@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Pumas I:
On Patty T - for what it is worth he was brilliant against Southland last Friday. His form also got better and better for the Blues as the season went on (a bit like Moala) so not sure what the go is.
I've heard that Hansen mistakenly thinks he plays for the Hurricanes, hence why he's not selected....
@kiwiinmelb said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Ex front rowers who become commentators that get over excited over fat unco blokes running slowly with the ball
Speaking of front rowers, one little annoyance is a packed stadium yelling out BEAST, every time said beast gets the ball and makes less yards carrying it than Owen Franks....
@Chris said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool 
:
Shitty unconvincing win we need to be a lot better then that to win the WC
No we don’t. All we need to do is win the game. Who really cares how.
There is a randomness that Garces brings and I’m pleased we dealt with it relatively well. No cards is a big tick for me.
@Jaguares4real said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:
How to pronounce Jaguares properly
It’s pronounced ruh-nurs ah-p
@BartMan said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
I think the only real beating up of the ABs the last few years is Paddies in Chicago and Convicts in Perth. The rest of the losses are just the ABs running out of time to win
The arrogance of new posters never ceases to amaze.
@winger said in BLEDISLOE 3:
Maybe the selectors need to have a good look at Garden Bachop.
It’s officially comedy hour....
Some say being beaten by 25 points at home is a humiliation.
I’m one of those.
@mn5 said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@bones said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
That we lost to Ireland.
Scotland is next
We’re not Australia....
@sparky said in Chiefs v Brumbies (round 4):
@Duluth said in Chiefs v Brumbies (round 4):
TSF version of Godwin’s law:
“As a thread grows longer, the probability of discussing the RWC failure or Akira Ioane approaches 1”
Chiefs made an error not signing Akira Ioane. A new environment would have done him wonders and his driving play from Number 8 was exactly what the Chiefs missed tonight.
RWC failure seems to haunt Sam Cane and ALB still. Neither fully imposed themselves on this game.
Landed both in the same post. You get a gold star.
@Stargazer said in Chiefs v Brumbies (round 4):
That first half was so bad they gave themselves two zeros.
Fair effort from the Ponies. Played with a bit of intensity and endeavour.
Tall Blacks that were missing that I’d have in my squad - Adams, Webster’s x2, Salt, Fotu, Finn, Abercrombie
@voodoo bro I don’t care if they put Crocodile Dundee in that green jersey, getting a win against the Boomers any time is to be celebrated. A very long time in between drinks and for some of our young guys, a bit of a winning feeling will give us a shot in the arm for the other two qualifiers.
@Bones said in Possible All Blacks 2020:
@Machpants said in Possible All Blacks 2020:
I reckon he must've have been a total fluffybunny in training, cos they've called him in often, but don't use him.
It's gotta be some sort of issue like that, or team values/buy in.
Pretty sure it's facials.
The facials whilst playing late night video games was the final straw.
@Snowy said in The Silverfern Merchandise Ideas.......:
@ACT-Crusader said in The Silverfern Merchandise Ideas.......:
some of @BartMan classic sayings
Bring back the biff?
I have the ‘Black is always in fashion’ and ‘Keep the faith’
@Crucial said in The Silverfern Merchandise Ideas.......:
I remember I had a t-shirt years ago that @BartMan produced.
Think it was a fern with leaves made of shape of NZ? TSF on the back below the collar?
People used to ask where I got it and I had to explain that it was for special people only.
I’ve still got a couple of black TSF t-shirts with some of @BartMan classic sayings.
A couple of other t-shirt ideas:
‘I know a Wellingtonian on 6 figures, do you?”
‘Fat Guts Hansen, what does he actually do’
How good was that last night.
Damn proud of our boys. Sure it was basically an NBL mixed team for the Boomers, but we were as well. When the Tall Blacks have 6 players in double figures and the likes of Te Rangi, Loe, Ngatai and Illi are dominating, it says a lot!
Pero got the boys humming with intensity on D and some smart offence that took advantage of mismatches.
It’s been a long 11 years, but hey not as long as Aussies have held the Bledisloe 
How green does this deck look?
Haha, Doull stirring the Hesson/Taylor pot
@Nepia said in Possible All Blacks 2020:
@Stargazer said in Possible All Blacks 2020:
@Duluth I've seen way more stupid posts. Like the constant fanboying and victim card playing regarding poor Akira.
And yes, I've way more confidence in the ability of ABs selectors to assess a player's abilities and shortcomings than that of some people on the Fern who haven't been present at trainings and who don't know the players. Who knows, he may have discipline issues or character flaws we don't know about. They'll hardly say that in public, won't they?
The new selection panel still has Foster and Fox, but yes, Akira may get another shot at it, if he deserves one. Let's hope he grabs that opportunity with both hands if it comes.
Sheesh dude, the year that Evans got a cap and Taufua was selected in the squad and Akira wasn't he outplayed them both easily. His detractors said look at the stats, and his run stats, tackle stats etc were all easily better, so then it came down to rucks being the only thing a loosie is judged on - and as good a player as Evans is he wasn't hitting lots of rucks, and you don't select Taufua for his ruck mastery.
He simply didn't get the same chances as other players and it's preposterous to claim otherwise
On Frizell, I was one of his biggest detractors, dude should be playing for Tonga and shouldn't have been selected from the Highlanders bench, but I think he'd go ok with decent game time.
But that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Selections are subjective, it’s pretty clear they don’t run the same ruler over all players. And they shouldn’t have too.
