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  • CrucialC Offline
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    @Magpie_in_aus said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:

    @Crucial 37 weeks is Sept 17th. I'm the start of sept and wasn't premature(born that is....)

    So an office xmas party conception. Even better.

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    I refuse to wear adidas boots thus am unfairly discriminated against. Hopefully the Mizuno Boot Wearer Lives Matter Movement will organise a suitable take the knee protest.

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    Problem solved I'm going to the islands to get a new birth certificate.

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    @Higgins said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:

    I refuse to wear adidas boots thus am unfairly discriminated against. Hopefully the Mizuno Boot Wearer Lives Matter Movement will organise a suitable take the knee protest.

    Random as fuck post, thanks

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    So EoFY shenanigans for best results.

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    those born early in the year would typically play in a grade where kids are younger, some upto a year younger...so potentially will be slightly older bigger, smarter.

    That said, I'd say totally coincidental...they should do the same over the history of the ABs to see if there is a real pattern.

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    @taniwharugby said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:

    That said, I'd say totally coincidental...they should do the same over the history of the ABs to see if there is a real pattern.

    The stats will be a little bit out of date now, but according to a book I have (based on the period from 1883-2003), January and July were the most popular months for an AB birthday over that 120-year period. June was the least common month of birth. A side note, Meads and Fitzpatrick were both born in June.

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    @taniwharugby said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:

    those born early in the year would typically play in a grade where kids are younger, some upto a year younger...so potentially will be slightly older bigger, smarter.

    That said, I'd say totally coincidental...they should do the same over the history of the ABs to see if there is a real pattern.

    Would need careful research.

    When I played at school the cut off date was 31 March.

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    @Chris-B 1st Jan up here

    @Bovidae I'm July so bit of a failure i guess 🤷♂

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    A mate of mine has the same birthday as Jonah, albeit 2 years younger than the great man.

    He is not big, Tongan, fast, evasive, powerful or freakish so all of this is utter bullshit.

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    @Machpants Malcolm Gladwell wrote about a similar subject, Canadian pro ice hockey players, in his book the Tipping point

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    @canefan said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:

    @Machpants Malcolm Gladwell wrote about a similar subject, Canadian pro ice hockey players, in his book the Tipping point

    Nice ferning bro!

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    @Bovidae said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:

    @taniwharugby said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:

    That said, I'd say totally coincidental...they should do the same over the history of the ABs to see if there is a real pattern.

    The stats will be a little bit out of date now, but according to a book I have (based on the period from 1883-2003), January and July were the most popular months for an AB birthday over that 120-year period. June was the least common month of birth. A side note, Meads and Fitzpatrick were both born in June.

    A couple of chumps so doesn’t matter.

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    Well bugger me, I thought I never made it because I was just a bit shit at rugby, all heart but zero talent.

    I don’t mind being proven wrong.

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    @Gunner said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:

    I was just a bit shit at rugby, all heart but zero talent.

    Nice. I was a bit the opposite - still shit at rugby but had "some" athletic ability. Lacked the aggression. If I was as angry in my teens as I am now...who knows what might have happened. I was even born at the right time.

    Actually Outliers is quite interesting but I wouldn't read too much into it.

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    @Snowy said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:

    @Gunner said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:

    I was just a bit shit at rugby, all heart but zero talent.

    Nice. I was a bit the opposite - still shit at rugby but had "some" athletic ability. Lacked the aggression. If I was as angry in my teens as I am now...who knows what might have happened. I was even born at the right time.

    Actually Outliers is quite interesting but I wouldn't read too much into it.

    There should be a version of rugby for grumpy old men.

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