Exodus
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@reprobate said in Exodus:
Pushing everyone down a spot and making them more likely to leave is fine. That's competition.
What's not fine is pushing everyone down a spot temporarily when the global pinnacle happens, so a guy can have his cake and eat it.I guess that's still competition - Richie has opened the door wide and given all comers a shot at "his" jersey and appears to be backing himself to be able to come back and take it back. We've yet to see how that pans out.
Interestingly, I had a similar converstation with TR probably a decade ago - about rowing. Either Waddell or Drysdale had pulled the same move - buggering off and then coming back for the Olympics.
I was taking your side and TR was taking mine. I believe I called him a disciple of Ruth Richardson, or similar!
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@Chris-B Me? I do not know anywhere enough about that sport (very superficial knowledge) to have engaged to that level.
My concerns with them was more that they were the best 2 at the time, but we only were allowed 1 qualified boat, whereas other events, such as swimming/sprinting you could have multiple from 1 country to dominate.
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@taniwharugby Pretty sure it was you, but I'm prepared to be wrong.
I know fuck all about rowing either, but it was around that issue.
I think maybe Drysdale had qualified the boat for the Olympics and then Waddell came back from wherever he'd gone and decided to compete for the spot - and there could be only one.
But, it might have been someone else and Mahe?
Whomever got called a disciple of Ruth certainly didn't like it at the time!
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In 2008 he made a comeback to rowing after leaving the sport after the 2000 Sydney Olympics, in pursuit of a sailing career as a grinder. With 8 years out of the sport he broke the 2000 m and 5000 m world records on the rowing machine and defeated Mahé Drysdale, the world champion in the single sculls, who was also a New Zealander. As it was an Olympic year and only one crew can be sent to the Olympics in each boat class the stage was set for a battle to see who would fill the Olympic single sculls spot. Despite Waddell getting the better of Drysdale in the domestic regattas the selectors created a three-race trial to decide who would go. With the wins for each sculler tied at 1–1 it came down to a final race which Drysdale won.
Crikey - it was 17 years ago!!!
Justice was probably served - yeah - Rob had been away collecting the big America's Cup cash!
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Your are guna fuck'n hate this.
I'd say they had a budgetary choice to make; Lendrum and the money men that is.
RM or BB.
And . . . this is what you are guna fuckin hate . . . BB got the nod for PR reasons.But we'll keep chattering to Richie, stay on his good side, see what happens.
The saffas dont have to make that sort of call.
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Your are guna fuck'n hate this.
I'd say they had a budgetary choice to make; Lendrum and the money men that is.
RM or BB.
And . . . this is what you are guna fuckin hate . . . BB got the nod for PR reasons.But we'll keep chattering to Richie, stay on his good side, see what happens.
The saffas dont have to make that sort of call.
Well, unless you're wrong, you're not wrong, I do hate that.
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Blues and NZ u20 Lock/6 Randell Baker (20) signs for Canon Eagles in Japan.
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I hope Sotutu goes, because one way or another we’ll get some sort of answer of whether he has been so hard done by.
What if he goes to Japan and plays for Fiji. What sort of answer will get out of that?
More money to be made in the UK, and the chance to rub it in Razor's face at RWC27
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@Daffy-Jaffy Do many U20 players sign overseas in the same year that they played?
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I hope Sotutu goes, because one way or another we’ll get some sort of answer of whether he has been so hard done by.
What if he goes to Japan and plays for Fiji. What sort of answer will get out of that?
More money to be made in the UK, and the chance to rub it in Razor's face at RWC27
If there is more money to go to be made in UK why didn't RMo go there?
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I hope Sotutu goes, because one way or another we’ll get some sort of answer of whether he has been so hard done by.
What if he goes to Japan and plays for Fiji. What sort of answer will get out of that?
More money to be made in the UK, and the chance to rub it in Razor's face at RWC27
If there is more money to go to be made in UK why didn't RMo go there?
Maybe he likes sushi? It's an easier game in Japan and perhaps he always knew he would come back and play in the ABs. If Hoskins wants to play for one of the top test teams England is his logical destination
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If someone leaves and comes back really just for the world cup, is clearly No1, helps us the world cup.
I think I am ok with that. In fact I'd buy the guy a beer for winning the world cup for us.Doesnt mean the coach should fuck around and not develop players in that guy's position in the years while he's waiting. How many 10s did we crock in 2011? Razor is clearly not a history student
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@canefan if you include Weepu stepping in at 10 for parts of a.game too....
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@taniwharugby said in Exodus:
@canefan if you include Weepu stepping in at 10 for parts of a.game too....
I would. If he didn't go down hurt we wouldn't have used Beaver for starters
