Posts by Naly D
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Hmmmmm... the WRFU loses $500,000 and the HBRFU makes a (modest) profit of $18,0000. Who are geniuses here again? Where should the NZRFU be looking for coaches and ideas for how to save professional rugby in the lower North Island again?
Jesus, Wellington and the Hissycanes can't even compete with a D grade soccer team playing in a boring no-name Australian competition.I'd be careful making those two comparisons. For one, HB has only recently become competitive and has a number of big-name players just come through the ranks.
As to the 'Nix comparison, fair enough, but that was two post-season games. If the 'Canes could make it to a home semi and final, it'd be interesting to see what they attracted.
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So the non achieving rock stars of the Hissycanes don't like getting dealt to by the hard men from the franchise provinces? Well boo-hoo to them. That sort of whiney attitude is the exactly the reason the Hurricanes seek fufillment in makeup, stupid haircuts and on field insolence instead of doing the hard slog that is required to win.
Newland is a fuckwit. He's a risk, not an asset.
There were no stoppages and the official clock hit 80mins just before the TMO play
The clock we were looking at said it was four minutes over when the final try was reviewed. The clock hit 80 just before the final lineout.
Hurricanes had 19,777 which according to the radio commentators was the worst crowd for a Hurricanes - Crusaders clash by MILES. They said the first few were soldout, two years ago they got about 31,000 and now this year they got 10,000 less. The commentators might be wrong though.
No, they're not. It was an embarassing turnout, though not as bad as that fucking Ranfurly Shield game. That Cru match 2 years ago had an amazing turnout - double the previous match I think. But the crowd at this year's one had a much better atmosphere, it was like they knew Hadyn was there and decided to say 'fuck you, we can too chant!'
I was in Auckland and tried to get to that Blues game. 'GROUND SOLD OUT!' screamed the banners when I rocked up.
I watched the recording on MYSKY last night and there were grey seats fucking EVERYWHERE. Not just the 'oh I'll go for a piss' kind of smatterings, these were clumps of 20 or so in the middle of stands full of people. I was so fucked off. -
I can't believe that the same Wellington closed shop who have foisted the useless Colin Cooper on us for years were able to appoint a complete outsider (the "up and coming" Mark Hammett if you believe the sycophantic poodles of the Wellington media) and ignore the the two fabuolus up and coming coaches in Peter Russell and Dave Rennie in their own franchise who together would have been a superb combination.
I agree kinda. I put Russell and Rennie at the top of the list, but Rennie didn't apply for the position and Russell isn't liked by the players in Wellington because he had a hand in Newland's 'hand of slog', apparently.
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I note that Martin Snedden (on morning Report today) said the song choice was driven by
their ad agency. Anyone know who that is?It's CLEMENGER BBDO
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I think the difficulty with a special-effects company making monumental sculpture is that it's such a different medium. An idea that might work in film is unlikely to work the same in bronze. This should be a no-brainer.
But Weta also made the tripod on Courtenay and the trees at Te Papa
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As for size, they said 5m tall.
and width?
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Good idea. Off the top of my head;
Christian Cullen
Stephen Fleming
Melissa Moon
Wynton Rufer
Tana Umaga
Jesse Ryder? [time will tell]And for the record, I like the sculpture too. Be interesting to see how big it is.
Auckland gets taxpayer funded party central, Wellington gets taxpayer funded [?] statue... Christchurch uses taxpayer funds to buy beer and Toyota Civics to further promote that city's culture; boyracing and inbreeding.</troll>
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Something that I don't think has turned up in the local media here (yet -- perhaps they didn't want to tempt fate), is the fact that the FFA want to keep the Phoenix out of the Asian Champions League should they win through. From the Age...
Nah, the media over here ran many many stories about that this time last year, because someone had wondered 'what if Waitakere and the 'Nix both made it to world club champs?'
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Also, the Hurricanes chant is this: http://hurricanes.co.nz/images/stories/2008/interactive/sounds/hurricanes_chant.mp3 and has been for over 10 years now. It's shit. And reminds me of
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I'm not placing a value judgment on this, but New Zealand rugby fans just aren't the chanting, singing type.
Best rugby viewing moment was singing the Mooloo chant whilst watching Waikato smash Otago in 1992 final.
While not as good a chant, I remember singing 'ya can't beat Wullingtun' with the rest of the Millard Stand at Athletic Park as a kid, not to mention the chants we'd get going at Central Vikings games with the students.
If you can get a decent amount of people going, everyone will join in. Look at the singing at the Sevens. It's just that everyone's too nervous to start it [evidenced when I tried to get a friend to join me in 'who are ya' when C. Spencer subbed off last week.