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Some interesting articles from across the dutch.
Turns out the Aussies aren't bad...geez your making us blush with such high praise fellers
Finally, we can talk about something red that isn't cards when it comes to Super Rugby. Instead, it's the faces of everyone who predicted that Super Rugby Pacific would be one way traffic when the competition went trans-Tasman...............Just to put it in perspective: this was the first time they'd won two games against NZ teams in one Super Rugby round in eight years. It was also the first time their sides had outscored ours in aggregate points in a decade........
................with a little Johnson/Nisbet style jab the tail ...............
............the Tahs pulled off a shock win over an undergunned Crusaders in 2018 as well, however this time they did it with some inside help. Charlie Gamble was probably unknown to most New Zealand rugby fans outside of Christchurch before this season, but the former St Bede's College student is definitely on the minds of plenty now.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/466...ies-aren-t-bad
The Aussies are back, baby
Thoughts that this six-week block of trans-Tasman fixtures to round out Super Rugby Pacific’s regular season would be merely a Kiwi jostle for positioning in the top four have been hoofed to touch.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/...-are-back-baby
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Rebels playing well and giving it to the Blues
Great game, Fucken battled right through to the 80!
Final Score Blues 54 - Rebels 17
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
well the good news is that the Rebels F/A is now worse than ours
They were actually winning at half time 🤣
Great game, Fucken battled right through to the 80!
The other good news being that TWAS is calling foulNot sure how much truth to his comments but still satisfying nonetheless
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon
His adjudication of the ruck seemed all over the shop. Somehow the Rabble we're still in touch midway H2, despite the Blues snapping out of their sleep at half time. I was amazed they managed to lead after the number of tackles they fell off in H1. The Blues were swatting them away like flies. From then they self destructed with serial inexplicable dumb decisions.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
The hodge carter breakout in their 22 that led up to a try was a bloody good piece of work. Very slick and well worked.
Generally speaking you aren’t learning much if your lips are moving!!!
I'm not losing any sleep over the TWAS situation as he's no friend of the WF.
He obviously needs a big dose of gruntle.
Chiefs v Crusaders having a cracking ding dong
Great game, Fucken battled right through to the 80!