The fact that they’ve picked a team that so many on the Fern wanted makes me nervous. As a collective we have a strong proven record of not having a fucking clue what we are talking about.

I missed the game as my wife decided to go into labor - as a Wallabies supporter I guess from her perspective childbirth is less painful than watching them play the ABs so fair enough.

Have caught the highlights - geez we scored some great tries eh? Squire's was a thing of beauty, the angle he ran and the perfectly timed ball from BBBR. Orgasmic. Also loved how Moody lined up a couple of backs on their goalline and just smashed the fuck through them.

Great to see us put Beauden into some space as well, he's a very different player to Carter but fuck we can tear teams apart if we use him like we did last night.

Well, it must have been an incredibly tough week for the players. All things considered that's a really good effort, never looked like losing. Proud of that effort.

This is the most nervous/excited I've been for a game in around 6 days.

@Kirwan @Duluth

You were asking for feedback from anyone that thinks this is a bad idea. I think it's a great idea, but, the only thing I'd say is that given people are paying I hope you don't feel more responsibility/pressure to keep delivering new features etc. Obviously the improvements you've been making are awesome, but also appreciate that you both have lives so I wouldn't want this to encroach on your personal lives too much.

I think I speak for everyone when I say we are pitching in to keep the site running, and away from the prying eyes of our overlords Google, so we don't expect you to suddenly increase your workload now that members are putting in a couple of dollars.

Really appreciate the effort you guys have put in to give us all a place to rant about our favourite sports (as well as other things).

@barbarian if you think we can just move on from the mis-spelling joke then you are grossly underestimating the number of cringe-worthy Dads that post here.

@MiketheSnow Fall could have avoided the collision by checking his run. The current laws have actually outlawed "only having eyes on the ball". They've mandated that players must be more aware when chasing high balls. And that's what he was doing - chasing, whereas Beauden was fielding the kick. The duty of care is on the chaser.

They did that to stop players clattering into their opposition while staring at the sky and then claiming innocence.

I don't for a second believe Fall intentionally tried to injure Beauden. But as it stands Beauden landed on his head and was concussed.

And you can bet your ass next time Fall is chasing a high ball like that he will check his run and avoid the collision, which is exactly the behaviour WR is trying to encourage with this.

Well shit, that all went extremely pear shaped.

England did to us what we did to Ireland last week, only when we get that dominance up front we score a lot more points. They came out firing and put us on the back foot from the get go then never let up. Massive credit there, that was a huge performance. Have they played their final though?

For us, after the initial onslaught we did somewhat get ourselves back into the game, but just pushed too many 50/50 plays and kept coughing it up at crucial times.

Cane was huge for us last week to nullify the Irish pack in the first 40. He's always been someone that thrives in the tight exchanges early on, so benching him was a pretty baffling deicison TBH. SB was OK but Cane provides a point of difference.

I love me some Jordie but he was only meant to be a squaddie. BFA on the bench would have been smart, especially given how early it is in Mo'unga's career. I would have subbed Richie early in the 2nd 40 and put Beauden back to 10. Experience matters in knock out matches and we needed calm heads after going behind early.

I was also surprised we didn't try and play Rieko into some form given how much of a game breaker he is.

But all of that is really just details when the forwards get smacked around like that. The English pack was amazing and Itoje showed just how good he is on the biggest possible stage.

It's been 12 years since we got knocked out of a RWC. I wasn't super confident we could get up a 3rd time, though the Irish game did give me some hope, but at the end of the day England were too good on the night. If you think back to 2015 we struggled to get up for the semi final against an SA team that had just lost to Japan. This time around we hit a far superior side.

So all in all I blame Ireland for losing to Japan and putting us on the wrong side of the bloody draw.

@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

Why wouldn't you be complacent when the government slaps itself on the back for eliminating the virus?

They also can't seriously expect people to lock themselves at home every time they get mild symptoms of a cold. There would be noone at work at all over winter if that was the case.

As I said earlier, it was inevitable the virus would come back, especially if it is as contagious as they claim. We can't stop the country every time it spreads. It's here to stay at a global level so we just need to learn how to live with it like we do all other versions of the Flu (some of which are extremely nasty).

It just seems like nothing has changed since the last lockdown. No plans on how to deal with the next inevitable outbreak other than "let's rocket from level 1 to level 3 again!". That's not a solution. There's no end game other than some vague hope of a vaccine that is unlikely to be ready short-term if at all.

They would be absolutely crazy to go back to level 4, let alone for a month. I really hope those rumors are just dickheads reveling in giving people a worst case scenario story instead of actual oil from inside the government.

@Kirwan we were in Auckland hospital end of last week getting baby check ups and they were far more stringent with their rules than they had been before. My wife, as usual, mentioned her hay fever symptoms which was never a problem before, but this time they made us both put on masks and wait in the foyer instead of the waiting room which surprised us. Made us wonder what had changed.

@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

Why wouldn't you be complacent when the government slaps itself on the back for eliminating the virus?

They also can't seriously expect people to lock themselves at home every time they get mild symptoms of a cold. There would be noone at work at all over winter if that was the case.

As I said earlier, it was inevitable the virus would come back, especially if it is as contagious as they claim. We can't stop the country every time it spreads. It's here to stay at a global level so we just need to learn how to live with it like we do all other versions of the Flu (some of which are extremely nasty).

It just seems like nothing has changed since the last lockdown. No plans on how to deal with the next inevitable outbreak other than "let's rocket from level 1 to level 3 again!". That's not a solution. There's no end game other than some vague hope of a vaccine that is unlikely to be ready short-term if at all.

Well, it was inevitable that it would get into the community again, I'm just surprised it hasn't happened sooner.

We're going to have to figure out a way to live with Covid sooner or later. We can't just jump back into lockdown all the time.

@taniwharugby said in Parenting:

@Kirwan yeah TR Jnr has realised that fairly early on too, as with most boys, loved dinosaurs, so loved JUrassic Park when he was 4 or 5, even my mother-in-laws partner asked him if he got scared of the movies, he looked at him like he was a moron and flatly replied: It's not real!

TR Jnr has watched Mad Max's, Kill Bill, Resovoir Dogs, Most of the Rambos, Terminator etc but I have always watched them with him, cos well who wouldnt, but also I get to watch them with him.

Yeah my oldest loved Jurassic Park/World movies when he was 4/5 and had no issues telling they weren't real.

Interesting though is he recently watched the Polar Express - animated movie - and was buzzing out at it being animated. He last watched it when he was around 3 and he reckons he remembers thinking it was completely real (like live action), had no idea it was animated until he re-watched it.

When I told people at work I had baby #3 on the way a lot of people looked at me like I was crazy. They're going to flip if we have #4, which is very much on the cards. A lot of people have a big aversion to having more than 1 - 2 kids.

Baron was good value but man that dummy spit he threw was frankly embarrassing. What the hell was he thinking?

@mariner4life said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:

Bacon is massively overrated

I go on and off bacon. Sometimes it seems like the most incredible food that has ever been invented. Other times it's a bit sickening.

@nzzp said in Blues v Crusaders:

@Kiwiwomble said in Blues v Crusaders:

@Machpants ...so if we can beat the canes this week...we're the champs?...i'm in, the comp is still alive!

... and therefore too, as the Blues were 2-0 against the Highlanders, we'd be champs in teh Canes win!

*we're

You're only as good as your last game and the Hurricanes have beaten, well, everyone in their last game. Moral Champions of SRA.

Go you good things!