Hamish Bidwell

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@radionz Are you guys trolling me?

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@matthewjarnold You’d think it was a 10-wicket towelling, the way they’re carrying on. Some king hit merchant’s even going to get a knighthood. Classy

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@PonekeFC Took a long time to get there but a very fetching photo of you @TobyRobsonNZ

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@mark_geenty @liam_hyslop @samworthingtown Was ‘literally’ just reading the retirement copy on Stuff now. An ornament to the game and to Alex Moore Park. The Dom Post pages won’t see his like again

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John Plumtree says Nehe Milner-Skudder (shoulder) will hopefully be fit by week 3 or 4 of the Super season. That puts us in the March 1-9 bracket. Injury to be reassessed in January, then six to eight weeks rehab

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@teemurphaay Not awkward at all. Thanks for reading

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A bit of Barrett-related relief for beleaguered Taranaki fans ahead of Friday's clash with Wgtn..."I'd love to [play], so would Scooter, so would Jordie. I'd think at least one of us will be [playing],'' Beauden B said in Pretoria today

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Am hearing Dane Coles might have done a calf...might be shut down for the year, you’d assume

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Handy start for Vaea Fifita this arvo...I suspect Steve Hansen will be more excited to see him galloping down the touchline than John Plumtree...meanwhile, Asafo Aumua doing a few warm-ups. Not sure this is the lightest he's ever been

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Ardie Savea has progressed from last week’s straight-line jogging, to some pretty strenuous speed and agility stuff...still not really in the mix for Saturday, apparently

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@paulcullystuff That would be telling. Team embargoed till 4 o’clock

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Ardie Savea striding out well. Team eager to earn him another week to get back to fitness

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John Plumtree has been up. Didn’t sound too confident about Shields and Goosen playing on Friday. Fifita is probable, however. Ardie no chance

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Rib cartilage for Brad Shields. 50-50 for next week, says Chris Boyd. Goosen the same after failing HIA. Thankfully his jaw not re-fractured after that whack

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Will Canes coach Chris Boyd don shoes or revert to jandals? Always worn jandals for media stand ups till they were lost in transit from Canberra. He’d wanted to go barefoot, to preserve his superstition, but talked into shoes. Which helped break a 3-game losing streak...

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Paul Kimmage: Cycling's dirty washing can no longer be rinsed clean by myth and memory powder https://t.co/rGeKZuLV4k

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One change to the respective 23s for Hurricanes v Blues tonight. Blues hooker James Parsons drops off the bench. Ross Wright, more often a prop, is the man to replace him. Cool and blustery but not raining just now

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@NathanMossman @Goiley Mate, I can only speak for Jordie. He was injured for the end of year tour so isn’t part of the two-week rest thing

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Beauden Barrett says he and Benjamin Fall caught up after the red card. Barrett commiserated with him, said it was a fair challenge and not a send off. Would hate to see contested kicks taken out of the game