@antipodean said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

2011 was cathartic for me. Going back to back in 2015 made me as happy as Test rugby could. If we do the three-peat in 2019, I'd suggest the RWC could be irrevocably damaged.

Let it burn

The lions strike back

@Hooroo said in Coronavirus memes:

@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus memes:

My next door neighbour has just been diagnosed with COVID-19 and rushed to hospital.

He's been put on one of the new Dyson ventilators.

He's picking up nicely now.

Oh Man! I was typing a reply saying that is a good news story and then realised the thread I was in.

You almost got sucked right in..... I'll get my coat

@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@canefan said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@nzzp said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

Seriously, though, we talked about this with Henry as well. They will put systems in place to generate the players with attributes they need. Hansen's just done this wtih props - get mobile, or get gone. Simple.

It's about systems. We don't have any of note.

MacQueen and his team came together at just the right time and it took more than a year to get them pointed in the same direction

Was McKenzie on track before he fiddled and got caught?

Hard to say. From all reports, he had his favorites and would stick with them regardless.

Maybe his attitude was better (or better expressed) than Cheika. But look at that tweet from Quade - does that look like the culture was of a high standard when that guy is your first choice?

Genia's got an attitude problem as well. Many in Australia will refuse to countenance that.

While the Reds were winning, nobody cared

Some of the bad eggs, like Genia, are gone now anyway. You guys need new up and comers and someone to change the culture. Wait, I have just the man

@virgil said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

A lot of fathers here, just imagine your little girl brings home her new boyfriend to show you. In walks that fat fuck, do you reach for the machete you have stashed in the shed or run next door to grab your neighbours .22 ?

I think you'll need a .303

TSF is like an island in a sea of shit right now

At a bar 1km from Yokohama stadium. It is stonking hot and sunny. Lucky the beer is cold

@MN5 said in The Folau Factor:

@Rembrandt said in The Folau Factor:

Should have just glassed his girlfriend or shat in a hallway, pissed in his own mouth or maybe some sort of gang sexcapade like those much better role models out there.

In other words a typical Saturdee night when Craig Gower was playing

Foolah didn't mention bestiality. So Mitchell Pearce is in the clear right?

@Jaguares4real said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@taniwharugby said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@nzzp yeah unfortunately we have lost many of our 'international' posters over the years, for a variety of reasons

i, for one, blame the cantabs.

That why I'm expecting every Kiwi rugby fan on this forum who doesn't support Canterbury to be supporting the Jaguares tomorrow night

@voodoo said in Coronavirus memes:

@taniwharugby @canefan ohhh. That's fucking brutal.

Still feels not so long ago

@voodoo said in Coronavirus memes:

@Catogrande I didn't get it, what am I missing ‍️

A certain incident on the Algarve doesn't ring any bells for you?

@Bones said in Lockdown Check In:

@canefan get baking bro!

I'm the cook. I don't bake

Mrs CF has a hankering for fresh baked buns and maybe some hot cross buns. As our local NW doesn't have it's own bakery it will fall to me to put my body on the line and venture out. I'm not too fussed, I just don't like to queue. Fortunately we have lots of different options close by

@voodoo said in All-Time Favourite NBA Team/Players:

Another highlight reel for y'all

https://www.facebook.com/214649982018538/posts/1607017649448424/

You don't earn the nickname 'human highlight film' for nothing!

@SynicBast said in Lockdown Check In:

@canefan said in Lockdown Check In:

@SynicBast said in Lockdown Check In:

@canefan said in Lockdown Check In:

@SynicBast said in Lockdown Check In:

just popped down to New World by Courtenay Place for the first time since lockdown - the notices on many of the shops made for striking reading - didn't think it would affect me as much as it did. definitely needed the bourbon I was given upon my return though. Countdown in Newtown is still full of ferals though.

Is that Schaeffer St? That's a busy one

nah the John St one

I don't live in Welly now. I don't recall that one. But anywhere but the Schaeffer St one has got to be better

ah right Chaffers st - yeah that's the New World I went to - queue was about 15 people at 6pm but by the time I left it was at 0 - whereas countdown as above was packed as fuck and full of covidiots

I usually shop at the local Countdown. But during the lockdown I value peace and quiet and a well stocked store. NW really is a better class of supermarket

@SynicBast said in Lockdown Check In:

@canefan said in Lockdown Check In:

@SynicBast said in Lockdown Check In:

just popped down to New World by Courtenay Place for the first time since lockdown - the notices on many of the shops made for striking reading - didn't think it would affect me as much as it did. definitely needed the bourbon I was given upon my return though. Countdown in Newtown is still full of ferals though.

Is that Schaeffer St? That's a busy one

nah the John St one

I don't live in Welly now. I don't recall that one. But anywhere but the Schaeffer St one has got to be better

@SynicBast said in Lockdown Check In:

just popped down to New World by Courtenay Place for the first time since lockdown - the notices on many of the shops made for striking reading - didn't think it would affect me as much as it did. definitely needed the bourbon I was given upon my return though. Countdown in Newtown is still full of ferals though.

Is that Schaeffer St? That's a busy one

@Nepia said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:

@canefan said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:

@Nepia said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:

@canefan said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:

@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:

Now is the time to rummage through the freezer and pull those cuts of meat you usually end up throwing out.

I currently have a massive beef tongue from the last beast we killed in the slow cooker done the same way as corned beef.

Also seen a side of Dairy Goat (Lamb age/equiv) that is going to get cooked this weekend.

Goats make great curry!

TBH goat would be the last of the meats in a curry in order of preference for me.
But I’ve had some awesome goat curries though.

I reckon mutton curry would rock

Damn, if only curries were popular in no back in the 80s when mutton was!

I've had slow cooked bbq mutton shoulder. Blew lamb out of the water

@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

We are taking baby steps towards, or at least setting up the infrastructure for, an authoritarian state. We have to keep track of these changes and ensure they all rolled back.

it's for your own safety you understand. We are only doing what is best for you

Covid19 is actually a construct that will enable the government to enslave us all forever

It doesn't matter what the disaster is, governments around the world always grab more power if they can.

This doesn't even register in my 'worry about' thought process. I really have never lived worrying about what the Government is going to do. That's the beauty of living in this country.

I was being sarcastic