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I suspect Australia used the game as RWC preparation. Normally they are geared solely to beating NZ but next month they will have to beat one or both of England and Wales just to get out of the group stage. The All Blacks play with at least one true openside flanker, England rarely play with one for...

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Janner dragged to court today. Whether he is doolally or not his accusers are getting their say.

Meanwhile Sweden says fuck it, 2010 is too long ago.

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There are Big Dogs and big dogs.

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Racism truly is not as overt as it once was. I do remember the signs on the doors of businesses that read "white only", and I recall the halls of buildings where two water fountains were side by side, the chilled one said whites only above it and the porcelain one with a spigot said color...

I did wonder what you could catch from a Prairie dog but didn't want to check.

That does sound like fun, right up until someone loses a finger.

It's Bond, it's always Bond.

One thing that has changed is me. I'm 30 years older now. At 27, I was more conservative than now; "my country right or wrong" and all that. Preach Brother, 27 year old Heid was an arse, though marginally better than the 24 year old Heid of 1985. 24 year old Heid only dealt in absolutes, ...

Away draw for Ross County.

Played 10, won 6, drawn 2, lost 2.

Just as well it is Xhosa as I was completely out of ideas. I really am spending too much effort on this, but from the number of players in the photo' and the numbers on their shirts (and the three who have wrapping on their legs for the lineouts) I think it is a sevens squad. Which doesn't help iden...

The only other guess in my big bag of South African languages is Xhosa. Which is spoken with a lot of clicks and other noises but I have no idea how it is transcribed. Still unable to identify the team, though I'm tending towards Eastern European. I was surprised by how white the US Women's team is,...

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It looks African, because it is! I would say Southern African, simply because it looks a bit like Zulu names and placenames but after that I'm out of ideas. If it is African then they have a very blonde team. It is a document published by the World Rugby Union, translated into several languages. Th...

Is it what you have become, or have you realised what you always were? Or any of the other possibilities? I'm not being snarky here, I'm genuinely curious. The good old days weren't always that good. My initial thought was that the UK is a better place now than in 1985 but the more I think about it ...

Looks African to me, but anything else would be a guess. If it is African then they have a very blonde team.

Something, something hooker . . .

I thought Big Dog was simply a nick-name for a Harley, I didn't know there was a manufacturer called that.

Armageddon is one of my favourite bad films of all time.

Edit to add: And the Badlands of South Dakota are way cooler than anywhere I camped with the Scouts.

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