cancelled, she was airlifted to emergency and is right now on life support. Stomach-churning.

🙏

https://www.racenet.com.au/news/leah-kilner-flown-to-hospital-after-shocking-fall-at-grafton-sees-races-called-off-20220703

@Crazy-Horse said in Coronavirus - Australia:

@antipodean I did hear Victoria has said they are not likely to go backwards but I don't trust the bloody Qld government not to.

Agree, reintroducing any sort of mandate will piss a lot of people off.

Qld government is under pressure from a damning report in to culture and oversight

What would make a good distraction?

Ross Wright also a prop despite it looking like they have lined up as a Hooker this year.

Also like the signing of Marty Veale as defence coach if he's going to bring the mongrel he used to when he played for us

I'm pretty sure Moorby got injured playing club rugby for Dunedin last year. He was in the WTG and just got struck down with injuries at the wrong time. He probably would have had an opportunity or two on the wing if it wasn't for that poorly timed injury. Timoci Tavatavanawai, I think at the time he hadn't even played a game for Tasman and was just seen as too much of a risk. The side then picked 'safe' players due to poor results up front and managed to string some results together I'm the Trans Tasman comp. I guess that's the difference between the likes of the Crusaders and the Blues. Those squads are packed full of talent, so a risky selection has plenty of protection. They can play their own game without the fear of failure. At the Highlanders, they have Aaron Smith and stuff all else in terms of proper top quality leadership. Because of this there is a reliance of selecting what coaches may consider safe players, like Gregory amongst others. Sadly failing to take the risk has seen quality players taken right out from underneath the noses of the franchise.

@Duluth said in Glitchy:

@Nepia said in Glitchy:

@Duluth said in Glitchy:

@canefan

I’ve been off line all day

In what way? Timeouts? Slow? Something else?

Those two for me.

Ok, I just turned it off and on. That's the usual expert response

Maybe that helps

It wasn't plugged in eh

I got to see some of his double ton against us at Eden Park in 1987. At the time my eight year old brain couldn't process someone being that indestructible against Richard Hadlee.

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It appears my hatred of Tonga in league has spilled over to rugby, I was cheering for Fiji, usually I cheer for the Polynesian teams over Fiji.

@Stargazer

It was a bit of a flying visit for me but it seemed a lovely spot and very nice hanging out at Utrecht Rugby Club.

Our hotel had a beautiful lake and water everywhere so it felt a real oasis.

Yep, Raeburn shield back on the line for the rest of the series so whatever happens there is a prize for the taking in game 3 😁

Tsitsipas let Kyrgios get inside his head.

To knock out Tsitsipas out in 4 sets is a good effort.

@Tim said in Auckland Rugby 2022:

'I still get goosebumps': Eden Rugby Club's improbable 100-year run 'I still get goosebumps': Eden Rugby Club's improbable 100-year run

Gallaher Shield holders Eden Rugby Club are holding their centennial celebrations this weekend. It is a rare feat for...

Great article.

Knew the Centenary was this year, thought fleetingly about heading over, but never seriously.

Awesome that Tom O'Hanlon is still going!

@Machpants said in Sports Memes:

@MN5 said in Sports Memes:

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Sports Memes:

@MN5 Don't forget the fine wine and fairer sex!

Yea but Britain also has whisky and decent chicks too.

Best whisky in the world comes from Japan, and they're honorary SH!

Have tried some. Can confirm.

@Stargazer said in Magpies 2022:

Geoff Cridge was announced as a signing for this season, but Bayonne has announced that he's signed a 2-year contract with them. I assume he'll leave after the NPC, but haven't seen any confirmation of that.

Stoked for the lad considering he almost gave away rugby to become a full time builder after being dropped from the Canes a few years ago. Hopefully this will set him up well for later life.

Top League One player movements

Changes in "leaving" list are in bold or strikethrough. "Signed" and "Re-signed" lists are new.

LEAVING
Bryce Robins (skills coach) leaving Shining Arcs Tokyo (to NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka)
Joe Maddock (assistant coach) leaving Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo
Greg Cooper (head coach) leaving Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sagamihara Dynabours
Nick Collins (performance director) leaving Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sagamihara Dynabours
Simon Cron (head coach) leaving Toyota Verblitz
Dave Dillon (manager) leaving Kobelco Kobe Steelers
Ben Herring (assistant coach) leaving Hino Red Dolphins

Johnny Fa'auli leaving Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo
Colin Slade leaving Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sagamihara Dynabours
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Damian McKenzie leaving Tokyo Sungoliath
Matt Duffie leaving Mie Honda Heat (retiring)
Morgan Mitchell leaving Kamaishi Seawaves RFC
Sam Henwood leaving Kamaishi Seawaves RFC
Brett Cameron leaving Kamaishi Seawaves RFC
Colin Bourke leaving Ricoh Black Rams Tokyo
Daymon Leasuasu leaving Ricoh Black Rams Tokyo
Fletcher Smith leaving NEC Green Rockets Tokatsu
Patrick Tuipulotu leaving Toyota Verblitz
Nasi Manu leaving Hino Red Dolphins
Jack Debreczeni leaving Hino Red Dolphins
Hayden Cripps leaving Hino Red Dolphins
Gillies Kaka leaving Hino Red Dolphins
Hayden Parker leaving Kobelco Kobe Steelers
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Ben Smith leaving Kobelco Kobe Steelers
Fraser Anderson leaving Kobelco Kobe Steelers
Jordan Smiler leaving Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi
Robbie Robinson leaving Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi
Luteru Laulala leaving Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi
Tim Bateman leaving Toshiba Brave Lupus
Brodi McCurran leaving Kobelco Kobe Steelers
Hadley Parks leaving Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights

SIGNED
Bryce Robins appointed assistant coach at NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka (from Shining Arcs Tokyo)

Liam Mitchell joining Panasonic Wild Knights (from Zebre)

RE-SIGNED
Sam Henwood staying at Kamaishi Seawaves RFC

List last updated on Sunday, 3 July 2022
(note that these announcements may sometimes be published after players have already left/joined)

Reiko, QT and Ardie.

The first two did well against a very vaunted Ireland midfield.

…..and Ardie, wow, that highlights reel sure will look impressive after that performance.

@Crazy-Horse said in What are you listening to, right now................:

Re Plant as a singer. I love him in the studio but I find his vocals cringeworthy live, to the point where I just can't listen to them live. Bowie is the same. Maybe they fuck with the melodies too much for me to enjoy?

With Plant there was definitely a bit of over the top 70s wank whenever he performed live ( from footage I’ve seen ) but that’s how they rolled back then I guess.

Anyone heard of an 18-year old rugby player called Darius Thomas? He may be from Auckland, but is also listed as from Sendai Ikuei High School.

He has signed a contract with Kamaishi Seawaves in Japan.

Result from yesterday:

Japan 23 - 42 France