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Crowley

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07 Jun 03 11:03

Crowley

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10 Jun 03 18:40

Never thought I'd say this....
Go All Blacks!
I hope they trample those rose petals into the ground.

Black Lung

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10 Jun 03 19:03

Originally posted by Crowley
Can't wait for the Tri-nations If the boks get whipped, I'll eat my keyboard.

Missed that one first time i read the thread. You might just be held to that.

Mat Kelley

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10 Jun 03 19:15

The All blacks will do well to beat England in their current form, but this can't play big matches or away from home is rubbish. Can't play without Martin Johnston as captain in big matches maybe...

Crowley

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10 Jun 03 19:17

Originally posted by Black Lung
Missed that one first time i read the thread. You might just be held to that.

I believe in the boys.
You will notice I also worded it pretty vaguely, just in case.

Crowley

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10 Jun 03 19:30

Originally posted by Mat Kelley
The All blacks will do well to beat England in their current form, but this can't play big matches or away from home is rubbish. Can't play without Martin Johnston as captain in big matches maybe...

I believe the English team relies too much on their dominant pack and the kicking of Wilkinson. If their pack's under pressure, Wilkinson is not so confident. If their pack struggles and Wilkinson's not there, they will lose badly.
My views and I stand to be corrected. Maybe we'll see in 3 months in Oz.

Crowley

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13 Jun 03 23:36

Lots of tests tomorrow...

New Zealand vs England
Australia vs Wales
South Africa vs Scotland

Any predictions?

dyl

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14 Jun 03 05:01

Originally posted by Crowley
Lots of tests tomorrow...

New Zealand vs England
Australia vs Wales
South Africa vs Scotland

Any predictions?

1) Narrow victory for the Kiwis
2) Australia to get home comfortably
3) Flip a coin, 😀.

Crowley

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14 Jun 03 09:24

Originally posted by dyl
1) Narrow victory for the Kiwis
2) Australia to get home comfortably
3) Flip a coin, 😀.

On 1 and 2 I'm with you dyl, cool 😛
I'm actually going to Ellis Park in about 20 minutes to go watch the game.
I'm gonna make a prediction: SA 32-19 Scotland.
But we'll see...

Mat Kelley

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14 Jun 03 10:01

I thought England would win but I didn't expect them to loose so much up front. The England line out needs working on. Bring on the Aussies!

Dr. Brain

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14 Jun 03 10:23

Well done England.I was completely wrong in my prediction.A pity about the referee though the guy made some strange decisions.Not really favouring any of the two teams.

Scotland vs SA.
My prediction
45-12 South Africa.

Cheers
Dr.Brain

Crowley

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14 Jun 03 17:17

Aaah, the boks did well, should have killed the kilts, but the kept messing up good chances near the line, my prediction was close.
Final score 28-19.
The Aussies play like a well oiled machine.
Too bad I missed the Kiwi/England game...

Jacko

Knock, Knock...?

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14 Jun 03 22:04

Originally posted by Crowley
Lots of tests tomorrow...

New Zealand vs England
Australia vs Wales
South Africa vs Scotland

Any predictions?

well they were all good, england played well and scotland were winning at half time 😀😀😀😀😀😀.

Scotland are getting much better now.

David

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15 Jun 03 01:16

Re: Crowley...3 sides in the super 12.
Australia has been trying for the last three years to have a fourth side added based in Melbourne (where they have only one league side) but this has been blocked by New Zealand (l am not sure about South Africa) which is a pity cause we would love to have a side based in Melbourne.
You are right that there is an advantage to playing regularly with the same side(s)

Watch the English come good in the world cup -unfortunately
Cheers,
Martin 😀😀😀

Crowley

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15 Jun 03 01:45

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Why did it start out as only 3 Aussie sides in the firtst place? Did they reckon that the fourth Aussie side wouldn't be strong enough? I don't really understand it... Not like the Chiefs are really any good, they could easily be excluded from the Super 12 to have 4 Aussie sides in.
There was some talk of expanding the Super 12 into a 14 side competition and then have two 7 team pools, in order to reduce the amount of games. This would mean another SA and Aussie team.

nook7

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15 Jun 03 01:54

In Melbourne the dominant code is Aussie Rules football (not rugby)
although the world record crowd for a Union game is in Melbourne- Australia-NZ.
Aussie rules is the most watched sport in Australia.
l think at first when the Super 12 was launched they didnt think it would be as popular as it has proven to be...or at least that there would be as much interest from Melbourne for it.
We have a much larger population than NZ so we should definetly be able to support one more team.
l think it comes down to politics..ther Kiwis dont want Australia to have more control by having more teams etc...🙂🙂