Good to get Gibson out of that Auckland enviroment and into a proper one.

Keep safe Blues, these Crusaders are dodgy and have a horrible culture.

@tim Haha so we have an opposition coach basically saying that our selections are horrendous.

Imagine if Umaga was still coach. Michael Collins would be starting and Nanai would be playing for Manukau Rovers

Looks like this was the thread to get Waikato rugby back on track.

Lol good one Devlin you irrelevent clown

@sammyc Larry the lamb decided to come over and sign my hat haha. But great win, great to finally go to a game down here where we've won, it's usually miserable going to an Auckland/Blues game down here.

Thought Lemalu was huge again stopping their rolling maul. He really has made a huge difference for us there and the Cantabs barely tried to take us on there after that. We outmuscled them for once across the field and didn't get dominated at set piece which also goes a long way. Tumua Manu surely has to be signed by the Blues next year. He shut down their outside backs brilliantly and was a constant threat on attack along with TJ Faiane. Ruru was also fantastic behind the scrum I thought. Annoying to concede 2 late tries but can't be to fussy as we never win down here to begin with so we'll take that.

Hats off to Luke Romano for Canterbury as he was virtually a one man band today.

Strange feeling going into this game. I'm still shocked with Michael Tamoaieta's passing tbh to the point where I don't really seem to care about tomorrow's result.

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

Shot Black Caps and great work Rossco. Again, what a record for a NZ batsman.

All over tomorrow. Just like their predecessors this Pakistan team can't play too well overseas.

They play all their tests overseas

@Kirwan Why have that when we can have Michael Collins chipping the ball out on the full for no reason to enjoy.

@Daffy-Jaffy Geez we really are stacked with talent over the years aren't we? We could name quite a few sides and still be strong.

@junior Yeah, for Otahuhu against Kelston, think it was 97.

@junior He was Otahuhu College. Played with Ali Lauititi when they won it in the late 90s.

@Bovidae Yeah don't know where that came from haha. I remember the semi final in 2009 which was his last year at school when MAGS played St Peter's where he was up against Pat Tuipulotu at lineout time.

@Bovidae He was always a MAGS boy.

@shark Yes they play at Condell Ave these days. Been there for a few years now.

@Dice No Mark Brooke-Cowden? The only others who could make a case that I can think of are Alex Hodgman and David Smith.

St Peter's College, Auckland (off the top of my head)

1. Graham Dewes
2. Luteru Tolai
3. Soane Tongauiha
4. Patrick Tuipulotu
5. Brad Mika
6. Dylan Mika
7. Pat Lam
8. Peter Saili
9. Bryn Hall
10. Harry Plummer
11. Denny Solomona
12. Bernie McCahill
13. Francis Saili
14. Ben Lam
15. Shane Howarth.

Notable omissions include Vince Aso, Steve Nesbit, Gerorge Leaupepe and a few others....

I've never been a huge fan of Basketball but have gotten into as I had no choice really as I went to 5 NBA games in 2017 (not trying to gloat even though it probably comes across that I am). Funnily enough the team that I decided to follow (The Rockets), was probably the worst stadium I went to and by far the hardest to get tickets to. Still, even if the team is rubbish, it's still worth going along to watch.

@Kirwan Yeah weird comment haha. Everyone's in the same boat here.