@Mr-Fish said in Māori All Blacks 2025:

Scotland could conceivably have up to 10 players in the Lions next season (probably more like seven or eight) - which would be their largest number in a long time.

I reckon there are 5 definites - Russell, Schoeman, Fagerson, Tuipoluto, Kinghorn

Then 3 highly likely - Dempsey, van der Merwe, Jones

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Pretty good points

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@frugby said in Chiefs 2025:

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2025:

@frugby said in Chiefs 2025:

Jacomb played 15 for Naki when Potroze played 10

And they were poorer for it.

Taranaki also used Slater as a flanker and Lennox as a winger, but what works in the NPC seldom works in SR. My point is that there are better options if you are moving a 1st 5 to fullback. I'd be happy with ENS at 15 and look to sign a new winger if Stevenson gets his release.

Oh for sure. I get the feeling that the Chiefs will want to get Jacomb on the field. I'd be surprised if we don't see DMac and Jacomb on the field at the same time, so it will be interesting to see which one plays 10, and which ones plays 15.

Jacob off the bench and Dmac moving to 15 to finish the game (ENS to wing) seems like the obvious way to go here.

With Trask as well though, who was poor at 15 previously, I’m not sure how they will all fit in (with fingers crossed that injuries don’t solve this issue).

It's a shame the ABs aren't playing Samoa or Tonga in 2025.

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@Bones said in Exodus:

@Canes4life said in Exodus:

@Bones said in Exodus:

Reckon Fihaki was probably Razor's bid for an inspired pick, praying to every god that he would look a genius even though there was only like one game where he even looked quality in SR.

Nareki was robbed.

So were Stevenson, Nanai-Seturo and even Naholo. They were all better than Fihaki in Super. Fihaki was well down the pecking order, crazy the fact he was called up at all.

Nuance fella, someone was asking for outrage from highlanders...

This is the sort of response you get when I don't read the thread.

As long as they follow through on the bit where they help clubs. They can start by reducing fees paid the the national body

@sparky said in NH club rugby:

Former Bath, Wasps and England player Tom Voyce missing and feared dead in Northumbria floods: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7859539x9vo

Fuck. what a shit way to go

Seven minutes. Or another over of playing a dead bat. That’s all that stood between former Black Cap Jeet Raval and the world record for slowest century in first-class cricket. The Northern Districts opener and captain was almost apologetic when he raised his bat first ball after lunch at Mount Maunganui on day four of his team’s Plunket Shield match against Central Stags on Tuesday. He’d just reached a marathon century at Bay Oval. After nearly nine and a half hours of resolve, his 551-minute knock was just six minutes quicker than the slowest first-class century of all time.

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@MiketheSnow I voted for Duplantis.

@Dodge Canterbury is pretty sweet...if you like women's cricket.

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@Cyclops said in Black Caps First Eleven for hall of fame.:

Nah I don't buy that. Getting all 10 just means that the rest of the bowlers were rubbish. Its a neat statistical anomaly, but doesn't change the course of a match like a triple century does. Technically the batting equivalent would be get 100% of the runs but that's vastly harder to do. Maybe make the cut off 2/3rds of the runs and you then get 2 instances in test history.

The equivalent to a triple century is a hattrick. No one is pushing for Jimmy Franklin or Peter Petherick to be included though.

I think McCullum is a fair inclusion though when you consider the whole body of work. If he'd had a career like Andy Sandham or Karun Nair I'd get it. But the second half of so of his career he was phenomenal on the pitch and a fantastic captain. The triple and the fastest ton push him over the top.

I sort of get what you mean but if you were right it would happen far more often than it does.

We all agree Hadlee was the best of his time and of all time. He got 9-52 in one innings. Amazing stuff. But in terms of other amazing performances the next best he got was a couple of 7 fers meaning the rest of the NZ bowlers ( and all his teammates were quite a few rungs below him in terms of quality ) often chipped in with a few here and there.

10 in an innings is incredible and rare.

But then your point about it not changing a match like a triple ton stands too.

Canes preseason game locked in against the Blues here in good old Wainuiomata 7th February just been told by the club at our manager’s meeting.

Good news tho, here

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360516795/former-all-blacks-captain-david-kirk-poised-be-next-chair-nz-rugby

I saw on social media something about NZ banning greyhound racing. Yep.

This may rattle the equine industry. I assume the Rodeo guys will be on their toes, but Dressage and others have potential issues here as well.

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536217/watch-greyhound-racing-to-be-banned-in-new-zealand-winston-peters-announces

@bayimports end of the game looked like a manager saying bye to the fans