@broughie hes a big bloke so im going to say he's quite a bit of food

i think there has been a couple of threads that have touched on similar topics and im not really sure the best one so i'll stick this in here and move if needs be

so, i decided during lockdown last year i was going to get back into playing rugby, wife was working long hours and quite honestly i just got a bit lonely at night

found a club not too far away here in melbourne and preseason started training started late Jan.

jeez, a real wake up call, apparently jogging just doesn;t cut it on the fitness scales, having a proper conditioning coach is helping and can at least finish a session without having to take a break to "stretch"

some real trouble with knees/achilles/calf's as have had issues with them in the past. slowly coming right though through proper training

can i also just add the back of the lineout seem a lot further away that i remember from the last time i played!

preseason games started this week, if anyone wants to feel a but queasy i can provide photos of my back from the first game, black/blue and red

in general i feel good though, great to meet loads of new blokes ranging from the 20 years olds trying to go pro to some older hats waiting for the squads to sperate so the 3rds can spend at least one training run at the pub

and interesting development is the wife, started making comments about missing me being out 2-3 nights a weeks and Saturday games still on the horizon

will settle down i think as i have no expectations above the 3rds and so should get a night back a week

just interesting how things change a bit

@chimoaus it occured to be we could/should also be proactive in checking in, how you going this week?

@kev said in Bledisloe 1:

Is that the worst half of rugby we have ever played?

fuck no...then we have taylor at hooker again

@kev said in Bledisloe 1:

Is that the worst half of rugby we have ever played?

this is what my post is about

I'm starting to think that TV/commentators...and even the fern...is part of whats killing my enjoyment of rugby.

At the game, we had an even mix of kiwis and aussies around us...everyone was chatting and talking at half time about how enjoyable the game was (barring the obvious like QT)..reading through the thread and moments like sotutu's kick...everyone was cheering around us about trying to play awesome....and then i get on here and see 10-15 posts about it essentially being the worst play in the history of rugby. Im sure with replays and the commentators it more clear to analyse but at the time it was a few seconds of up out of our chairs....hmmm

re the end....the crowd were all yelling for him to hurry up...was really blatant in real time

I saw a tweet that summed it up nicely for me....if this is the first shot in a war against time wasting...then great, all for it...if this is a random one off implementation of the rules...then its harsh...correct but harsh

some people that i thought played well in real time have been lambasted so once again a fascinating example of how different the game is without replays and commentary

WE'RE IN THE BIG SHOW BABY!!!

Club won their semi final, have gone from losing 5 of the first 7 games to making the grand final

god i hate this place

@Kiwiwomble said in Re: Movie review thread...:

@Victor-Meldrew said in Re: Movie review thread...:

Watched True Lies (Schwarzenegger & Jamie Lee Curtis) for the first time in a decade or so. Just a really, really fun movie.

4 Jamie Lee Curtis Stripteases out of 5 Spinal Tap drummers

love True Lies, highly underrated, one of the best comedy action films, also a very fun videogame

This could have gone in a few threads...might have already...not going to check

@Frank one of the best posts ive read on here, gracious...i expect you to be banned shortly

lovely day in the sun, biggest gripe was how poor RA handled promoting it, sitting next to some brumbies fans, they had come down for it and were shocked at how small the crowd was, pointed out there had been next to no advertising

Wore my old Dunedin RFC jersey and Fakatava and Vahaakolo came over for a photo, both seem like really good blokes, Freedom was just chatting away about how disappointing the results was, letting the fans down, but how thankful he was to be getting a shot at that level, even more of a fan

@canefan said in Celeb Hall Passes:

I do have a soft spot for Anna Kournikova

its supposed to work the other way

personally i think clarke did enough against england to keep the spot but if we had to drop him i actually didn't mind reece at 11 when ive seen it

considering its only been the last 10 year where countries have rolled out hundreds of billions to install fibre...maybe they should have looked a bit further and invested in something like this

@gt12 said in Foster, Robertson etc:

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Foster, Robertson etc:

@gt12 said in Foster, Robertson etc:
Fully fuck you for saying you want to be the AB coach but also want to beat the ABs.

Does that apply to Schmitt, Hansen, Joseph, Henry, etc as well? Or is the problem he said it?

Schmidt made Ireland a force, and Hansen, Joseph, & Henry have and had no chance.

I'm happy to admit that it this is unfair, but there are acceptable international teams to coach and unacceptable ones.

If you make a good team a challenger, you're building your profile for the top job.

If you coach a true enemy (Wallabies, England, SA, Ireland now entering the chat) to the WC and say it out loud as your stated goal, go get fucked.

i admit i thought your first post was over the top...but i get you now and agree

@Windows97 assuming that true...i can get his thinking, winning a world cup is famously hard, even with a full cycle let alone only having 18months...so im not sure id want my job almost completely riding on it

@voodoo very glad im much more likely to find things funny than infuriating...that sounds exhausting

@voodoo the comments are awesome, screenshots of law books and talk of bans for "ungentlemanly conduct" of course id be pissed if was my team but find it hilarious as a neutral, how do you miss someone crouching in your own goal

id rather have a good laugh at the keeper for a few minutes and then move on that what some are going on about, permission to leave or re enter the field of play (always allowed to cross the line a long as the ball doesn't)...more rules and reviews to stop something that almost never happens and could have been stopped by the keeper looking around

@nzzp that all seems fair...and if he can run a company with a fraction of the staff without noticeable loss in turnover....thats going to make money

“He hasn’t played since the Force game and has done no contact, so we’re we're going to try to build him up to see where we can get to.

i had missed that he didn't play NPC, i would rather see gilbert or koroi given a shot than relying on banks, a bit worried now...not sure there are real superstars out there looking for a gig so anyone we bring in is going to have some reason they dont already have a contract

@Billy-Tell someone just reminded me that UEFA and their south american equivalent have an existing memorandum of understand re several things (ref exchanges programs etc), if they did align to leave FIFA it could be very interesting to watch