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

@Frank said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:

I think the biggest surprise of the tournament post-Covid is how shit Gatland's Chiefs have been. Can anyone say they expected this?

It’s interesting how bad they look ,

Here I was thinking Gatland was the recruit of the year, up there with beaudy ,

@antipodean said in AFL 2020:

A bit better. But a win that comes at the expense of injury. Can't get a break.

Yeah did look a bit better but the injuries picked up are significant to a team already struggling , plus 2 that arent going into the hub because of wifes expecting babies , so that could be 6 or 7 out

Nice to pick up a win but not too much to get excited about

@voodoo said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:

What a weapon of a boot Jordie has. I'm not saying it justifies a spot in the side, but it sure changes the dynamic when opposition have to be wary around every ruck and offside line from 60m out. The same way Steyn changed the rules about kicking back to him.

It’s a great weapon to have , and is more valuable at the higher level imo,

I think Jordie is young enough to be a great test fullback down the track , plenty of raw potential

interesting comments i heard maybe 2 weeks ago from Tallis ,

Was asked if guys like him would go back to help out the club ,

He said we have tried and were made to feel not welcome , its too late for that now, they have dug their own hole,

Sounds like the club with the great culture , has self destructed

@shark said in AFL 2020:

My guys are playing the live Sunday game here tomorrow. Gulp.

Only playing the tigers , they have checked out this season , trust me

@KiwiMurph said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

Jordan another step closer to the ABs.

What are others thoughts of him as a 14 ? If beaudy was playing 15 ,

And more of a power winger at 11 ,( liking the look of Caleb Clarke ) that balance has served as well in the recent past

Ok I’ve got a satellite and weather a bit dodgy in Melbourne, might be it

What’s everyone else’s footage like on Foxtel ?

Mine keeps stopping

@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@kiwiinmelb said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

I just don’t get why penalties are given when one scrum just demolished another, that just penalising someone for not being strong enough, that can’t change that

Out of interest, what do you want them to rule when the scrum gets messy because one scrum is inferior ,

I don’t think they have an option

Free kick, team that won the ball gets the ball

Ok fair enough

@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

I just don’t get why penalties are given when one scrum just demolished another, that just penalising someone for not being strong enough, that can’t change that

Out of interest, what do you want them to rule when the scrum gets messy because one scrum is inferior ,

I don’t think they have an option