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I love it,these hakas add a little theatre to the occasion. Looking forward to it at Headingley at the weekend. The more intense the better,Mikey Lewis handled his face off with the Samoan player brilliantly. The were all ok at the final whistle.

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One of the most reliable Internet ruled is that when the question is 'is it time for x' the answer is no.

I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly.

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22 hours ago, gingerjon said:

Jolly amateurs playing for the love of the game. Pure Corinthian spirit, alive and well.

You love to see it.

Rugby was ruined when money got involved.

Just don't disrespect great players because they were from a different era. 

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20 hours ago, DI Keith Fowler said:

Teachers and farmers didn't have time? Teachers who get twice as much holidays and farmers who do all their work by 9am and spend the rest of the day dynamiting moles?

If we put the clocks back two hours the farmers would have an extra hour to practice their hakas maybe. 

They had jobs, so no they wouldn't be spending their time practicing a haka. Different times. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Wakefield Ram said:

They had jobs, so no they wouldn't be spending their time practicing a haka. Different times. 

I forgot that jobs 100 years ago were 24 hours a day.

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Posted
1 minute ago, Click said:

I forgot that jobs 100 years ago were 24 hours a day.

This is why working class areas famously had no brass bands, male voice choirs, pubs or midweek sporting events.

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On 28/10/2024 at 20:29, LeytherRob said:

Campaign to bring back this version of the Haka


 

Looks more like the Okey Cokey, with most of them looking for someone, who actually knows what he's supposed to be doing, to copy off. 

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Posted
22 hours ago, 17 stone giant said:

The sailors hornpipe gets my vote for our 'haka'.

Without our proud naval heritage we wouldn't ever have visited the lands of the teams we're now playing.

Some of those moves could be tricky with studs on a grass pitch, so I would recommend a change of footwear during the build up.

Thats almost as camp as the Monty Python one. 

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21 hours ago, Dunbar said:

Sure, I just don't like it when they get to the point where they are pushing foreheads into each other.  I think when they get to that point they have gone past mutual respect and into intimidation.

Just a personal opinion.

We should just agree that the teams cannot come closer than a metre (say) to the oppostion.

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13 hours ago, Damien said:

 

 

I think the best response given the ''tightrope walking'' nature of all possibilities, would be to give a hearty, enthusiastic round of applause. 

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42 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

This is why working class areas famously had no brass bands, male voice choirs, pubs or midweek sporting events.

No the reason they had those things is because the didn't have a tele' and women used to complain about spending too much time looking at the ceiling.

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"The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby.

"If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris

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4 hours ago, Just Browny said:

One of the most reliable Internet ruled is that when the question is 'is it time for x' the answer is no.

I mean, I did answer the OP within 2 minutes, yet here you are still all banging on about it.

😆

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On 28/10/2024 at 19:41, sam4731 said:

If players see the Siva Tau or any other ritual dance as a genuine intention of aggression, they want to have a word with themselves.

Yes, the intention is intimidation but in reality everyone involved knows that it's a ritual to display proud heritage.

It should be an honour to stare down those players and drink it in. I for one would be in awe in seeing it up that close.

No, it is and has always been an exercise on the pitch pre-match to motivate the players participating. If they banned it, I can assure you that most teams would still do it in the dressing room before they came out. It is as about relevant to the culture as Trooping the colour or a military parade.

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1 hour ago, fighting irish said:

We should just agree that the teams cannot come closer than a metre (say) to the oppostion.

Is that not going to make tackling very difficult?

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Posted
15 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

I don't think a Samoan player would get that close to a Kangaroo player. A Kiwi might.

I think the Samoans wanted to try to intimidate England.

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Just now, Enkidudu said:

Is that not going to make tackling very difficult?

New concussion study claims that head injuries are reduced by 100% when tackles are made 1 metre away from the ball carrier.- SeriousAboutRL.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Click said:

I forgot that jobs 100 years ago were 24 hours a day.

Yes but that was after Lloyd George's working time directive was passed to reduce the maximum number of working hours that could be enforced on workers.

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Posted
6 hours ago, Dunbar said:

Corey Parker couldn’t slap himself 

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"Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin

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1 minute ago, Phil said:

Corey Parker couldn’t slap himself 

Is that a euphemism?

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"The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby.

"If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris

Posted
Just now, Dunbar said:

Is that a euphemism?

If you want to take it that way 😎

"Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin

Posted
6 hours ago, Dave T said:

I mean, I did answer the OP within 2 minutes, yet here you are still all banging on about it.

😆

"I mean". Act your age.

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I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly.

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