@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France Test 3:

@crucial said in All Blacks v France Test 3:

Do not confuse with SBW

...or BFA for that matter.

Correct. Not all WBs are SWBs

@bones said in All Blacks v France Test 3:

@wreck-diver said in All Blacks v France Test 3:

@victor-meldrew SWB and Crotty are the starters if fit for any test

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=swb

They are missing this

swb
meaning 'Safe White Boy' is an adjective pronounced (swub). This is a rugby player, usually a back and playing for a Canterbury based team. They are notably boring and are selected instead of more mercurial brown players.
eg
Did you see who is selected on the wing?
Oh yea. another swb! He's unlikely to cause problems

Do not confuse with SBW

@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France Test 3:

@majorrage

The fact that ALB & SBW aren't a settled pair kinda proves my point.

A year and a bit out from RWC2019 and it's 2 out of ALB/SBW/Crotty - sometimes in different positions.

I'm beginning to wonder if that is such a bad thing.
Although we were lucky to have Nonu/Smith, the times they couldn't play together caused no end of headaches at times (eg Ben Smith filling in)
There aren't many teams around that don't get issues around injuries in the centres these days and hoping for a pair that are available more often than not may be wishful thinking.
Having the available combos with Crotty moving between the two jerseys is great.

If you want to see Canterbury, some prick has found footage of the last second penalty kick to achieve a 15-15 draw in the 82 shield game against Counties.

I see he left out the build up to the penalty where Robert Kuhurangi was sprinting away in the clear for a shield winning try but in the background the ref is pocketing a $50 note and blowing his whistle for a non existent offside.

@act-crusader

You don't quite get the rules of this game do you?

@dice said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:

@mn5 said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:

@crucial said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:

If you haven't discovered the excellent FB page NPC Rugby History (https://www.facebook.com/npcrugby/) or don't FB at all you are missing some great old clips the remind you of the difference between old school rugby and the current pro game.

I had to make this thread just to post this...

https://www.facebook.com/npcrugby/videos/1972350999464132">

Fats, Lomu, Jim Coe, Errol Brain, a young (and thin) looking Merts for the losing side and some fine rucking.

Best wing pair in provincial rugby history.

( I mean Jonah and Joeli btw, not whoever was playing for Canterbury )

What's the best pakeha winger pairing in provincial history? Wright and Kirwan?

Terry was my hero. Skinny legs are built for speed.

Maybe I should change the thread title to 'Let's watch Canterbury get beaten'

And just to prove that there are pockets of the country that time forgot...

If you haven't discovered the excellent FB page NPC Rugby History (https://www.facebook.com/npcrugby/) or don't FB at all you are missing some great old clips the remind you of the difference between old school rugby and the current pro game.

I had to make this thread just to post this...

https://www.facebook.com/npcrugby/videos/1972350999464132">

Fats, Lomu, Jim Coe, Errol Brain, a young (and thin) looking Merts for the losing side and some fine rucking.

@mooshld said in All Blacks v France Test #2:

@rapido said in All Blacks v France Test #2:

@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France Test #2:

@antipodean

Look on the bright side. Now the law's been clarified, Beaudy, Rieko and Jordie can engineer something, keeping their eyes on the ball and take out Mike Brown at Twickenham in November......

I don't think anything has been clarified, I still expect a red next time someone does that. Unless, maybe, you brush another player within a 5m radius of the catcher?

That's the precedent isn't it. High tackle, I was bumped 2 meters away and it messed up my body angle. Not my fault.

TBF, that is the ruling the ABs got at Murrayfield last year. I thought it was a YC for all money but the 'obstruction' on the way to the contest was deemed enough of a mitigating factor.
To the credit of the locals in the crowd it was accepted pretty well.