Aust badly lack depth. Its an issue for a combined super rugby competition

@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@muddyriver Define vulnerable. Given there are still cases where young people without co-morbidities die. What mortality rate is acceptable?

I suspect playing God with decisions like these is a lot more difficult for politicians than making them from the comfort of a keyboard (not having a go at you BTW).

Evidence to date is that any solution that relies on everyone doing the right thing for the common good is doomed to fail.

Out walking last night almost everyone had slipped straight back into social distancing but with more masks worn but to counter that you have the selfish pricks who fled Auckland ahead of the lockdown because of; ya know the inconvenience of it all.

I hear this.

When you are deciding an acceptable mortality rate, please include a close family member(Wife/Husband or kid) as a death as one of these and still see if that mortality rate is acceptable.

So why not reduce the speed limit to 40 MPH. After all this would save lives. Or ban rugby as this will protect people from injury some serious that will affect a person for life. Or close down all unhealthy food outlets. Let the nanny state go wild. The other option is education or advise and accepting variations in life where our rights and freedoms are maintained. We are all different and especially the young don't want to be treated like children who can't enjoy life.

My view is giving up our right and freedoms to MAYBE buy a little safety is a recipe for disaster. It just won't end. Already the economy has been ruined. And lives with it. I'm older now. Its up to me to protect myself. Not ruin healthy law abiding citizens lives to maybe protect me. I can stay inside and wear a mask and self isolate if I wish

@SammyC said in All Black Coach - Ian Foster:

Bunch of idiots, can't see anything but a continuation of the downward slide we are currently on.

Brad Mooar (if confirmed) is not a huge surprise. I've heard that Razor and him don't really get along.

Razor is a long way from ready for this job. Key for him is to leave the safe CRUSADERS / Canterbury environment and to get some overseas experience. And mature a bit

@number9 said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@Machpants said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

The matchday 23 is as follows (test caps in brackets):

Very safe Team, happy for Clarke, Sotutu and Vaa'i . The only thing out of the ordinary is Reiko at Centre and ALB on the bench.

Reiko is a good selection at center. The odd selection is BB at FB and JB on the wing. I would prefer Clarke starting, JB at FB and BB in the reserves. Either BB starts at 1st or in the reserves. And I'm unsure if Goodhue is the best option at 2nd 5. Maybe ALB is a better option

There are solutions. Like

NZers to vote for a party that respects our right and freedoms (hopefully there is one) in the coming election. For example the right of a healthy law abiding citizen to go about their business without a Govt using any excuse to remove them. But if we collectively applaud as they are all removed. The future will get worse.

Good to know that Ghislaine will be well protected.

https://babylonbee.com/news/federal-prison-hires-top-rated-italian-bodyguard-hillena-clintonelli-to-protect-ghislaine-maxwell

@LagerLout

. I'm not sure we would have beaten Ireland with a full strength team either.

Just starting with two locks and the in form HB would have been enough. And why didn't ALB start or at least make the reserves. NZ have the talent but dumb selections cost us this game. Such a shame.

@hydro11 said in Brumbies vs Hurricanes:

@higgins said in Brumbies vs Hurricanes:

Don't have sky where I'm staying. Can someone watching give feedback on how JGB if going tonight please? I have never rated him and it appears neither did the Rebels who did not retain him after his performances over there last season.

He's been fine. It's everyone else who has been shit.

One of JGB strength is his kicking game. So for Wellington last year he was great at clearing the line when hard on defense. Every time he got the ball in this game he passed or ran

The Canes coaches had three week to see what's going wrong. One issue is playing in the in own half far too much. Yet they still did it this game. Also Jordie's wasted at center. It not that he's no good there but he's MUCH better at FB with his skill set. He started for the ABs at FB yet these clown coaches leave him at center.

So three starts at center for three losses and the backs didn't really do a thing. The midfield combination clearly isn't working. Time to move on and to try sometime different. But for me the Canes need new back/ attack coaches. We will never have a great forward pack and Plumtree does very well with what's available but the backs have gone to shit in recent games.

@Kruse said in Coronavirus - Overall:

@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Overall:

This article today summed up my general feelings about the 'open society while protecting the vulnerable' option:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/let-the-virus-run-but-protect-the-vulnerable-easier-said-than-done-20200820-p55nk5.html

I was thinking about that recently. The whole "let's do Sweden, but protect the elderly/vulnerable" theory... what does that look like? Turn rest-homes into quarantine zones? Force or strongly recommend that all elderly move into rest-homes? And then, as the article focuses on - what to do with the workers in these rest-homes... make their jobs as a mandatory "live-in" role?
It just doesn't work.

Why force the elderly to move into rest homes. They can stay at home and have food etc delivered if needed. As friends (who are not old) whose immune system are shot (one has cancer) have done in the UK. And not all older people are weak and sickly. Some still have a robust immune system and are in good health.

We will never achieve a 100% safe world and its folly to try. There needs to be a sensible risk cost assessment.

Tucker naming names

@steven-harris said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

Highlanders would have to be happy this scoreline going into halftime despite the 2 cards

Very happy. Chiefs easily the better team so team so far, Lowe looking super rugby level so far. Gatland. OK then bad

Gatland doing his bit to help his former team out

@dice said in Crusaders v Hurricanes:

Two loosehead props on the bench for the Canes.

But isn't Tevita seen as a tighthead now. With Rakete-stones as the other LH option

@canes4life said in Crusaders v Hurricanes:

Fifita looks like he’s been dropped

Look that way. The coaches love Prinsep so was always going to come back as a starter but he could ahve started at lock or been in the reserves

Surprised that Flander doesn't get another start

edit re stuff

Vaea Fifita will also miss Sunday’s game due to concussion.

@duluth said in Crusaders v Hurricanes:

Kirifi had a shocker last week. Maybe he'll be calmer and less retarded starting the match

As did Blackwell. But the coaches like these high work rate players even if their attacking skills are limited. Or in Blackwell's case a liability

@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

Thats great. One less person in the queue. Good luck leaving her safety in God's hands. The only bad thing is that the innocent suckers that follow her and her shitbag husband will likely do the same. But stupid is as stupid does

But whats the issue. If the vaccine works (and whats the point if it doesn't) then those that take it are protected. Those that don't will rely on their in-built immune system. These no vaccine takers will also provide a small control group to measure the effectiveness of those that go the vaccine route.

@bones said in Highlanders 2021:

one getting it right seems to be Holland

Not really. It took him a lOng time to select PUJ. And then after he made the AB's dropped him as a starter for the first match this year

@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300242225/covid19-kfc-worker-claims-she-wasnt-told-to-selfisolate-before-going-to-work-wants-apology

Considering other things that the government has claimed and been found to be wrong, I'd like proof that the family were informed

Reading the headline she knew she was infected, so why would she need to be told to self isolate? That's like needing to be told the sun will rise tomorrow.

Because lots of people can't (or won't) think for themselves. And just trust the experts (and maybe thats wise in these weird times). And if she felt fine ...

So to be fair there is a need to find out what exactly she was told if possible. And in situations like this she should be given very clear written instructions to follow anyway

@stargazer said in Hurricanes 2021:

@tim So there might be a Blackwell-Mitchell or Blackwell-Fifita locking duo on Saturday, if IWL isn't ready to return. I haven't seen Le'aupepe in any photos, so not sure he's even training. And a loosie (Flanders, Prinsep) might need to cover. Good luck to them against the All Black locks in the Crusaders squad.

Blackwell was poor but he will start again. I would start Mitchell and Fifita at lock if the other locks are out. But if Blackwell starts they really need Fifita at 6 to provide another decent line-out option to make up for Blackwells lack of height

Edit Flanders wasn't great at the WE. But I would start him again at 8 to see how he goes. And really it should have been him taken off for Kirifi unless the team has another lock option in the reserves

@stargazer said in Hurricanes v Blues:

Yep, and I'll add Toala. I

But at a much lower level. And wasn't he not even a certain selection for HB. But he's young still (21 - 22 in 2 days). He looked a player to watch in his one start for the Canes back in 2019. So was surprised he was ignored last year, Esp with the limited Chase Tiatia getting a number of starts