Reds v Waratahs
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@KiwiMurph that inexperience showed in the last 10 minutes. Not a bad game and a good win for the Reds who haven’t beaten the Tahs in ages I don’t think
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@Stargazer did Tupou play for NZ schools while at Sacred Heart?
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@Stargazer said in Reds v Waratahs:
Which player were they talking about when the commentator said that NZ "poached" a player from Australia? (He played for NZ Schools)
Something about a bloke called Tiann? Was at school in QLD before playing for NZ schools then coming back
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@Bones No, I don't think he played for NZ Schools.
Edit: see this article from the Courier Mail.
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@Stargazer @Bones I’m pretty sure the NZ schoolboys player that was mentioned tonight was the Tiaan Tauakipulu.
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@NTA @ACT-Crusader Yes, it was Tiaan Tauakipulu.
Definitely not a poach, because he was born in Auckland (according to his own Facebook page). He must have moved to Brisbane at some point and then gone back to Auckland to attend St Kent's. He played for NZ Schools in 2018 and 2019.
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@Bones yeah that was a strange one. Other than that I thought he played pretty well.
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@ACT-Crusader yeah, you see it often from someone big and fast who can brush off the tackle, but he's tiny and was only 10m away, could just have swerved towards the sideline. Bizarre!
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@Stargazer said in Reds v Waratahs:
@NTA @ACT-Crusader Yes, it was Tiaan Tauakipulu.
Definitely not a poach, because he was born in Auckland (according to his own Facebook page). He must have moved to Brisbane at some point and then gone back to Auckland to attend St Kent's. He played for NZ Schools in 2018 and 2019.
As I mentioned previously, Tiaan's brother Keynan was in the Aust Schools team last year, having attended St Kents himself. Aust has re-poached them.
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Australia Super Rugby's 'low-hanging fruit' that fans weren't happy to welcome back
After almost four months of inactivity, Super Rugby returned to Australia on Friday night in the form of the new Super Rugby AU competition - but not every aspect of the new competition was welcome with open arms.
Haha, good stuff:
"Again, it’s low hanging fruit. But Kearns is horrific. Sounds sad, boring and heaps whiny. Like a vegan at a BBQ."
"Kearns actually just sounds like a fan who's a 5 beers deep making one-eyed offhand comments to his mate beside him"
"Kearns doing his best to lower the price for Fox."
"Phil Kearns is a lot like Covid. There's no vaccine to cure it, and for now, we just hope he goes away. "
