Highlanders v Blues
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@nzzp said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Kirwan said in Highlanders v Blues:
@mariner4life said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Gunner said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Kiwiwomble I think @Kirwan was referring to the fact that NZ cities (except Auckland) are more like small towns on a world scale.
Auckland is a village on the Chinese scale
Or even the US or UK scale. But we are talking about the NZ scale. Clearly only one city, and a few towns with delusions of grandeur.
we'd be about 5th in the US.
But not even in the top 50 in China.
Fun fact: USA is the third most populous country in the world. If they had another billion people, they'd still be third.
That's interesting, I assumed US cities were much bigger, but they're pretty spread out. Compare UK where AKL would be 4th not 5th, to UK pop 66 million rather than US 328!
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@antipodean said in Highlanders v Blues:
Ioane was superb at eight. Frizzel is becoming the clear firm blindside flanker in the competition IMO.
Ages 25 & 26
About the same age Kaino was when he nailed an AB spot
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@nzzp said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Kirwan said in Highlanders v Blues:
@mariner4life said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Gunner said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Kiwiwomble I think @Kirwan was referring to the fact that NZ cities (except Auckland) are more like small towns on a world scale.
Auckland is a village on the Chinese scale
Or even the US or UK scale. But we are talking about the NZ scale. Clearly only one city, and a few towns with delusions of grandeur.
we'd be about 5th in the US.
But not even in the top 50 in China.
Fun fact: USA is the third most populous country in the world. If they had another billion people, they'd still be third.
That's deceptive.
There's a big difference between city populations and 'metro' populations in the US.
San Francisco's 'city' population is 800k but the San Francisco-Oakland metro is nearly 5 million (not even counting all of Silicon Valley).
Auckland's wider metro population is probably close to 2 million - but that would put them around 35th in the US of metro populations.
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@KiwiMurph Is Auckland one city at the moment or a number of cities?
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@Nepia said in Highlanders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph Is Auckland one city at the moment or a number of cities?
It's a fucking super city. Don't start me...
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@Snowy said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Nepia said in Highlanders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph Is Auckland one city at the moment or a number of cities?
It's a fucking super city. Don't start me...
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Have heard Hoskins Sotutu will be back for the Crusaders game.
Thought Tony Lamborn had a handy game,so altogether the Blues loose forwards have covered themselves in glory.Hope Dalton Papali’i’ ‘s injury doesn’t curtail his great season.Akira back to six I suppose. -
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@trodthesod said in Highlanders v Blues:
Have heard Hoskins Sotutu will be back for the Crusaders game
Heard anything about Robinson?
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No haven’t heard.He would struggle to start now anyhow I suppose.
