Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland
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@Snowy said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B People more unkind than me might call it Karma. There is a price to pay for everything, money is just one thing. :winking_face:
Yet another aspect that NZR has been lax on this year - the release of that Deloittes report that identifies provincial player/match budgets.
As I've pointed out numerous times before, Ta$man has consistently been a shoestring team, except for 2018 when our stats were inflated by the costs of hosting a test match.
A joke that has now turned into something widely believed.
We've made the Div 1 play-offs consistently on a shoestring - I'm pretty confident that the 2019 data will validate this again.
And, whilst on this topic - we've made the play-offs every year since we were promoted from Div 2 in 2013. The ONLY team that has done so!
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@Donsteppa said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Hooroo said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Yeah, really?
Who in last weekend's stellar team is collecting these massive salaries?
Who in the team that played last year's final?
Do you have that NBA stadium "Defence cha cha cha Defence Cha cha cha" ringing in your ears there, Sir Chris, of the Shining armoury??
This obvious and pathetic whining needs to be called!
Bring back Team Naming Tuesday in rugby, we'd all have more to argue about midweek.
It might be the fear of another 12 months of TASMAN as NATIONAL CHAMPIONS seeping into their bones!
Christ - I don't think even I can sustain another 12 months of obnoxious behaviour!
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@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
A joke that has now turned into something widely believed.
We're not going to stop, and your protestations make it even more fun (if we were the types who might take the piss).
@Snowy said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
A joke that has now turned into something widely believed.
We're not going to stop, and your protestations make it even more fun (if we were the types who might take the piss).
I know it is the piss artists - which is why that fucking Mark Robinson needs to get his finger out of his arse and publish the report!
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@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Hooroo said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Yeah, really?
Who in last weekend's stellar team is collecting these massive salaries?
Who in the team that played last year's final?
Do you have that NBA stadium "Defence cha cha cha Defence Cha cha cha" ringing in your ears there, Sir Chris, of the Shining armoury??
This obvious and pathetic whining needs to be called!
Bring back Team Naming Tuesday in rugby, we'd all have more to argue about midweek.
@Donsteppa said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Hooroo said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Yeah, really?
Who in last weekend's stellar team is collecting these massive salaries?
Who in the team that played last year's final?
Do you have that NBA stadium "Defence cha cha cha Defence Cha cha cha" ringing in your ears there, Sir Chris, of the Shining armoury??
This obvious and pathetic whining needs to be called!
Bring back Team Naming Tuesday in rugby, we'd all have more to argue about midweek.
what??!! and risk completely derailing threads that don't even involve the teams we are all squabbling about?
heretic
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@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Christ - I don't think even I can sustain another 12 months of obnoxious behaviour!
I reckon you'll manage, been superb so far.
@Snowy said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Christ - I don't think even I can sustain another 12 months of obnoxious behaviour!
I reckon you'll manage, been superb so far.
In the unlikely event that we somehow beat the lardy-arsed Aucklanders on Saturday, I may have to resort to my persona as supremely gracious winner!
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@Snowy said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Christ - I don't think even I can sustain another 12 months of obnoxious behaviour!
I reckon you'll manage, been superb so far.
In the unlikely event that we somehow beat the lardy-arsed Aucklanders on Saturday, I may have to resort to my persona as supremely gracious winner!
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
In the unlikely event that we somehow beat the lardy-arsed Aucklanders on Saturday, I may have to resort to my persona as supremely gracious winner!
Underdog status and fictional character all in one post. Impressive.
We might be upsetting the second division guys a bit here...
I actually would like to see the shield up for grabs in the Hawkes v Taniwha match. Adds some extra interest to the "championship" final.
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@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
In the unlikely event that we somehow beat the lardy-arsed Aucklanders on Saturday, I may have to resort to my persona as supremely gracious winner!
Underdog status and fictional character all in one post. Impressive.
We might be upsetting the second division guys a bit here...
I actually would like to see the shield up for grabs in the Hawkes v Taniwha match. Adds some extra interest to the "championship" final.
@Snowy said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
In the unlikely event that we somehow beat the lardy-arsed Aucklanders on Saturday, I may have to resort to my persona as supremely gracious winner!
Underdog status and fictional character all in one post. Impressive.
We might be upsetting the second division guys a bit here...
I actually would like to see the shield up for grabs in the Hawkes v Taniwha match. Adds some extra interest to the "championship" final.
I don't know why I found "Championship" so funny, but I did
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If ever the nation wanted to get behind North(Auck)land rugby, this weekend it is.
Taniwha for life
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If ever the nation wanted to get behind North(Auck)land rugby, this weekend it is.
Taniwha for life
@ACT-Crusader said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
If ever the nation wanted to get behind North(Auck)land rugby, this weekend it is.
Taniwha for life
i think it would be pretty cool for a Union that by all metrics should have been cut from the competition years ago (had the NZRU not blinked) to get a piece of silverware.
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@Snowy said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
In the unlikely event that we somehow beat the lardy-arsed Aucklanders on Saturday, I may have to resort to my persona as supremely gracious winner!
Underdog status and fictional character all in one post. Impressive.
We might be upsetting the second division guys a bit here...
I actually would like to see the shield up for grabs in the Hawkes v Taniwha match. Adds some extra interest to the "championship" final.
I don't know why I found "Championship" so funny, but I did
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@ACT-Crusader said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
If ever the nation wanted to get behind North(Auck)land rugby, this weekend it is.
Taniwha for life
i think it would be pretty cool for a Union that by all metrics should have been cut from the competition years ago (had the NZRU not blinked) to get a piece of silverware.
@mariner4life said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@ACT-Crusader said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
If ever the nation wanted to get behind North(Auck)land rugby, this weekend it is.
Taniwha for life
i think it would be pretty cool for a Union that by all metrics should have been cut from the competition years ago (had the NZRU not blinked) to get a piece of silverware.
For the first half of that sentence you can eat a big fat d**k!
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Northland need to win for that weird old guy they used to show on Sports Cafe who used to jump up and down and yell "BLUE!" in to a jug
i think his name was @taniwharugby
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Northland need to win for that weird old guy they used to show on Sports Cafe who used to jump up and down and yell "BLUE!" in to a jug
i think his name was @taniwharugby
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@mariner4life it wasnt, but he still does!
@taniwharugby said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@mariner4life it wasnt, but he still does!
true? that's hilarious!! that must have been 20 years ago!
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@taniwharugby said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@mariner4life it wasnt, but he still does!
true? that's hilarious!! that must have been 20 years ago!
@mariner4life well 'Blue' as he his affectionately known, still travels around following the team (did have a couple of year hiatus as I believe he was ill)
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@ACT-Crusader said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
If ever the nation wanted to get behind North(Auck)land rugby, this weekend it is.
Taniwha for life
i think it would be pretty cool for a Union that by all metrics should have been cut from the competition years ago (had the NZRU not blinked) to get a piece of silverware.
i think it would be pretty cool for a Union that by all metrics should have been cut from the competition years ago (had the NZRU not blinked) to get a piece of silverware.
Does that mean you are supporting Ta$man/Southern Vikings this weekend?
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i think it would be pretty cool for a Union that by all metrics should have been cut from the competition years ago (had the NZRU not blinked) to get a piece of silverware.
Does that mean you are supporting Ta$man/Southern Vikings this weekend?
@Magpie_in_aus said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
i think it would be pretty cool for a Union that by all metrics should have been cut from the competition years ago (had the NZRU not blinked) to get a piece of silverware.
Does that mean you are supporting Ta$man/Southern Vikings this weekend?
i said Union, not franchise
