All those going yeah for cruden. Have you seen him play recently?

1987 - Mum takes me out of school and down to Lancaster Park to watch NZ thrash Fiji 74-13 with Green & Gallagher getting 4 tries each.

1991 - Campese’s diagonal run and score

1995 - Not watching NZ vs ENG live (major exams the next day) but should have because my Dad just kept whooping and hollering as Lomu did his stuff

1999 - Not watching NZ vs FRA live (major uni exams the next day). Falling asleep to hearing a few lads cheering Lomu’s tries...waking up to Si & Phil playing funeral organ music on the radio

2003 - in a plane back from Europe as the pilot announces Australia 22 - NZ 10

2007 - Pub in Cork, Ireland with 2 way too confident compatriots (sporting brand spanking new AB 2007 RWC jerseys). They were playfully mocked by bystanders as the horror unfolded. Me and a French mate had tickets to the final, so sat thru SA vs England

2011 - Pub in Dublin. Complete silence as about 50 Kiwis waited for Joubert to hand France a match winning penalty. Relief at the end.

2015 - Live at Cardiff with same French mate from 2007 to watch NZ put some ghosts to rest

@Bones said in NH club rugby:

@Billy-Tell said in NH club rugby:

Toulouse, who were tactically and mentally a shambles, had Faumuina at 3, still in fine fettle, Kaino at 8 (pulled early in the 2nd half) and unbelievably they stuck Pita Ahki at starting 12

Whaaaaat. He is fat and a unfit and was fucked after ten minutes. He was walking and offside for most of the game that I saw and offered zero.

Nah he was grand. Maybe you had a few, for this game I was stone cold sober.

@sparky said in NH club rugby:

@Billy-Tell Sean Maitland is a kilted Kiwi.

Wasn’t in saracens team though for this game.

So I watched the 2 HEC semis.

Saracens vs Munster was men vs boys. Saracens remarkably had not a single Kiwi in their side. Munster had Bleyendaal starting at 10 - not our world cup 3rd choice 10 based on this anonymous display (admittedly behind a beaten pack). Munster also had Rhys Marshall off the bench at hooker and Alby Mathewson as back-up 9.

Leinster vs Toulouse. Leinster had James Lowe who scored a very good try and looked lively throughout. Leinster also had Michael Bent off the bench.

Toulouse, who were tactically and mentally a shambles, had Faumuina at 3, still in fine fettle, Kaino at 8 (pulled early in the 2nd half) and unbelievably they stuck Pita Ahki at starting 12.

Think Saracens will win, at a neutral ground, they will play smarter rugby than Toulouse and have just a little too much for Leinster.

First signs of dementia for Ted.

@Stargazer said in Poll: ABs new First Five-Eighth:

@Billy-Tell Huh? According to the stats, he's the second best goal kicker in SR this season!

Wooosh!

Would Hayden Parker come back to NZ? Looks the goods although I’d have some doubts about his goal kicking.

@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2019:

@Tim drunk posting?

Yeah sad to see him go. Looks a cracking player and thought he had AB written all over. Oh well.

@NTA said in Aussie Rugby in general:

I got a written warning once over a simple failure to follow protocol. It didn't actually harm anyone or anything. Nobody outside a couple of teams knew about it. AND I advanced the project by about 6 weeks inadvertantly, but those are the rules.

You work for McDonald’s?