@Tim said in Blues 2019:

Another positive was that Matich looked a lot better than Taramai at this level.

Not getting at your comment or assessment @Tim but it occurred to me that considering the amount of moaning we do about depth being eroded by overseas clubs the players that stick around to make up the numbers here cop a lot of criticism. Taramai is the type of player that could earn ok in Japan/Italy or second tier UK/France yet is still here.
Maybe we should accept that there is a place for these guys and judge them accordingly?

@Yeahtheboys said in Blues vs Crusaders:

Imagine being a professional goal kicker. Then when you get asked to kick goals, you miss.

Imagine being a pro golfer where hitting the ball is all you do and you still don't get it perfect after practicing all day

@rotated said in Blues vs Crusaders:

On the positive side the defence looks organized and much improved on last season.

That can’t be. The worlds worst coach is in charge of defence.

@ACT-Crusader said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

Other than those mentioned, who was the NH poster that supported Northampton? Chris the Saint?? voyeurs was good for a yarn on Bball.
Back in the day there was only a handful that would talk league, can anyone remember the poster that had the warriors logo as his avatar? Was it Auckman?

First stumbled on to the Fern after the Wayne Smith coaching saga. Didn’t post, just lurked. Also read a bit in 2003 in the lead up to the RWC. However I didn’t start posting until early 2005 after a chance meeting of another ferner at a rugby club in Canberra (@Mainlander).

I believe his son was posting for a while. That’s when you know you’re an old bugger. The Fern has gone intergenerational...

Muss Jnr.

Mainlander was one of those posters that transcended their handle and got renamed. Site visitors must have been puzzled about who this Muss fella was.
Muss and Mrs Muss came to ours to watch the “Fog Final”. We spent most of the time outside drinking and occasionally peering in to see if the game was visible.

When people do that 'who would you invite (alive or dead) to a dinner party?' thing I always imagine the absolute chaos if you had Billy, Spike Milligan and Robin Williams all riffing off each other.

Tomkinson has apparently been calling the UK all night trying to get someone to make him an Owen Farrell mask for when he is allowed to play again.

Told you I was shit at this one. Two games in and already cemented on the bottom of the leaderboard. Couldn't pick my nose in a dark room.

I remember the site before the Rivals version (which, from memory, Bart was running the NZ part on behalf of the overall setup). Don't think that went too long until it changed structure and Bart ran TSF on 'Rivals'. So 20 years for me.
In my 30s!
That's like yonks ago.

@mariner4life said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

@Virgil said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

@voodoo said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

@taniwharugby said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

@RLx31 yep, that was me.Dutchkiora is now @dK

Fullermorg did come back in another guise, purely with his trolling pants on and got promptly banned. I played rugby with him in the UK< great guy, but yeah, huge shark phobia/hatred.

@Crucial do you still hear from Mainlander?

@MN5 that would be Paarlbok...hugely passionate, got more chances than most after numerous bans, he eventually gave up despite the ban not being permanent.

Redbeard is another.

I also played a season with Fullermog, really good dude. Must have been 2005 or 2006 I guess?

When was that TSF Touch team put together? I still have the t-shirt somewhere

Great thread this, perfect for a Friday afternoon in the office

Fuller was a fun ferner, took untold ribbing over his so called fear of sharks.

Hate comparing eras, buuuuut that period during the mid to late 2000’s was a great time to be on the fern.

Not sure 15 years from now people will be posting, what ever happened to that great guy @MN5 or @mariner4life or do you remember the time we had that convicted serial killer @Snowy

oh fuck here we go. "things were better in my day"

The scariest thing is thinking how old you were when you started Ferning.

@No-Quarter said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

My one goal in life is to be remembered as one of the Fern greats by a bunch of random guys on the internet. I expect people to tell tales of my greatness for years to come.

Remind me who you are?