Posts by Peter Darlington
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Hard News: The good guys, in reply to Abbie,
As one who takes a desultory interest in rugby at best - just tell me the final score - I have watched with interest how manly all this is.
The thing that really brought a lump to my throat at the end was seeing the women who were part of the All Blacks management group going up to get their medals. I can't say I know enough about their setup to know who they were but they were obviously equals within the group and were as excited as everyone else to be up there to receive them.
I don't know why that in particular got to me. I guess it just portayed in a small way that there is inclusivity in the team, and that this was a victory made by our people together, not just a bunch of macho guys on a paddock.
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Hard News: The good guys, in reply to tim kong,
The Daily Mail article, instead of just the NZ Herald edit, actually has an excellent array of images from the game as well.
I can't stand the Daily Mail, but they do better sports images than pretty much any other online media.
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They have done some amazing things within the team after the nightmare of the Mitchell/Deans era a decade ago. I have to totally eat humble pie as regards Hansen, I thought he was a monosyllabic mumbler who would take the team backwards post the 2011 RWC. How wrong I was, he's taken a good team and made them great, the results have been testament to that but also the actions, statements and reputation of this current group are impeccable. You can only do that if you're a great leader, and Steve Hansen is definitely that.
If you watch the ceremony at the end you will have seen the sheer size of the whole All Blacks group. Men and women, older players, fitness and technical staff, all ecstatic and obviously all completely together and overjoyed to be part of that setup. Felt like a small island of the best of NZ up there on that stage, no arrogance, just a group of hugely proud and satisfied professional people who were happy that they'd done us all proud.
It's a world of worry out there, so it was nice just to be able to accept for once that, yeh, this was a very good thing.
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Hard News: Hug Reform, in reply to Paul Rowe,
My first FA Cup was 1980. Brooking's goal had the same impact for me (on hating the Arsenal that is)
Yeh, that cemented it!
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Hard News: Hug Reform, in reply to Paul Rowe,
If that's what I think it was Pete, I would have kissed Mick Mills myself on that day in 1978.
You are absolutely correct. First FA Cup Final I ever saw. I've enjoyed seeing Arsenal getting beaten ever since.
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Football was always way ahead on this front....
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It seems a very organised campaign paving the way for him as well. I presume it has been put in place over some time even though it's only surfaced in the media in the last few days?
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Speaker: Rugby, Racing and Emotions, in reply to Danielle,
It's like when someone talks about a TV show they're into and there's always this one dude who leaps in to say "you proles! I got rid of my television 17 years ago and took up whittling! I haven't missed it a jot!", as if that's relevant to the conversation about the text.
Lol, it's funny cos it's true!
#televisionreference
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Field Theory: It's about time, in reply to linger,
—not West Ham, then?
We don't allow his sort. We draw the line at the Queen and Obama.
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Field Theory: It's about time, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
It's fairly standard for politicians to acquire an interest in sport once they start to seek public office. Mr Pigpoker can't even remember which team they decided he should support.
Aston Villa, it's ASTON BLOODY VILLA! :-)
