@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:

Jordie Barrett only signing for 1 year is a worry...

Might be keeping his options open for a move to the Crusaders. Is BB signed beyond the RWC? If he goes maybe Jordie would be keen to play with Scott.

What the fuck is with the constant use of "learnings" by coaches, players and the post match tv guys? Coaching 101 buzz word?
Why not say lessons?

Thought Goodhue was awesome tonight.
Closest thing to Nonu NZ have had since Nonu.

Duffy comically bad. Can't remember a single good thing he has done this year.
Rieko at 12 is a disaster.

What happened to Read? Was he just given a rest?

@rancid-schnitzel said in Boxingball:

@pukunui said in Boxingball:

He ends up at the other end of the court ffs. How is that not running away?

Edit: which by the way would be fine apart from the fact HE was the one who threw a cheap elbow to the head to kick it all off. Can dish out the thug but can't take it.

What would you have done in the same situation? Fought the entire team? When you have just been king hit and have a mob trying to kick the shit out of you, only an idiot is going to stand and fight.

And he didn't kick it all off. He was responding to his team mate getting taken out. You reckon after seeing that footage that the Filipinos would have remained calm if it had been the other way round?

And here we go round in circles again. What does what i would do in this situation have to do with anything?
Im pointing out that i think it is weak to give someone a cheap flying elbow to the head and then start running around like someone is trying to murder you. Happy to dish it out but scared shitless when there is retaliation.

If you don't think his elbow kicked it off you are fucking blind.

Here's a tip, if you want it to be one on one don't go throwing cheap shots in a situation that doesn't involve you. This is how 100% of brawls i have seen start off, someone throwing a coward punch into an already heated situation.

The fact he seems to be escaping any criticism is pretty ridiculous really.

He ends up at the other end of the court ffs. How is that not running away?

Edit: which by the way would be fine apart from the fact HE was the one who threw a cheap elbow to the head to kick it all off. Can dish out the thug but can't take it.

@rancid-schnitzel said in Boxingball:

@pukunui said in Boxingball:

Still a bitch move to start a brawl like that with a cheap elbow then run away while your mates are getting piled into on the ground. What did he expect to happen when he threw that elbow to the side of the guys head?
Not saying the Philo players are innocent here by the way. Pretty fucked from them too but there is no moral high ground for anyone to claim here.

One of the Filipino players threw a fucking chair at a guy's head. Australia not innocent but the Filipinos were the ones who escalated it to ridiculously levels.

Run away? Ffs he had the little dude smack him with a flying punch and then as he backed away he received a haymaker and had about five guys on him. But I'm sure you would have just gone toe to toe with the entire team right?

Haha where the hell did i mention what i would have done? One thing I definitely wouldn't have done is smack a guy in the side of the head in a cheap shot.

Agree the philippines guys were feral. Looked like more than the players too. Pretty sure i saw someone from the crowd trying to get in on it at one point.

Still a bitch move to start a brawl like that with a cheap elbow then run away while your mates are getting piled into on the ground. What did he expect to happen when he threw that elbow to the side of the guys head?
Not saying the Philo players are innocent here by the way. Pretty fucked from them too but there is no moral high ground for anyone to claim here.

@mariner4life said in Boxingball:

I think it's awesome!! Sick of the push and shove basketballers get in to. The Aussies thought it was the same shit (i didn't think Kickert did that much wrong Booboo) and then the Phillipino boys went apeshit! Sobey got a hiding somewhere in the middle i think. What about Thon Maker's flying knees?

Some c*nt threw a chair!! the Filipino support crew were in there, they should get rubbed out entirely. 9 dudes ejected! The 4 aussies will get bans.

Why did they play on? The game was done as a contest anyway.

And i bet, even after all of that, Chris Goulding still didn't get a hand layed on him...

A flying elbow to the side of the head for a guy not even looking is not "that much wrong" ? Haha ok.
Then the guy spends the rest of the fight running away rather than helping the guys who are getting a beating after coming in to help him. What a dick.

@shadowtrooper said in Super Rugby News:

@tim Sooooooooo expect to see them both playing for different franchises then

Yeah i wouldn't underestimate the Blues ability to fuck it up from here and result in them going elsewhere.

@canefan said in Wayne Smith documentary - tonight:

Finally watched the Wayne Smith doco. What else can you say but "Bloody Legend". What a great watch (apart from his try in Bernie's Corner to take the shield). The back story about him losing the ABs head coach job in 2002, his return, 2007 2011(still hard to watch) and 2015, he is a national rugby treasure

Funny you should mention 2011 being hard to watch. I watched my recording of this doco the other night. I punched the air when they showed Beaudy gather that kick and score at the end of the 2015 rwc final. Love it.

@booboo said in Highlanders vs Chiefs:

@damo said in Highlanders vs Chiefs:

@kirwan said in Highlanders vs Chiefs:

@damo said in Highlanders vs Chiefs:

@kirwan said in Highlanders vs Chiefs:

@tim said in Highlanders vs Chiefs:

@nepia said in Highlanders vs Chiefs:

L Whitelock

Brain worms are the only explanation for picking him ahead of Ioane.

Akira on the line saves two trys last night, Lucky Luke gets a yellow card and lets in a million trys.

It was a pretty marginal yellow though. Looked like it was a knock on in the tackle.

(though I think he was offside anyway, and with all the PK's that might have been enough for a YC)

Nah, he was on his knees and slapped the ball down. Was dumb.

Ball was out of the ruck though I thought. Him being on his knees is neither here nor there. I didn't think he slapped the ball.

Oh well I will just have to wait for the replay (fat chance of me watching that).

Err. Yes it is. Can't play the ball off your feet

You can make a tackle though.