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Thread ID: 65164	2006-01-10 00:57:00	Hail the King.	Metla (12)	PC World Chat

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419554	2006-01-11 00:15:00	The appeal is the same as most sports - pushing your body to it's limit & being better than everyone else.But still, there's an enormous difference in seeing one runner outpace another by a hair's breadth on a track compared to someone like Dougie Howlett out-running and out-manouevering his opposite number in a complex game and on a tough playing field. That's where the poetry in sports comes in.	Greg (193)
419555	2006-01-11 00:38:00	You really have to have played the game to know how stimulating it is. Having said that, there's a lot of women in the world who love the game from a competitive perspective (ie not just cos of the men in shorts!). My missus and I go nuts with enthusiasm whenever the AB's play. But ah well... different strokes for different folks. Eg, I can never understand the appeal of track athletics... they seem utterly pointless to me, but those sports have enormous popularity. Very well said Greg. When I was going to college 60 years ago it was compulsory to play rugby. No excuses , other than a doctor's letter, would get you out of it. Soccer was a dirty word and League was not even mentioned. The school played rugby in winter and cricket in summer. And that meant EVERYONE played. Consequently I have not attended a rugby match since the day I left school. I detest the game. Funnily though I love cricket. Perhaps it's because I was a much better cricketer than a rugby player.	JJJJJ (528)
419556	2006-01-11 03:22:00	Hail the King indeed. The man has proved himself to be one of the best players in his chosen feild, And a hell of a nice guy. That fact that his chosen feild just happens to be our national sport is just icing on the cake. His talent, skill, Leadership and dare i say Mana is in no way affected by the fact that Saffron Panty boy and his like minded freinds in Melbourne don't recorgnise a man who deserves all the respect he gets. Go the Blacks.	Metla (12)
419557	2006-01-11 04:47:00	Tana's a person who has helped reinvigorate the AB's and has lifted the skills of centre play to a new level. His reasons for retiring epitomises the man and I doubt the timing has anything remotely to do with the wishes of commercial side of the NZRFU. As a sports lover, and a fan of rugby in particular, it nonplusses me that people, albeit probably non-rugby lovers, can be so puerile, snide and even bitter in the face of success(es) that sportpeople achieve in their chosen sport. The only explanation I can come up with is, that you (yeah you, don't deny it) must be sad ©~%+$ of the highest order. Met's from my perspective, your post was worth the 24 hour ban, not that I think you earned it at all.	Murray P (44)
419558	2006-01-11 04:52:00	Melta, I just gotta ask, who is "Saffron Panty boy"?	Nyuuji (5460)
419559	2006-01-11 04:54:00	Melta, I just gotta ask, who is "Saffron Panty boy"?Don't ask. People's passions and defence of their sport is already running high in this thread, and there is no need to resort to personal insults. Anymore of it, and the thread will be closed.	Jen (38)
419560	2006-01-11 05:35:00	Well if you think that rugby is a minority sport and the retirement of the captain is a small deal, have a think about the $500,000 pay packet he has given up( and thats more then the PM). Tana is not only a rugby man, but also a very approachanle one as well.	plod (107)
419561	2006-01-11 06:22:00	When the great sporting quotes are documented I hope he will be remembered for, "We're not playing tiddlewinks here ref"	Dally (6292)
419562	2006-01-11 06:34:00	But still, there's an enormous difference in seeing one runner outpace another by a hair's breadth on a track compared to someone like Dougie Howlett out-running and out-manouevering his opposite number in a complex game and on a tough playing field. That's where the poetry in sports comes in. Ah. I thought you meant actualy partisipating. As far as spectator sport goes, I agree with you that atheletics can't hold a candle to Rugby & similar team sports.	Greven (91)
419563	2006-01-11 06:38:00	You must be thinking of Rugby League. That's the beauty of the game, you pick up the ball and 15 people want to squash you. Which of course is why I play Golf. Pick up the ball and take a penalty. Hit the ball out of bounds and take a penalty. What I do with my own golf ball is my business plus the match committee. Never been tackled playing golf yet.	Elephant (599)
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