@no-quarter said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

https://www.healthline.com/health/lgbtqia-safe-sex-guide#why-we-need-it

"For the purposes of this guide, we’ll refer to the vagina as the “front hole” instead of solely using the medical term “vagina.” This is gender-inclusive language that’s considerate of the fact that some trans people don’t identify with the labels the medical community attaches to their genitals."

What shocks me most about that is they've added another letter.

"A"? WTF does that stand for?

Any thought that Julie Bishop does the Bradbury?

@stargazer that's her

Re kicking.

The BF7s girl doing the kick offs was excellent. Can't recall her name. As good or better than many blokes. Huge hang time dropping it on a dime on the 10m.

It can be done.

@jegga as a NZer I'm happy to keep him. But if I was the ARU I'd be considering options.

@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:

@booboo said in Bledisloe II:

Regarding the calls to dump Cheika. Not sure he is doing that much worse than you'd expect.

The comparative record of recent Aus coaches is, thank you Mr Lassen.co.nz/pickandgo:

Coach P W D %
Cheika 49 25 2 53.06%
Mackenzie 22 11 1 52.27%
Deans 74 43 2 59.46%
Connolly 25 16 1 66.00%
Jones 57 33 1 58.77%
McQueen 43 34 1 80.23%

overall 579 303 17 53.80%

So Cheik is basically running at the Wob's historical average.

(McQueen a ridiculous outlier.)

Which reinforces the question, as Crucial mentioned above, who is going to do better?

The last coach to win the Bled was Eddie (won 2-0 in 2001).

I'd dump him as he's a bad look for rugby with no immediate prospect for improvement.

But only if there is a better, or at least equal candidate.

Why isn't Dwyer included? His record must have been decent from 90 onwards.

I only went back as far as McQueen, partly because that is the era Wob fans look at with rose tinted eye patches as being the norm.

The Lassen site actually has coach's records from the professional era (96 onwards) which is what I used (adjusted for draws not just wins), but I chose to ignore him as he is pretty forgettable.

Dwyer was back in the shamateur era.

Regarding the calls to dump Cheika. Not sure he is doing that much worse than you'd expect.

The comparative record of recent Aus coaches is, thank you Mr Lassen.co.nz/pickandgo:

Coach P W D %
Cheika 49 25 2 53.06%
Mackenzie 22 11 1 52.27%
Deans 74 43 2 59.46%
Connolly 25 16 1 66.00%
Jones 57 33 1 58.77%
McQueen 43 34 1 80.23%

overall 579 303 17 53.80%

So Cheik is basically running at the Wob's historical average.

(McQueen a ridiculous outlier.)

Which reinforces the question, as Crucial mentioned above, who is going to do better?

The last coach to win the Bled was Eddie (won 2-0 in 2001).

I'd dump him as he's a bad look for rugby with no immediate prospect for improvement.

But only if there is a better, or at least equal candidate.

@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2018:

@booboo said in NRL 2018:

Why do I want the Warriors to win but then take perverse pleasure in them losing? I think it's the fan base ... not you sneak but the "keep the faith, we're bigger the the All Blacks, logue us the greatest game of all" mob, and the disproportionate coverage they get.

Anyways pops. And take that. At the same time.

Gee thanks for the somewhat backhanded compliment. Just PM me your family address so I can send you that thank you bomb you've been so wanting.

2 Beasley Ave, Penrose, Auckland 1061

Yeah I've turned in to that bloke I hate. The guy who really loves the All Blacks losing cause all his negatively is somehow justified.

@majorrage said in Bledisloe II:

The issue is that both are so good ... who do you leave out?

Should be interesting selection this week - will be quite dependent on where Cheika thinks the line-out problems were coming from.

Personally I'd leave Hoopah! out for The Womble

@chester-draws said in Bledisloe II:

The Springboks regularly pick no true openside and seem to get away with it.

Opensides can win lineout ball. McCaw did regularly, and he's hardly the only one. Hooper could be lifted. I know height is an advantage, but timing is more important. At least the threat of a throw to the back?

Or are their hookers too poke to do that?

You could lift Hooper with taller lifters at 2.