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>>74615527
Based crusaders foam swords

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>it's the blues year

Blues probably don't have enough whites to be truly elite

>>74615545
if they place higher than the sunwolves then it is their year

>team is literally faddes, buckman, banks, and soap
>still winning

>infected thread
Other threat 2bh

good kick

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whio else thinks the big ol green square looks like shit

P-pop a titty out

>>74615599
All of those acid trip jerseys look terrible

whitelock is underrated as fuck

Smith still hasn't recovered after fucking that bird in the loo

>>74615599
It's horrid, would've bought a Blues jersey if not for that ugly nib logo

Melanie talking a little too much for my liking

>>74615606
At least they haven't sold their naming rights which is worse than anything you could put on a jersey 2bh

>>74615599
looks disgusting even without the logo to be frank

>>74615627
my stream glitched on her repeating the same 4 words over and over, was terrible and I wanted to kms tbqfh

kek

Nice kick aaron smith

GOD DAMN IT SMITH!

As much as this is comically entertaining, I do hope they start holding onto the ball and build momentum

>>74615632
you mean you don't like the Pulse Energy Highlanders™?

uuuuuh

basic handling skills?

>>74615660
Or the BNZ Crusaders or the Gallagher Chiefs

>>"unforced errors" the game

>>74615658
>>74615671
Gentle Ben Ltd

>>74615671
Your parents count you as an unforced error

*gimmicks*

LOINS

1. Vunipola if comes back well
2. Hartley
3. Furlong
4. Launchbury
5. AWJ
6. Warburton
7. Tipuric
8. Vunipola
9. Webb
10. Sexton
11. Visser
12. Farrell
13. Huw Jones
14. Nowell
15. Hogg

Bench
McGrath, Best, Cole, Itoje, Stander, Murray, Biggar, Daly

>>74615704
>only 4 players from the 6N champions Scotland
baka

>>74615704
>Biggar not starting

>>74615712
L- l- Laidlaw would be 9 desu :(

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>>74615634
Well, we're not stopping you.

>>74615724
It is Gats so he probably will

Tbh Biggar did outplay Sexton 9000:1

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>>74615712
>>only 4 players
Which is why they won't be champions.

>tfw you get banned from 4chan and are worried you can't shitpost during the rugby tonight but then it turns out it's not a global ban
all smiles here lads

tana's eyes look like he hasn't slept in a decade

>>74615750
What board and what for

>>74615745
>Naming a trophy after an Indian city
umm?

>>74615750
Just click your router off and clear your browser cache.

>>74615759
/vg/ slagposting desu

>>74615774
Should I buy a switch?

>>74615774
What general

>>74615751
It's been like that since he was still captain for the ABs, I consider it his trademark look

Why do kiwi women sound so much worse than the men?

>>74615788
why do you think domestic violence is so prevalent

>>74615788
Why are you at the bottom of the superbru?

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>>74615764
>However, when the free bar had to be discontinued, the membership took an appreciable drop.

lel

>>74615788
kiwi women are terrible, the voice is so that we can palm them off on americans etc

>>74615796
He doubted the Chiefs

>NZ derbies are the highest standard of rugby

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>>74615750
Be fair, I'm doing my best to get banned but nobody listens to me. I'm so depressed.

>>74615797
kek

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>9

>>74615811
>bottom NZ team and a team that is hardly a shadow of its best starting team

What did you expect?

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>>74615764
Well, I was going to give you a history lesson but it seems I'm not the only sad case on here.>>74615797

>>GSW blew a 3-1 lead

Who?

GSW blew a 3-1 lead

Absolute tip kek fellas

>based Auckland with 3 penalties on the scoreboard
Literallt the Ireland of NZ

>LE 3-1 XDDDD
Fuck Aucklanders

LMAO

LEBRON

>>74615838
golden state warriors, nba team

*dabs*

>>74615838
Golden State Warriors, NBA

>>74615847
>>74615849
Ah silly me.

I've been down so long it look like up to me
(like up to me)

This is an awful game of rugby.

>>74615858
Had the GOAT season last season, but then lost in the Finals 4 games to 3 to LeBron James's Cleveland Cavaliers after having a 3-1 lead

A comparable for rugby would be if NZ had lost the 2011 RWC to France

>>74615866
Uncharacteristic awful from either side.

A dramatic departure from the accurate handling by the Chiefs vs Hurricanes yesterday, and it was pissing down like a biblical cleansing

The Force would have unironcially beaten both of these teams.

Mia Khalifas new tits look great

Just saw em on /tv/

>>74615898
>liking sand niggers

hopefully reds-crusaders is a better game

Both of these teams are offensively impotent.

>>74615905

>flag
>this comment

Lol

NICE PASS

I thought atleast 3 nz teams would beat the lions but it looks like only the canes and chiefs will

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>>74615930
*cuts off your head*

>>74615906
Crusaders will probably smash the Reds in a lopsided affair. But even then it will be a better spectacle than the matching we're watching right now.

When will the Dark Third release a Crusades themed EP?

>Poos

>BLUES

Dumb islanders lol

>soap injured
seriously

>POOS
POOS
>POOS
POOS
>POOS
POOS
>POOS
POOS
>POOS
POOS

>>all those injured Highlanders
What the hell is wrong with their conditioning?

>>74615963
whylanders season over desu

Are pulse energy Highlanders fans on literal suicide watch?

based tana 'northern hemisphere' umaga

Remember those nib. Benji Marshall ads

More like

the Auckland Boos

lol this crowd

One more penalry and it's ours lads.

The Blues are toxic

Knock-on #35

why the FUCK aren't the blues playing the crusaders in auckland this year. two years in a row since I moved here I have gone to that game with my mate who grew up here and laughed at him when the blues lost, and this year I don't get to.

ffs

>>74616008
didnt they play last year?
i distinctly remember being drunk in kingsland for that

this game is awful

>>74616008
Based Daniel

>>74616015
yeah they did and I was there too
but they aren't this year for some reason

you can take that right to the bank lads

>>74616008
You should just fly down to Crushedchurch for it

>>74616032
tempted
but my mate won't fly down to watch his team lose

>>74616019
Highlanders will be thrashed by the Hurricanes next week with this form

>>74616036
bad attitude

>another injury
Landers to get the nz spoon

LOL what was that

>>74616036
Say whoever's team loses has to pay for the return flights.

>>74616043
>Luxembourg
I don't know if I've ever seen a less relevant flag in /rug/
>>74616049
this is a fantastic idea and I will run it past him

>dufshit

Is this the best the nrl has to offer?

FUUUCK

Which national team suffered the biggest defeat in test rugby history that still produced the Man of the Match? Anyone know? I'm curious.

What a shit way to spend a Saturday morning. Even Stormers vs. Kings will top this shit.

Give it to Rieko

>>74616054
relevancy doen't lessen my interest in the sport

You utter fucking cunt fuck this

KEK

Literally the story of the Blues decade

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>the blues

kek

KEK

FUCK

>yellow card at 81:30

>have 1 man penalty advantage
>drop it in the drive
KEK

wew a fitting end

>>He dropped it
Well, aptly summed up the night

LOL
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I'm genuinely mad.

>>74616049
That doesn't make any fucking sense.

Drug cheat stuffed up.

>>74616114
kys

>Islanders

Every time

>>74616128
>kys
A blues fan should fly to chch, watch the poosaders BTFO his team, then pay for his cunt of a friend's plane ticket?
You're a dumb cunt.

>>74616136
when will poos fans learn their place lmao

Why the fuck are the blues wandering around grinning like idiots hanging out with fans?
They should be in the sheds getting an absolute bollocking.
Shit culture.
Fucking coconuts.

>based Marty Banks

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>the fucking state of how our finals system works
Reminder it should just be the top 8 teams here, 1st plays 8th ect

>>74616155
charge your phone
but yeah the conference system is shit. this competition has too many teams

>>74616173

They over expanded too fast

>>74616178
>>74616178
>>74616178
lads

>people actually thought that the poos would win

>>74616200
I thought the Crippledlanders wouldn't have the depth to win. Not that the blues would win

>>74616173
>this competition has too many teams

Which teams should go?

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Amy south islanders in this thread?
I'm gonna kick your fuckin ass

>>74616210
literally every single SA team apart from the sharks and the loins

>>74616209
Poos have got literally no mana, they can never win a game against decent opposition.

How does your country view SA rugby? Is the Currie Cup broadcasted there?

>>74616210
They are looking at dropping the King's and an Aussie team currently in the meetings in France

>>74616219
>How does your country view SA rugby?
Quota and in decline. Once our best rival
>Is the Currie Cup broadcasted there?
lol no

>>74616224

Correct

>>74616212
>ass
Aucklanders are wannabe Americans lmao

>>74616219
Fox sports broadcasts some currie cup games but never live

I've never seen anything lower than that

>>74616213

The Bulls will get back to their old ways once they sort out their shitty youth system and manage their 1st team better. Stormers just need a good coach and the Cheetahs are fun to have around. Kings, Force, Sunwolves need to go.

Good kit 2bh.

>quade
ought to be entertaining at least

That crusaders jersey is fucking awful

>>74616247
Yeah forgot the stormers, they have good attendance
Bulls are in decline

>pink lady socks
Kys poopeelia

>>74616224
>Quota

This is a meme. Heineke Meyer single handedly killed SA Rugby

>red and pink together

Oh boy

the fuck is this crusaders jersey

>>74616268
Armour I'm assuming

>>74616067
I dunno but an England player won man of the match when they lost by 2 points in a pool game that effectively knocked them out of their own world cup

>>74616268
I like it.

>>74616259
>Bulls are in decline

Literally their own fault. They are locking in their players into tighter contracts. WHenever a Bulls players gets good he just goes overseas or plays in Japan, comes back and then sucks ass. eg. K. Pollard.

>>74616268
Alt strip vs the reds you drop kick
>>74616271
Yes, their red strip also has the chainmail look

>>74616277

*They aren't

>>74616277

Been watching the cricket, friend? :)

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>>74616271
>>74616276
>>74616283
should have kept this one

Jesus that was awful from the speds

Haha

aussie commentary is very shit, it makes the game boring, no wonder no one over there likes this sport

>>74616291
That was pretty based 2bh

>>74615704
>Hartley and Best
Owens and George
>Visser
Liam Williams
Swap Murray and Webb
I'd be inclined to go with Henshaw instead of Jones as well, but we'll see what happens today and next week. Not sold on Biggar as a bench option as well. With Farrel we already have another first five, so another 12 would be a better fit. On form it'd be Scott Williams or Dunbar

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>>74616291

>>74616309
Also only one game per week is on free to air tv and its not live

>>74616287

Only caught the start of Day 4 last night. NZ stuffing up their reviews was hilarious.

>>74616318
>Not sold on Biggar as a bench option
correct he should be starting

For the modified bonus point system used in the Rugby Championship, if a team scores 3+ tries more than their opponent but doesn't win the match, do they still get the bonus point?

>>74616326

Yeah, they've been shit at them for ages lel

>>74616323
to be fair it's the same over here. but people get sky (basically foxtel but even worse) just for rugby.

>>74616309
>aussie commentary is very shit

They have the best out of all the SR countries and they're the only people I can stand.

>>74616309
>no boomfa
Pretty sad.

>>74616275
I think Biggar got man of the match for that game. Launchbury was man of the match when they got shafted by Australia in the group

>>74616332

That game would be fucked

>>74616335
And one of the major telecommunications companies bundle it in with their plans

The sport's pass one looks based though 2bh. If I didn't get it "free" I would have to give it a try

>nz conditioning

He just tore his mcl lads

Calling it

>poosaders

>goodhue
More like shithue.

>>74616374
we'll have no one left by the lions tour

>>74616327
I'm a Wales fan, and I honestly disagree. Biggar has a great rugby brain and is very good at the kick chase, but he isn't good at getting a backline going, especially from a standing start. He sits far too deep and panics when he tries to play flatter, look at all the picks he threw yesterday

What happened to Maunga?

>the state of Aussie groundsmen
How could you, in good conscious, cash your pay cheque producing a field with this poor quality?

>>74616238

Weird. We get all the rugby thats played in Aus and NZ. Btw the Aus leagues are atrocious. No wonder they keep folding.

Why aren't Moore's ruck dive bombs illegal?

Just banged the gf twice. Exhausted.

>>74616399
Head knock

Yeah the crusaders have a tough next 3 matches

Blues and two Aus teams

Horan is senile

>>74616440
No, you didn't

>>74616440
enjoyed that thanks

Might go post in the empty blues thread. At least they put up a fight.

>>74616440
where did you bang her?

>>74616459
In the shitter.

Forward pass tbqh

fucks sake

CRUSADERS BLOWN THE FUCK OUT

R E D S
E
D
S

Poosaders can't win without cheating

>>74616472
I swear the refs this year have been told by sanzar to just completely ignore forward passes in the name of "running rugby:.

As much as the cumsaders don't deserve anything ever, it's not nice to see.

Is this the first instance of rugby match fixing?

>>74616361

Teams that are done:
Poosaders
Teams in glorious ascension:
Reds

>>74616468
No where did you bang her?

>it was a little bit forward but its a try nonetheless
>it was marginal
>it was flat
fucking aussies
>>74616480
not the crusaders who are cheating

>>74616482
coz the ref totally ignored that forward pass earlier

Just fuck my picks up whanau

>show crusaders try
>crowd cheers
kek
KEK
K E K

Christchurch is a culture-less, soul-less shithole that is going backwards.

>cheatsaders

Wtf? The HB had his hands on that ball, Crotty shouldn't have been pinged. The commentators don't know the rules.

>poopeelians

>>74616519
>undeniably being refballed
>fug le cheatsaders xDxD

>>74616512
Aren't you from Hamilton?

The way these commentators are going on about a match that took place literally six seasons ago you'd think it was the last time an ausfailian team managed to beat an NZ team.

>>74616528
KEK

>>74616528
Nope. ama

>>74616528
Tauranga iirc

>>74616534
did a sheep rape your mum?

>Unironically caring about a trip and remembering anything about them

Found some people that should really think about their lives

are scrums a complete waste of time?

>>74616536
Even worse. At least the Tron is the std capital. Tauranga's retirement village.

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*dabs*

>>74616539
we all have that one family member we ignore

>>74616534
What are you doing tomorrow? Want to go see Moonlight with me? 1pm at Rialto in town.

What the fuck was that

>quade
kek

>>74616552
Sorry cuz, going to the gym and then Brunch. Then have a report to write.

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Living on the edge

>>74616598
fucking hell m8 i told you before charge your phone

>>74616595

Always read your trip as Grant Elliot :)

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Who /at the game/ here lads? Free beers at Caxton if we win lads.

Execute all commentators who say "box kick"

>>74616653
Looks like nobody is lad

That coach looks like a thick-necked meat head. No thanks.

Lmao there were no arms in that tackle.

LIMPED OFF

sleepy AF lads is it worth staying up in case the crusaders decide to stop sucking or should i just go to bed

>>74616718
They're from Christchurch, they love sucking cock too much to stop.

Have a good sleep bud.

thank you Glen Jackson

>>74616718
Reds haven't looked threatening for about half an hour now. Crusaders will probably win this.

>Azuis lost
>Cruzados losing

What's the problem today?

>>74616774
i assume azuis is br for blues, and them losing is neither new nor a problem

Why isn't Schmidt under the same criticism as Gatland? Schmidtball is just as bad as Gatlandball at its worst. Is it because of a meme win against PP?

habbening

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>tfw A-League franchise brings more people to Brisbane stadium than Superr Ugby one

This is so gay

>throwing a punch
dumb crusaders

Fair enough. Good refereeing.

dumb coconuts

I swear, if the Reds blow this

>>74616864
they might have if the crusaders weren't fuckwits

Cooper trying his best to help his kiwi bros win

>Crusaders can still win despite all the refball

Hahahaha holy fuck.

HABBENING

>BASED
CRUSADERS

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fucking embarrassing

>>74616653
KEK

I hope you brought your wallet Ben

>our gameplan is to play an 80-minute game
-Nick Stiles, Reds Coach at halftime.

The absolute state of Poopeelian rugby.

>Vermelhos

Ffs Reds one job

fuck the reds

Reds just showed they're the only Aus team that can be competitive with nz teams.

>>74616977
dont look too far into it, the saders are shit this year

>>74616977
Rebels seemed pretty good. Don't give up hope yet.

>>74616986
>second best team in the comp after the Chiefs
>daylight is third

Yeah, they're "shit"

>>74616977
They'll get shellacked when they play in NZ

There's a girl in the Superbru pool lads.

I know you're here Lydia. Post bum.

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>>74616996
>second best team in the comp

>>74617008
Dat casual sexism

Pick one:
>Italy x France
>Reis x Tempestuosos

>>74617047
all literal whos

>>74617047
France
Stormers

>>74617047
english

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>>74617173
>não sabendo o idioma mais falado do hemisfério sul

let me hear you say wales

>>74617233
We are red.

reminder that the welsh are subhumans shites clinging to englands bleached anal hair

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>>74616527
>>undeniably being refballed
You're not Irish are you?

>>74617306
>conceding three tries
>scoring zebo (0)
literally a more one-sided try count than against Italy

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>>74617306

>if England win today, they will have 29 out of their last 34 six nations matches

New Zealand tier lads

>>74615704
>Hartley
>starting
Gatland values discipline very highly and Hartley has none. New Zealand would make it their mission to wind him up at every possible opportunity, and there's no way that he goes there tests without taking the bait. He also embarrassed himself against Italy with his shocking lack of knowledge about the laws. He's not going.

Go England!

>>74617366
*three tests

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>>74616660
Execute all posters who don't know what a box kick is.

>>74617366
Yep. The three hookers will be Owens, George and probably either Taylor or Cowan-Dickie. Maybe Ross Ford though

>>74617388
>Meme players who don't even make the bench over proven international starters

England was a mistake

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>>74617306
Sore loser.

>>74617398
I'm Welsh. Why would you take Best? He's a bottle job and Hartley is just shit. The only hookers deserving of a spot are Owens and George, Best and Hartley offer nothing. Might as well give the third spot to a bolter. Maybe Elias or Scannell, come to think of it

England win = championship

Scotland win, England losing BP = championship still up in the air

Scotland win by more than 7 = not mathematically, but basically Scotland's championship

You'd suspect will get a 4 try BP at home to Italy.

Scots to go for a big win today?

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Pardon my obsession over that specific subject, but it seems that Wales is now safe from the P9 from the WR rankings even with a defeat against France. gg

Disregarding the other games, since those won't change anything in the grand scale of things. Now, it's officially >our two games not to lose.

>>74617433
Is there a link with this coefficient calculator or is it a software to download?

>>74617430
It'll be a close game til the hour mark I think. England are, sadly, just too good for Scotland at the moment. Especially on the bench

>>74617422
Brown you nonce

>>74617443
http://irbrankingcalculator.azurewebsites.net/

Have fun

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How is Memehia West a starting 10 for an NZ superugby team?

DMACK made the right decision in not going to that hellhole

>>74617430
If draw? Championship also still up in the air?

>>74617449
I just don't think he's that good. Ross Ford is honestly better, especially in the scrum

>>74617450
Merci

>>74617457
If he were English they'd have wanked themselves to death over his turnovers already, he's as good as the other options

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>>74617474
He's not English? Damn, what a waste.

Fee-fi-fo-fum

Scotland 5/1 on bet365

You'll make worse bets desu

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>Today
Germany x Spain
Belgium x Romania

>Tomorrow
Georgia x Russia

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>>74617517
>but we are going to beat Wales easy
>That that big final with da English
>I don't even know da rules hahah I'm a massive rugby fan

Lose to Wales

>b-but I'm not even a fan haha
>r-rugby is like our seventh most popular sport anyway
>a-as long as we beat England, that was the plan anyway

Oh...And d-dont forget muh gaa anyway.

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>>74617582

>>74617595
This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship also serves as the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region. The team with the best record across the 2017 and 2018 Championships qualifies as Europe 1. As Georgia have already secured qualification automatically, in the event of a Georgian win, the runner-up will take the Europe 1 qualification spot.

>>74617614
See
>>74617595

>>74615704
think there's a serious argument for Hamish Watson starting at 7. Just as good at the breakdown as Warburton and Tipuric and is actually a pretty explosive carrier too despite his size.

One drawback with him is that he's not very tall so probably incompatible with a backrow also containing Stander and Vunipola, neither of whom are good lineout options either.

>>74617649
Size and inexperience will go against him which is a shame. If he had emerged just a year ago leaving him out would have been more controversial but as it stands Gatland can pull it off.

>>74617592
It's laughable how confident Ireland were about this tournament being a showdown with England. It's amazing what a win over New Zealand can do for delusions, even though it's usually a false dawn and happens occasionally (see England in 2012)

Instead, excluding Italy, they could be 1-3 by the tournament's end.

>>74617673
well, if Warburton and Tipuric go ahead of him it's not too shocking since they're both Gatland faves, have previous Lions experience and are themselves in very good form this year.

If that fucking meme Sean O'Brien gets selected ahead of him then there's a problem. He's been a complete passenger this year apart from one or two decent runs

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>>74615527
Tah man sees

>>74615704
>Robshaw misses out again
I just want my rugby husbando to get the call

>>74617582
>x
That's for collabs and shit. v, nigga, v.

>>74617714
he'd be nailed-on 6 if he'd been fit throughout the 6N IMHO

I think Stander is massively overrated

>>74617688
I'd take Warburton, Tipuric, Haskell, Barclay, Stander and Vunipola. There's probably room for another, and as I don't think Gatland will take Itoje as a 6 it could well be Watson.

>>74617723
"x" means versus

Atleast we have won't have loads of players involved with the fiasco that the Lions will be now

Hope the nailed on ones get minor injuries ensuring they can't travel

>>74617741
>maybe on Portugese, but you're talkng about an Anglo sport
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