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    Victor Meldrew
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    We need to get this bloke into the coaching set-up ASAP.

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      Harry Jones finds Aura on X and The Roar

      https://x.com/haribaldijones/status/1832968767292215643?t=GCWFV-7uU0ZXdlcFv4b-cw&s=19

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        There is no All Blacks aura anymore and there hasn't been since the drawn Lions series in 2017. They are the fourth or fifth best international side in the world. No better than that.

        Sadly, they've become one of the most overhyped sides in world sport obsessed with their past glories and without a record in recent times to justify the peacock shit.

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        • sparkyS sparky

          There is no All Blacks aura anymore and there hasn't been since the drawn Lions series in 2017. They are the fourth or fifth best international side in the world. No better than that.

          Sadly, they've become one of the most overhyped sides in world sport obsessed with their past glories and without a record in recent times to justify the peacock shit.

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          @sparky a tad annoyed Sparky?

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            There is no All Blacks aura anymore and there hasn't been since the drawn Lions series in 2017. They are the fourth or fifth best international side in the world. No better than that.

            Sadly, they've become one of the most overhyped sides in world sport obsessed with their past glories and without a record in recent times to justify the peacock shit.

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            @sparky said in Aura watch:

            hey are the fourth or fifth best international side in the world. No better than that.

            you're right! And yet, we were 1 point away from a heroic man down World Cup that would have been one for the ages. Clearly better than SA on the day, but you just won't win with 14 v 15.

            2017 was when I started to fall properly out of love with the professional game. The 'we have a deal' and the subsequent retconning by the Lions fans (it was never a penalty and KR was offside) just left me with a sour taste in my mouth. Rugby seems to want to send people off these days - and ti's much improved this season, but still a real issue.

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              https://www.rugbypass.com/news/they-dont-give-a-damn-sbw-on-the-wallabies-mentality-during-the-aura-years-for-all-blacks/

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                #580

                There’s only one person I think of when I think of ‘aura’

                https://tenor.com/en-NZ/view/rick-james-come-here-gif-8038915

                If you know, you know.

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                  There’s only one person I think of when I think of ‘aura’

                  https://tenor.com/en-NZ/view/rick-james-come-here-gif-8038915

                  If you know, you know.

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                  @MN5 fuck yo couch

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                    She's back baby.

                    Tom Wright in the after match IV

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                      She's back baby.

                      Tom Wright in the after match IV

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                      @booboo said in Aura watch:

                      She's back baby.

                      Tom Wright in the after match IV

                      Fucking Shadow of her former self

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                        This thread should be as dead as the aura, going on ignore. GOM thread for me

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                          Huh.

                          Aura was born on the back of doing enough.

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                            Our old friend Cueball as assured his players that Aura has gone MIA:

                            https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c99v7r74ppyo

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                              #587

                              Jake White finds her in England
                              https://www.rugbypass.com/news/jake-white-it-isnt-just-the-all-blacks-who-have-lost-their-aura/

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                                #588

                                https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/nov/02/new-zealand-find-a-way-but-england-take-some-chips-out-of-black-sheen

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                                  "All Blacks leave it late at Twickenham but watching world will take note of their diminished air of invincibility"
                                  I didn't realize invincibility was a broad spectrum.
                                  But technically speaking, the ABs might have looked vincible but weren't vincibled. Today.

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                                    The Torygraph commentary on the Ireland game

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                                      #591

                                      Just getting g round to watching ABXV v Georgia.

                                      Richard Cockrill in IV before the game when asked if they prepare differently than for any other team.

                                      "... can't worry about any aura they may have ... "

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                                        Nepia
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                                        Aura still intact enough that the NH include wins over the ABs when rating a players career alongside 6 Nations trophies etc - Cian Healy tying with Coulda Doid for the most capped Irish player.

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                                          #593

                                          According to the BBC Andy Farrell has "such an aura". Is the same as our aura or a different one? Has our aura been whoring out again?

                                          https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/clylwkrrz6ro

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