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Climate Change to Blame for All Black Loss at World Cup
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Climate Change to Blame for All Black Loss at World Cup

The All Blacks were bundled out of what has turned out to be a World Cup tournament fraught with controversy. Questionable refereeing decisions, poor organization, a biased UK-based organizing committee which intentionally ensured the All Blacks would get little serious chance to test their combinations, and in addition, a series

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A Game Played by Woke Pansies

A Game Played by Woke Pansies

The Mighty All blacks weren’t so mighty. In fact, some have described what happened as a “total capitulation.” Even though I am no sports fan I was shocked to see a coach of one of the teams (I have no idea which one) happily state on camera that one

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Wednesday Nightcap
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Wednesday Nightcap

England’s incredible response to an intense All Blacks Haka #ENGvNZL#RWC2019#WebbEllisCup

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Sporting Successes Reflect the Political Mood of the Nation
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Sporting Successes Reflect the Political Mood of the Nation

George Well the only people happy yesterday morning were those at Sky TV. That’ll teach those sods at Spark! I would imagine there will still be a large TV audience for the final but without the passion. The saddest situation though is Ardern won’t be able to wear

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An Exploitation of Privilege

An Exploitation of Privilege

George We have always known that MPs are as crooked as driftwood walking sticks. We all know they treat their paymasters, the taxpayer, with consummate contempt and quite frankly I’ve had a guts full. Whilst those of us, who choose to travel to Japan to follow the All Blacks,

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Rugby Semi-finals Discussion

Rugby Semi-finals Discussion

The Semi-finals are here so who has the game and nerves to make it to the big dance next week? Please comment about the rugby here and not on Backchat or General debate so people can enjoy The BFD knowing that they won’t see the score.

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Poll Results: World Cup Viewing

Poll Results: World Cup Viewing

The majority of The BFD readers polled watched Rugby World Cup via delayed coverage on TV One, closely followed by the Spark sports app. The majority would NOT use the Spark sports app again to watch the Rugby. The majority of those polled did not have the Spark Sports app

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Let’s Burn Some Fuel, It’s Targa Time Again

Let’s Burn Some Fuel, It’s Targa Time Again

Well not sure quite how I missed it but apparently an entire year has gone by since the Whaleoil Raceteam ventured out in the mighty Mustang for a week of doing skids down here on the Big Island. But time has definitely passed us by and here we are again,

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Sport – Of ‘Community, Diversity & Inclusion’

Sport – Of ‘Community, Diversity & Inclusion’

Danny Bright Can somebody please explain why anybody involved with sport might feel compelled to announce how proud they are to be involved in a sport which is “about community, diversity and inclusion”? I happened to catch the tail end of the US Open Squash final from Philadelphia on Sky

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Rugby World Cup Chat
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Rugby World Cup Chat

It’s quarter-final time for the rugby world cup. This is your place to talk about it so that Back chat and General debate are free of rugby talk so people watching it delayed or in the morning won’t see the result.

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Rugby World Cup Chat
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Rugby World Cup Chat

It’s quarter-final time for the rugby world cup. This is your place to talk about it so that Back chat and General debate are free of rugby talk so people watching it delayed or in the morning won’t see the result.

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