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Big Jim Hamilton's Netflix recommendations

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Big Jim Hamilton’s Netflix recommendations: With the global pandemic forcing much of the world’s population indoors, many of us have been increasing our Netflix intake.

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Anyway, here are my Netflix recommendations:

BLACK MIRROR

I’ve only watched a few.

They’re very weird and hopefully not too prophetic. Watch the one with the Prime Minister, called ‘The National Anthem’.  Some guy kidnaps a member of the royal family and demands that the fictional PM, well, gets jiggy with a pig on live television in order to set them free.

The one with the video game sex is also pretty weird. Like I say, hopefully not too prophetic.

TIGER KING

Definitely a series that will take you away from the boredom and anxiety of normal life right now.

Aside from the treatment of animals – which I hate – the characters and the storyline are both hilarious and captivating. #caroledidit

OZARK, SEASON 3

Dark and gritty with a compelling narrative. I love the drug smuggling, narcos, gangster movies and this is one with an eery twist.

KILLER INSIDE: THE MIND OF AARON HERNANDEZ

Shocking and sad, a docu-series that will leave you wondering what’s true and not. The underlining sub-plot about what repeated concussion does to the human brain make for an at times troubling watch for an ex-contact sport athlete like myself.

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The potential long term effects of Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and society’s attitudes to professional sportsmen are all under the microscope in this one.

13 REASONS WHY

This teen drama might seem like a strange choice for me. A teacher recommended it as it happens.

It’s a very dark tale but also a realistic storyline about an American high school student who take her own life and leaves audiotapes for her classmates.

WATCH: Jack Nowell of England and Exeter, takes on Adam Hastings of Glasgow Warriors and Scotland.

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cw 9 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Thanks JW for clarifying your point and totally agree. The ABs are still trying to find their “mojo” - that spark of power that binds and defines them. Man the Boks certainly found theirs in Wellington! But I think it cannot be far off for ABs - my comment about two coaches was a bit glib. The key point for me is that they need first a coach or coaches that can unlock that power and for me that starts at getting the set piece right and especially the scrum and second a coach that can simplify the game plans. I am fortified in this view by NBs comment that most of the ABs tries come from the scrum or lineout - this is the structured power game we have been seeing all year. But it cannot work while the scrum is backpeddling. That has to be fixed ASAP if Robertson is going to stick to this formula. I also think it is too late in the cycle to reverse course and revert to a game based on speed and continuity. The second is just as important - keep it simple! Complex movements that require 196 cm 144 kg props to run around like 95kg flankers is never going to work over a sustained period. The 2024 Blues showed what a powerful yet simple formula can do. The 2025 Blues, with Beauden at 10 tried to be more expansive / complicated - and struggled for most of the season.

I also think that the split bench needs to reflect the game they “want” to play not follow some rote formula. For example the ABs impact bench has the biggest front row in the World with two props 195cm / 140 kg plus. But that bulk cannot succeed without the right power based second row (7, 4, 5, 6). That bulk becomes a disadvantage if they don’t have a rock solid base behind them - as both Boks showed at Eden Park and the English in London. Fresh powerful legs need to come on with them - thats why we need a 6-2 bench. And teams with this split can have players focused only on 40 minutes max of super high intensity play. Hence Robertson needs to design his team to accord with these basic physics.



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