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/rug/ thread

>Sat 25 Jun
June Internationals
Samoa v Tonga - 04:00 Early
Fiji v Georgia - 05:00 Early
New Zealand v Wales - 09:35
Australia v England - 12:00
Japan v Scotland - 12:20
South Africa v Ireland - 17:00
Argentina v France - 20:10

>Sun 26 Jun
June Internationals
USA v Russia - 04:00 Early
Canada v Italy - 18:00
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Teams according to ESPN

New Zealand: Israel Dagg, Ben Smith, George Moala, Ryan Crotty, Julian Savea, Beauden Barrett, Aaron Smith; Kieran Read (capt), Sam Cane, Elliot Dixon, Sam Whitelock, Brodie Retallick, Charlie Faumuina, Dane Coles, Joe Moody.

Replacements: Codie Taylor, Wyatt Crockett, Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Luke Romano, Liam Squire, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Lima Sopoaga, Waisake Naholo.
Elliot Dixon Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Wales: Rhys Patchell, Liam Williams, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, Hallam Amos, Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Taulupe Faletau, Sam Warburton, Ross Moriarty, Alun Wun Jones, Luke Charteris, Tomas Francis, Ken Owens, Rob Evans.

Replacements: Scott Baldwin, Aaron Jarvis, Samson Lee, Jake Ball, Ellis Jenkins, Gareth Davies, Rhys Priestland, Scott Williams.

Australia: Israel Folau, Dane Haylett-Petty, Tevita Kuridrani, Matt Toomua, Rob Horne, Bernard Foley, Nick Phipps; Sean McMahon, Michael Hooper, Scott Fardy, Rob Simmons, Will Skelton, Sekope Kepu, Stephen Moore, James Slipper.

Replacements: Tatafu Polota-Nau, Scott Sio, Greg Holmes, Adam Coleman, Dean Mumm, Wycliff Palu, Nick Frisby, Christian Leali'ifano, Taqele Naiyaravoro.

England starting XV: Mike Brown, Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Owen Farrell, Jack Nowell, George Ford, Ben Youngs; Mako Vunipola, Dylan Hartley (captain), Dan Cole, Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Chris Robshaw, Teimana Harrison, Billy Vunipola

Replacements: Jamie George, Matt Mullan, Paul Hill, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Jack Clifford, Danny Care, Elliot Daly

>no hardcock
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Thread theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVIYk-HYdII
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Combrinck and Whitely are starting

South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Ruan Combrinck, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Francois de Klerk, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Julian Redelinghuys, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Jaco Kriel, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Morné Steyn, 23 Lwazi Mvovo.
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>>68844562
>mcmahon at 8 again
>either mumm or palu will play
>skelton

CHEIKA OUT
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>>68846190
BLACKS BTFO
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It's a hard life for /rug/ right now. Leave it for a couple of hours and the Euro threads will push us off page 10. Stay strong lads, we will overcome
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who is this?

(no homo)
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>>68848286
jesse kriel google tells me
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>we´ll make a gorillion penatlies and suffer against france
>again

Do you guys think the suicidal argie killed himself?
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>>68848725
Haven't seen him since early season Jags games.
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>>68844562
>skelton
3-0 incoming
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Ireland team:

15. Tiernan O'Halloran
14. Andrew Trimble
13. Luke Marshall
12. Stuart Olding
11. Keith Earls
10. Paddy Jackson
9. Conor Murray
1. Jack McGrath
2. Rory Best
3. Mike Ross
4. Devin Toner
5. Iain Henderson
6. CJ Stander
7. Jordi Murphy
8. Jamie Heaslip

Replacements: 16. Sean Cronin, 17. Finlay Bealham, 18. Tadhg Furlong, 19. Ultan Dillane, 20. Rhys Ruddock, 21. Eoin Reddan, 22. Ian Madigan, 23. Matt Healy
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>>68849909
No Payne?
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Ready Wales?
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>>68850090
he's injured
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Bag Carrier XV

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15. Mckenzie

You guys fill in the blanks
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>>68850126
Could he look like any more of a bellend?
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>>68850219
Keelan Giles at 11
Gatland pulled him out of the U20 WC and gave him zero (zebo) minutes.
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>>68849909
>Tiernan O'Halloran
literally who
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What a time to be English.

Grand slam, cuck Wales in both football and rugby, smash the Aussies and then leave the EU.
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England 2 sweep
SA to sneak
NZ to labour
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>>68850642
He's a quality player and will be the starting All Black 6 by the end of the year
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>>68850726
>cuck Wales in both football and rugby
We literally just knocked you out of your own world cup and finished above you in the Euro pool.
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>>68850770
World cup was one whole year ago. Wales biggest achievement, still talked about today.

We beat you and ended up playing Iceland. I don't mind our draw at all.

We showed how easy it is to cuck Wales. Northern Ireland are going to be having a laugh.
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>>68850747
SH will lose every game... Including New Zealand
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>>68844473
Samoa
Geórgia
Nova Zelândia
Inglaterra
Inglaterra do Norte
África do Sul
Argentina
EUA
Canadá
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>>68850219
Rory Sutherland was on the bench 3 times before he even got a single minute in the 6N
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>>68854303
thats because dickinson was playing the best rugby of his life. will be interesting to see how Sutherland does with the start this saturday, though he may as well of had it last week
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>>68850090
We need at least one O' in the team.
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>>68854376
Sutherland is legitimately one or two years away from being our clear 1st choice. Better carrying game than Dickinson and his scrummaging is constantly improving, proved against Japan as well that he's fit enough to last the full 80 at test level.
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>>68850642
Post a pic of yourself and we'll see
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>>68850726
>and then leave the EU

lel.
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>>68844473

What strange start times are these? You should know by know that all /rug/ threads are to be in official Rugby World Cup Winner timezone.
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>>68844473
Times are all wrong numbnuts.
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>>68860071
They are correct in his time zone as far as I can tell

That being said why the fuck would you say "ealry" instead of using am or pm. OP should have been an abortion 2bh
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>>68848827
I haven't seen him since Awoooooooooooooooooo
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This kind of thread is what happens when there's a quota system in place. Absolutely Haram tttt.
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>>68860230
Yeah I know, just trying to discourage shitty ops from Ausfailians and Amerilards.
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>>68852945
>le give names in Poortuguese gimmick man
What a character.
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>>68861155
Who /riding the brexit train to sharesville/ here?

ASX200 is below 5200 lads, time to buy buy buy.
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Cunts make your superbru picks
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>>68861190
Thanks for the (You) but...
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>>68852945
>North England
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>>68861661
Brazil literally in charge of geographical knowledge.
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>Brexit happens
>England need to give up their 6N title because they're no longer in Europe
>Italy become #2 team in Europe
>home nations championship starts up
>it's just a shit version of the Rugby Championship

LGTSS

>yurop rugby
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i guess its in their nature lads
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>>68862945
Why on earth would that happen?
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>leave is winning
We did it lads
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>>68864819
the ASX200 has dropped 3.4% in a single day.

Get ready for all your stocks to be worthless lad.
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>>68864909
>owning stocks

Fuck off back to /bet/ degenerate
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>>68864955
Fucking state of you lad.
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fiji - georgia
3-14


we did it lads
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>>68865029
>superbru tried to tell me this was an upset
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>>68864819
>british pound at a 3 decade low
>we did it

congratulations britain, you're the first country in history to voluntarily vote to put itself into recession
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>scots will soon get their own flag on spee
>ireland will really be a national team
based
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>>68865191
>le ebin uk will break up now meme

No. It didn't happen last year, it won't happen now.
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our tour to coconut islands


Samoa 19 - 19 Georgia
Tonga 20 - 23 Georgia
Fiji 3 - 14 Georgia

6 nations when?
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>>68865269
you'll get a super rugby franchise at this rate
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>>68865269
6 Nations should really start having a 2nd division of some sort (maybe not prom/rel tttt because that would cause too much hopping)
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Maybe expand the 6N to seven and include Georgia/Romania, re-name ENC div 1 to something more appropriate (or just call 6N the ENC anyway, it's a better name), and then top of ENC plays bottom of 7 Nations home/away for prom/rel unlike the pure swapping that happens between the ENC divisions.
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>>68865483
6 is good enough. 7 fucks up the schedule.

Pro/rel is a good idea but I prefer having the 2nd last team in 6N also play the 2nd team in the division below for pro/rel.
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>>68865579
The reason I say 7 is because so many people say the reason prom/rel won't work is because it would just end up with Italy/Georgia swapping non-stop and would be dull and pointless. Also, people would probably complain endlessly if their team got relegated, but if there are not one but two meme mainland europe teams then at least it's justified, you lose to both Italy and Georgia you deserve to go down, whereas maybe you don't if Italy fluke a win over you.

And nah can't have too much swapping in these sorts of comps there aren't enough teams to justify potentially two teams being relegated, that's 1/3rd of the competition.
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england in the rugby championship when?
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>>68865643
As soon as their currency recovers.
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>>68865579
6 nations already takes 7 weeks (5 games plus two bye weeks), if you had 7 teams there's an inbuilt bye. works 4 me
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Craig Joubert just can't ref Australian games any more.

http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/world-ref-boss-joubert-was-wrong/
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>>68866246
Yep he had some shocking calls both ways tttt
Moore should have been sent off for some of the atrocious play he did
>Literally cannon balled into a maul
I don't get how he wasn't carded that game mate
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>>68848725
For fucks sake Argentina, beat France this weekend.

I want to draw a puma eating a chicken
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Just realised Top 14 final is on "tonight"
supposed to be sold out in a nearly 100k stadium
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>>68867081
Racing or Toulon?
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>>68867317
Can't tell if you're asking where or who will win
It's in Barcelona and I watched Racing knock Toulon out of the European Cup in one of the most boring games I've seen so I'll say Racing
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>>68865420
But it would literally be Italy and Georgia swapping back and forth for years. I definitely think we should include Georgia in the 6N though Tbh farm.
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>>68867481
Hence what I said here >>68865632. And as >>68865911 says, it's not as if 7 would extent the tournament that much.
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Based Brexit has basically guaranteed an England win this weekend lads
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>>68867570
They could lose to solidify themselves with us commonwealth folk
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>>68867570
Are you kidding? It's literally only the lower classes that wanted out. The rugby team will be devastated by this result, except for those of them playing in France who just got a massive pay raise.
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>>68867624
>It's literally only the lower classes that wanted out.
No it isn't lol. All the rich racist cunts wanted out too.
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>>68860230
>That being said why the fuck would you say "ealry" instead of using am or pm
I copied it from Superbru desu

>OP should have been an abortion 2bh
Rude
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>leave won
>Cameron resigned
glorious
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>>68867624

>Being this retarded

You don't seriously believe that do you? That it was just the povo's?
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#syrianlivesmatter

Not any more cunts
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>>68867368
>French sports tournament
>The grand final is in another country
That country is more cucked than I thought
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>>68867743

I'll be having a Kilkenny on you lads tonight!
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>>68867771
Wrong part of Ireland mate. That beer is from Free Ireland not Cuck Northern Ireland
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>>68867759
Well the Euros are on right now so they can't use Stade de France.
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Lads the arse on this girl at work is fucking ridiculous. Legit meh 5/10 face but the arse is just on another level.
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>>68867807
Oh shit lel forgot about that competition
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>>68867798
Well the only British beers we have is Guinness and Kilkenny - not sure which is more British? I could theoretically have a Gin and Tonic but I'm not a contrarian memer desu
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>>68844473
There's no sport at all on so Now actually have to read about the Brexit shit.

Howdid the staylads lose when Boris Johnson is the one of the faces of the other side? That toupée is ridiculous
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>>68867840
Neither of those are British mate
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>>68867855
>How did the DA lose when Jacob Zuma is the one of the faces of the other side?
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>>68867840
G&T is significantly more British than either of those
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>>68867840
>Guinness and Kilkenny
>British
If we count Southern Ireland as Britain then sure
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>>68867899
we do
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>>68867887
The DA lost because Zille is actually a lizard
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>>68867899
>Southern Ireland
Gross
True Ireland. Free Ireland. Real Ireland
>>68867907
Fucking Aussies have no class
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>>68867899
Ireland is in the British Isles, so yes, it is Britain. Not 'Great Britain' (the name for the largest of the islands), but Britain.
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>>68867862
>>68867888
>>68867899
>>68867930

I don't know enough about the British Isles but I do know they all form part of the Lions so that is good enough for me to have a drink of him.
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>all those casuals on bru have suddenly picked england
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>>68867955
True. Everything in this picture is the British Isles and the UK in blue
Ireland is the white and is where the beers are from
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>>68867991
>tfw my brother told me from the get go England would win
>tfw I doubted in Eddie after Nippon Banzai and 07
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ITT dumb cunts not knowing the any of differing names those stupid islands choose to pick & mix and match their sports teams for maximum gold medals and prizes.

There are only two islands I respect in that area, and they are the Isle of Man and Guernsey.
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>>68868040
What about Jersey la?
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>>68868040
>not the based Shetlands

kys
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>>68868040
Iceland is a pretty neat island in that neck of the woods
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>>68868065
isnt jersey closer to france?
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>>68868121
Very much so
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>>68865269
Adorable low scores
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I wonder how Jersey and Guernsey came to be alternating terms for sports shirts here
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>>68861155
>ignoring Portuguese is the most spoken language in southern hemisphere
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Jersey?
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>>68868179
most people dont even know brazil speaks portuguese lad
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>>68868493
Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, East Timor, Brazilian diasporas in South America, Africa and Oceania, Portuguese diasporas in South America, Africa and Oceania
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>>68868527
literal shitholes
no suprises there
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>>68868493
This, everyone just thinks it's spanish
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BRITAIN NEVER GEV)ER EVER EVER SHLAL BE SLAVES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB5Nbp_gmgQ
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>>68868562
>implicando

>>68868846
>implying no slaves of unitedstatians since 1945
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>>68868846
God save her.
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>you live in a world where the UK has declared independence

i dont know how to feel about this really, its quite weird
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Fuck lads I just felt an earthquake I thought I was going to die
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>>68869419
Nah it was just Julian Savea on the training ground.
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Who /fullyfit/ here?
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>>68869419
Are thou from Christchurch?
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Is neck dead?
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>>68869540
Liam Williams is the first choice Welsh FB now fuck off roidpenny

You can have the 14 shirt of you behave yourself
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>>68870499
we all are
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>>68869785
Wellington m8
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>>68860230
>That being said why the fuck would you say "ealry" instead of using am or pm. OP should have been an abortion 2bh
The time format is already in the 24 hour format. "early" or am/pm are unnecessary in the context.
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>>68871438
What is his endgame?

Coaching the All Blacks obviously but how will he make that happen?
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Who's ready for tomorrow?
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>>68872422
Head says NZ
Heart says Wales
Penis says Charlotte Church singing the anthems then letting me pin her over my bed
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>>68873480
fairplay she was fucking outstanding before she got JUST'd by henson
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>>68848725
At least we are not penalty fucking central, like we were the last 2 years...

Also, did anyone watch U20 WC? Did Argentina play well, or we got a lucky break?
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boudjellal on suicide watch
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>>68874487
looking at the live scores now and it says machenaud got red at 14 mins?
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>>68874691
Yeah and they didn't even bring on a replacement scrum-half. Imhoff played at scrum-half for the rest of the match.
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Imhoff wearing a Duendes jersey after the match
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>>68874948
He's based as fuck
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>>68872422
>An entire minute of a character standing still with cheap glow effects overlaid
>Weebs will literally defend this
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>>68874948
the absolute madmen, imagine how shit the backup up 9 felt lel
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>>68875777
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>>68875106
Based af. Will need to go to my parents house and pick mine up.
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>>68875585
Is Imhoff the most aesthetic rugby player?
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>>68878020
If he was taller maybe.
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anyone up for a game of CS

>>68878020
>>68875833
this is more aesthetic
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>>68850705
After Payne, the best FB on display from any of the provinces this season
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Obviously the most aesthetic rugby player
Strong brow and nose
Tall
Strong in general
Beard
Sexy shaggy hair

8/8 m8
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>see Justin Bieber on a all blacks ad

When did our team shill a fucking pansy?
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>>68883646
i now have more respect for our hat.
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Am I the only one watching this "game" between Samoa and Tonga?

This is an embarrassment to the sport and I don't even like rugby.
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>>68883646
>dank memes compilation
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>>68884143
>this flag
>I don't even like rugby
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carter is the greatest rugby player of all time
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>>68884771
This isn't a debate

Only fat smelly forwards praise Trippy McCheat. The greatest footballer of all time is a striker, the greatest handegg player is a quarterback, it only is logical that the greatest rugby player is a 10 (the OBJECTIVE most important position).
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>>68884803
>10 being more important than 7

kek. teams have won world cups with mediocre 10s (Stephen Donald and Butch James both come to mind). Nobody even gets a sniff without a world class 7
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>>68884581
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>>68884851
>mediocre 10
>Stephen 'literal GOAT' 'the beaver' Donald
he kicked the winning points pham
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>>68884851
10
>controls the backline
>makes the majority of the biggest game play decisions
>has to be highly proficient in kicking (both in play and for goal), running, defence and passing

7
>has to run around and barge into breakdowns
>very occasionally holds the ball
>makes some tackles
>tries to cheat
>occasionally pulls of a cheat

If you actually think that 7 is important at all you're shitting yourself. It's literally a meme to separate the casuals from those who know what they're talking about.
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most important positions ranking

>VERY IMPORTANT
10

>SUB VERY IMPORTANT
9

>IMPORTANT
15, 14, 12

>USEFUL
11, 13, 7

>MEH
2, 6, 8

>WHAT DO THESE GUYS EVEN DO ANYWAY
4, 5

>FAT AND SMELLY TIER
1, 3
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>>68884851

>mediocre 10s (Stephen Donald)

Hasn't Beaver won more world cups than LITERALLY 300 million americans?
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Reminder to get your fast food orders in before the game lads, just placed my dominoes order for 7:15pm delivery. Ordered $30 bucks worth of food so that they assume I'm having friends over and not just sitting in the dark on a mongolian throat singing board with you losers.

Discount codes here http://www.gpforums.co.nz/threads/378611-Coupons!
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>>68885311
>dominoes
>not hells
fucking plebs
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>>68885334
>eating hell post-2009

It's now just as mediocre as dominos, but 3 times more expensive.
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>>68885365
depends which one you go to
the grey lynn one is still god tier
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Based Hugh
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>>68885084
While I agree the Flyhalf is the player any coach should base their gameplan off the rest of your rankings is very wonky.

Take the Bulls of 07 - 10 for example. Besides Steyn, Habana and FdP their backline wasn't good what they had was good forwards that played to that strength.

Same can be said of older English teams.

I can see your point of rating the backline higher than any forwards bar McCheat but that is because NZ has always had players with flair and ball skills. Something which we have lacked but still managed to win two World Cups.

I personally wouldn’t have 9 as the second most important player and then have hooker so low. Hookers are integral to getting your scrums and line outs going which lays the platform for your backline obviously this is only my opinion and in no way do I want to start a my country/perception is better than yours desu
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>>68885575
Shut up you filthy racist.
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>>68885477
daniel on bleach drinking watch
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>>68885477
>facebook messenger conversation with daniel

You better delet this pretty quick m8 he's only got 156 friends it'll take me best part of 15 minutes to find you
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>Blues looking to make another offer for Barrett
Ihaia West on dead career watch
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>>68885575
I think the question "most important" position is stupid
Without forwards you literally can't play rugby and end up with plebgue
Backs are literally expendable to the point that if a tight forward gets sent off a back will be subbed so they can keep playing. The opposite doesn't happen
tight forwards are the most important position
QED
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>>68885575
>this entire post

>>>/reddit/
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>>68885575
Aaron Smith is one of the core reasons why the all blacks are the best they've ever been

the way he drives the game is phenomenal
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KEK, found him. That didn't take long at all.

fb.com/ben.peploe.73

>unironically being friends with daniel
>unironically having an all black as your profile picture above the age of 12
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>>68885678
Aaron Smith is currently the goat I'll give you that. But being the best player in the world in your position doesn’t mean that your position is the most integral.

You need a foundation to play off - if aaron smith got slow ball from the rucks then he would be literally who. Now where does the quick ball come from? The fatties in the team that are rated "MEH" & "WHAT DO THESE GUYS EVEN DO ANYWAY".

Rugby is a sport that changes with the time and new and improved strategies get invented all the time, with those new strategies the importance of the positions will vary, if you think that your rankings is the be all and end all of rugby you may find your rugby regress like ours has under that archaic system our previous two coaches (and by the looks of it our current one) implemented.
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>>68885814
A Smith looks class even behind a well beaten Highlanders pack. Granted it's getting better, but even in 2012/13 he was the best scrum half in super rugby.
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rugby
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>>68885904
Yes
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>>68885658

2bh Marty Banks needs to join either the crusaders or the blues, he's completely wasted always being a reserve
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>>68885926
Marty Banks should fuck off to France
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>>68846190
>7 Siya Kolisi
>3 Frans Malherbe
good team apart from these shitters. Bench looks pretty bad though.
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>>68885926
>>68886012
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/79977891/Highlanders-pivot-Marty-Banks-signs-deal-with-Italian-side-Bennetton-for-next-season
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>you can't keep doing the same thing and expect results
t. Foxy doesn't remember the AB'S last 8 years
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What did they mean by this?
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>>68886146
They've changed a lot lad. Cruised through 2005-2008, got murdered in 2009 so changed it to be the best for 2010-2011. Had players leave and new guys like Aaron Smith so changed things again to stay dominant for 2012-2015.

You don't stay the best if you're not looking to keep improving and adapting desu.
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>>68886131

Also, assuming that guy from the last match that thought GOATden BarrGOAT would be ''''''exposed''''' having to play longer than 20 minutes after cruden was ded

I posit that Beauden will not be exposed tonight either, and all the GOAT muscular elite Beauden fans (including > nina tier slags like vid related) will be feeling McKenzie levels of smug about it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcAcwA4VhMc
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We need new commentators in NZ rugby

Will pairs of foreign lads ever be a thing? At least their bias could cancel out a bit more
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>It's a "Wales are playing so so play that Stereophonics song" episode
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Are the British and Irish lions, dare I say it, finished?
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>>68886233

Merts is south african what more do you want?
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>>68886230
The only part of Barrett's play that is sub par is his place kicking. He just can't get the cake tin dialed in
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>>68886233
>foreign commentators
I've only ever seen Australian cricket do this with Mark Nicolas.
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>No Memekenzie

Shitspooter on pooicide watch
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>>68886243
Someone that isnt that far in the NZ camp
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>/sp/ hates on Skelton
>/sp/ said Kerevi should be a Wallaby

Yeah I'm liking his Skelton pick
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>>68867066
>I want to draw a puma eating a chicken
>not eating a cock
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>>68886260
You would think because SANZAR teams play so often you could mix the commentary pairs up a lot more
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This Dunners crowd is turnt up
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>>68867743

>implying they ever did

Mediterraneans are all trash, central and western Europe is based as fuck
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>>68886290
I would be happy with mixed commentary, ours are pretty bias as well
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>>68886291
>tfw the waisake naholo 7 nation army chant when he scores 7 tries in the final 20 minutes off the bench
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>>68886298
They are wanting on about how easy and comfortable the wins over Wales have been
Wales was literally in the lead for most of the game last week
That's not comfortable in my book

Such a bias is just boring to listen to
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>>68886233
I seeth with rage whenever I hear Justin Marshall commentate
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Fuck off Savea you useless shit eater.
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>>68886317
*Wanking not wanting
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>let's replace naholo with savea

REEE
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What did you lads have for dinner?
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>>68886322
Y E S B O Y
E
S
B
O
Y
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Jaco "If I'm not in the middle I will try my best to be" Peyper.
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>>68886326
>>68886329
>Savea hears Dagg call for it
>leaves it for him
>Dagg yells for him to catch it because he can't get there in time
>Savea has to stretch catching the ball at his knees

Communication is at fault imo
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>>68886348

he's decent though.
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> cane
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>>68886363

Not saying he isn't, I'm saying he likes to be the centre of attention.
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this skysports commentary is fucking horrible.
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also, weekly reminder that one man beat the all blacks
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>>68886355

Still sure of that mate?
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>>68886373
>We know they have to score tries
Kill me now Tbh
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>>68886337
Scotch fillet.
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>>68886337

Whiskey soup with ice croutons.
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Is mah boii playing tonight?
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>>68886337
eggs and toast

>tfw no bacon
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>>68886387
For that first one yep. He was standing there watching then last second reaches for the ball when Dagg slowed his running
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>>68886337

it's morning, but i had fish, calamari and chips last night. was quite good.
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>>68886405

Off the bench lad.
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>>68886405
Yeah off the bench. He's a crowd favourite in Dunedin so you can expect some Waisake Naholo chants
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>>68886393
Rich cunt
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>>68886337

Roast pork
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List of All Blacks that won't be missed:

Cane
Savea
Crotty
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>>68886453
I'll add to that
Read
Dagg
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>>68886453
Crockett
Fekitoa
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>>68886461
Read has been on fire this year what are you talking about?
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where is memeskudder?
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>>68886461
Like it or not, Read is essential
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>>68886487
dead
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AB's pinged for obstruction but Wales weren't lol.
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ULTRAMOTION
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>>68886487
Injured
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>>68886453
Moody
Coles
Franks
Retallick
Whitelock
Dixon
Cane
Read
Smith
Barrett
Savea
Crotty
Moala
Smith
Dagg
Crockett
Taylor
can't spell his name but that ofa shitter
Romano
Squire
Kerr-Barlow
Sopoaga
Naholo
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>>68886487
In rugby career heaven.
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>>68886490
>essential
>virtually play the same when he doesn't play
Sure
>>68886485
I would argue he isn't the best 8 in NZ and that we have other high calibre captain options that he literally wouldn't be missed
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>>68886422
>>68886419

I hope he plays well. That Fiji v Georgia game was a potential weekend ruiner.
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Beaudy you beauty
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List of All Blacks that WILL be missed:

Husbendo
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>Calls for play on while player injured
>Doesn't call 5m scrum when ball is over the line

Refballed to fuck.
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SCRUM SCRUM SCRUM
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>>68886526
>calls obstruction when it will get his team ahead again
I agree
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Jesus that scrum
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HUBBY
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Why isn't this replay in ULTRAMOTION
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BEN SMITH!
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>>68886557
sky won't shell out for broadcast cameras above 25fps
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>>68886557
Pointing in the wrong direction. Camera guy saw a hit chick
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>>68886512
Liam Squire is the only person who could possibly match up to him. As for captains, who other than Ben Smith would you suggest?
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50/50 call desu. Good try
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