@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

@antipodean can't see them making their emissions targets this year either.....

@tim I raise my glass of pool cleaner in your honour 🍸

@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

@kirwan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@bovidae said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

I'm not saying that Hendy's model is correct but I was reading that he used NZ-specific data. Unless these so-called experts think that Singapore has a large, older Maori and Pasifika population too.

Was talking to an ED consultant mate here, and he has done is own estimates based on what is happening in AK. Reckons Hendy is not far off if things were let out of control

Not how it’s playing out overseas. Don’t have to guess, real world examples available.

Once we get vaxxed everything changes. That is of primary importance so we get our life back

@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@kirwan I can see the benefit of planning for worst case scenario, but does make it very alarmist and scare mongering

Give us a best case one too, I mean that will be the roadmap so many want, put a positive spin on something for a change

Got to give us some hope for better things. But there are a 5% group who are letting us all down. They know who they are

They're handfuls eh, real bad eggs. And not just Covid stuff, we're also talking disobedience, stealing, spitting, running away, throwing rocks, kicking stuff, defacing stuff, burning stuff, loitering and graffiti.

And that's just the stuff we know about.

Nah. Wilfully not vaxxing. Getting sick, not getting tested, going round hospital to spread it. Bad team mates

@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@canefan people just want to know there is light at the end if the tunnel, and it ain't the maintenance guy doing work in the tunnel leaving you stranded with no clue how long you'll be or how far there us to go

You're telling me! I'm hanging out for L2 in 9 days for starters!

@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@kirwan I can see the benefit of planning for worst case scenario, but does make it very alarmist and scare mongering

Give us a best case one too, I mean that will be the roadmap so many want, put a positive spin on something for a change

Got to give us some hope for better things. But there are a 5% group who are letting us all down. They know who they are

@bones said in RIP 2021:

@tim said in RIP 2021:

Aww well fuck. Think it's time I watched the series again.

@bovidae said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

I'm not saying that Hendy's model is correct but I was reading that he used NZ-specific data. Unless these so-called experts think that Singapore has a large, older Maori and Pasifika population too.

Was talking to an ED consultant mate here, and he has done is own estimates based on what is happening in AK. Reckons Hendy is not far off if things were let out of control

@act-crusader said in AB Quizzes (Wingers + others):

@canefan said in AB Quizzes (Wingers + others):

Murray Pierce?

Pierce debuted on the 84 Aussie tour.

This is at the edge of my memories. I can't pick any of the minor players

Murray Pierce?

@higgins said in AB Quizzes (Wingers + others):

Garry Whetton started in 1981 and went on to Captain the ABs/ Not sure how many games he played that year although do recall he did play at least once against the Boks.

He's in at 25

Murray Pierce?