@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

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

@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

@canefan sorry, all the vaccines ive been given over the years have probably muddled the the old grey matter...plus the 5G tower down the road

The saffas argument they couldn’t get match fit looking a little silly...this the first game this year for most of these argies

@antipodean said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:

@taniwharugby said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:

@antipodean said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:

This argument that if we have a hard hitting 6 then we can afford to carry someone who is passive in the loose forwards is ridiculous.

not sure thats what people are saying?

We have seen the discussions here many times before where there is making tackles and dominant tackles, both have thier place, your 7 if he is playing for t/os isnt gonna go hunting for the big hits

So you end up with a flanker like Cockwomble. If your support and cleanout is on the job, his entire game is nullified and you're making yards.

There are far too many people who watch SR and think that translates to Tests.

thats offensive to my people

Not sure where else to put this, but I’ve put the rest of my little journey here so why not, this helps with happiness

Some are putting it down to the change in management but I can’t comment

Another update

Day one after surgery, all seems to have gone well....sharing a room with an old mate that deaf as a wall and likes watching movies at midnight and saying “what” whenever someone asks them something

The grander side of things has been pretty cool though, getting back involved with a club, 2nds are 4-0 and I spend most weeks with a sore throat from yelling in Saturday’s, shit rugby can be fun

also, lets not discredit the side effects might include superpowers

@r-l

Haha, yeah, might not have thought that through, the Aussie comedy about public servants and “nation building” for those unaware

so, had my knee surgery last week so dones just a little tv watching in the last week

Handmaids Tale - great, there are lots of great tv series so not going to say its "the best" or anything, but the standard is continuously high, complicated characters you love/hate/sympathise with, hope it wraps up this year and it will just be an awesome four seasons, don’t risk dragging it out

Utopia - obviously know about it but never sat down and watched...its basically my job, cuts very close to the bone, very little is exaggerated for laughs

@kirwan yeah, thats definitely crossed my mind, had my surgery last week so have been laid up so was too hard to ignor, maybe from now on i might

@mn5 im just going to assume thats the same kind of ending

@mn5 thats kind of why i wondered the other week if this might be a limited run, just telling the one story of what happened to them after order 66. i kinda wonder if were going to get a "rogue one" ended for these guys...currently i cant see them just putting down weapons and hiding from the empire, but maybe thats what theyre going to explain

@mn5 yeah, moving a bit slow which makes it feel more like theyre going to have a story running over multiple seasons

i hope theyre not oblivious to the fact that with Clone wars they could bounce around different groups of characters, Ahsoka, obi wan and anakin often all had completely different story arcs plus any number of other jedi or even baddies, Maul/savage had their own multiple episode arcs

concentrating on one group with cuts to crosshair feels like they need to get them "right" a lot more often

@mariner4life yeah, was another promising sign, our early win this season were all out in front, good to see that can shake off a bad start

@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:

pretty interesting weekend

Lions stroll back in to the 4 after another training run. I like the Suns, and want them to be good, but that was very ordinary

Dusty gets Richmond home by himself, what an absolute champion

The Saints kick their way to a loss over the Cats. That is a lot of behinds.

Demons continue on their merry way

Dogs back in the winners circle.

North get a win, and suddenly are not the Club in the worst position going forward

Whole season is so open.

dont forget the swannies joining the Collingwood pile on

Heard from a few mates the blues and chiefs games were both glitchy/fucked

I was dipping in and out so didn’t notice