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well, it IS tough trying to moral when surrounded by others not so inclined. So yes a challenge, just of a different flavour

I don't 'get' sevens. A little too much like touch footy to my liking, and wondered if the mooted boost the olympics would give would eventuate for the proper game of rugby, they are far too different for that. Just before going to bed sat night stumbled on it on foxtel, had my last few beers...

good on her for standing her ground. took balls, who knows how drunken idiots might react. shit taste in 'music' all round tho. ahh, the first signs that footy season is near! bring on the rugby i say

Is there a potted history of Mitchells career? (Or do you just follow him avidly) I know little, but have often heard 'tidbits' about his style.

call me old fashioned, but to 'transform' the NRC to include elements like dancing girls and fireworks when a try is scored would make me turn it off immediately. Which, as far as I can ascertain, IS the 'game day experience' people waffle on about. uggh. Completely different games. 20/20 is...

Or alternatively if it were played in the same season and so compete with rugby, league, AFL and soccer. Lack of alternatives surely plays a part in it's success.

well, I must admit I was wrong basically. The little I have seen from the league media does not bear out my suspicions. For sure, in comments and such many of the league supporters had a go at us ('too cold in the backline', ''waltzed into another code, made the national team after a year, got...

funny how the argument is usually 'how do we make rugby simpler'. It seems destined to become more and more complex.

amen

heh heh, started hasn't it. I wonder if the league media will be as disgusted at Slammin Sam for reneging on a contract as much as they were when SBW reneged on a contract a few years ago. I have my doubts frankly.

You'd say no? In fact, it was exactly the opposite (naive etc) because as it turned out he WAS selected for england. As mxyl pointed out above (in the podcast) the interesting question is 'would he be kitting up for Bath right now-as per his contract-if he had not been selected for england?'...

A while back (I think it was huge arse?) posted a 'list' of comments from league re union. (you know, high score league means awesome league attack, high score rugby means shit rugby defence, that sort of thing) It might be timely to bring it back here so if the media go the way I think they...

I agree, and here is an interesting and (to my ears) balanced discussion of this debacle (surely not too strong a word) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0377k26 In any case, sure there have been rumours/conjecture floating around, but now it is official. So, for me at least, the interest...

yeah, ok. Tis only been a few hours yet, hardly time for the daily rags to have their say. Yobbos like dean ritchie, I find it hard to believe he will fair. Tho of course till it happens I have to give him the benefit of the doubt.

well we have an experiment on our hands now. How will burgess be explained/talked about by the league media. Honest and impartial, or (the premise of the thread) a way to put the boot in. Note, when judging these things we need to have our impartial scientific hat on. Ie, honest and impartial...

was going to like your post (and I do agree wholeheartedly with it), and I will likely sound like a pedantic prick, but lauded DOES mean praiseworthy, highly deemed. apart from that, as you were!!!

agreed. I mean I am quite cynical by nature, indeed perhaps too much so. But to be honest I am dumbfounded at the level of cynicism leveled against SBW here. Maybe I have to re-evaluate where I sit on this sliding scale of cynicism. I honestly thought I was towards the extreme end. Dunno...

fuckin brilliant observation Number nine of the all blacks checklist (above) is bloody hilarious

geez, always thought they played trumpets in heaven when you get your vestal virgins. still, spose cornets and trumpets sound similar

agreed. I mean what in the hell in there is anything to be upset about?