Sick of the RWC 2015 already
Oct 31st 2015, 1:19 am
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...Or was it an error? Both teams have seen each other play and previously played each other anyway.
Nov 1st 2015, 2:38 am
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Well it's all over now......yeah right. Roll on the hype train.
SBW giving his medal away was an awesome moment for me.
SBW giving his medal away was an awesome moment for me.
Nov 1st 2015, 4:56 am
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Nov 2nd 2015, 8:19 pm
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This is from the NZ Herald this week. Not always the biggest fan of the Herald, but every now and then they report on something and I just think "Yes, that - exactly" The "silent majority" of New Zealanders are far from enthused when it comes to the All Blacks and the Rugby World Cup, a new survey has found. Sport sociologist Toni Bruce, an associate professor at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Education and Social Work, is conducting a survey gauging Kiwi experiences and attitudes of the 2015 World Cup. Dr Bruce did similar surveys in 2007 and 2011. She said this year's results so far revealed a group she calls "the silent majority" - people who are uninterested in rugby and the Rugby World Cup. They include "some who are actively resistant to what they see as rugby's dominance of New Zealand's cultural life", Dr Bruce said. "They don't like what they see as the link to violence, the increasing commercialisation of the All Blacks, or the way that New Zealanders invest so much of their identity into sport." "In both 2015 and 2011, people wrote that they would be 'secretly' pleased or would have to 'pretend to be sorry' if the All Blacks lost," she said.
On reflection, the obsession of UK papers with football is not too different. Can take a while to find the first non-football news at back of the paper.
Media everywhere seems to want to push the national sport down everyone's throat, taking very simplistic view if you're not into it then that's not very patriotic.
Nov 3rd 2015, 8:53 pm
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On reflection, the obsession of UK papers with football is not too different. Can take a while to find the first non-football news at back of the paper.
Media everywhere seems to want to push the national sport down everyone's throat, taking very simplistic view if you're not into it then that's not very patriotic.
Media everywhere seems to want to push the national sport down everyone's throat, taking very simplistic view if you're not into it then that's not very patriotic.
Nov 3rd 2015, 8:57 pm
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Worst haka ever. Its glorious!
Nov 4th 2015, 2:14 am
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Nov 5th 2015, 10:06 am
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It's not THEIR attitude it's the MEDIA that stirs up this superiority complex, and with good reason, NZ is good at Rugby. I don't get why people want their adopted country to fail. There were similar attitudes expressed by people on here during the cricket world cup. To be honest - it's embarrassing.
I'll tell my Derby County mates that live in their adopted Nottingham to wish Forest well for the rest of the season.....
Nov 5th 2015, 7:15 pm
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Cam't say I've ever met a Scotsman or Welshman living in their adopted country of England not wanting England to fail. Sport without fierce rivalries and banter would be pretty boring. The Kiwis here and those living in their adopted England loved it when England failed and that's the way it should be.
Not really the same thing is it
Nov 5th 2015, 7:23 pm
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Tiz so.This'll make some throw their eyes to heaven but we haven't even seen the game yet .
Nov 5th 2015, 7:52 pm
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Can someone let me know when it's safe to watch the news again please? Ta muchly.
Nov 6th 2015, 8:03 am
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This morning my ears were assaulted by Dan Carter doing some shaky lame voiceover for a low-budget radio advert for the opening of a bed shop.
Nov 6th 2015, 9:43 am
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Nov 6th 2015, 12:01 pm
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Re: Sick of the RWC 2015 already
The ruddy herald webshite still has a whole section for RWC, but I suppose at least it means that there might be some other sports mentioned in the sport section. But don't