Polly back at Te Rapa on Saturday, same distance, same class. Up against the boys this time though and some performers in this race too. Opened favourite at $4.

Mr Pickles is having his first start in race 4. I have absolutely no idea how he will go. He galloped with Polly yesterday and went hard early and got whiplash as Polly breezed on by for fun. So at least Polly is looking good.

Won his last trial but true-love thinks the field he beat was really average. Physically, he looks fantastic.

I will be having a go all the same but real money is on Pols.

@mariner4life said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:

@Hooroo said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:

Kahui role with the ole two fullbacks

erm what?

I'm not saying Kahui was a FB, just saying when he was on the wing he would also play a fullback role (didn't he?)

@Tim said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:

A big "no thanks" to Barrett on the wing.

I like it. He is playing a Kahui role with the ole two fullbacks thing.

I like the team.

@MN5 @taniwharugby I'm not sure it's a great look trolling him while banned as he was banned for trolling

@Tim said in Chiefs 2019:

Ha ha! I keep forgetting we now have Gats as coach

@canefan said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:

@MN5 said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:

Can someone tell me why @Jaguares4real got banned?

I’d love his views on how this friendly will go.

If I had to guess he was making a general nuisance of himself, trolling on a number of threads including the NZ politics one

and Bingo was his name-o

@pakman said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:

When is the team named?

Thank God!!!

@Rapido said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:

@ACT-Crusader said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:

4 seamers and no spinners in the tournament XI.

That stat alone is probably the most pertinent when judging if NZ have missed their only ever chance at a world cup, rather than what age Sodhi and Blundell will be in 2023.

Btw, where will the tournament be hosted in 2023, I assume India?

Yes, India.

I don't get the last chance to win a world cup. We have a great team to build from

So who else is bleeding out the eyeballs at work today after a marathon effort last night?

@shark said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:

@Hooroo said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:

It was quite fitting that the guy who made a hash brown of a review should be run out to lose the match.

Tremendous game though. Maybe the greatest ever I can recall. Gutted and proud all at the same time. We were incredibly unlucky today.

No consolation but funny when all and sundry were collapsing around him, A kiwi pulled them through. Super mental strength by Stokes.

I really am gutted but what a game of cricket. Happy enough for England too.

I really feel for Guppy. That was a truly cruel end to the tournament for him. But he did waste that review with Nicholls' assistance, and this probably (Taylor may have been out next ball anyway) contributed to the eventual loss. Then to be asked to squeeze out two runs minimum off the last ball of a super over to win the match was tough. The skipper was a much better bet to partner Neesham in that over.

I agree but they would have had a hell of a team meeting with coaches as well to determine who should be out there. I tend to agree with Ian Smith that they need two players that could engineer power off that deck.

I'm not disappointed with the decision for those two to be chosen. (Still doesn't help with getting over the loss)

How unlucky were we with that ricochet? That was the turning point of the end there.