This from Eddie Osullivan
“That’s a strong New Zealand backline but it’s not the perfect backline. I’m really happy about Barrett being at 15 because I don’t think he’s going to get his hands on the ball as much. I don’t think he gets his hands on the ball as much when he’s at 15. It’s practically impossible to bring him into the game as much as Richie Mo’unga will be. Joe’s got a very predictable, very solid, very experienced XV, compared to the All Blacks XV which is not as experienced and I would say not quite as solid. Richie Mo’unga has not a great kicking game. He’s not as astute at exploiting (the space) in the back field. That’s good for us. Especially, if it’s wet. It’s another weakness. It’s hard to believe we’re talking about All Black weaknesses. When you compare them to Sexton, if it comes down to a drop goal or a late penalty in a one-score game, that gives us an edge there”.

21 - Beauden Barrett made 21 carries in #NZLvIRE, the most ever by an @AllBlacks player in a @rugbyworldcup match, surpassing the previous best tally set by John Kirwan and Buck Shelford who both made 20 against Italy in 1987.
Key.
#RWC2019

@Yeetyaah said in RWC Jerseys 2019:

They're smaller fitting again. Had to get 2 sizes bigger than usual.

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@chimoaus said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :

Also how fit is Titsoff, that man got through some minutes.

He's a ginger, so not technically human

@Yeetyaah Julian has been crap for years, a couple of moments aside, but Mourad has been a fluffybunny for much longer

@MN5 said in TRC: The All Blacks against the Springboks (version 98):

@Yeetyaah said in TRC: The All Blacks against the Springboks (version 98):

@Machpants Friendlies if you will.

Old mate from Argentina blissfully unaware of the comedy gold he’s given the fern

@Bovidae but taking ABs laden squad to win super rugby is actually quite impressive the way the ABs are playing

"we weren't overly unhappy when we saw his name in the teamsheet at 12."

The subtle digs at the shit -ness of the opposing coaches selection skills are the best.

@Snowy ok so Red Flag over the Nevada desert, massive exercise, biggest air training event there is, regularly. I was out there with 43(F) Sqn. I volunteered, along with my buddy Mitch, to be the downed aircrew for the massive counter air rescuer package to collect. So we get dropped out in the desert, run around (as it's cold we don't want to stop) during the night being chased by some OPFOR. Eventually we go through the extraction procedure as the package made its way to us.

In comes a SF Blackhawk, out leaps a bunch of para rescue guys, who (very ungently) zip tie us up and bundle us into the Heli after security procedures. Then they start trying to get a saline drip into us as it's procedure after a desert rescue, after a few jabs I declined anymore attempts in the vibrating cab! I'd only been out hair a day and wasn't exactly dehydrated. Mitch got hers in first time, she said really good pre drinking hangover cure.

Very noisy and we're not on headsets, so we sit and chew jerky whilst we weave our way back to base. After a bit the crewman points out the window, and a hind is there in formation with us.

"Cool" I yell

"He shot us down!" He yells back

Fuck.

So in the debrief, the hind had done some tricky shit, landing and we lost him in the chaos of hundred of jets and helis zooming around, then managed to sneak through to us. Was lucky, or the red air guys know the good egress routes, to catch us.

Coolest thing was the Blackhawk landing in the desert at night, the sparkling disc in the sand churned up.

The Kopp Etchells Effect, aviation nerds

(wokka illustrating it)

Then we were back to our Vegas hotel and casinos, yeah baby

Edit. Oh a vid on gogs. Looks a ton better in colour at night with the mark 1 eyeball

@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - Overall:

@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - Overall:

@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - Overall:

@canefan said in Coronavirus - Overall:

@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - Overall:

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Coronavirus - Overall:

https://www.dkv.global/covid-19-health-safety

NZ 3rd safest country in the world in regards to the Wuhan flu.

Total Cases will be low if you only test 26,000 people. 1 death is good though.

ICU numbers still low too

Hell, even those in hospital hasn't been above 14.

Thank goodness. I believe, although ignorantly, that this lockdown is part of the reason for that. The next two weeks will be the real story though

More likely the border restrictions with the 14 day lag. After two weeks we'll start seeing the lockdown impact, so what a couple more days?

A week, we've only been in lock down for 8 days (came in weds midnight)

@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

Makes me wonder who the first person is going to be that gets made an example of to get the rest adherring to the lockdown.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120766637/christchuch-man-pleads-guilty-to-breaking-lockdown-laws
They went easy on him IMO

@antipodean said in All time Super Rugby XV (all teams):

@shark said in All time Super Rugby XV (all teams):

How about a Crusaders first-five ranking:

Mehrts
DC
Richie

I'd put DC above Mehrts. If for no other reason than he managed a critical drop goal against South Africa...

He also put the best performance of any 10 ever vs Lions in 05

Good to see that we have a system being set up to get tourists home. I'm involved in trying to sort out the freedom campers in Whangarei District, most of em are terrified, of the virus and angry locals - but they're stuck.

@Nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:

they ignored the smokers congregating together outside the Commbank offices.

@Snowy hope so! But it is only one data point, if the trend continues, 4 weeks is looking like enough. Then we can relax stuff internally, hopefully

Mike Bush - in his last presser as police commissioner - says more cops are being deployed to the Far North. This follows Dr. Lance O'Sullivan's comments yesterday about the lockdown being a "joke" there.

Good.

@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Australia:

constructing temporary hospitals and morgues.

I think some people need to watch vids of forklift trucks being used to lift bodies tied up in plastic bags and shoved in the back of freezer trucks in NY. Might give some perspective

He's fucking awesome

I don't see keeping fit as a grey area, but they best not be video conferencing etc with coaches working on tactics and stuff. Bet they will tho