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General Rugby Discussion II

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    #872
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Didactic Ninja wrote: »
    world cup winning prop wyatt crockett the big retirement news from today.

    :rolleyes: subtle


    Anyway, lucky to go out on his own terms - nice way to ease out of it too. No doubt the NZ conveyor belt will continue.


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    #873
    prawnsambo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,375 ✭✭✭✭prawnsambo


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    :rolleyes: subtle


    Anyway, lucky to go out on his own terms - nice way to ease out of it too. No doubt the NZ conveyor belt will continue.
    I think 'sad' is the word you're actually looking for. It wasn't very subtle at all.


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    #874
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    :rolleyes: subtle
    Don't feed the tolls


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    Trippie
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    Switched from attack shapes to defence for the latest technical podcast. Discussing skills, organisation and tackle technique to be able play a blitz defence. If anyon has any questions or ideas about how to improve, then please let me know. 



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    #876
    thomond2006
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    Calum Clark broke his arm against Leicester at the weekend.

    The irony is strong with this one.


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    #877
    prawnsambo
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    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Calum Clark broke his arm against Leicester at the weekend.

    The irony is strong with this one.
    The mills grind slow, but they grind exceeding sure.


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    #878
    Didactic Ninja
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 393 ✭✭Didactic Ninja


    Double world cup winner Jerome Kaino bids adieu to Nz rugby. The best backrower to retire this year by any metric.


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    #879
    MJohnston
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    Didactic Ninja wrote: »
    Double world cup winner Jerome Kaino bids adieu to Nz rugby. The best backrower to retire this year by any metric.

    He's not retiring.


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    #880
    Didactic Ninja
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 393 ✭✭Didactic Ninja


    MJohnston wrote: »
    Didactic Ninja wrote: »
    Double world cup winner Jerome Kaino bids adieu to Nz rugby. The best backrower to retire this year by any metric.

    He's not retiring.

    From playing proper rugby ....


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    #881
    Neil3030
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    Didactic Ninja wrote: »
    From playing proper rugby ....

    True. Bloody northern hemisphere playing rugby with hockey sticks and cattle as we do. At least he'll be handsomely remunerated.


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    #882
    irishbucsfan
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    Didactic Ninja wrote: »
    Double world cup winner Jerome Kaino bids adieu to Nz rugby. The best backrower to retire this year by any metric.

    This is your second attempt at this and it's even more pathetic than the last


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    #883
    Burkie1203
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    Didactic Ninja wrote: »
    Double world cup winner Jerome Kaino bids adieu to Nz rugby. The best backrower to retire this year by any metric.

    You should tell Kaino he is retiring as he appears to think he is off to France.


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    #884
    swiwi_
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    Didactic Ninja wrote: »
    Double world cup winner Jerome Kaino bids adieu to Nz rugby. The best backrower to retire this year by any metric.

    From one Kiwi to another why do you always have to be a bit of a c*ck?


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    #885
    Jack Kanoff
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    swiwi_ wrote: »
    From one Kiwi to another why do you always have to be a bit of a c*ck?

    It's in ye're nature? :D


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    #886
    pickarooney
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    Ah you don't still keep believing this guy is a Kiwi after all these re-reges surely?


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    #887
    kuang1
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    Jack Kanoff wrote: »
    It's in ye're nature? :D

    Still wouldn't be funny if you had got your punctuation right!


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    #888
    Yeah_Right
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    swiwi_ wrote: »
    From one Kiwi to another why do you always have to be a bit of a c*ck?

    I agree. Except I wouldn't have used "a bit of".

    As for Kaino, sorry to see him go. He was always one of my favourite players. Can't decide if I would have him or Michael Jones at blindside in my All Time All Blacks XV. He definitely goes down as one of the greats. I reckon he should have gotten World Player of the Year in 2011.

    Hopefully the Blues can give him a decent farewell season. Please Blues please. Don't be **** this year.


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    #889
    Winters
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    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Calum Clark broke his arm against Leicester at the weekend.

    The irony is strong with this one.

    He didnt snap his own arm did he?


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    #890
    Interested Observer
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    Didn't realise Kaino's age, he'll be 35 by the start of next season and 36 by the end of it.

    Best blindside of the professional era?


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    #891
    swiwi_
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    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    I agree. Except I wouldn't have used "a bit of".

    As for Kaino, sorry to see him go. He was always one of my favourite players. Can't decide if I would have him or Michael Jones at blindside in my All Time All Blacks XV. He definitely goes down as one of the greats. I reckon he should have gotten World Player of the Year in 2011.

    Hopefully the Blues can give him a decent farewell season. Please Blues please. Don't be **** this year.

    Kaino at 6. Jones was the greatest natural NZ 7 I've ever seen...although with his record, McCaw would probably make the team ahead of him. Didn't rate Jones quite so highly at 6.

    But when I was a kid just getting into rugby, Jones was pure awesome, he always had Australia tied around his little finger. That gruesome knee injury vs Argentina was the stuff of nightmares.


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    c.p.w.g.w
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    Interested Observer wrote: »
    Didn't realise Kaino's age, he'll be 35 by the start of next season and 36 by the end of it.

    Best blindside of the professional era?

    Serge Betsen, up there for best blibdside too?


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    #893
    Yeah_Right
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    c.p.w.g.w wrote: »
    Serge Betsen, up there for best blibdside too?

    No. Kaino was better.


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    #894
    c.p.w.g.w
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    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    No. Kaino was better.

    Ok, don't watch a lot of SH rugby


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    #895
    Dog Botherer
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    Reckon if Ferris had been injury free for more than a couple of games he'd be pretty high up in the rankings of all time 6's.


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    #896
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,492 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    Dog Botherer wrote: »
    Reckon if Ferris had been injury free for more than a couple of games he'd be pretty high up in the rankings of all time 6's.

    Some of the SA 6s have been excellent down thru the years. Although I always get confused because of the way their 7s wears 6 and their 6s wear 7.

    Richard Hill
    The Rocky-Meister

    Ferris was pretty good before his injury curse too.


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    #897
    the perfect ten
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    swiwi_ wrote: »
    Some of the SA 6s have been excellent down thru the years. Although I always get confused because of the way their 7s wears 6 and their 6s wear 7.

    Richard Hill
    The Rocky-Meister

    Ferris was pretty good before his injury curse too.

    Richard Hill was some player.


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    #898
    Yeah_Right
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    Richard Hill was very good. Wasn't as dynamic and didn't have the ball skills of Kaino but perfect for England at that time. Ferris was good, could have been great but unfortunately we'll never know.

    I'm sorry to all the Leinster fans here but Rocky wasn't that good. Don't get me wrong, his season at Leinster he was outstanding. Best in Europe. But he was an average test player and nothing special in SR.


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    #899
    Podge_irl
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    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    Richard Hill was very good. Wasn't as dynamic and didn't have the ball skills of Kaino but perfect for England at that time. Ferris was good, could have been great but unfortunately we'll never know.

    I'm sorry to all the Leinster fans here but Rocky wasn't that good. Don't get me wrong, his season at Leinster he was outstanding. Best in Europe. But he was an average test player and nothing special in SR.

    I'm trying to recall when exactly it was, but I remember Richard Hill on basically one leg still being the best player on the pitch in one of the HEC knock out games. Against Munster I think.

    Ah, I know Rocky wasn't all that overall, but by god he was amazing for Leinster.


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    #900
    irishbucsfan
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    One year with Leinster is all I need to know Rocky was the best


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    #901
    Interested Observer
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    Podge_irl wrote: »
    I'm trying to recall when exactly it was, but I remember Richard Hill on basically one leg still being the best player on the pitch in one of the HEC knock out games. Against Munster I think.

    Ah, I know Rocky wasn't all that overall, but by god he was amazing for Leinster.

    That was 2008 I think, and I'm also pretty sure it's the only season he played a HEC knockout game. Spent his whole career at Saracens who did nothing in the competition until that season.


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