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Martin de Ridder
3 months
@TightFive_Rugby He’s on gardening leave. Entirely professional
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Martin de Ridder
3 months
@kevinburch @Dominic2306 @elonmusk @pmarca Is he the one you like Kevin?
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@martinderidder
Martin de Ridder
3 months
@FredRankin8 @hedge_97funds @NoHelmetsReq This is true. But look at what Suaali will get to do over the 4 week international window. 4 matches at massive nation stadiums not suburban grounds around Sydney. I love NRL and it’s the best pro league but international RU far bigger
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@martinderidder
Martin de Ridder
3 months
@NoHelmetsReq So chippy. But now he gets to do this on a global stage. 4 games in 4 weeks with over 50k in attendance— in 4 different countries. Something he didn’t get to do “Every week”
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Martin de Ridder
3 months
@willgkelleher Can you ask that please 🙏
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@martinderidder
Martin de Ridder
3 months
@TAFKAB2 @MrHallPrimaryEG @AmericasOval @T2Rugby I love both and have a joint RU/RL club one of the only ones in UK. Agree RU vastly improved since professionalism and in last 5 years but unfortunately less people Are watching
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Martin de Ridder
3 months
@WorcsFaithful @T2Rugby But the TV deal for NRL bigger than Prem and URC combined by miles not even close. NRL not contracting likely to be a 2nd team in NZ and in PNG. Pathway from pacific islands also increasing. The two codes can and should merge. Love to see Junior Nsemba play in a RU World Cup
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Martin de Ridder
3 months
@MrHallPrimaryEG @TAFKAB2 @AmericasOval @T2Rugby The scrum is getting better in RU and RL is poorer for not having competitive scrums. There can be boredom too in the RL: 4 one out passes followed by a kick can get tiresome too (admittedly less in NRL). RU rules getting v close to RL now
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@martinderidder
Martin de Ridder
3 months
@AmericasOval @T2Rugby Genuinely think the two codes will come back together
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Martin de Ridder
3 months
@Stephen95H Existing system crazy tho. Farmers on their 90s owning farms which should have long since been passed to their children in order to “die with their boots on”.
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Martin de Ridder
3 months
@rbrharrison Existing rules are crazy tho. Leads to farmers holding land into their 80s with sons in their 60s owning nothing because it’s tax efficient to die with your boots on.
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Martin de Ridder
3 months
@KirstieMAllsopp Except the current system encourages farmers to die with their boots on. 85 year olds still owning and having to run farms to save the tax. It was a broken system
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@martinderidder
Martin de Ridder
3 months
@extheologian00 @ethxn26 Yes that’s the reason Samoa got pumped 🙄
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Martin de Ridder
4 months
@stephenkb Brilliant. Where is this from?
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@martinderidder
Martin de Ridder
6 months
@Samfr But it also makes a fair point….. spend £5 million on the canoeing team but reduce funding which provides grass roots access to funding seems perverse (the numbers made up btw)
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Martin de Ridder
7 months
@stephenkb Figuring you are stuck between Super Massive £20 Billion Black Hole and £20 Billion Black Holes and Revelations 🧐
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Martin de Ridder
7 months
@stephenkb It’s almost as if Muse wrote those songs with this in mind.
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@martinderidder
Martin de Ridder
7 months
@Considered_ @davidflatman It’s politics for sure but it’s also democracy. It was in their manifesto. They won. They get to implement it. You get to moan about it.
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Martin de Ridder
7 months
@TadhgHickey Deeply weird point. What are those watching enjoying it meant to do with this info I wonder? 🧐
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