@booboo said in Ireland II:
Interesting contrast in reaction to the two results, Chicago and Dublin.
Winners, losers, magnanimity and shit loss.
The Irish have been terrible losers today. All the kiwis who were happy for Ireland and their fans after the Chicago loss should hopefully now realise that others won't ever reciprocate that level of magnanimity towards us. I hope we will never ever see another day where an AB loss is accepted and even celebrated by many AB fans.
@pukunui said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Fucking disgrace. I thought it couldn't get any worse than last weeks deciding penalty but that was a complete farce.
Fully expect WR to stay completely silent.
Has anybody ever seen a referee change his mind about a penalty from a non foul related incident? First time in history I reckon.
@Stargazer Do you actually believe they didn't have to take a piss during the 8 hour journey?
"Retallick lucky he didnt break Hanigans neck "
Clown going nuts in the PC.
SBW will have a field day running at Sexton and Farrell, Teo is unlucky to be benched. Can't believe AWJ has retained his position as well.
I blame this year's shithouse performances on Labour. We never play well when those fluffybunnies are in power.
For me the return of Coles is the highlight of this tour. Ardie as well but Ardie has been good all year so his form was expected. Wasn't sure if Coles would be able to regain his explosive speed after the knee injury but he clearly has. Still the best hooker in WR when at his best.
@Nepia said in Super Rugby 2020:
I emailed Kayo (Fox) to ask if they're playing Aotearoa Super Rugby and they replied they don't have it.
I hope it's just a rights negotiation thing ...
Fox sent me a reply today. They are still negotiating so fingers crossed.
@KiwiMurph Seems like we haven't been desperate for two years.
@98blueandgold Unless we can poach him after three years, what's the point of wasting money to develop a foreign player. The Crusaders are potentially developing a future Wallaby here. I really don't know what they are trying to achieve by signing all these overseas players. That money could have been put into the development of one of the NZ youngsters instead.
@canefan said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@akan004 passive is a great description. They got over the gain line with relative ease without a Jerome Kaino or a Richie McCaw to smash them back
Yeah, and no line speed too. It worries me that we have retained the same defence coach. Compare our defensive system to SA's and England's and it's like we have forgotten that the game has moved on and are still defending like it's 2015. Blitz defence is the way to go atm.
@gt12 Moody misses a lot of tackles. I decided to punish myself the other night and watched the RWC semi again, and the two things that stood out in terms of defence was just how incredibly passive our defence was and how many tackles Moody missed. Unfortunately there's nobody better at this stage so he stays at loosehead. I have been relatively impressed with his carrying game in SRA but he needs to improve his tackling.
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@taniwharugby send them back from whence they came. We need to draw a line
We can't do that though right. A kiwi comes home from working in the UK and commits murder on Day 3 doesn't get sent back to the Midlands. We have to prosecute citizens under our law.
If suggest we go waaaay harder than a $2.5k fine. This is a willing act of law breaking that knowingly puts our entire population and economy at risk. I'd suggest 30 days detention and at least $10k fine.
Pretty sure they can revoke his citizenship if he's a dual citizen and then deportation would be legal.
Edit: Taken from govt.nz
If you are a citizen by grant
The Minister can take away your citizenship if:
you got citizenship of another country and voluntarily acted against the interests of New Zealand
The overall skills from the NZ teams this year has been poor compared to the last few years.
@kiwiinmelb said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
What’s everyone else’s footage like on Foxtel ?
Mine keeps stopping
No issues.
Highlanders won't be happy with that fat prick. Means another scrum.
@gt12 Hunt has to take some blame too for not passing a few phases earlier.