Bledisloe II - Have a stab at the teams.
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So are we allowed to boo Owen Franks for the next 6 years now?<br><br>
I mean he attacked our player in a viscous manner and got away without any punishment...</p></blockquote>
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<p>So are we allowed to boo Owen Franks for the next 6 years now?</p>
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<p>I mean he attacked our player in a viscous manner and got away without any punishment...</p>
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<p>Nepia has been doing it for the last 6 so you may as well join him for the next 6.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="barbarian" data-cid="610987" data-time="1472607562"><p>
So are we allowed to boo Owen Franks for the next 6 years now?<br><br>
I mean he attacked our player in a viscous manner and got away without any punishment...</p></blockquote>
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He'd have to open his mouth for once to actually declare himself enemy No. 1...</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="barbarian" data-cid="610987" data-time="1472607562"><p>
So are we allowed to boo Owen Franks for the next 6 years now?<br><br>
I mean he attacked our player in a viscous manner and got away without any punishment...</p></blockquote>
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You did it to Richard Loe, so why not continue the tradition. -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="611024" data-time="1472610917"><p>
To be fair, Richard Low deserved every bit of it!</p></blockquote>
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<p>I think, in the name of victim-blaming, we should actually boo Douglas for not reacting. ;)</p>
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<p>Kane Douglas has all the hallmarks of a battered woman. He willingly stayed in a close physical relationship with Franks for the next 73 minutes and wore sunglasses at the after match to hide the wounds.</p>
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<p>That's just enabling Franks' monstrous behaviour.</p> -
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<p>To be fair, Richard Low deserved every bit of it!</p>
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<p>We didn't call him Rickie Pokai for nothing. Just ask Greg Cooper!! Look at 2.00.00. The Carozza elbow drop was pure filth too</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="611024" data-time="1472610917"><p>
To be fair, Richard Low deserved every bit of it!</p></blockquote>
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When watching the Jonah tribute games on Sky last year I was amused to see Sean Fitzpatrick getting booed every touch he made in Pretoria in a NZ v Sco game - 95 RWC.<br><br>
For having the temerity to attack Le Roux's mouth with his ear a few years earlier, of course ...... -
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<p>His initial tweet was defensible (although the interest he takes in the foul play on this particular incident from this team is worth noting) but after a bit of needling his true colours came out. That's the issue?<br><br>
There has always been this impression tha BOD (along with <strong>Hastings</strong>, Wood, Jones and many others) have a simmering disdain for NZ. He gits a bit of stick and he shows just how thin his skin is. His replies were pretty pointed - it's not like called them fluffy bunnies and told them to fuck off.<br><br>
BOD poked for the same reason the NZ fans and now media are - they have a long standing grievance. Long may it continue. He ended is diatribe by saying he is coming out for Lions tour (I assume as an analyst) - hopefully he makes it through at least the first test this time.</p>
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<p>Having read Gav's ( admittedly quite boring ) book he was pretty good in his praise of NZ, he said a lot of players were in awe of how they went about their rugby and that NZ was ahead of the world in their training and skills, still the book is about 20 years old, he might have turned into a whinging fluffybunny in that time.</p> -
<p>He's a Scot, of course he's a miserable whinging fluffybunny</p>
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When watching the Jonah tribute games on Sky last year I was amused to see Sean Fitzpatrick getting booed every touch he made in Pretoria in a NZ v Sco game - 95 RWC.<br><br>
For having the temerity to attack Le Roux's mouth with his ear a few years earlier, of course ......</p></blockquote>
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I might have mentioned this before, an aussie mate of mines Mrs at the time was South African and she hated Fitzpatrick with a passion. We once quizzed her on it and she gave the example of Fitzpatrick having bitten a bok players ear! She actually grew up believing that, we had to re-educate via the medium of youtube. Still hates him though -
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<p>He's a Scot, of course he's a miserable whinging fluffybunny</p>
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<p>Goes without saying but he comes across pretty mild compared to most.</p>
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<p>sometimes it pays to just take a breath and step away.</p>
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<p>I always re-read work e-mails several times before I send them, and for him, <strong>his public persona is quite important,</strong> so should really take a breath and think before posting.</p>
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<p>I tell my 11 & 8 year old, take 3 seconds to think about what you are going to say, alas they still say a lot of stupid shit!</p>
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<p>I doubt he cares what Kiwis think of him. His street cred etc is all in the NH, and a little anti-NZ tweet is likely to <em>increase</em> that.</p>
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<p>The Irish do bitter and twisted extremely well when they set their minds to it.</p> -
<p>why did he delete it then?</p>
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<p>because he's always been a coward</p>
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<p>I read a bit of it , it was so obvious he is still bitter about the Umaga incident ,</p>
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<p>with tweets like this " <span style="color:rgb(28,32,34);font-family:Helvetica, Roboto, 'Segoe UI', Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">in fairness you guys are never guilty of foul play!"</span></p>
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<p>this isnt about the Franks incident , this is about history , </p>
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<p>Cry baby </p> -
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<p>He also responded graciously on a couple of occasions when I sent a book over to his law offices seeking an autograph, as gifts to my son, choosing to have them returned by hand when he had done that.</p>
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<p>I saw Farr-Jones awhile ago serving as a pundit for some live rugby event - probably the World Cup.</p>
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<p>He was dressed very casually and drinking a beer. Somehow the pundits then went through into a studio - Farr-Jones took his beer with him. That impressed me. :)</p>
