Brace yourselves for maudlin renditions of Kumbaya all day Saturday.
International rugby on the telly this weekend
Saturday 17th August
- New Zealand v Australia 08:35 Sky Sports Action
- Wales v England 14:15 Sky Sports Action & Channel 4
- South Africa v Argentina 16:05 Sky Sports Action & Sky Sports Arena
- France v Scotland 20:00 Premier Sports 1
Ovally Balls 
And another scrum. That’s got to be a worry for AUS.
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ABs back to 15.
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SBW onna crash ball, over the line. TMO to check.
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Rodda gets a hand under the ball, but SBW rolls the ball onto the turf.
24-0
Toomua on for Lealo.
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Aus proving heavy pack=/= effective pack. Just driven back 10m on their own maul.
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14 turnovers and 9 handling errors against Aus. That’s not gonna help.
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Forgot about this one, doesn’t look to be much like last week’s effort. Nice to see almost happy Kiwis singing along to Livin’ on a Prayer though.
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Shame about the forward pass there.
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So does this mean the ABs are good again, and the Aussies are shit again? So hard to keep up with these things.
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It means the Aussies will be good enough to beat Wales again, but not necessarily much use for anything else. ABs still the favourites.
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Reverting to the mean or something, Chekho.
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Reece got back into his stride very quickly there.
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J Barrett dinks a ball through on half-way. Reece rushes up and gets a toe on it, punting it down field. He beats the defenders and slides over to score.
31-0
Two-Dad’s on for Aus.
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Game gone free-form. Aussies not as good as the All Blacks and lose the ball in their own 22 and good play puts in Bridge in for try number 5.
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Ben Smith is one of the best but he’s really going to struggle to be in the first-choice 23.
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Bridge gets his try after a great game.
36-0
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I forget myself. What it means is that Wales can’t make number one today, but I think I read that England still can?
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@Tomp
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I was playing with the numbers last night, CMW. According to the rankings calculator I used, either Wales or England could if they win by more than 15. Not sure if it’s right or matters that much.
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It doesn’t matter at all.
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I do wish we wouldn’t play England outside of proper tournaments though. Will no one think of the all-time record?
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Strange thing about that game is Aussie were doing ok until the first try. CL missed two kicks – one pretty easy – and Aussie still did some good stuff. NZ pack really put it up the Aussies, though. Very impressive.
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Interesting finish in the Canberra vs Melbourne NRL match earlier. Aussie commentator said “WHO’S YA MONEY ON NOW? hashtag gamble responsibly”
It’s political correctness gone mad, the nanny state etc.
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Warrick Gelant has long been one of my faves. I like this video:
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Brutal
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Had been planning on watching the game but had the result spoiled. Probably not going to bother, too depressing to see the ABs back to (their) normal
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Is your depression at the ABs return to form not outweighed by the utter joy of seeing The Wallabies get nilled?
Nah, me neither.
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Oh fuck – and that one.
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I thought it was another false name, but there we are.
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Binned them for you ElS.
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And hello to you too Mr Suavo.
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Top work, Refit; thanks.
G’day CMW. I had wondered, during the hiatus (henceforth to be known as The Great Hiatus) how you were coping with real cricket. I’m no cricket fan but your vignettes always had/have an allure.
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Since I’ve been asked:
Been a messy season as the kids and the weather have conspired against me. Only one innings of note and it feels like the first game of the season every time I play. All our seam bowlers have been injured so I’ve been opening the bowling with a bit more seam up than usual mixed in with spinners all still off a few paces. Had the field up as a con job in the hope that the opposition openers give it more respect than it deserves. It’s been working OK but could not be described as good. Came back at the death the other week and as they’d already got too many I risked an over off my long run which has a jump and everything. Hadn’t bowled off it in a match since I was twelve years old. The opposing captain top edged a pull when one was on him quicker than either he or I expected and then I bowled their transvestite to end up with a double-wicket maiden so I might persevere with it tomorrow. It’s certainly still not quick though or even really medium pace – like a Real Cricket Steve Barwick (one for 80s/early 90s County Cricket fans there).
It’s all still been fun, but it would be nice if both me and the team were a bit better!
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And Els – were you in a period of enforced non-golfing? I know Brookter was/is, but for some reason have a feeling you might have been too. Or have you been golfing away to your heart’s content? Or indeed its discontent if the game’s been treating you badly?
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Afternoon all, I missed this morning’s game but I have it recorded for Ron.
What’s going to happen here, then?
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That is a brilliant pic of Marler in the bench line up
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Sigh. Anyone esp. refit got a stream for the debacle?
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Hello ElS, I missed you.
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Not being dumb btw Refit (or maybe) but that earlier link is now cricket, and trying to switch to other sports is throwing my ipad all over the web.
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@Ticht – is that the one of him where he’s squinting? ‘Tis glorious.
Aaahhhh, Andrew Cotter, how you were missed last week.
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@Iks – try this: http://cricfree.live/watchfeeds/index/86
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Refit, it’s the arched brow and one staring eye that makes it
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Cheers Refit – maybe it’s my location but it ends up with a registration process.
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Ah thanks refit, I didn’t know C4 was broadcasting this, I can leave Stuart Barnes to it now
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@Iks, maybe this one? http://cricfree.live/watchfeeds/demand/213
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@Ticht – pffft, and there’s me putting all the valuable info ATL. ;-)
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Here you go, Iksy:
https://vipbox.im/watch-wales-vs-england-stream-1
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*avoids eye contact with Thaum*
* draws circles in ground with big toe*
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NOooooooo. Cubby Boi off. Navidi on.
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I think it was head contact between the two brothers that led to the younger sustaining the knock
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