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Mostly warhammer dwarves and space wolves and bikes with occasional chemistry trains soil and groundwater contamination waste policy and Waikato rugby nationalism frequently defeated by the nespresso machine he/him Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa/New Zealand
![In 1999, Randell captaining the Otago Highlanders to an 8-3 regular season record and subsequently to the 1999
Super 12 Final where they lost to the Canterbury Crusaders in a closely fought match 24-19. Randell captained the Highlanders for seven years from 1997 to 2003.
Randell's low moment came during the 1999 Rugby World Cup where he led the team during the defeat to France in the semi-final. Randell left New Zealand to spend a month in Florida in the United States to get away from the negative media spotlight. [citation needed]
After this defeat, Todd Blackadder became captain, although Randell retained his place in the team for 2000-
2002.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:apdgg62bbhibq5p3dxc3o33w/bafkreigosexwstybp7qk5uk45z5efrrjo2lkuztpm56box7v36kvaf3cwe)
![The next three seasons saw mixed results for New Zealand, who won all their Tri-Nations tests in 1997 before losing the title for the first time in 1998.[94] In
1998 New Zealand lost all five tests in the Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup series (two to South Africa and three to Australia), the first time they had lost four tests in succession since 1949. [95] The following year they suffered their worst test loss, 7-28 to Australia in Sydney. 96) At the 1999 World Cup later that year, the All Blacks dominated their pool, handing England a 16-30 defeat at Twickenham. They advanced past Scotland 30-18 in the quarter-finals to play France at Twickenham.
After New Zealand finished the first half 17-10 ahead, [96] France then produced a famous half of rugby to which New Zealand had no answer, winning 43-31. 96] Hart subsequently resigned as coach and was replaced by co-coaches Wayne Smith and Tony Gilbert.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:apdgg62bbhibq5p3dxc3o33w/bafkreihqlaqekffcufy63wjhmmqndynhwvo67332munq4te56s5vjfbwva)
