EOYT: Scotland v AIG All Blacks, 11/11/2012

[Draggs]

Person C is conceived in County A of parents from B and C, and born in country D.
He can play prop, and is called up by Kidney.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Person C is conceived in County A of parents from B and C, and born in country D.
He can play prop, and is called up by Kidney.

Doesn't sound like someone Kidney would call up...

 

[Feicarsinn]

If E is a player's eligibly then:

 

[TRF Mr Fish]

Thoughts on NZ:

- Very sloppy game from them, especially on defence. The attack was ok, but it was made to look great by very poor Scottish defence.
- Vito was probably my pick from the forwards, he had a great game. It would be nice to see him play at 8 against a top team now.
- Thomson shot himself in the foot.
- Weepu wasn't bad. He wasn't good.
- The midfield went pretty well, especially on attack. Again, it would be good to see the combination against a better team, but I doubt we will see it.
- Savea was very good, Barrett was ok when he came on, did most things well.
- Coles made a good impact, Kerr-Barlow wasn't great. Can't take much from this cameo though.

 

[admartian]

Don't be silly. Nationhood is an invented concept. Comparing it to race is nonsensical. As an example, is a person from Southern Somalia Somalian or Southern Somalian? Country wasn't in existence until last year or so, so they must be choosing to be Southern Somalian then eh?

Nationhood isn't a hard wired biological precept like the things you've mentioned above. If geopolitics is variable, then a person's nationality must also be variable.

As far as I'm concerned you can call yourself whatever you want. The idea that one's nationality sets them apart from the rest of the world on some fundamental level is a dangerous train of thought.

You're absolutely right.

But this shouldn't even be an eligibility or even a thread on "nation" in the Benedict Anderson sense. It's all silly to delineate nationality based on ethnic features. Because at some point, someone would have had to draw a line somewhere (the point to which early hominids evolved to gain different features) to award a group of people an arbitrary noun or adjective.

In any case, the very idea of nationhood to the most part, is an inclusive practise.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

can someone...like a mod...please draw a line under the whole nationality thing, surely not the place and pretty repetitive, if a newbie had brought it up someone would have told them where to go.

Great to see Scotland score a few tries, being able to make the most of those chances is a good base to work from, previously when given an intercept you might not have been overly confident they would score, good stuff

Thomo should get a ban, will end his AB's and NZ career with a ban...was well worth giving a tour spot too

 

[Draggs]

can someone...like a mod...please draw a line under the whole nationality thing, surely not the place and pretty repetitive, if a newbie had brought it up someone would have told them where to go.

Great to see Scotland score a few tries, being able to make the most of those chances is a good base to work from, previously when given an intercept you might not have been overly confident they would score, good stuff

Thomo should get a ban, will end his AB's and NZ career with a ban...was well worth giving a tour spot too

OK. No more nationality talk here lads.
Thanks!

 

[admartian]

OK. No more nationality talk here lads.
Thanks!

Cheers!

Agree with Jabby too. Time to play Cane.

Very happy with Ben Smith's performance - as expected. And how about that fella called Dan Carter? Who knew this guy could play?

 

[Kiwiwomble]

i was just about to say that it might be time for McCaw to take one for the team and move to 6 for say 30 min and let Cane have a run but i guess Cane will start as soon as the tour is over with McCaw's sabatical

...i'm starting to wonder if i wouldn't mind seeing Ellison at fullback for the highlanders (wish we had ensor to cover) and move smith to 13......never rated him there previously due to his size but with Nonu inside him thats not as big a problem

 

[ZeFrenchy]

If E is a player's eligibly then:

The fourth equality is wrong. Unless e or Z are null.

 

[Draggs]

The fourth equality is wrong. Unless e or Z are null.

Oh ****, don't challenge him!

 

[admartian]

The fourth equality is wrong. Unless e or Z are null.

Dropping some knowledge!

 

[Larksea]

got the game on mysky+ for later

silly foot from Thomson. Not dangerous or malicious but blatantly obvious. Looked like the thought better of his actions as soon as his foot made contact and did not go through with it.

Not a good move for him, I think players at his stage in their carriers like to have a big game for the AB's on an end of year tour to drum up offers from northern clubs. This wont help him at all.

 

[aucklander]

Well done to the All Blacks, I don't see anyone knocking them over this tour. A class above everyone else. Doesn't matter who they select the always do well.

 

[Big Ewis]

hmmmm...too bad they ain't comin to France this year

 

[admartian]

hmmmm...too bad they ain't comin to France this year

I know right? We won't get to see the French flop and dive all over the place as soon as an All Black breathes on them.

Only kidding - the way the two teams have been playing on with/without the ball, I can see a game worth 100+ points.

 

[Feicarsinn]

The fourth equality is wrong. Unless e or Z are null.

You mean the z(z-1) term? Well, yeah under normal circumstances. But the formula is for approximating the mass of an atomic nucleus and the Z term in question has to do with proton-proton repulsion. z^2 becomes z(z-1) as you must include the case where you have just one proton, (eg. Helium and Hydrogen) which can't repel itself.

But still, good catch, should have used a different formula to make myself seem all fancy and smart.

 

[LittleGuy]

Just watching this one right now, the Scottish commentary complaining about the fans booing Carter while he kicks....just wait till Scotland comes to Toronto in 2014!!!!

 

[Zed]

Good to see Scotland score a few tries, the wing Visser was sharp! Skinned Corey Jane. But really they were pretty poor. Their defence was disorganised, guys were missing simple one on ones. The ABS could have and should have scored 70 points, but they were a bit sloppy. I can't see them losing any games on tour. Depending on how England develop as a team over the next few weeks, they may challenge them, but I doubt it.

 

[aucklander]

We will see how england go this week against the wallabies, Hard to say how good their team is after Fiji only played strong for the first 20mins. However if England can come away with a convincing win against the wallabies than a showdown with the all blacks is going to be a game to watch. Still the All Blacks look to classy.