Posts by Richard Irvine
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Nick Hornby mumbled 'f#@k off' to me in a London pub when I told him I loved Fever Pitch but was a Spurs fan. His wife was lovely, though.
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I still reckon we'll be alright when the pressure comes on - the last time the ABs PEAKED for a match, really, was the first and second Lions tests, and we all know what happened then. Similar things occurred in the recent French tests in France. They keep banging on about creating a legacy for this team, and the World Cup has to be the ultimate for them. I don't think they'll mess it up.
That said, I'd like to see Leonard and Mauger in the side, too. Definitely Mauger, along with Mils in the centre and Leon at the back.
Oh, and we've all got the wrong end of the stick on the jersey thing.
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Yep, I saw the Exponents for the first time in an early 90s gig at Hamilton's Roxoff nightclub (they were great).
They're one of the few bands where you can drink 12 cans through a beer bong before the gig and still not be as messed up as the lead singer.
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Har, that's brilliant, and a nice twist on the 'I totally forgot to wear any clothes today' dream. I'm sure the nerves would have calmed down after the first couple of hit ups.
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Nice one - I once dreamed I played for the All Blacks in Sydney - I was in the tunnel giving the Australians some amazingly witty putdowns before we ran out. I wasn't worried about repercussions, though, 'cos I had Frank Bunce backing me up. That's still my favourite dream of all time, and about as close as this desk jockey has ever come to wearing black.
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While I'm on it, anyone else feel despair when the AB's are forced to do promo's for Ford and Telecom
That's not even the half of it - count how many times per ad break the All Blacks sashay into your lounge, it's feckin loads, especially in 'prime time'
I do like that one where the guy in the cardboard box gets to go fishing, to France etc with the team - surely everyone wants to do that?
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What would the chances be of 'Dad's Tips' being released in one of those new fangled digital formats, do you reckon?
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There's more to Rugby humour and culture than Mark Ellis, that's for sure. I think this leftfield Rugby thing has come about because the game itself is so sanitised and corporate these days, it needs a bit of anarchy to balance things out.
In the good old days*Climbs onto soapbox*, Mooloo (Waikato's masot) used to be a shoddy old pantomime horse-style cow, lead around the ground by a farmer, and it was great. Nowadays they have a troupe of kids in uniforms and horrible mooloo head things doing modern dance... it's like something out of the Simpsons. I also really miss having the presenters out in the middle of the ground coping with kids jumping up and down behind them waving to Mum, but that's just me, probably).
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Kyle, I went to see NZ Maori play Ireland in Dublin, a game notable only for Tawera Nikau being sent off about three seconds after he came on. That world cup had a team from Lebanon also, and wasn't a great advertisement for allowing minnow sides to play from memory. I guess countries like ours are in that hamstrung position where our provincial sides would be competitive with many internatioanl teams at sports like rugby, league or netball.
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Simon G, that's a great post, I liked your point about the Lions' media pack - they wouldn't even have to have gone to a school to see what NZ's ethnic mix is like these days, just getting out of the Hilton hotel for a while would have done the trick.
Actually, I think they'd rather just have the ready-made, go-to excuse for when they get their arse kicked.
Oh, and there's no locking crisis. But Flavell would be my back up choice.