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    Christchurch Earthquake

    Thanks for your support guys. Its midnight here now and the end of a very long day. The rain has set in and there are still possibly hundreds of people trapped under rubble overnight. However, tomorrow we will hopefully begin the clean-up operation again and try to rebuild our city.
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    Christchurch Earthquake

    Hi guys, Earlier today Christchurch (New Zealand), my home town, suffered a major earthquake which has destroyed much of our central city. We have already had 65 confirmed deaths throughout the city, with many people trapped under rubble and in burning buildings. This is on the heels of a 7.1...
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    Polamalu wins AP Defensive Player of the Year!

    Just in regards to what snow was saying before, I'm not trying to make a statement about the the quality of polynesian football currently playing in college and the NFL. I don't get to see enough football or have an in-depth knowledge of the game to make those kind of judgements. All I wanted to...
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    Polamalu wins AP Defensive Player of the Year!

    You have to realise that most Polynesians playing in the NFL come from a very small pool of talent, namely American Samoa and those that live in the USA. There are far more polys throughout the Islands, NZ and Australia who play rugby instead. While the polynesian body type might suit itself...
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    Peyton Hillis

    Anyone catch what Tony Kornheiser said about Peyton Hillis on PTI today? Talking on the significance of Hillis running for 1,000 yards, Kornheiser said because of peoples preconceptions of white athletes, white running backs have to be better than their black counterparts to get the same...
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    Race row in New Zealand rugby

    I don't know why people think Dan Carter is a maori, neither of his parents look anything other than European. I guess in New Zealand, if you have a tan, people automatically assume you're part Maori!
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    Race row in New Zealand rugby

    You've got to take into account in New Zealand there are a lot of European New Zealanders who have got some Maori blood, and that there are no Maori who don't have European blood. Guildford and Maitland might be considered Maori by a lot of people within New Zealand, but outside of NZ no-one...
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    polynesian players

    From a New Zealander's perspective, I don't have a huge amount of sympathy for Polynesian players in the NFL as they seem to be highly over-represented anyway. It is interesting though how they are stereotyped in a similar manner to white players and pigeonholed into playing predominately...
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    Race row in New Zealand rugby

    Former All Black Andy Haden has stirred up a big debate in New Zealand, claiming that NZ's most successful Super 14 franchise, the Canterbury Crusaders, have a racially based selection policy. Funnily enough, this policy is intended to reduce the number of non-white players in the Crusaders...
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    internation rugby stars to make NFL more white?

    Inglis is definitely not white - he's part aborigine. There have been several league players who have rumoured to be targeted by NFL teams, all of them polynesian. Willie Mason, Inglis and Manu Vatuvei. I don't think there is any realistic chance of these guys switching over though. Rugby...
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    2010 NFL Draft

    This thread is seriously some of the most depressing stuff I've read in a long time. The double standard is so blatant it would be funny if it wasn't so tragic. The worst thing is though, this situation is only going to get worse. In order to overhaul the NFL, there needs to be a complete...
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    Who misses straight on placekickers?

    Just for comparison, here is the longest recorded place kick in a rugby match - 70 yards 8 inches by Paul Thorburn in 1986! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTtTbcfwCMA
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    White Afrikaaner struggle...

    The influx of South Africans to NZ has been very noticeable especially in the last couple of years. While there has always been a steady flow of immigrants from SA and Zimbabwe, in the last year or so it has picked up significantly. 2 years ago my church had only one South African family in...
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    Immigration to Australia

    In NZ we do have quite restrictive immigration policies, but I'd doubt they were the most restrictive in the world. To get into NZ, you basically have to be able to speak/read/write English fluently, have good character and health, and a decent level of education and work experience. Of course...
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    why are all these greek athletes doping?

    I wouldn't be surprised if the Phoenicians were of a similar cultural/genetic heritage as the the biblical Canaanites. If you read the Old Testament, God commanded the Israelites to take over the lands of Canaanites in what became the Kingdom of Israel but also the lands which contained the...
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    why are all these greek athletes doping?

    The Phoenicians were from Lebanon, not Libya. They established colonies all over the Mediterranean including the great civilisation of Carthage, which is in modern day Tunisia, but they originated from Lebanon. It would seem unlikely that many Greeks would have that much Phoenician heritage as...
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    Nick Willis (NZ) medals in the 1500meters

    Great effort by Nick Willis in the 1500 and a proud day for New Zealand. That was our first track medal since 1976 I think, and our 6th medal overall for the 1500m. Great to see Nick following in the footsteps of former NZ 1500m legends like Jack Lovelock, Peter Snell and John Walker.
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    UFO

    I was watching a documentary the other day about UFO's and it turned out that when the US military were testing out the F-117 in the 80's a lot of people who spotted them thought they were UFO's. Of course at the time the project was top secret so who knows what kind of technology the US army...
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    NFL all-star rugby XV

    Rupeni would be an awesome RB if he dropped about 30 pounds. I saw some slips of him playing in France last year, he looked more like a prop than a winger.
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    What’s Your Favorite Movie?

    My Top Ten - Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Monty Python's Life of Brian - Back to the Future - Hot Fuzz - Rocky - Groundhog Day - Terminator II - Gladiator - O Brother Where Art Thou? I mainly like comedies and also historical movies but...
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    NFL all-star rugby XV

    Alrighty then, i'll have a crack at the rugby to NFL team. Offence QB: Dan Carter (New Zealand) - 5'10 205 This is a really hard position to convert for rugby players because of no forward passes in rugby. I chose Carter because he is an excellent athlete, has superb co-ordination and...
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    Barack Obama's racist church

    Doesn't look like screamingeagle actually mentioned the words Israel, zionism or Jew anywhere in that paragraph. Is it not possible to bash muslims without inadvertently conducting some sort of Israeli "love-fest"?
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    NFL all-star rugby XV

    Useless bit of trivia: The American Football term "touchdown" originally got its name because to make a score, the ball had to be "touched down" onto the ground. I would hesitate to say League produces better players than Union, different types of players certainly, but not necessarily...
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    NFL all-star rugby XV

    I find the best way of comparing the two sports is to understand that both grew out of the same original sport. The main differences between the two is that in rugby blocking(obstruction) and forward passing is illegal. The other major difference is that play can continue after a tackle has...
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    NFL all-star rugby XV

    Great topic lochrannoch - I always find it intriguing to see how some of the top NFLer's would go out on the rugby field. Not too sure about Matt Jones at Inside Centre, but other than that your team looks pretty good. Anyway, heres a team I put together: Forwards Props: Steve...
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