The Silver Fern

I don't see it. Suns don't need another guard, let alone an inefficient guard like Green. Their 5 highest paid players are all shooting guards. None of them fit well next to each other.

Brookes is a good role player, but doesn't move the needle for a team like this.

10th pick is OK, but usually doesn't pan out to be anything much. And 5 2nd rounders is a bunch of fluff.

Perfect conditions today. Could be a high scoring game. Pretty much every Moana game has been.

I kind of understand Leniu here though, even if he's wrong. Of course he wouldn't want to do an interview with JT.

The NRL stays winning with this drama though. Every week they have something to feed their media.

Nyika did some good stuff in the first 2 rounds, but once the 3rd round started, it was one way traffic.

Fighting this late is crazy though.

Brutal KO loss for Nyika. He was out cold for a while.

@African-Monkey said in Blues 2025:

@Dice said in Blues 2025:

@gt12 said in Blues 2025:

I'm surprised they were able to keep all four 10s/15s.
Can anyone add more to the rumor about Perofeta leaving for Japan?

The benefits of being a winning team.

I remember the days when no 10 wanted to come here. Even bench 10s who would've started here avoided us.

Ahhh the real days where we had Chris Noakes, Baden Kerr, Bryn Gatland, Dan Kirkpatrick, Simon Hickey amongst others that I'm sure I have missed.

A combined highlight reel of this lot would be less than a minute long.

@nzzp said in Blues 2025:

@African-Monkey Jimmy Gopperth FFS

@gt12 said in Blues 2025:

I'm surprised they were able to keep all four 10s/15s.
Can anyone add more to the rumor about Perofeta leaving for Japan?

The benefits of being a winning team.

I remember the days when no 10 wanted to come here. Even bench 10s who would've started here avoided us.

Jokic is putting up silly numbers this season.

1st in rebounds, 1st in assists and 4th in points.

Frustrating watching our halfback take 3 business days to clear the ball.

Unreal performance by the Sho today.

Going into this game he only needed 2 home runs and 1 steal to get 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases for the season - he got both today with a video game type performance.

Having this type of season while healthy would be insane, but he did this while still rehabbing from an elbow injury.

Hawke's Bay needed to keep working their way towards the sideline at the end, so even if they gave away a penalty, the kick would've been a lot more difficult to make, especially for a left footer.

@African-Monkey said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:

@Dice Hey mate where have ya been?!?

Welcome back!

And up the fucken Blues!!!!

Just got a bit busy a while back and then forgot to post. Hope you've been good bro.

Thanks. Might be a brief appearance though. If I don't post during the NPC, I'll be back next year when we do the back to back

Up the Blues!

Finally!

Happy for everyone involved, including the Blues boys on here.

Has anyone else won the series with only one tournament win?

@Dice And he plays defense too.

lol

play of the pre-season.

NZ 7s to play Ireland in the QF. If they win that, they face Argentina or Samoa in the semi.

@Crazy-Horse said in All Black backline:

@Crucial said in All Black backline:

All of the backline issues stem from the decisions of the 10. Our biggest problem is that we keep selecting 10s that are extremely well skilled players that seemingly have zero tactical awareness.
For all the talk of how good Mounga was in SA, last night he may as well have renamed himself Beauden.
No use looking for answers in the midfield if they are being expected to do things that aren’t on. That only leads to them trying things they shouldn’t or aren’t equipped to do.
Both RM and BB are front foot geniuses but terrible on static ball or breaking down set defences. We get blinded by their skills when they get to use them. They want to attack from everywhere rather than earn the right.
Even DMac for all his crazy will use his boot to steer the team or pick out straight runners.
I’d like to see Perofeta given a chance to run the show. I have no idea if he is the answer but RM and BB aren’t.

Perofeta maybe, but if he gets a run it will be on the back of bugger all play at 10 this season. He even played 15 for the Naki last week when it would have been an ideal time to give him some time at 10.

So yeah, given he played well for the Blues at 15 Foster will probably play him at 10.

Perofeta did get a few starts at 10 for the Blues this season and looked sharp there. He also finished some games at 10.

I think he got an AB spot because he performed at 10 and not just at 15. If he only performed at 15, I'm not sure he makes the All Blacks.

In saying that, I would probably wait for Japan to get him a chance at 10.