France in NZ newspapers

[elgringoborracho]

I actually can't believe what I'm reading here, are you ignoring the numerous posts stating that the vast majority of NZ media are treating the French with a lot of respect and have emphasised the danger they pose and the big chance they have to winthis game?! You're chasing shadows mate.

"mate" i'm not arguing with anyone, especially not you. There are newspapers in new zealand (who writes in them does not matter) saying we are crap and don't deserve to be here, calling us turkeys, a shame etc. Whether it's all the newspapers and media or just some of them does not matter either. I just think that negative energy might unite the players and give them strength.

It's nice that some kiwis are respectful to us and don't underestimate us, it's clearly not the case of all of them.

 

[formerlyfastwing]

To be honest, the English deserve the hatred with how much they have ****ed the world up.

big parts of the caribian, south east asia and africa say Hi.

You can complain about being bashed and then go and bash another country.

what did the bearded guy say......."treat people how you want to be treated"....smart guy the Kleeburger

 

[Kiwiwomble]

58 years is "about 60 years" did I really need to be corrected twise?

...yes...yes you did, only the truth must be posted

( i probably should have dropped a smilie in the first time )

"mate" i'm not arguing with anyone, especially not you. There are newspapers in new zealand (who writes in them does not matter) saying we are crap and don't deserve to be here, calling us turkeys, a shame etc. Whether it's all the newspapers and media or just some of them does not matter either. I just think that negative energy might unite the players and give them strength.

It's nice that some kiwis are respectful to us and don't underestimate us, it's clearly not the case of all of them.

so its not that everyone is against the french...its that some are against the french...and everyone should always agree with eachother?

just to repeat, i dont think the french will be a walk over but...what if these guys truely believe the things they have written? is that not allowed?

 

[formerlyfastwing]

too soon?

 

[igorBastia]

...yes...yes you did, only the truth must be posted

( i probably should have dropped a smilie in the first time )



so its not that everyone is against the french...its that some are against the french...and everyone should always agree with eachother?

just to repeat, i dont think the french will be a walk over but...what if these guys truely believe the things they have written? is that not allowed?

You are wright! They can write what they will, there no better journalist in France. We just don't care about them and hopping for anice day of rugby.

 

[FlukeArtist]

I' am new in the happy and funny Anglosaxon World. I know almost nothing about New zealand appart theres is a lot of sheep. I admire their Rugby Team and find the people from very far sympathic. But for a french supporter it's a little bit boring. Nothing to shatter; no objet of mockery. With the English supporter that more easier you just have to say that France have the best team in the North hemisphere; or that France is in finale and Wales no and without fail he will explain to you all the French-English relation from One Hundred War to the Fakland war. But with New Zealand nothing to say. Like with Switzerland!
Also for for once could some english supporter explain to me how shatter this News Zealander?

Well mate- you could easily start out by saying we were colonised by the English, so love the queen!
I had a French mate telling me the other day how we NZers apparently "love our queen" - when the reality is the vast majority would rather we were a republic now, as we have very little tie to the United Kingdom anymore.

You could also hassle us about the fact that we are so insignificant, that the vast majority of the world dosn't know we exist, let alone anything about us.

There you go- problem solved.

 

[james5000]

I honestly can't see France coming close this weekend. I think we will win by at least 20 points.
There has been a bit of talk about the French team using media writing them off as motivation to drive them to victory.

NZ has 1000x more motivation going in to this game, we don't just want to just beat France we want to thrash them.
They knocked us out of two world cups, we have been waiting 24 years for another world cup victory, how much more motivation do you need?

We're on our home turf, we are viciously hungry to win this game. These French players will never ever get hit as hard as they will this weekend!!!!
We are going into this game expecting to win, but the players wont think they just have to make an appearance to pick up the trophy.
The players will play at 1000%, no fear, just hunger. We don't necessarily fear the French so we wont be as nervous, that just makes us more dangerous IMO.

I honestly think we will lift a couple of notches from Sunday, that was just a Semi. This is the game where legends are made.
As Brad Thorn said, "WE HAVEN'T WON ANYTHING YET"!!!

This game is the most important game in NZ Rugby history IMO, we lose this and I'm going to start watching tiddly winks lol.

 

[Blutch]

Excuse me guys, but in any case, who cares about what might think a bunch of guys who might have never play rugby in their entire life ? Wherever they come from we just don't care, and the French team should not pay attention to it.

I hope France will win, but let's face it, NZ has shown a better rugby than us for the moment.

Let's hope France will play at its best to have a great game and not a humiliation. That's all matters right now, especially after the game against the Welsh. We might win or loose, we have to show we deserve to be here.

May the best win, may the game be brillant, any other consideration would be rubbish.

 

[Saintjay]

To be honest, the English deserve the hatred with how much they have ****ed the world up.

That is a classic comment. Blaming a nation of people for messing the world up. Like most nations we also did a fare bit of good. One of the best racist comments I have heard in awhile.

 

[smartcooky]

TBH, when I see articles by Rattue, Bills, Zavos, Reason, etc that have things such as "a source inside the camp said" or "a colleague of the (insert country here) coach was reported as saying", I pretty much know that they have been interviewing their laptops again again.

Basically, if an article doesn't contain plenty of these " " then I don't bother reading it.

 

[igorBastia]

Excuse me guys, but in any case, who cares about what might think a bunch of guys who might have never play rugby in their entire life ? Wherever they come from we just don't care, and the French team should not pay attention to it.

I hope France will win, but let's face it, NZ has shown a better rugby than us for the moment.

Let's hope France will play at its best to have a great game and not a humiliation. That's all matters right now, especially after the game against the Welsh. We might win or loose, we have to show we deserve to be here.

May the best win, may the game be brillant, any other consideration would be rubbish.

Bien repondu with fair play

 

[igorBastia]

Well mate- you could easily start out by saying we were colonised by the English, so love the queen!
I had a French mate telling me the other day how we NZers apparently "love our queen" - when the reality is the vast majority would rather we were a republic now, as we have very little tie to the United Kingdom anymore.

You could also hassle us about the fact that we are so insignificant, that the vast majority of the world dosn't know we exist, let alone anything about us.

There you go- problem solved.

Thank you for the informations about your aversion with Queen. In the past we cut up the head of our King. I don't kwnow if it was good idea but the result is we don't have to support all their marriage; divorse;sex-scandal and pay for their luxury way of life. I don't know if the News Zealanders pay taxes for them.
Anyway News Zealand appear from France very attractive; beautiful landscape; peaceful people ( sorry for the Rainbow Warrior that belong to our stupid french secret service and our dangerous games with the atom military or civil ); we where full with empathy for the victims of the recent earthquake in NZ (I hope you go better) . As rugby fan you are the Himalya of the rugby and so far away we can't ignore you. No frankly you are deseperatly sympatic. Just the Haka could be a matter of funniest caricatures.
No; I hope a nice play and that France would be able to fight enough like Argentina did with honour and pride and if God will win the game. That'my point of view as french supporter.

 

[Mr.cyclopede]

NZ has 1000x more motivation going in to this game, we don't just want to just beat France we want to thrash them.
They knocked us out of two world cups, we have been waiting 24 years for another world cup victory, how much more motivation do you need?

For the motivation, never have ever won any makes the deal...
Whoever the winner is, I don't think it will be with a strong margin.

 

[merlinux]

Fairfax should really look at Greg growden... I think if they read the comments they ll have a fair idea about what people thinks of him....

In the Sydney morning Herald he wrote this --> http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/r...get-behind-our-neighbours-20111016-1lrqd.html which in my opinion has no respect for the french team. Also he spoke of Lievremont but didnt even check the translation of his press conference. Lievremont was ****** off that the NZ Herald published that "france make final insult", not that he didnt get any credit... He was ****** off that the media make it like we stole our way.

Then in Stuff.co.nz I read another article by.... greg growden... http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/our-experts/5797391/France-have-no-hope-of-beating-All-Blacks
Interresting to note that growden write for the NZ public too. Normal its also a fairfax paper... This article is the worst piece of rugbilistic journalism I have read for a long time. Read the comments Mr Growden and see what people thinks of you....

To my surprise one of his last article give us a small chance of beating the blacks --> http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/r...-as-les-bleus-clash-looms-20111018-1lysk.html

What is this guy on seriously? Fairfax get rid of him.... It enrages me that he is paid to write his 'opinions'...

 

[pierre]

Hi all,
Dont wanna feed the troll, even if I give here my 2 cents worth but :
"France give final insult" said the NZ Herald.
What about the DomPost : The Turkeys, The French Farce. ?
Sunday Herald headline was a "80 minutes and we're laughing" etc ...
All this crap left me a bitter taste in mouth indeed.

AB's fans aren't concerned. They back their (great) team with passion. Some comments left by readers on online articles dont count, even if some were from narrow minded acrid blokes. That's the game.
But TMO press headlines, articles etc ... are a much louder voice in a way.

What Rainbow Warrior's case has to deal with sport ? (cf Dominion Post). Do we throw on their face their past to Germans when paying football vs them ?
We, People of France, aren't pretty proud of this shameful affair indeed. Neither of Mururoa tests. BTW, terrorists dont excuse. France OFFICIALLY did & granted a financial allowance to NZ. Not to forget & bury this but to go ahead.

Does NZ press lacking of talented journalists to reproduce Greg Growden's Aussie stinky mood, as Stuff.co.nz done in Rugby Heaven ?

Saying nothing about other Anglo-saxon press. Our lovied-hatred neighbours from the other side of the Channel have invented the 'fair play' but often forgot to apply it.

Nuff said. We, Froggies, love AB's. Their skill, spirt & game. We'll back our (disappointing, for sure, during this RWC) team on Sunday @ 110%. Just for the game. Without any hate or whatever toward them or NZlanders.

regards from Toulouse, sw of France.

 

[merlinux]

regards from Toulouse, sw of France.

Hi there
From New caledonia and australia here, but I studied in Toulouse in my university years at paul sabatier.
Hi to the pink town

 

[merlinux]

Hi all,
Dont wanna feed the troll, even if I give here my 2 cents worth but :
"France give final insult" said the NZ Herald.
What about the DomPost : The Turkeys, The French Farce. ?
Sunday Herald headline was a "80 minutes and we're laughing" etc ...
All this crap left me a bitter taste in mouth indeed.

AB's fans aren't concerned. They back their (great) team with passion. Some comments left by readers on online articles dont count, even if some were from narrow minded acrid blokes. That's the game.
But TMO press headlines, articles etc ... are a much louder voice in a way.

What Rainbow Warrior's case has to deal with sport ? (cf Dominion Post). Do we throw on their face their past to Germans when paying football vs them ?
We, People of France, aren't pretty proud of this shameful affair indeed. Neither of Mururoa tests. BTW, terrorists dont excuse. France OFFICIALLY did & granted a financial allowance to NZ. Not to forget & bury this but to go ahead.

Does NZ press lacking of talented journalists to reproduce Greg Growden's Aussie stinky mood, as Stuff.co.nz done in Rugby Heaven ?

Saying nothing about other Anglo-saxon press. Our lovied-hatred neighbours from the other side of the Channel have invented the 'fair play' but often forgot to apply it.

Nuff said. We, Froggies, love AB's. Their skill, spirt & game. We'll back our (disappointing, for sure, during this RWC) team on Sunday @ 110%. Just for the game. Without any hate or whatever toward them or NZlanders.

regards from Toulouse, sw of France.

Stuff.co.nz is owned by an australian media company named Fairfax. They own the sydney morning herald and also some other papers including some in NZ.

 

[pierre]

Stuff.co.nz is owned by an australian media company named Fairfax. They own the sydney morning herald and also some other papers including some in NZ.

Mea maxima culpa then.

 

[Seaton]

I know its not New Zealand, but I think it is pathetic that Paddy Power have already paid out to people who bet on New Zealand to win.
Same with the paying back punters that bet on Wales to win, but didn't because of the 'wrong call'.

 

[profitius]

I know its not New Zealand, but I think it is pathetic that Paddy Power have already paid out to people who bet on New Zealand to win.
Same with the paying back punters that bet on Wales to win, but didn't because of the 'wrong call'.

Its another publicity stunt. Theres no publicity about the winnings I didn't receive based on a minor technicality.