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THE WORLD CUP is in England, so (apart from all of us brave souls who don’t work regular Monday-Friday, 9-6 shifts) the majority of the population will be able to watch most of the tournament’s fixtures without that pesky day job getting in the way.

We said ‘most’ of the fixtures though, not all. If you want to watch all 48 games you’ll have to sneak out from work a few times to fulfill that dream. Here, we have selected five days and means to make your wish come true.

1. ‘Oh, I’ve got a, erm… dental appointment… root canal? Sure’

When and how to use it:  Don’t mention rugby all morning, but come noon on Wednesday 23 September: BAM!

Lying, worth it because…

Week one features the only major three-game midweek day. Skive off work in plenty of time for Australia v Fiji at 16.45. The two-time champions open their tournament against the pool of death’s dark horses.

You can warm up for that afternoon delight by treating yourself to Scotland v Japan at 14.30 – any excuse to sing Flower of Scotland at full belt. And that should leave you fully warmed up for France v Romania at 20.00. The feature match of the evening is in Ireland’s pool, so yo have to watch it anyway.

2. ‘Boss, it’s Friday. Can we pleeeeeeeaaaaaaasee get off early for the weekend?’

When and how to use it: Get yourself into a mindframe to be at your most lick-arsey on Friday 25 September so you get out the gap by 16.00.

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Lying, worth it because…

It’s Argentina v Georgia at 16.45. There might be a new Rugby World Cup record set and Ireland might (maybe, hopefully) have to play Argentina in the quarter-final. So obviously you have to get scouting.

3. ‘The child minder’s sick, I’ve to head off now. Did you not know I have kids? Jesus!’

When and how to use it: Let’s say around 15.05 on Tuesday 29 September. Make sure that whoever questions the existence of your offspring feels really bad for forgetting about little Mamuka and Quade (or whatever names you just made up).

Lying, worth it because…

It’s Tonga v Namibia at 16.45. How many other chances to you get to watch Tonga?

4. ‘Right. I’m off, lads. See ye tomorrow’

When and how to use it: Be assertive, be confident like leaving early is no big deal. You’d want to be on the road home after lunch on Thursday 1 October, just to get nice and pumped for the big game.

Lying, worth it because…

This pool of death has you by the throat, you can’t a miss a beat and you certainly can’t miss Wales v Fiji at 16.45

5. ‘Ugh, I feel like I’m going to puke all over this place and it’s probably contagious’

When and how to use it: Maybe it was something you ate at lunch on Wednesday 7 October? Maybe you go in to a cold sweat before ever even going to work? Who can say when the mystery illness will strike.

Lying, worth it because…

At 16.45 one of the tournament favourites, South Africa, are up against the power of all 50 United States. There’s no point in missing that and then watching Namibia v Georgia is there? No. No is the answer.

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TOMORROW, ONE OF the great schoolboy rivalries in rugby will get a new chapter as Christchurch Boys’ High School [CBHS] defend their Crusaders Secondary School title against Christ’s College.

CBHS are the favourites but Christ’s College can call on a talented team that includes promising Irish back row Amhlaoibh Porter.

Porter on his way towards the tryline against Wellington College. Source: Christ’s College

Based just 2km apart in the city of Christchurch, these two schools have been doing battle since 1892 and Boys’ High – renowned for having produced more than 40 All Blacks – have won more often than not.

Christ’s College – known simply as ‘College’ – have had some tough years as underdogs in the rivalry but they have been on the rise in recent times.

Last year, they recorded their first win over Boys’ High since 2000 – with Porter in the team – and now they find themselves in the final of the UC Championship, with the influence of ex-All Black Reuben Thorne as head coach having been important.

Promising Corkonian blindside/number eight Porter is an integral part of the College team. A former captain of PBC Cork’s Junior Cup side, Porter has played for the Crusaders U18s and is regarded as a hot prospect in the Canterbury region.

Porter arrived in Christchurch in 2016 as a 15-year-old, intending to get a season’s experience in New Zealand after his Junior Cup campaign with PBC but has ended up also staying for Years 12 and 13 – the equivalent of fifth and sixth year in Ireland.

The connection to College was ex-Munster prop and Christchurch native Peter Borlase, who had befriended Porter’s father, Humphrey, during his time in Cork and linked the Porters to one of his former teachers at Boys’ High, Stephen Dods.

Porter, second from left, captained Pres to McCarthy Cup success in 2015. Source: Christ’s College

“I was going to Christ’s College from Boys’ High at the time and said, ‘How about we get Amhlaoibh into College, with a new programme?’” explains Dods, who is the master in charge of rugby at Christ’s College.

“He has made incredible progress since then. Amhlaoibh initially planned to stay for a year, but he liked it so much and he made the Canterbury U16 team in his first year here, so he thought he would stay on.”

After helping College to their first-ever U18 Canterbury Colleges title, being named forward of the year at the school, and playing for the Canterbury U16s in 2016, Porter’s potential was recognised again last year with selection for the Crusaders Junior Knights’ development squad, essentially the Crusaders U18 selection.

Porter was back in that side this year, playing in a narrow defeat to the Chiefs U18s in July. His involvement with that Crusaders team puts him in the national picture and Dods says Porter is “pushing on the door of the New Zealand Schools team, he’s in with a chance.”

“He’s tall and strong and he’s a very focused young man,” continues Dods, who has fond memories of nine years living in Ireland in the 1990s, when he played with and coached Suttonians and Old Belvedere RFC.

“Amhlaoibh has been playing blindside for us but he’s probably a number eight. He’s a very good lineout forward so that works at blindside but that’s not to say he won’t end up at number eight.”

Porter in action for PBC in the 2016 Junior Cup. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO

The New Zealand Schools and Schools’ Barbarians squads will be selected in September, but before that Porter will do his best to help College to UC Championship success and on into the National First XV Championship, where the regional winners face off.

Post-school next year, Porter plans to attend the University of Canterbury and attempt to make his way into the Crusaders’ academy set-up.

“Hopefully he will pop out on the other side as a Super Rugby player,” says Dods.

Having spent 14 years as rugby coordinator at Boys’ High and watched the likes of Brodie Retallick, the Franks brothers, Anton Lienert-Brown, Matt Todd and Colin Slade come through the ranks there, Dods is in a fine position to gauge Porter’s potential.

“I’ve coached a lot of good players,” says Dods. “We had 11 All Blacks come through Boys’ High in my time there and he’s up with all of those guys, there’s no doubt about that.

“It’s just a matter of how he develops once he leaves school, whether he gets really good coaching and things like that.”

Christ’s College has certainly been a fine place for Porter to learn over the last two years. A fee-paying private school that caters to day and boarding boys, College’s rugby programme has been completely renewed since Dods joined the school in 2015.

Porter has been playing mainly on the blindside this year. Source: Christ’s College

Porter’s success with the school means Dods would be open to having further Irish influence at College in the coming years.

“I’d love that because I’ve spent so much of my time in Ireland and we’ve got Ronan O’Gara here in Christchurch now working with the Crusaders,” says Dods. “He’s quite close to Amhlaoibh and his family.

“Ronan is very highly thought of by lots and lots of people in this province and the word is he’s made a big difference to the Crusaders, adding a new voice and a slightly different way of doing things, which can be refreshing.

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“I’d love to get more Irish players playing a season here, just to develop them in a different style of rugby.

“It would be good for New Zealand players to go over there and sample Ireland’s schools rugby too because it would give them an experience of a different type of game. It would be great for some of our guys to go to Ireland.”

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Becky Lynch #1 in Merchandise Sales for WWE

December 7, 2022 | News | No Comments

According to an online rumor that’s currently floating around, WWE Superstar Becky Lynch is said to currently be the top merchandise seller for WWE. The notion was then reinforced by Fightful Managing Editor Sean Ross Sapp on Twitter, which you can see below. Also, Sapp stated that Becky Lynch has been the top merchandise seller “for a while.”

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3/25/19 Raw Viewership

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Monday Night Raw this week drew 2,589,000 viewers, down 106,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast.
Hour one started with 2,700,000 viewers, then it went slightly down to 2,665,000 viewers, before it finished the night with 2,402,000 for the third and final hour.
Raw was #2, #3, and #5 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #7 in overall viewership for the night on cable.
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Vince McMahon to Appear on SmackDown Tonight

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Vince McMahon is set to appear on this week’s episode of Smackdown. As you can see in the below promo, McMahon will address his treatment of Kofi Kingston at Fastlane. Also set for the show is The Hardy Boys, Ricochet and Aleister Black vs. Sheamus, Cesaro, Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura, Shane McMahon addressing his attack on the Miz at Fastlane and a US Championship match between R-Truth and Samoa Joe.

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Kim Kardashian est (déjà) de retour à Los Angeles. Après un voyage éclair de 24 heures dans le Wyoming – où elle a retrouvé son mari Kanye West pour une discussion aussi nécessaire que tendue -, la future avocate a retrouvé ses enfants. Sur des photos obtenues par TMZ.com, on la voit descendre d’un jet privé, seule. Kanye serait resté à Cody, dans leur ranch, où il semble avoir installé son QG de campagne dans le cadre de sa candidature à l’élection présidentielle.

Lundi, Kanye avait enfin accepté de voir son épouse, après des semaines de séparation. À peine arrivée dans le Wyoming, Kim était montée dans la voiture de son homme, sans vitres teintées. C’est là qu’ils ont été photographiés, en pleine dispute. Kim “pleurait hystériquement”, comme l’a confié une source restée anonyme à People. “Elle n’avait pas vu Kanye depuis des semaines. Elle est très émotive à propos de tout et très fatiguée. Elle se sent blessée par Kanye. Elle a essayé de le joindre plusieurs fois, il ne fait que l’ignorer”, avait-il été précisé.

En pleine crise de bipolarité, Kanye West avait livré un premier meeting de campagne décousu, où il expliquait son opinion sur l’avortement par le fait qu’avec Kim Kardashian, il avait voulu la faire avorter de leur fille North (7 ans). Quelques heures après, il expliquait que Kim avait voulu l’enfermer avec des docteurs, qu’elle l’avait trompé avec Meek Mill, qu’il voulait divorcer et interdisait à sa mère, Kris Jenner, d’approcher de leurs enfants.

Au lieu de s’en prendre à son mari, Kim Kardashian l’avait publiquement défendu, assurant que sa maladie mentale n’enlevait rien à son génie, ni à ses rêves ou idées.

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Justin Bieber – qui était venu apporter son soutien à Kanye en lui rendant visite dans le Wyoming durant sa crise – aurait joué un grand rôle dans la venue de Kim au ranch. “Justin veut être un soutien (…) Il a dit à Kanye qu’il avait besoin de parler à Kim. Et Kanye a finalement envoyé un texto à Kim et ils se sont téléphonés”, a expliqué une source à People. Très affecté lui-même par des problèmes de santé mentale, Justin Bieber veut être présent pour Kanye. “C’est à ça que servent les amis”, a conclu cette même source.

ENGLAND BOSS EDDIE Jones has told Danny Cipriani that the troubled Gloucester star can still rescue his international career.

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Cipriani made his first England start for a decade in South Africa earlier this year.

But the out-half was fined £2,000 after admitting charges of common assault and resisting arrest during his club’s pre-season tour of Jersey.

Cipriani was also sanctioned by the Rugby Football Union.

Yet Jones insists the controversial player’s latest off-field misdemeanour has not fatally damaged his chances.

“We never close the door on anyone. Everyone makes mistakes. He was very contrite afterwards, realised he’s done the wrong thing and we move on from that now,” Jones told reporters on Wednesday.

“I think it’s been dealt with. He was punished by his club, punished by whatever happened with the RFU. He’s now back playing and we’ll look at him in terms of how well he plays.

Sale winger Chris Ashton could also make that training camp even though he cannot play for seven weeks after being banned following his red card for a tip tackle in a pre-season friendly against Castres.

The latest disciplinary ban came just weeks after he was recalled to the England set-up four years since his last appearance.

Asked if he was concerned by the suspension, Jones said: “I think you’re always concerned when players are not playing. Getting selected is about playing and showing that you can play well for England.

“But having seen the incident, I thought it was a difficult situation. We want him to come back and we want him to play well, so I’m just looking forward to him playing well for Sale.

“I’ve only had Ashton for three days and he was absolutely fantastic, a good, hard worker. Everything that people told me about him was true. I couldn’t have been more pleased with him at the camp.”

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Des films musicaux d’anthologie, comme Fame, Pink Floyd – The Wall ou Evita, des drames engagés, à l’image de Mississippi Burning (sur la ségrégation) ou La Vie de David Gale (sur la peine de mort), des films inspirés d’histoire vraie, des thrillers… En près de cinquante ans d’une carrière récompensée par dix Oscars, autant de Golden Globes et dix-neuf Bafta Awards, Alan Parker aura apporté au cinéma une contribution riche et éclectique. Le réalisateur britannique est mort vendredi 31 juillet 2020 à l’âge de 76 ans, succombant à une “longue maladie”, selon une porte-parole mandatée par sa famille.

Parmi les nombreux hommages qui ont rapidement fleuri suite à l’annonce de son décès, l’Académie des Oscars a souligné “l’extraordinaire talent” d’un cinéaste “caméléon“. “Son travail mettait en exergue les éléments de sa personnalité que nous chérissions tant, intégrité, humanité, humour, irrévérence et rébellion, et surtout le spectacle“, a de son côté mis en exergue avec justesse la fameuse productrice Barbara Broccoli (James Bond), bouleversée.

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Fils de pub

Né le 14 février 1944 à Londres dans une famille de la classe ouvrière, Alan Parker avait débuté au sortir de l’adolescence dans le milieu de la publicité – qui devait, pensait-il, lui permettre de rencontrer des filles. Rapidement, il s’était passionné pour l’écriture, passion à laquelle il s’adonnait en dehors des heures de bureau, et était passé à l’écriture et à la réalisation de campagnes publicitaires. En 1970, il avait fondé sa propre agence, qui allait devenir l’une des plus en vue du milieu et remporter de nombreux prix. Un parcours initiatique qu’Alan Parker n’avait jamais renié, bien au contraire : “Je suis d’une génération de réalisateurs qui n’auraient pas pu commencer autrement qu’en faisant des pubs, parce qu’il n’y avait pas d’industrie cinématographique au Royaume-Uni. Des gens comme Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Adrian Lyne, Hugh Hudson et moi“, avait-il plus tard fait valoir.

Poussé par David Puttnam, qui allait par la suite devenir le producteur de nombre de ses films et rencontré dans une des agences de pub pour lesquelles il travailla, il avait écrit son premier script, celui du film Melody réalisé en 1971 par Waris Hussein. Deux ans plus tard, il réalisait son premier film de fiction, No Hard Feelings, sur un scénario qu’il avait évidemment écrit et sur ses propres deniers. Impressionnée, la BBC avait acheté le long métrage et par la même occasion passé commande d’une autre réalisation au cinéaste en devenir, The Evacuees, qui allait rafler le Bafta Award du meilleur téléfilm dramatique et l’Emmy Award du meilleur drame international.

Inclassable

Alan Parker avait dans la foulée signé son premier film pour le cinéma, Bugsy Malone (1976), parodie musicale des films de gangsters avec des enfants acteurs. “Un exercice pratique pour percer à Hollywood“, dira-t-il plus tard de ce film inimitable pensé, alors qu’il était déjà père de quatre enfants, comme une alternative aux Walt Disney à destination des petits comme des grands. Parmi les cinq distinctions reçues par Bugsy Malone, Jodie Foster avait récolté deux Bafta Awards.

Parker avait enchaîné en 1978 avec un film radicalement différent : Midnight Express, sur un scénario (son premier) d’Oliver Stone et à partir d’une histoire vraie, celle d’un jeune touriste américain condamné à trente ans de prison en Turquie pour avoir tenté de quitter le pays avec de la drogue. Nommé à l’Oscar du meilleur film et du meilleur réalisateur, il avait immédiatement intronisé le Britannique parmi les grands.

Prenant à nouveau une tout autre direction, Alan Parker avait réalisé en 1980 Fame, l’un des sommets du cinéma musical, avec Irene Cara, avait ensuite porté à l’écran en 1981 Pink Floyd – The Wall, puis avait dirigé ce qu’il allait juger par la suite comme étant son “premier film adulte“, L’Usure du temps, sur un mariage en perdition, avec Diane Keaton et Albert Finney. Un drame qui faisait écho à ses propres difficultés conjugales et familiales de l’époque et qui allait rendre son mariage avec Annie Inglis, sa première épouse, “infiniment plus solide“… jusqu’à ce qu’il divorce, en 1992.

Déjà, son côté “caméléon”, gage pour lui d’une “créativité régénérée“, était palpable. Suivirent Birdy (1984), sur le retour de la Guerre du Vietnam de deux amis d’enfance joués par Matthew Modine et Nicolas Cage, encensé par la critique, puis Mississippi Burning (1988), avec Gene Hackman et Willem Dafoe, qui lui valut une seconde citation pour l’Oscar du meilleur réalisateur.

Don’t cry for me…

Après avoir débuté les années 1990 en signant une comédie très inspirée, The Commitments, sur des ouvriers dublinois qui montent un groupe de musique et joué par de jeunes musiciens sans expérience d’acteur, Alan Parker avait ajouté un autre film musical culte à son CV : Evita (1996), avec Madonna crevant l’écran dans le rôle d’Eva Peron. La reine de la pop lui a rendu hommage sur Instagram après avoir appris sa disparition, se remémorant leur collaboration.

Le cinéaste britannique avait réalisé son dernier film en 2003 avec le thriller La Vie de David Gale, porté par Kevin Spacey et Kate Winslet.

Remarié avec la productrice Lisa Moran, qui lui survit, Sir Alan Parker était père de cinq enfants, dont un fils, Nathan, qui a suivi sa voie en devenant scénariste. Il avait été fait en 1995 commandeur dans l’ordre de l’empire britannique, puis anobli en 2002. En 2005, il avait reçu en France les insignes de chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

I was so sad to hear about the passing of Alan Parker. One of the greatest directors i ever worked with on the film Evita. He taught me so much, believed in me ,pushed me to my limits and made an incredible film! Thank you! #alanparker #evita

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