@bovidae Is that Deadpool 3?

Great so on a slow sports week the Shag thread turns into a self flagellation exercise. Doesn't feel quite so painful with two cups in the bag since but still, fucken only on the Fern

@rancid-schnitzel said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

@mn5 said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

@nepia said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

@nepia said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

1995 was Goldie's fault as well!! you fucking hater!!!

Fine, Piri Weepu nearly fucked 2011 for us!! And Kaino never deserved player of the year.

Uh oh, you've gone off the reservation now.

your typo caused it.

Look, it may surprise you that I'm no fan of the Crusaders, but if you're going to single out Leon MacDonald then the same must be done for other matches. Now, it's not Goldies fault he was playing 15 that day, but he was hopelessly out of position that day on many occasions, you could see it live at the ground and you could see it on the very painfully watched replay.

I stand by my comment.

Class right wing though.

you added his name to 1995 in your edit. So you obviously blame him for having food poisoning. No end to your hate.

There are a lot of people who need to take the blame for 99, but yea, Goldie is certainly one. Actually, that might be @MN5 's most accurate post on rugby ever. Pretty much everyone who isn't Jonah.

More than likely. I remember that game better than the one vs Ireland just a few days ago. Definitely early stage dementia or alzheimers

I just remember that ridiculous grey haired winger who only weighed as much as Jonah's prick. Fucking hell that was a dark day in NZ rugby.

Christophe Dominici. Fuck you guys for making me remember that

@no-quarter said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

@smuts said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

@mariner4life This is a very good point. But it also wouldn't hurt if you picked some backs who could bend the line in heavy traffic.

Everyone talks about how chips and grubbers are a way to unlock a rush defence. And sure they are. But crawl through this thread and count the moaning on all the kicks. They're bloody hard to execute well, and once you give players a licence to do them they become infectious. So you lose promising attacking positions because instead of recycling, some wing or loosie has grubbered the ball away.

A much better answer to a rush defence is to pass early to a big, fast, nimble meathead while making the defence second guess itself. But to do that, you need to select some big, fast, nimble meatheads. And I for one hope that your selectors continue to ignore the obvious solution to your current backline ineffectiveness.

Not sure I completely agree with that. Even the biggest munters will struggle if they are flat footed against a rush defense.

For me, the key to unlocking a rush defense is the forwards manning the fuck up and getting over the gain line in close. Much harder to rush up in a line if you keep having to backpedal, especially if we can get some quick ruck ball.

Absolutely. On the odd occasion we actually did that we got fairly easy metres and the Paddies weren't able to get forward to fast. We just couldn't seal the deal

@hooroo said in The thread of sounds:

@majorrage said in The thread of sounds:

It's finally upgrade time in the MR house for av equipment.
Had first big match on it for AB vs Ireland - and it's a really special viewing experience. Shame about the result, and I hope it's not the curse of the TV.

If that proves to be the case, I am sure there are enough AB fans to chip in to have your TV replaced.

Or take it off your hands....

@mn5 said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

@canefan said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

Owen Finnegan

Melon was a great player

I hated losing to the lot of them. The Gregan try saving tackle on Goldie was typical

Owen Finnegan

@snowy said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:

@canefan said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:

He's fuelled on anger, real or usually imagined

And what is your fucking problem with that!!!!

That's what I love about him!

@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:

@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:

@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:

Thanks @Mokey

That was awesome to watch!!!!!

Love how KW lifts up Ajaz at the end there!

Super team

Liking the Watling stiffness of the team too. We may have low score innings but we also had top score innings.

The looks in the crowd is piss funny, the look on the coaches face is even better

Was the assistant coach one of the Flower brothers? The guys in the paki fancy dress were the best. Cheers to tears

Ireland had to wait over 100 years to beat us. Let all of them wait I say