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		<title>By: corms</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1490334</link>
		<dc:creator>corms</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Super funny thread. Thanks flamers you&#039;ve brightened up my day!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Super funny thread. Thanks flamers you&#8217;ve brightened up my day!</p>
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		<title>By: Nils</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1487267</link>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Last year&quot;, I mean, &quot;last season&quot;, looks like I am already switched to 2010. :D]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Last year&#8221;, I mean, &#8220;last season&#8221;, looks like I am already switched to 2010. <img src='http://keo.co.za/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Nils</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1487266</link>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-1487235&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WP_&lt;/a&gt;: Yes, S14 and 3N will be humdingers - South Africa trying to prove their success was no fluke, New Zealand trying to wrestle shining trophies back and Australia trying to spoil everybody&#039;s party (joking, Aussies are damn good if we take into consideration how meagre their resources are comparing to any other major rugby nation).

Can&#039;t wait really. For me the main players probably will be Saders, Canes and Chiefs from NZ, Brumbies and Tahs from Aus and Bulls and Sharks from SA. Would like to see Stormers, too, in the mix, they are one of my favourite SA teams along with the Sharks.

You are dead right, I support Saders through thick and thin. Last year they made me especially happy - after losing so many big guns (Carter, Mauger, MacDonald, Hamilton etc. to the green pastures and King Richie for half a season) and after horrible start (1 win in the first 5 games) they made the semis leaving behind even high flying Sharks. That gritty win at the Tank (breaking Sharks unbeaten record at home since 2007) was the happiest moment for me. And - all things considered - they did very well against the Bulls in Pretoria, having them on the ropes in the 1st half. No shame losing to the best team in the tournament in the end, they did great even reaching the playoffs against all the odds. :)

Cheers, friend!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-1487235" rel="nofollow">WP_</a>: Yes, S14 and 3N will be humdingers &#8211; South Africa trying to prove their success was no fluke, New Zealand trying to wrestle shining trophies back and Australia trying to spoil everybody&#8217;s party (joking, Aussies are damn good if we take into consideration how meagre their resources are comparing to any other major rugby nation).</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t wait really. For me the main players probably will be Saders, Canes and Chiefs from NZ, Brumbies and Tahs from Aus and Bulls and Sharks from SA. Would like to see Stormers, too, in the mix, they are one of my favourite SA teams along with the Sharks.</p>
<p>You are dead right, I support Saders through thick and thin. Last year they made me especially happy &#8211; after losing so many big guns (Carter, Mauger, MacDonald, Hamilton etc. to the green pastures and King Richie for half a season) and after horrible start (1 win in the first 5 games) they made the semis leaving behind even high flying Sharks. That gritty win at the Tank (breaking Sharks unbeaten record at home since 2007) was the happiest moment for me. And &#8211; all things considered &#8211; they did very well against the Bulls in Pretoria, having them on the ropes in the 1st half. No shame losing to the best team in the tournament in the end, they did great even reaching the playoffs against all the odds. <img src='http://keo.co.za/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Cheers, friend!</p>
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		<title>By: WP_</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1487237</link>
		<dc:creator>WP_</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah

Oh you&#039;re not too old then. ;)
Haha ya ya. 

Keep well youngster :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sarah</p>
<p>Oh you&#8217;re not too old then. <img src='http://keo.co.za/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Haha ya ya. </p>
<p>Keep well youngster <img src='http://keo.co.za/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: WP_</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1487235</link>
		<dc:creator>WP_</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nils

Haha yeah, Tri Nations will be great and tightly contested as always next year. As it is supposed to be. Looking forward to it. Really cant wait for the S14 though mate, but not worry as the Stormers will bring home the trophy! ;)

Who do you support again? The Saders? Damn, it&#039;ll probably be you&#039;re buggers then.  

Thanks mate. I hope you and you&#039;re family have a great and prosperous new year too. 

Catch you around for some great rugby next year.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nils</p>
<p>Haha yeah, Tri Nations will be great and tightly contested as always next year. As it is supposed to be. Looking forward to it. Really cant wait for the S14 though mate, but not worry as the Stormers will bring home the trophy! <img src='http://keo.co.za/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Who do you support again? The Saders? Damn, it&#8217;ll probably be you&#8217;re buggers then.  </p>
<p>Thanks mate. I hope you and you&#8217;re family have a great and prosperous new year too. </p>
<p>Catch you around for some great rugby next year.</p>
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		<title>By: Nils</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1487183</link>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-1487172&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WP_&lt;/a&gt;: And have a great nd hapy next year, if we do not meet this year anymore here.

Of course, not at Kiwi teams expense. ;)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-1487172" rel="nofollow">WP_</a>: And have a great nd hapy next year, if we do not meet this year anymore here.</p>
<p>Of course, not at Kiwi teams expense. <img src='http://keo.co.za/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: SpringbokSarah</title>
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		<dc:creator>SpringbokSarah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-1487172&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WP_&lt;/a&gt;: no they&#039;re just boring, that&#039;s why I could only get through 1 of the 10 stories we are supposed to read. 

Not yet, Grade 11, sheesh let&#039;s not make me any older, the other day I was starting high school]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-1487172" rel="nofollow">WP_</a>: no they&#8217;re just boring, that&#8217;s why I could only get through 1 of the 10 stories we are supposed to read. </p>
<p>Not yet, Grade 11, sheesh let&#8217;s not make me any older, the other day I was starting high school</p>
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		<title>By: Nils</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1487176</link>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-1487139&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WP_&lt;/a&gt;: Thanks, WP.

I&#039;d rather say that psychologists will have their hands full earlier when someone will start giving away the huge amount of trophies they have amassed this year. 

You know, it&#039;s not easy to survive surrendering Sevens series, S14, 3 Nations and eventually WC. ;)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-1487139" rel="nofollow">WP_</a>: Thanks, WP.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d rather say that psychologists will have their hands full earlier when someone will start giving away the huge amount of trophies they have amassed this year. </p>
<p>You know, it&#8217;s not easy to survive surrendering Sevens series, S14, 3 Nations and eventually WC. <img src='http://keo.co.za/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: WP_</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1487172</link>
		<dc:creator>WP_</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes Sarah! Text books are wonderful, and ridiculously boring.

Are you in Matric next year?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes Sarah! Text books are wonderful, and ridiculously boring.</p>
<p>Are you in Matric next year?</p>
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		<title>By: WP_</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1487139</link>
		<dc:creator>WP_</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks. 

Good luck for staging the next RWC Nils.

The pschcologist&#039;s are going to have a field day after that! :grin:

It wont be pretty when the sequence stretches to 24 years!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks. </p>
<p>Good luck for staging the next RWC Nils.</p>
<p>The pschcologist&#8217;s are going to have a field day after that! <img src='http://keo.co.za/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':grin:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>It wont be pretty when the sequence stretches to 24 years!</p>
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		<title>By: SpringbokSarah</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1487135</link>
		<dc:creator>SpringbokSarah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve got a request, when you have a double issue, please make it thicker... so it can last me longer than a day please, what am I supposed to read? 

oh ja, my text books]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve got a request, when you have a double issue, please make it thicker&#8230; so it can last me longer than a day please, what am I supposed to read? </p>
<p>oh ja, my text books</p>
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		<title>By: Nils</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1486630</link>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Has any other rugby nation held so many trophies at once?&quot;

Probably not. Well done!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Has any other rugby nation held so many trophies at once?&#8221;</p>
<p>Probably not. Well done!</p>
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		<title>By: WP_</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1485996</link>
		<dc:creator>WP_</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haha. Yeah it did.

12 days and all that]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Haha. Yeah it did.</p>
<p>12 days and all that</p>
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		<title>By: 111BIG5</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1485995</link>
		<dc:creator>111BIG5</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. JONDOOD : 
December 14th, 2009 at 8:03 am
We are well deserved Champs.

Has any other rugby nation held so many trophies at once?

Hahahaaaa just to remind you this was the first post off this thread, took a while to get to 1000 hey.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. JONDOOD :<br />
December 14th, 2009 at 8:03 am<br />
We are well deserved Champs.</p>
<p>Has any other rugby nation held so many trophies at once?</p>
<p>Hahahaaaa just to remind you this was the first post off this thread, took a while to get to 1000 hey.</p>
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		<title>By: WP_</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1485975</link>
		<dc:creator>WP_</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1023]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1023</p>
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		<title>By: WP_</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1485938</link>
		<dc:creator>WP_</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1022]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1022</p>
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		<title>By: Spies_Is_King</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1485905</link>
		<dc:creator>Spies_Is_King</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeehoo!! 1k posts! Well done folks. Now let&#039;s make 1.5k!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeehoo!! 1k posts! Well done folks. Now let&#8217;s make 1.5k!</p>
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		<title>By: WP_</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1485898</link>
		<dc:creator>WP_</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-1485878&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;carol&lt;/a&gt;: haha. I know...

Push on!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-1485878" rel="nofollow">carol</a>: haha. I know&#8230;</p>
<p>Push on!</p>
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		<title>By: carol</title>
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		<dc:creator>carol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-1485876&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WP_&lt;/a&gt;: Actually it took alot of effort and fighting to get this far!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-1485876" rel="nofollow">WP_</a>: Actually it took alot of effort and fighting to get this far!!</p>
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		<title>By: carol</title>
		<link>http://keo.co.za/2009/12/23/a-nation-of-champions/#comment-1485877</link>
		<dc:creator>carol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1018....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1018&#8230;.</p>
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