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1st Test (Leeds) - 20th June

Fuller Pilch

Hall of Fame Member
I'm a bit mad about France for a vaguely similar reason. Go away, colonists.
Everyone hates the French, for one reason or another, this is a very valid reason to hate those swines

I'm conflicted about the French. As a kid I remember them blowing up the Rainbow Warrior (Greenpeace ship) in NZ in the 80s in an act of international espionage and terrorism, but then I saw their wonderful rugby players with poise and èlan such as Phillippe Sella and Serge Blanco and was addicted to Asterix books. Amazing country too.
 

Johan

Hall of Fame Member
I'm conflicted about the French. As a kid I remember them blowing up the Rainbow Warrior (Greenpeace ship) in NZ in the 80s in an act of international espionage and terrorism, but then I saw their wonderful rugby players with poise and èlan such as Phillippe Sella and Serge Blanco and was addicted to Asterix books. Amazing country too.
an advantage of being British is it gives you free bullying rights over the French
 

Primrose_D12

U19 Vice-Captain
I'm conflicted about the French. As a kid I remember them blowing up the Rainbow Warrior (Greenpeace ship) in NZ in the 80s in an act of international espionage and terrorism, but then I saw their wonderful rugby players with poise and èlan such as Phillippe Sella and Serge Blanco and was addicted to Asterix books. Amazing country too.
I liked Sébastien Chabal. That didn't mean I wanted him to win while playing for France though, I just liked the guy. :ph34r:

Edit: a lot of that had to do with that one time a reporter asked him, "may I ask you a question in English?" His response: "no, we are in France, we speak French."
 

Uppercut

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When I was growing up English cricket was all about snobbery, ‘sensible’ batting, technical ‘correctness’, and ostentatious sportsmanship that was hypocritically abandoned at any opportunity.

I didn’t expect them to build a new identity around a unique hyper-aggressive style with an emphasis on having fun, feeling free of anxiety, and refusing to self-flagellate after losses. Ironically McCullum himself is a bit of a heel.
 

Primrose_D12

U19 Vice-Captain
Likewise. Tragically he can't remember his own rugby career due to concussions.
Concussions are so sad with what they do to players. There was an ice hockey player too, Paul Kariya, who took a hard hit to the head (head shots were... basically legal back then) during the 2003 NHL finals, but came back to the game and scored an electrifying goal.

The very sad part is that he has absolutely no memory whatsoever of that happening, or the rest of the finals (which his team ultimately lost). :(
 

Shady Slim

International Coach
Nah England are the good guys, which is an even less plausible face turn. Scriptwriters are getting desperate.
i just don't enjoy the way they play, churning out some pretty roady roads to turn the games in to high scoring batfests which favour the (TO ME) sloggish hackery that they pursue
i understand the poisoned brains of the youth of today who seek instant gratification may not see it the same way
 

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i just don't enjoy the way they play, churning out some pretty roady roads to turn the games in to high scoring batfests which favour the (TO ME) sloggish hackery that they pursue
i understand the poisoned brains of the youth of today who seek instant gratification may not see it the same way
Hey it’s okay to oppose the face if you’re feeling contrarian, but that doesn’t make them the heel.
 

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