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Is Nick Mallet coaching them?[/b]
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So Mr Mallet WILL be putting Matfield at 15! Maybe he'll get the hooker to play scrum half too! :lol:
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Sep 2 2009, 05:32 AM)
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Honestly, I couldn't care less about playing the Barbarians. It doesn't matter who is in them, I just don't think you can get excited playing a bunch of random people who come from nowhere in particular.[/b]
I think you are talking trough the lower part of your anatomy. They are NOT random players, and they DO come from somewhere. Are you dense on purpose or is it your natural state ?
They're some of the best players, and they are what rugby is all about: playing running rugby, enjoying it with your mates and giving everything to try to beat an international team.
Plus it is a chance to see some players play together that you could never see otherwise.
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Exactly, It is an exhibition game. It is about running rugby and all that.
When I watch a real test match I want to see history, passion and a will to win. The game will have absolutely zilch on it. How can players be excited about playing for the barbarians and really want to win when the barbarians is not a place, club or franchise. The barbarians can play Fun time XV if they want a game. They can play the All blacks but I won't watch it and couldn't give a crap what happens. It's the end of a long season and it's bloody typical that the All Black brand continues to be devalued by an NZRU who only wants to make money and shows little care for the grassroots or for the presevation of the best brand in rugby union.
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So you want to see a match with history, passion and a will to win. Well! I see
exactly where your logic comes from and you know what? I totally agree!
I think the best way to ensure that Rugby's tradition, history and passion survives is to
dump and shun and generally ignore the very team which has the
longest traditions & history in the game and embodies just how passionate rugby can be! What a masterstroke! I am in awe of your genius!
No, you have absolutely no idea either who the BaaBaas are, what they stand for or where they've been and so I'll give you a very quick and brief history lesson.
Barbarians FC were founded in
1890. Roughly
thirteen years before the All Blacks first played an international game of rugby and two years before the NZRU was founded. Count that.
Thirteen. Years. Before. The history of the BaaBaas is almost
120 years old. How old do you want a team to be before you will factor in "history"? Two hundred years? Five hundred? A millenia? They've been playing club, invatational and international sides before your Grandad was a glimmer in your Great-Grandmother's eye. That is an absolutely
phenominal tribute to the history, culture and tradition that embodies Rugby Union.
No sir, the Baa-Baas vs the New Zealand All Blacks is a great honour for
all concerned and if you cannot see that then I can only wish that you open up that other eye and see the light
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Watch that video. Watch it, look me in the eye and tell me that nobody in that stadium felt any passion or felt that none of those 30 players on that field were giving 220% during that entire game. Honestly.
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