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By the balls

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  • boobooB Offline
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    Just watched this on YouTube.

    Can't tell you how I found it but well worth a watch.

    Made Mrs Boo watch from about halfway and she was right into it (oh yeah him.., used to watch him him with my dad ... etc)

    Eye opening about the aftermath of the Cavaliers.

    Could have done with some more about that aspect.

    But the goodies won!

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        My old man saw one of the matches as he was on a male voice choir tour of SA at the time

        He and his fellow choristers were on the UN blacklist for singing in SA

        Not for singing to white only audiences

        Not for singing to black & coloured only audiences

        But for having the audacity to sing to mixed race audiences

        How dare they

        Go figure

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            Saw that recently.
            Didn't realize what pricks half the players were to David Kirk.

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            • F Frank

              Saw that recently.
              Didn't realize what pricks half the players were to David Kirk.

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              @Frank said in By the balls:

              Saw that recently.
              Didn't realize what pricks half the players were to David Kirk,

              Well, anyone who refers to himself as better educated than his teammates as he did runs the risk of coming across like a bit of a dick to be fair so I can see why he may not have been too popular to some

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              • MN5M MN5

                @Frank said in By the balls:

                Saw that recently.
                Didn't realize what pricks half the players were to David Kirk,

                Well, anyone who refers to himself as better educated than his teammates as he did runs the risk of coming across like a bit of a dick to be fair so I can see why he may not have been too popular to some

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                @MN5

                Yeah, I thought the same regarding Kirk, he was a bit up his own arse. His stance was right but he was unlikeable within that. Complete contrast to Buck wha was wrong but very likeable within that. The only guy that really came across as both likeable and right was JK. He was actually quite impressive in that doco.

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                  Kirk was very likeable if you were a Blues fan in the 80s.

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                    @MN5

                    Yeah, I thought the same regarding Kirk, he was a bit up his own arse. His stance was right but he was unlikeable within that. Complete contrast to Buck wha was wrong but very likeable within that. The only guy that really came across as both likeable and right was JK. He was actually quite impressive in that doco.

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                      Might have a look at this, as someone who lived through these times etc, I think I saw a lot of things about it back then, but may just refresh my memory. Actually had a brother who went on supporter's tour of Cavaliers with Williment travel.

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                      • Dan54D Dan54

                        Might have a look at this, as someone who lived through these times etc, I think I saw a lot of things about it back then, but may just refresh my memory. Actually had a brother who went on supporter's tour of Cavaliers with Williment travel.

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                          I'm about half way through. It's excellent.

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                            Fuck, I'll have to do a re-watch, I can't even remember it now haha

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                              @nonpartizan said in By the balls:

                              @Catogrande said in By the balls:

                              @MN5

                              Yeah, I thought the same regarding Kirk, he was a bit up his own arse. His stance was right but he was unlikeable within that. Complete contrast to Buck wha was wrong but very likeable within that. The only guy that really came across as both likeable and right was JK. He was actually quite impressive in that doco.

                              Agreed. The footage of him sitting at the front of the team bus looking sad after the Bledisloe Cup was lost was incredible. It really conveyed a sense of how lonely it feels to lose as an All Black.

                              I think it was Norm Hewitts book that first alerted me to what kind of guy JK is. Prior to that I always imagined him to be an arrogant piston wristed gibbon judging by how dominant he was on the field. The truth couldn't be further from that. One of my favourite ever NZ sportsmen, the ONLY negative I can think of is that his glasses look a bit silly.

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                              • nostrildamusN nostrildamus

                                Kirk was very likeable if you were a Blues fan in the 80s.

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                                @nostrildamus said in By the balls:

                                Kirk was very likeable if you were a Blues fan in the 80s.

                                Fake News. Absolutely NO ONE watched Blues Rugby til 1996.

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                                  Thanks @booboo for reviving the thread, gave it a watch and loved it. Years before my time but great.

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                                  • MN5M MN5

                                    @nostrildamus said in By the balls:

                                    Kirk was very likeable if you were a Blues fan in the 80s.

                                    Fake News. Absolutely NO ONE watched Blues Rugby til 1996.

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                                    @MN5 said in By the balls:

                                    @nostrildamus said in By the balls:

                                    Kirk was very likeable if you were a Blues fan in the 80s.

                                    Fake News. Absolutely NO ONE watched Blues Rugby til 1996.

                                    Ok pedant, Auckland. I knew I what I meant.

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                                    • MN5M MN5

                                      @nonpartizan said in By the balls:

                                      @Catogrande said in By the balls:

                                      @MN5

                                      Yeah, I thought the same regarding Kirk, he was a bit up his own arse. His stance was right but he was unlikeable within that. Complete contrast to Buck wha was wrong but very likeable within that. The only guy that really came across as both likeable and right was JK. He was actually quite impressive in that doco.

                                      Agreed. The footage of him sitting at the front of the team bus looking sad after the Bledisloe Cup was lost was incredible. It really conveyed a sense of how lonely it feels to lose as an All Black.

                                      I think it was Norm Hewitts book that first alerted me to what kind of guy JK is. Prior to that I always imagined him to be an arrogant piston wristed gibbon judging by how dominant he was on the field. The truth couldn't be further from that. One of my favourite ever NZ sportsmen, the ONLY negative I can think of is that his glasses look a bit silly.

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                                      @MN5 said in By the balls:

                                      the ONLY negative I can think of is that his glasses look a bit silly.

                                      And a very very limited coach and analyst

                                      Love him as a human, but not as a coach

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                                      • nzzpN nzzp

                                        @MN5 said in By the balls:

                                        the ONLY negative I can think of is that his glasses look a bit silly.

                                        And a very very limited coach and analyst

                                        Love him as a human, but not as a coach

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                                        @nzzp said in By the balls:

                                        @MN5 said in By the balls:

                                        the ONLY negative I can think of is that his glasses look a bit silly.

                                        And a very very limited coach and analyst

                                        Love him as a human, but not as a coach

                                        A bit harsh, I'm sure he's a better coach than most in this world. Just not an elite pro coach, in the top levels of rugby.

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                                        • M Machpants

                                          @nzzp said in By the balls:

                                          @MN5 said in By the balls:

                                          the ONLY negative I can think of is that his glasses look a bit silly.

                                          And a very very limited coach and analyst

                                          Love him as a human, but not as a coach

                                          A bit harsh, I'm sure he's a better coach than most in this world. Just not an elite pro coach, in the top levels of rugby.

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                                          @Machpants said in By the balls:

                                          @nzzp said in By the balls:

                                          @MN5 said in By the balls:

                                          the ONLY negative I can think of is that his glasses look a bit silly.

                                          And a very very limited coach and analyst

                                          Love him as a human, but not as a coach

                                          A bit harsh, I'm sure he's a better coach than most in this world. Just not an elite pro coach, in the top levels of rugby.

                                          Ok.

                                          I think his resume with the Blues and then as an analyst suggests he shouldn't be operating at that level.

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