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@Bovidae said in Crusaders 2026:

@Chris said in Crusaders 2026:

I Moananu is leaving the Crusaders I believe to head the to Blues.

It says in a Stuff article today that Moananu is leaving. MP would be a better option so he starts every week.

I think it maybe the Blues but MP could be an option.

@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v France I:

I suspect a lot of posters haven't watched much of the Blues this year, but Beauden was one of their best and they wouldn't have made the play offs without him. I made the comment about a month or so back that people would be triggered when he gets named at 10 for this match and was told I was just trolling, but he has actually been very good this year.

I have no issues with him starting this match, but as people have pointed out age isn't on his side so they will need to have an eye to towards developing a younger player for the next RWC. That said, I am not a big fan of a coaches plans having to revolve around a 4 year RWC cycle, it leads us down the path of anything outside of it is just a "friendly" which would be a bad thing for rugby overall.

Yeah I watched all the Blues games Barrett did play well for the Blues apart from the odd silly mistake.
But can he convert it to the internationals,Someone has to him or D Mac or we will not win the tough games.
We badly need another couple of younger first fives to stand up we need more depth.
Maybe Reihana can with another year driving the ship at the Crusaders as a back up player.
Jacomb seems have gone backwards to me.

Ferner you'd most like to have $48 whiskeys with: @mariner4life .

@Canes4life the old one they used to do (c 2000 - 2010, player values fluctuated, you had like 3 trades a round I think (which wasnt ideal, especially with so many byes in current format, so what they could do is allow unlimited trades on players in bye week or listed as injured, subject to your salary obviously)

@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:

No idea if any of this is true, but interesting if so. Had no idea that smell has a name.

40 English Words You Never Thought Existed

Petrichor | The pleasant smell after rain on dry earth. Agelast | A person who never laughs. Snollygoster | A clever, unscrupulous person (especially in politics). Zugzwang | A situation where any move worsens your position (from chess). Absquatulate | To leave suddenly or hurriedly. Wamble | The stomach rumbling or a feeling of nausea. Callipygian | Having well-shaped buttocks. Erf | A plot of land, especially in South Africa. Limerence | The state of being obsessively infatuated with someone. Quire | Two dozen sheets of paper. Defenestration | The act of throwing someone out of a window. Gardyloo | A warning cry before throwing waste from above (historical, Scottish). Cacodemonomania | The belief that one is possessed by an evil spirit. Jargogle | To confuse or muddle something up. Tittynope | A small quantity of leftovers. Crapulence | Sickness from excessive eating or drinking. Collywobbles | Butterflies in the stomach. Ultracrepidarian | Someone who gives opinions beyond their knowledge. Flummox | To bewilder or confuse someone. Griffonage | Illegible handwriting. Hoddy-noddy | A foolish person. Kerfuffle | A commotion or fuss. Pogonotrophy | The act of growing a beard. Bloviate | To speak pompously or boastfully. Gobbledygook | Language that is meaningless or hard to understand. Mumpsimus | A stubborn person who insists on an incorrect idea. Fudgel | Pretending to work while actually doing nothing. Bumfuzzle | To confuse or fluster. Nibling | A gender-neutral term for a niece or nephew. Nudiustertian | Pertaining to the day before yesterday. Ratoon | A shoot growing from the root of a plant (like sugarcane). Xertz | To gulp something down quickly. Yarborough | A hand of cards with no card above a nine. Cromulent | A made-up word from The Simpsons, now used to mean "acceptable". Bibliopole | A person who buys and sells rare books. Triskaidekaphobia | Fear of the number 13. Apricity | The warmth of the sun in winter. Fipple | The mouthpiece of a recorder or similar instrument. Nincompoop | A foolish or stupid person (yes, it's real!). Gubbins | Bits and pieces; odds and ends.

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=729264876511387&id=100082836429460

Number 36 on your list was/is Brian O Driscolls twitter handle.

@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:

I was going to get pissy and say start your on thread, but every notification gives me a reason to re read this thread and bring back the good times.

I injured my ankle so had 6 month out. Back in now, Althoigh I’ve got an extremely tight hammy so currently just on the rower. Joys of being old.

Awesome work @African-Monkey. You should be very proud of yourself.

Yeah I do apologize as you did start the thread. I was going to start a while back, but saw you had the same interest and thought I'll come in and be a dick and blend in and join you.

I do hope you make a full recovery and hope you can make it back on the roads again. You were making some really good progress with your times.

Thanks to @Kirwan, @Duluth and anyone else who have kept the Fern the best place to be wrong about rugby online.

The rest of you free riders can all get stuffed.