Dmac , despite his haters , starting to look the goods as an impact weapon

funny interview with Mrs Ioane today with Veitch ,

She met a lions supporter who was sleeping in his van outside ponsonby rugby club ,

Took him home for a feed , made him a bed on a matress on the lounge room floor , told him to make himself at home ,

Sons come home an hour later ( both still live at home and share the same bedroom since they were kids ) introduces her sons Reiko and Akira

Guy had no idea , could not believe it

@Machpants it’s funny listening to the nh analysis,

Listening to Stuart Barnes before the game , Barrett should be playing 10 but they can’t trust his goal kicking, so mounga has been brought into the side. That is a weakness.

They have no idea.

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

Blues are definitely better ,

Listening to them trying to put the daggers into tana today on radio sport was unfair I thought ,

I can see progress even if it isn't reflected in the wins .

After we lost to Australia in 03 ,

Ted and co when taking over , put lots of emphasis back into our forwards , Making them dominant Again,

It’s like we have done the full cycle, and it needs to happen again

@mrdenmore said in All Blacks v France Test #2:

I’m sure there’s a valid reason for the red card, but we know that all it will do is feed the prevailing northern hemisphere media narrative, including its proxies in NZ like Mark Reason, of a conspiracy to nobble the All Blacks’ opposition.

You can never win against those people.

Nh are going to whinge about us no matter what happens providing we are winning ,

Fuck them .

Any other rugby supporters around the world would look at this and say , those kiwis are fucked ,

Cant believe they are complaining about beuadan Barrett

@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:

Canes fans will remember the days of Gopperth v Carter (or Mehrts). That's what it was like for the Blues tonight.

An awesome 10 can make a hell of a lot difference to a team and BB was the man tonight.

I think the Blues are a decent team. They're just the worst of the NZ teams at the moment, in the past the Highlanders and Chiefs held that title for a long time and they've both turned it around to become regular finalists.

I think this blues team is possibly the best worst team we have had

A break dancing all black coach is the stuff dreams are made of ,

Just do what it takes, give him the job

going to be interesting to see how this all goes , proving the 30 percent less profit bit , you get flucuations on paper in good times from quarter to quarter , you almost need the full 12 months for it to be accurate in some cases ,

in my case I have a small( used to be big ) landscaping business ,scaled things down around xmas luckily, pay myself a wage , just myself permanent, and bring in contractors and casual labour as i need them ,

Work is showing signs of drying up now , mostly domestic work, not exactly a time where people want tradies at their house ,

So i should be legally eligible for $1500 a fortnight to sit on my arse while the missus goes to work , dont have many expenses at all,

I wasnt expecting this, hasnt happened yet, but I would almost feel guilty taking it to be honest

You get the impression they really did not want to do it ,

But the pressure coming from outside forced their hand

I train weights through the week , 3 nights , gym is still open and doing the new hygene thing where you have to disinfect after using each piece of equipment , I usually go around 2 - 3 in the afternoon , so its still fairly quiet then .

I mountain bike on weekends . both days , no probs there

@chimoaus said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:

Bill Gates warning us all in 2015, no wonder the guy is a billionaire, he can see into the future.

And he will sell the vaccines to make lots more money out of it, while everyone else goes backwards

@antipodean said in Coronavirus: should I be panicking yet?:

Is it just me or is every attention seeking c-grade celebrity telling the world they've been tested?

is anyone else old enough to remember this guy being a really poor singer on NZ variety shows in the 70s ?

Was always difficult to warm to him years later on Aus television with that already in my memory

Strange eerie feeling here ,

Go into a supermarket , shelves are empty , people look worried ,

a clam before the storm , except we dont really know if the storm hits , how severe it will be ,

The conspiracy theorists say , they want everyone nervous and afraid ,

well they have done a good job of that, thats for sure

@sparky said in Blues v Lions:

Hoskins Sotutu continues to impress. Getting better and better.

When you consider a lot of our loosies over the years have hit their straps in their mid to late 20s and this kid is only 21 ,
he certainly looks like an exciting prospect

Been a long time coming , but they are looking promising now , building nicely

Nice kick from jordie under pressure as well ,

That’s what you Expect from your elite players , but nice to see him do it all the same

its interesting how we seem to have been left behind a bit in the area of physicality,

There was that photo of the boks before the WC with their shirts off ,not saying thats what we should be doing , but it was obvious their training regime is a bit different to ours