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Watch: Albert Polu is too fast

Sensation Taniela Tupou caused widespread shock and awe when his long range tries for Sacred Heart went viral in 2014. His unique skills for his size led to some pundits calling for Tupou to be used as a centre – although we don’t think that will happen, we have found similar traits in one prospect who actually is a centre.

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Albert Polu, from St Pats Silverstream in Wellington, is a blockbusting power runner with speed for a big guy. Watch Polu burn past defenders with ease in a recent local Sevens competition.

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AA 1 hour ago
Will Bristol's daredevil 'Bears-ball' deliver the trophy they crave?

The prem games this season have mainly been great to watch , with the exception of Sale. So boring and predictable.

Let's have more of Bristol, Bath , Quins etc style of play.

Rugby needs expansive play to put more bums on seats . Not the dirge of rolling forward mauls constantly trying to bully their way over the line.

It has its place yes to draw the defence but the fans want to see more running rugby . Not win at any cost and sod the entertainment .

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fl 2 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

So Borthwick should drop Marcus Smith? He's the odd one out, forcing the rest of the English backline into a gameplay they don't know. Replacing him with Fin or Ford makes everyone more likely to succeed.

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fl 2 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

Why aren't you complaining that JVP and Spencer weren't given a fair shot because they were paired with Marcus? One or both of them should be given a run of games alongside a flyhalf that is on their wavelength.

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RedWarrior 2 hours ago
Jack Nowell: 'You can’t fault what I’m doing at the moment'

Ile De Re is some spot. Plenty of coastal paths for jogs, and internal paths through vinyards. O'Gara in La Flotte too. That's why I dont see O'Gara moving any time soon. They have a life there

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NB 7 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

Yes no point in continually penalizing say, a prop for having inadequate technique. A penalty is not the sanction for that in any other aspect of the game!


If you keep the defending 9 behind the hindmost foot and monitor binds strictly on the defending forwards, ample attacking opportunities should be presented. Only penalize dangerous play like deliberate collapses.

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NB 7 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

Partly true but all players have their preferences and a diff background of experience. Give players more of what they know and it makes them more likely to succeed!

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NB 7 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

He could have started by giving him Randall from the start of games in November F. Spencer and JVP are both good players but not on the saem wavelength as a Porter or Danny Care!

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YeowNotEven 8 hours ago
Springboks dominate in 2024 despite ill-discipline

9 years and no win? Damn. That’s some mighty poor biasing right there.

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Icefarrow 9 hours ago
Every country in the world where you can be paid to play rugby

Semi-professional. A mixture of amateurs and paid players. It's basically NPC for the lower-tier unions.

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NE 9 hours ago
Springboks dominate in 2024 despite ill-discipline

SA has consistently been protected by WR/IRB officials for the past 3 decades. This same protection and bias was also clearly evident in SR when they competed there and SA were never the top SA rugby nation. They went 9 years without winning it before fleeing.

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NE 9 hours ago
Springboks dominate in 2024 despite ill-discipline

Yet more confirmation that you know nothing about the game. Thanks, appreciated.

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BB 13 hours ago
Records show All Blacks' greatest rugby adversary is now Ireland

Absolutely spot on Marc!

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GP 13 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

You and I are never going to agree. He was brilliant in the Final. You just do not like him because he is/was a Crusader.

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JW 15 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

I hope that administrators keep it that way and dont go further towards a Rugby League style situation.

Keep? Do you have any idea what league is like? That is what rugby has turned into, not where it's trying to go. The universal body type of mass, the game needs to stop heading towards the physically gifted and go back to its roots of how it's played. Much like how SA are trying to add to their game by taking advantage of new laws.

Why not rather empower teams to choose how they want to play and create a framework that favours neither size nor agility. That favours neither slow tempo play or rock n roll rugby.

That's what's happening, but as Nick suggests the slow tempo team can still too easyily dictate how the fast tempo team can play.

If World Rugby can create a game like that then it will be the ultimate winner.

You mean how rugby used to be before teams started trying to manipulate everything to take advantage for their own gain to the discredit of the game.

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JW 15 hours ago
Every country in the world where you can be paid to play rugby

Is that "paid" or compensated?

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JW 17 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

Yeah they could have done with more grunt against France for sure. The opportunity for Lakai was good, and he was affective for 40 minutes but a full 80 was far too much to put on a debutant, losing a bit of the punch that was needed in the game be himself coming on fresh at the end.

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IS 18 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

I'm sorry but teams regularly win with 14 players we did it in the quater finals witg 2 yellow cards it wasn't Sam cane that missed all our points mounga and barest lost us the world cup the attack was stale under him we had the worst 4 years with mounga in 10

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GP 18 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

But others here are blaming him for the non World Cup win. Fact is , he is a better 10 than the 2 hybrid ones you love.

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GP 18 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

Believe it or not rugby is a team sport. We did not lose the WC final because of Richie. He was one of our best in the Final and was named in the Tournament 15 after it was all over. You could say Sam Cane cost us the Final, he got carded AGAIN......

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GP 18 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

He is better than DMac and regularly out played him on the way to 7 titles, including the 2023 Final in Hamilton

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