Frank Bunce was a dustie, and played for the Dustie's Touch team at Manukau Rovers and Carlton (Grammar Tech). Had a pretty handy team mate in Eric Rush who played as well, although Eric wasn't a dustie.

Waiting for the Apple TV app before downloading. Currently have Foxtel Now, which gets cancelled for the summer and I will sign up for the new service then

What a game, well played Ireland, never let us have a sniff.

Lots of work ons (don’t you love cliches), blindside flanker, midfield, Beaudies inabaility to get the backline running, inability to deal with flat agreesive defence, breakdown, BFA has to play fullback. Few players looking tired, Read, A.Smith, Whitelock. Uncharacteristic errors from a few others, looking at you BBBR.

Will fortify myself for a second viewing.

Is Ireland playing the blue print for World Cup finals rugby? They shaded us in the Scrum and kicking game, beat us up on the defensive line, and took there chance for the try, where we bombed our one chance

Classic Banter lads, keep it up

@antipodean said in Subway / Bus/ Public Transport Stories:

@mn5 said in Subway / Bus/ Public Transport Stories:

@rocky-rockbottom said in Subway / Bus/ Public Transport Stories:

such a weird one today. Businessman seated directly across from me, dressed to the nines, salt and pepper hair, polished black shoes, brolly, ffs, the guy was decked out like Patrick Macnee from the goddamn Avengers.

Minus the bowler of course. But he did look for all the world like a posh solicitor en route to his swish downtown office at Tunbridge, Snodgrass and Bellend or some shit.

Anyway, first alarm bell was why was he sitting in the handicapped seats? These types never do. Then I noticed his tic. A sort of simian baring of the teeth and snouty coiling of the nose and upper lip. Except he did it all the fucking time. It was fucking out of control. Tourettes, aspergers, fucked if I know. Schizophrenia? The eyes had that schizo look, completely retreated from reality, glazed, utterly unaware of his suroundings or whether or not anyone was looking. In summary, all dead giveaways for Bonkers City Limits, pop; this guy.

WFT, I haven't even got to the part that had me transfixed in morbid fascination for my 20 minute train ride. He seemed to be biting his nails or something. Fine, not an exhibitor of sectionable behavior. But after looking a bit closer I could see what he was actually doing was picking scabs off his skull behind his ear... and then eating them. Continously. Like a mental squirrel who'd missed his brekkie.

Now my main point of curiosity was how the hell did he pass the interview to land his supposedly swank job given his completely mental facial tic, questionable dietary habit and obviously generally bonkers comportment? There's no way he could get to the office and hide that shit. He didn't give a fuck who was looking. Maybe he developed it recently and his poor bastard firm can't fire him? What the hell does he do all day? No way he gets that spruced up to go to sit in some basket weaving class with all the other nutters. Where was he going?

oh well, either way, at least I know now that MN5 either has a job or dresses very well.

Like I'd be seen dead on public transport with plebs like you

Have you seen the cost of parking in Sydney, I'll catch the bus/ferry any day of the week

@machpants said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

Cool I'm now not uniformed

Thank you for your service

The matchday 23 is as follows (with Test caps in brackets):

1. Karl Tu'inukuafe (10)

2. Codie Taylor (39)

3. Owen Franks (104)

4. Samuel Whitelock (106)

5. Brodie Retallick (72)

6. Liam Squire (21)

7. Ardie Savea (32)

8. Kieran Read - captain (115)

9. Aaron Smith (80)

10. Beauden Barrett (70)

11. Rieko Ioane (21)

12. Sonny Bill Williams (50)

13. Jack Goodhue (5)

14. Ben Smith (74)

15. Damian McKenzie (20)

16. Dane Coles (57)

17. Ofa Tuungafasi (23)

18. Nepo Laulala (14)

19. Scott Barrett (26)

20. Matt Todd (15)

21. TJ Perenara (52)

22. Richie Mo'unga (5)

23. Ryan Crotty (42)

@nepia Saw your message, but was at the beach instead. Caught the highlights on youtube

@nepia said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:

@bovidae said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:

@nepia

I'll have to ask my father about the circumstances surrounding donating the walking stick. I just remember it always being in my nana's living room but don't know the history behind it.

As far as uni scholarships, I never investigated getting one via Tainui. I do remember my first year's fees in 1988 were $250 so not too expensive.

You would have been pre-Manaaki Tauira* (which is for all Maori and PI too I think) and pre-Tainui getting their settlement. At any rate you had Uni on a platter for you – unlike us in the early 90s who got all the crappy changes in a row.

*Manaaki Tauira was specifically brought in when the fees were increased in the early 90s to help not disadvantage Maori participation at uni.

You could have got the Maori Education Fund, which covered my "fees" in 1985

@stargazer said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:

@nepia said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:

Anyone heard if the US match will be streamed on the AB site?

Not on the ABs tv site, apparently.

I don't know how this works (whether you can join for just the Rugby Weekend games, or whether you have to take a monthly subscription), but you could check this out:

https://www.florugby.com/events/6238152-the-rugby-weekend

This is where you'd have to join:

https://www.florugby.com/live/6531-2018-usa-eagles-autumn-rugby-weekend/signup?utm_campaign=2018therugbyweekend&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=socialmedia&utm_content=socialmedia&rtid=29100&coverage_id=6238152

Won't work in NZ, but should work anywhere else.

All Blacks TV is now advertising the MAB's v Chile game