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.
@r-l I don’t anything about Gin. How does it differ from scotch and whiskey. I willing to try.
Absolutely nothing in common with whisky.
There are quite a few different styles. I don’t really like the classic dry very heavy on the juniper berries style but this gin is very easy to drink with a tonic.
2013 he was incredible.
Definitely faded at the end, but at his best he was the best 8 we’ve had.
I’ve watched a few games involving racing. Bird has been very decent.
Based on matches I’ve seen in the NH this year, Reece was lucky to not see red.
Otherwise I didn’t see any major differences in the reffing (law variations excepted).
Great to see Bundee fulfilling his childhood dream.
Has anyone actually seen SA sides post recently. I haven’t checked in on the “rainbow” cup yet. Makes a change with a bit of mystery about the SA players.
Imo laumape has been borderline diabolical this season. A blind man would have more vision at times.
@bones said in NH club rugby:
@billy-tell said in NH club rugby:
@mofitzy_ said in NH club rugby:
@dice
Sounds pretty kiwi to me?Kiwi with English accent thrown in. No way that accent is pure kiwi.
That he picked up in Ulster?
No Bristol. Where he currently plays rugby.
Might be a bit late for some of you
In this day and age it’s great to see support for the Lisp Sufferers Association. Must be fun at the annual conference hearing them pronounce the name of their society.
@mofitzy_ said in NH club rugby:
No one really expected Read to drop off as much as he did in his last few years, but at their peaks Read was a better player. Vito has 2 RWC medals and is 34, absolutely no one can begrudge him chasing the coin.
What's surprising is West is a first choice 10 in a European final.
West was bloody good too. Nailed all but 1 kick and a DG. Brought his usual flat line attacking threat.
LAR with a kiwi 8,9,10 axis into European rugby final. Vito is still excellent.
