I feel like the free world is at stake. A battle of good vs evil. Will we wake on Sunday morning to a scorched earth where 10-man rugby overlords have mercilessly crushed all opposition or will the larks be singing and the crickets chirping as running rugby once again spreads its verdant wings and rays of golden sunshine bathe a benevolent populace? These are troubling times my friends but let the blackness bring light.
TB said he would never coach Australia.
That’s AB credentials right there, jumps to the head of the queue.
I have a fundamental and philosophical problem with all this: why does being the child of a rugby star who earned and spent a lot of money entitle you to charity to pay for your later education?
Did Jonah have life insurance? Can Nadene work and provide for her kids? Etc.
I really liked Jonah but the aftermath of his passing and this saga is fairly unpalatable.
Saw this on the guardian
My mate has been given two tickets for the England vs Sweden game. He’s getting married today and can’t go. If you’re interested and want to go instead of him, it’s at 3 pm at St Mary’s in Bromley and her name’s Sarah.
I’m happy for Todd too.
Whether you support his selection or not always happy for a guy who didn’t throw a sook and head overseas at the first obstacle
@Mokey said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
If being an island and 5m population made beating the virus so super duper easy, how come Ireland has 25k cases and over 1600 deaths?
2 different political systems on the one island with no desire to put up a physical border again
Lots of contact with the UK one of the major epicentres of the virus
Ski holidays in Italy and France at the moment the virus took off
3 hours flight gets you to multiple destinations in Europe. 3 hours flight from NZ barely gets you to Australia
Cheltenham horse races at the time the virus was taking off
Not only flights but also ferries into Ireland/NI
Population density higher in Ireland than NZ
Socialising in pubs is what the Irish do, much more so than in NZ
And so on. It's a great achievement, but don't be turning into a smug self-satisfied Kiwi now please!
@Centreman said in Bledisloe 2:
Anyone here believe in Ofa Tu'ungafasi potential or talent as much as Shag and his fellow selectors as I am struggling to see his worth off the bench or even in the AB environment.
Would welcome some enlightenment here.
It seems to be flavour of the month to lay into Ofa. He's had limited opportunities, and he's been OK, without either being totally rubbish nor dazzling.
I think the jury is out, and personally I'm happy for him to be given some more time. Props invariably improve with age, and he's still only relatively young (25).
Bit surprised. Based on what I’ve been reading on the forum I expected lockdown level 4 to be extended till 2050.
@canefan said in US Politics:
@Crucial said in US Politics:
@Winger said in US Politics:
@Crucial said in US Politics:
I think you have brought into the 'fake news' trope too much.
Or maybe you haven't got the point yet. That the media just make stuff up. (Or rely on Trump haters who have made stuff up)
This is the world we live in today.
There is no 'The media' or does that include Trump promoting media as well? I'm confused.
I did notice that one of the source sites you posted was Fox News, so not exactly the anti-Trump MSM...
What is this men who have sex with men anti-trump group...
Yawn. All these lockdowns are a waste of time experts. Please explain Brazil, USA etc.
No real link to coronavirus, but humour never goes astray at times like this...
Why does the victim need money? Surely she needs justice and psychological support not financial assistance.
This is like Tonga winning the RWC, then ruining it by players getting caught weeing all over the trophy after a few drinks.
All NZ's feel-good triumph over covid jeopardised by a lackadaisical overseas arrival policy. Did they not learn something from the initial cases brought in from overseas?
My cousin died suddenly at the height of covid, family was restricted to 10 guests (when the the church would normally have been overflowing), and his brother in Brisbane couldn't attend.
Meanwhile, an exemption is granted to 2 people returning from one of the world's major covid hotspots.
Not impressed.
The hurricanes looked really one dimensional on attack. Traditionally the canes have had a soft pack compensated by dazzling backs. There it was just NH style smash it up bro tactics with no guile. No great options at 10 or 15. Reckon they finish 5th of the franchises.
@Mokey said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
If being an island and 5m population made beating the virus so super duper easy, how come Ireland has 25k cases and over 1600 deaths?
2 different political systems on the one island with no desire to put up a physical border again
Lots of contact with the UK one of the major epicentres of the virus
Ski holidays in Italy and France at the moment the virus took off
3 hours flight gets you to multiple destinations in Europe. 3 hours flight from NZ barely gets you to Australia
Cheltenham horse races at the time the virus was taking off
Not only flights but also ferries into Ireland/NI
Population density higher in Ireland than NZ
Socialising in pubs is what the Irish do, much more so than in NZ
And so on. It's a great achievement, but don't be turning into a smug self-satisfied Kiwi now please!
Does L1 mean crowds allowed for Super Rugby Aorearoa?
So much capital built up to give people battling cancer hope.
And he threw it all away.
His book on defeating cancer was great. But it went straight into the bin when his cheating came out.
