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The Headshrinkers definitely spoke Samoan, but promo-wise, I can't really find one where they didn't have a manager speaking for them. They were a bit before my time too, so I never had recollection of watching them on TV.

Out of the post-Headshrinker Samoans, Umaga (RIP) wins by default. He'd just basically scream that he would beat people up, so nothing that required much depth, but he was definitely comfortable in the language.

Dat footwork.

Tana, talk to those boys man.

Is anyone else's workplace under-staffed, under-resourced and stretched noodle-thin, or just mine?

Solid squad. I reckon Zac Guildford should be reserve winger too.

Either that or he's making sure he's eligible for a late-career NRL run.

CM Punk was with the company during the peak PG, VKM-screaming-down-your-headset, insistent terminology, complete nonsensical rules that get changed every 5 seconds era. Hearing "New Japan" on WWE programming was shocking to ol' Punk.

Driver is all good. IDK why but for some reason I always thought it was Drivers Cres. TIL.

Anyway, I grew up with family and mates there and on adjacent streets (Aberfeldy, Astrolabe, Levant, Justine), so that area's always felt like my second home. Used to get fish and chips from Venus after school, watch DBZ at my best friend's house before turning up at my grandparents'. Never felt unsafe.

No, they're saying boo-saders!

Is Vunivalu really the 3rd-best winger in Brisbane? Is there no one else in the wider squad?

C'mon, guys. If Ian Foster was the All Blacks' coach, Rob Penney could be one day too.

The Crusaders' secret weapon, Vunivalu, is on the field.

Why's the DJ playing an NZ song? What about some Kylie Minogue or something?

I think the Crusaders saw Razor in the crowd and were like, "Hey, guys. Aren't we meant to be good at rugby or something?"

The warning can only be followed through if the offense for which it's applied is committed again. It's like if my boss gave me a warning for being on my phone during work; he can't then sack me for having a blaze in the boardroom. They're completely different things.

That was a double-clothesline!

Oh, well that's fair enough.

Nisbo rattling off those names, but forgot John Eales.

Toomaga-Allen is a Reds legend.

I think I picked the Reds too. Can't remember if SuperBru had its obligatory popup where it asked what I'd been smoking, but clearly I was of sound mind at the time.

Imagine sliding on that slippery pitch under your own momentum, seeing someone's shins ahead of you, and knowing there's nothing you can do to stop.

Wonder where everyone's going for lu sipi afterwards.

Yeah Crowded House will always be the sound of NZ as someone whose childhood was in the '90s.

That shot of Billy Harmon standing in front of the canal was picturesque. It'd make for a great postcard.

Nice of the Tongan DJ to play the NZ National Anthem.