Posts by Richard Irvine
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You all in Auckland may be interested in my friend's blog - he's reviewing some of the finest lunches to be had for not much cash here.
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Heh, while I appreciate it must be the devil's own job to create a service orientated team from The Youth Of Today, these guys need to realise that a shitty customer experience is not wiped away with a high five.
Myself and partner have been to that Lonestar before (Hauraki Corner?) with similar results - and they seem genuinely bewildered when you complain. God only knows why it's always so busy.
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Shit. You get the idea:
http://sportreview.net.nz/2007/07/12/rugby-without-music-no-way-jose/
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[http://sportreview.net.nz/2007/07/12/rugby-without-music-no-way-jose/|The music kicks arse]]
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Afternoon games kick arse. I've never enjoyed rugby more than watching Waikato play in the NPC in the afternoons - NPC final 1992, taking the shield off Auckland in 93 after eight years... glorious. Night games were a novelty then, they way they should be now.
We really need to take the game back off the Rugby Union. I don't envy them, though, reality is our economy and dollar just isn't big enough to compete with the Europeans. God only knows what Rugby will look like in 20 years.
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I've been trying to get my head around those All Blacks leaving to take up huge contracts overseas - I guess the team is made up of your average early to mid twenties kiwi guys - think of your workmates or little brother and his mates. In their situation they (or me) would do the same - it's natural to want to see the world, especially if you're getting paid sh*teloads to do it.
It must be pretty suffocating being an All Black, and we're part of the problem with unrealistic expectiations. They don't wake up every moring and think 'today I will go to the shop and buy the milk and paper in a manner befitting the black jersey and all those who've gone before me'.
I don't think it would be hard to get the public involved again - this is New Zealand after all, we'll be back. I don't trust the Rugby Union to do it though - I can just see it "Your Official Chance To Interact With A Coca-Cola All Black In The Powerade Power Zone In Association With Ford".
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Hey I've got Send You on vinyl too - who knew it was worth so much cash?
I think every record collector secretly dreams of retiring on the back of their collection one day... walking in to Real Groovy with armfuls of vinyl and jumping out, clicking your heels in mid-air with pockets stuffed with cash.
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God can cop this one, given there doesn't seem to be any conceivable way to blame it on Bebo.
I blame unaffordable mortgages for 25-35 year old Auckland professional couples keen on living in St Mary's Bay.
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Hell's teeth, I can't believe (actually, I can) the Rugby union has been through this with a red pen for a month! I would love to see the full thing. Bugger leaked Nat party emails, I want a NZRFU stool pigeon.
Competitive advantage? Surely our advantage is that we live on the arse end of the world where not much is happening and eat WeetBix every morning before running to the other end of the farm to haul sheep over fences? Or am I missing something here?
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I think we need less management speak in Rugby - this is SPORT, not a feckin corporate. As I said on the Dropkicks site a coupla weeks ago, I'd rather have Ces Blazey back than an endless series of reports, inquiries, etc that get us...um... nowhere. We've got exactly the same amount of World Cups as we had at the end of 1987 for all the different approaches we've tried.
I read Gordon Tiechen's comments that all he wanted was a team prepared to shit blood (or something) to win, and the rest would take care of itself. Seems sensible to me. Let's just get a decent 15 together and let them at it.
Oh, and I've taken care of referees over here.