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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
NZ

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
NZ

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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If the COL were a Rugby Team
NZ

If the COL were a Rugby Team

By William Felt I  usually finish in the office at 6.30; in time to catch the sports news at 6.40 on TV. This is especially important during the All Black season and more so during a “World Cup”. Seeing what our team is up to in the hours

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How’s That ‘Inclusion’ Working Out, Ladies?

How’s That ‘Inclusion’ Working Out, Ladies?

Whenever real women have the temerity to ark up about hulking beefcakes in dresses crash-tackling their way into women’s events, organisations and spaces, they’re fobbed off with mealy-mouthed rubbish about “inclusion”. But, as women are discovering to their chagrin, “inclusion” is just the “progressive” way of

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Face of the Day
NZ

Face of the Day

Former All Black Stanley ‘Tiny’ Hill MBE has died on Wednesday, aged 92. Hill, who served in the New Zealand Army for 30 years, played 11 tests and eight games for the All Blacks between 1955 and 1959. He captained them twice, against Australian state sides. The only points he

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