@NTA said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:

@Virgil said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:

Want to see class rewatch Kane getting his ‘match winning’ 100.

Class is awesome.

Trophies are better.

Amazingly Warner isn’t even the biggest fluffybunny in that photo

What if someone in a wheelchair needed a dump while Aaron was off having fun?

Rugby players are worse than Hitler.

@sammyc said in Roger Tuivasa-Sheck:

@cgrant said in Roger Tuivasa-Sheck:

Do the ABs need him for the 2019 RWC ?
For the back three, they have : Ben Smith, Israel Dagg, NMS, Jordie Barrett, DMac, Naholo, Ioane, Savea, Havili, Duffie and Tamanivalu, plus maybe Nanai, Alaimalo, Will Jordan and Caleb Clarke if they can step up.

No

Bit of a long winded rambling post but you made your point eventually I guess

@antipodean said in Aussie Rugby in general:

@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby in general:

When he posts it loud and proud on social media, it is everyone's business

He broke the Inclusion Policy of AR (2014) that he signed up to, just the same as everyone who signs up to specific behaviour for their job. He got a warning last time - apparently not this time

If everyone just went about their daily lives and ignored his post the world would be a better place. Instead everyone is running around drawing attention to it, magnifying the problem they assert exists. Does anybody think sacking him will stop him posting religious nonsense?

What does the ARU think his fellow religious PIs think about this outcome?

I disagree with this 100%.

He’s in an incredibly privileged position, even by pro sportsman’s standards. He’s been clearly warned to tow the line when he’s done this in the past.

He hasn’t.

He’s upset a whole bunch of sponsors who help foot the bill for his massive salary.

Fuck him and all he stands for.

@jegga said in Don't ya love it when...:

I was out mowing my lawns and some little shit threw a bottle at me, it missed thank fuck. I rang the cops but I didn’t get the license plate of the car, while I was on the phone the car came past again and stopped at the give way sign. Got the plate, colour of the car and description of the little shit driving.

It was me. I'm sick of you constantly dissing the Hutt.

On the piss in town last night and I have to say that every single Lions fan is an absolute GGC. Great folk to talk shit with. Such a decent bunch. My Mum is a fan too after getting her car stuck on the ledge of a drive she was using to turn around in. A group of about 6 of them lifted her car ( Suzuki swift ) back onto the roadside. Legends.

Town is just pumping. 2005 all over again, only difference is my fucken head aches way more than it did at 28.

@Rapido said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:

Your searching hard for it.

@Tordah said in AB's v Samoa:

Justin Marshall is a fucking idiot. Five phases with no gain is advantage over for offside penalty from a 5m scrum?

@Higgins said in Bledisloe #1:

Could be a rather trying evening watching the test with the atmospheric conditions in the last hour or so in my part of Welllington causing a number of Sky interruptions. Radio Sport's Nigel Yalden could be our saviour tonight.

This lightning is fucken awesome aye ! it's quite relentless out Island Bay way !

@Jaguares4real said in NH International Rugby:

@Daffy-Jaffy

Italians taking the piss again with Mercenary players

Callum Braley born and bred in ENG

ENG U20 captain but has a Italian granddad so plays for Italy

This quote below is disgusting Int'l Rugby not a shopping centre where you
pick & choose what nation you want to to play and game the system

“As a kid I always dreamt of playing international rugby and I always knew that could be two avenues
so it’s one of them, whichever came first and gave me that opportunity and believed in me the most,”

Ummmmmm who the hell are you to say what someone thinks ?

If god forbid I was anywhere near good enough to play international Rugby I could have gone for the country I love and have lived in most of my life ( New Zealand ) or where my old man was born and one which I'm fiercely proud of my heritage ( Scotland ).

If you've got the family ties then fucken do it, I have nothing but respect for the Leslie brothers, Gordon Simpson, Brendan Laney and many others for what they gave to the blue jersey.

@JC said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:

@MN5 said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:

@JC said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:

@Salacious-Crumb said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:

@JC

My memory of the ‘70s was syndicated U.S. radio shows I could hear up & down NZ on the AM dial — Casey Kasem’s American Top 40, Country Countdown (from Nashville, hated the thing) and Wolfman Jack’s show, which was mostly oldies and weird stuff, a real education. Hauraki played the Stones, but can’t remember anybody playing Zeppelin on radio, you had to buy those records to hear them. Only time you heard Pink Floyd on air was “The Great Gig In the Sky” being used to sell coffee on a tv advert which still blows my mind. Radio i used to play rock in the mornings, then Sinclair’s talker, then rock music afterward, followed by Tim Bickerstaff’s afternoon-early evening sports talker, then back to rock in the evening. Crazy radio format. K-Tel records were also very popular.

Yeah, I used to sleep with a transistor under my pillow. I had to be careful not to fall asleep because the 9 volt batteries were really expensive.

I was really lucky that our music teacher at Whangarei Boys’ played us some quite challenging stuff for the time, Transformer had just come out but you weren’t going to hear Walk on the Wild Side on the radio, and I still remember her explaining it’s meaning to us.

The first time I heard Pink Floyd (Meddle), The Who (Tommy), Elton John (Yellow Brick Road), any Bowie other than The Laughing Gnome (Pinups and Ziggy Stardust), Sabbath, Zappa, Beefheart and so many others were all at school. Old Ma Shields (who was probably only in her 40s) changed my life.

I thought I made the rules on discussion clear when I created this thread.

Yeah you did. But I’m too old to follow rules, or even remember them.

I'm certainly a fan of many of the groups you've mentioned but they're far too good for this thread and all it stands for.

@JC said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:

@Salacious-Crumb said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:

@JC

My memory of the ‘70s was syndicated U.S. radio shows I could hear up & down NZ on the AM dial — Casey Kasem’s American Top 40, Country Countdown (from Nashville, hated the thing) and Wolfman Jack’s show, which was mostly oldies and weird stuff, a real education. Hauraki played the Stones, but can’t remember anybody playing Zeppelin on radio, you had to buy those records to hear them. Only time you heard Pink Floyd on air was “The Great Gig In the Sky” being used to sell coffee on a tv advert which still blows my mind. Radio i used to play rock in the mornings, then Sinclair’s talker, then rock music afterward, followed by Tim Bickerstaff’s afternoon-early evening sports talker, then back to rock in the evening. Crazy radio format. K-Tel records were also very popular.

Yeah, I used to sleep with a transistor under my pillow. I had to be careful not to fall asleep because the 9 volt batteries were really expensive.

I was really lucky that our music teacher at Whangarei Boys’ played us some quite challenging stuff for the time, Transformer had just come out but you weren’t going to hear Walk on the Wild Side on the radio, and I still remember her explaining it’s meaning to us.

The first time I heard Pink Floyd (Meddle), The Who (Tommy), Elton John (Yellow Brick Road), any Bowie other than The Laughing Gnome (Pinups and Ziggy Stardust), Sabbath, Zappa, Beefheart and so many others were all at school. Old Ma Shields (who was probably only in her 40s) changed my life.

I thought I made the rules on discussion clear when I created this thread.

@KiwiPie said in Other Cricket:

So of the "big 4" who is most likely to pass Tendulkar's record of 51 test tons.

Smith is 30 and has 25 - tests to pass Sachin at current rate = 141 (76 more)
Kohli is 30 and has 25 - 157 (80 more)
Williamson is 29 and has 20 - 184 (112 more)
Root is 28 and has 16 - 262 (180 more)

So Root is youngest and plays the most tests per year but also has the worst conversion rate so would need to improve this a lot. Kane is probably least likely as NZ play so few tests and would have to play past 40.

A few years back there was a real tussle to see who the best was out of this "big four" and I think the order you've listed is about right.

First two, enough said, all time greats of any era.

Our Kane, far and away our best ever test batsman with years to compile an even better record. May end up our best ever cricketer......a big "if".....

Root, average has dipped to under 49.....still excellent but getting to the point where he isn't worthy enough to be in this discussion......

@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:

Kohli will do it i reckon. He's already a better player than Tendulkar, would love for him to have the record to prove it.

Smith might as well, i just wonder if his "technique" will hold up as he ages

He's a better ODI player in which he is a freak but as a test player he's about even so far.

@mariner4life said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:

I love how this thread has become the Poms posting the worst music in history, and everyone trying to prove every artist has more than one hit. Solid Ferning.

I try my best. Thanks.

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

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:

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

@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:

I say goddam...

Pulp Fiction is fucking amazing

The best Tarantino film by far

No love for Reservoir Dogs?

Excellent. But not as good

Apt description.

I wish Michael Madsens schedule hadn't clashed and he coulda played Vincent Vega, as awesome as John Travolta was I suspect Madsen woulda been even better.

@Jaguares4real said in "Friendlies":

@Snowy said in Bledisoe #1:

@booboo Yep. Not "friendlies". Fcking stupid word.

Have they been awarded test status? Do players get caps? I genuinely don't know.

I'm looking at the bigger picture It might be controversial & counter intutive but I like to provoke debate In return I'm labelled a "Troll"....

Whether we like it or not Int'l Rugby is run on 4 year RWC cycles

With the exception of Boks ABs & England who're under immense pressure to win very game - FAO of @Snowy

Why not build up squad depth & quality Especially with high attrition rates for players, terrible travel itineraries of certain nations etc

Few fans give a fuck who won a game on EOYT or Summer tour in 2016-17 if you deliver the goods come RWC time

That old "terrible travel itinerary" chestnut again.....

Out of interest have you seen where New Zealand is on a map ?