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PhucNgo
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Virgil said:
Sorry Virgil. Meant no offence. :
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Sorry Virgil. Meant no offence. :
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hi-jinks
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Damm stinkin kiwis.
That's all.
That's all.
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Dave Cowper (27)
hi-jinks said:
About time. You certainly can murder a phrase or word better than most.
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formeropenside
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I blame Mark Bell, who in a few short years has turned Queensland's forwards into powder puffs. He must be a NSW trojan horse.
Also - Fainga'a is useless.
Also - Fainga'a is useless.
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Rugby Rat
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The chasing Tah player was only 2 metres offside before Tahu scored. Leckie the sideline ?
formeropenside said:
I think you're being a bit tough here, fos. Due to the incompetence of the QRU the environment hasn't been conduicive for talented young players to stay and play for the Reds. They really haven't had the cattle the last four years.
Bell? I remarked to LG last night the Reds have an ex-New South Wales hooker as forwards coach while the Tahs have an ex-Queensland rake to run their pigs around. That's the way of professional rugby. Mooney chose Bell to join him on the Reds coaching staff after their successful effort with Australian under 19s in 2006.
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Lindommer said:
I'm not. A few years ago the Reds scrum was great, now it got bested by Al Baxter. If thats not several backward steps, I dont know what is.
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hi-jinks
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The Mark Bell experiment has worked a treat. Excelent.
He managed to get a fued going with Moore, so he left. He has so much more to do though. QLD were far too competitive last night for my liking.
Anyway, I heard a great stat last night re NSW V QLD games.
The total played was around 285. Of which NSW has won around 180, QLD around 80 and the rest were draws.
He managed to get a fued going with Moore, so he left. He has so much more to do though. QLD were far too competitive last night for my liking.
Anyway, I heard a great stat last night re NSW V QLD games.
The total played was around 285. Of which NSW has won around 180, QLD around 80 and the rest were draws.
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Baxter is the form Aussie prop over the last 12 months. Full credit to him. Robinson the other half of the Wallaby front row. The Reds did a good job of things when you put big Al's form in the context of the argument.formeropenside said:
Unfortunately I went for a surf and didn't make it to the game. Hope all that went enjoyed the arm wrestle.
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rugbywhisperer
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formeropenside said:
This may come as a surprise (MOT) but Rudd I believe has never played sport.
Geez, who would have thunk it.
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PhucNgo
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formeropenside said:
I think it probably demonstrates a few steps forward on Baxter's part. Ben Robinson also had Dayna Edwards as his manslave on Friday - on his knees the whole night.
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
formeropenside said:
He's had his issues in the past, but the bloke has poleaxed nearly every LHP put in front of him in the last 12 months - at Test level with the added handicap of Sharpe destabilising his scrum - and you're still of the belief he's shit. I shall enjoy very much watching the game (when I get a few minutes) and will think of the sour grapes some of you are force-feeding yourself at this point in time. :
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Can't knock big Al for a while now. Great to see.
fatprop said:
that's going a little easy on him mate. He's 32. Most ex-props will say 27/28. A professional era prop you could argue should be a bit younger, particularly a career prop like Baxter (as opposed to a relocated prop like Richard Harry etc). He's been in the Wallaby team for 6 years now which is a fair grace period. I remember hearing about him around the time of his NSW debut, even before that, running around for Norths (I was in Sydney at the time) and he was promoted as this highly skilled, tough as teak, mobile prop who could play both sides. That was a decade a go. He's playing damn well, but if he's only maturing now, he's a couple of years behind the bell curve.
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