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@Tim said in Hurricanes v Blues:

Canes are now officially NZ's dumbest team.

Blues couldn’t score against 12 men , both teams deserve to be driven to school in the “ minivan “.

It’s going to be a looooooong season

15 on 12 and you drop kick?

Penalty try and a card .

Well done canes , finding new ways to lose since ages ago

@Hooroo said in Hurricanes v Blues:

What was the red card for?

Thalidomide tackle

What . A . Fuckwit

Ffs

15 phases .

@Nepia said in Best Maori & Polynesian Super Rugby XV's:

@Canes4life said in Best Maori & Polynesian Super Rugby XV's:

Some interesting selections in there. Not sure TJ would beat out Piri in a straight head to head,

Yeah, nah . TJ over Pies any day of the week.

@mariner4life said in Best Maori & Polynesian Super Rugby XV's:

@KiwiMurph said in Best Maori & Polynesian Super Rugby XV's:

Kupu Vanisi for Highlanders 7?

i think he's more synonymous with the Hurricanes isn't he?

I think he started there but moved to get away from Kronfeld.

@KiwiMurph said in Best Maori & Polynesian Super Rugby XV's:

Kupu Vanisi for Highlanders 7?

Yep. We let him go a season too soon at least, Ben Herring did his best but Vanisi was at another level.

@Duluth said in UFC:

@raznomore said in UFC:

@Duluth they call her Gollum?? That’s rough.

Here's Penne offering her a ring at a weigh in

I think she claims it's about JJ's crouched weigh-in pose. But it was really bitchy and she wasn't the only female fighter calling her Gollum

That’s a bit shit and I usually love a good sledge

Is he actually a JAFA? I thought he was from Wanganui

“ there is a vacancy on dancing with the stars .....”

Nice work

When Jonah died I watched the 2000 bledisloe test and it wasn't as great as I remember.

The South Africa vs ABs game in 2013 was awesome , I think I watched it three times.

@Kirwan said in The future of NZ Super Rugby teams & the NPC:

@Nepia Some of the problems of the Blues has been infighting between Northland, Harbour and Auckland.

On the Shore and Northland, they see the Blues as Auckland dominated, so you lose fan engagement there.

So two problems solved straight away.

Then you factor in the marketing advantages of local rivalries now being on the field, and being able to retain their talent and you have a better product.

Or you could prop up dwindling populations in Southland and Dunedin...

We don't have the server space to list the rest.

@Tim said in The future of NZ Super Rugby teams & the NPC:

A real eye opener for me was listening to a rugby contract lawyer on a podcast a couple of years ago. He basically suggested that NZ Rugby should axe payments to NPC players in order to fund a professional women's competition, "because we just have to". That is the calibre of person who works in NZ rugby.

Of course Scotty Stevenson loved it.

Oh ffs.

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2020:

Surprised no one has mentioned Hika Elliot or Cory Jane

Cory Jane belong to the Bay as much as @nepia belongs on this thread.

@Duluth said in Ardie Savea off to League:

Another player running away from the Hurricanes

GFYs

@Bones said in NH International Rugby:

Haaaa apparently Bono visited them to perform a "pep-talk".

Bet that would gee ya up eh.

He's a year too late to be able to discuss what its like to be massively overrated by your fans when the rest of the world thinks you're a bit shit. Do you reckon he snuck their latest album onto the teams phones without them asking for it?