@mariner4life said in NRL 2019:

And fucking Kata is fucking still fucking there!!!

@MN5 I assume their liquor licence requires them to open them. As far as I know all grounds do that?

From a NZ perspective (positive and negative moments):

1987 – A combo of JKs long range try against Italy and MJ bursting on to the scene as the best rugby player in the world. If not for Hobbs concussion he may have been a bit part player in the competition.
1991 – JK breaking the line at will against the Aussies and not having the support inside (MJ) or outside (Kipper).
1995 – Jonah.
1999 – Jonah going crazy against the French, Cullen utterly wasted at centre and Wilson being constantly out of position. Commuting home from the game in silence, walking into a police man and just stepping back and walking around him, and then going straight to bed in the early evening. I did not cope very well with losing back then.
2003 – Mitchell sending out JC to front the media after the Aussie match – domeheaded prick. Pack playing like pussies.
2007 – McAlister carving up in attack, DC injured but Evans comes on and he’s in form and starts cutting them to pieces – it’s all good. Bin and injury. Ah fuck. They’ll set for a droppie at some stage, right? There’s a leadership group that will organise it, she’ll be right. Ah fuck.
2011 – Kaino picks up Digby as he’s about to cross the line. Great play by the best player in the world in 2011.
2015 – The emotion from Carter, he clearly wanted a win (where he was on the field in the final), I think he even got told to calm his farm by the ref at one stage.

From a non NZ perspective (moments I remember):

1987 – David Codey getting sent off against Wales and then being made Oz captain a few months later for the Bledisloe.
1991 – Gordon Hamilton running in a try for Ireland against the Wobblies with minutes left on the clock. Ireland were likeable back then too. But then they bottle it and Lynagh orchestrates a final try for the Wallabies.
1995 – Bennazi is in for a try in the wet. Wait, he’s not? Hmmm.
1999 – De Beers 5 drop goals, Larkham’s drop goal in the semi final against the Boks (a 49 point match with no tries scored).
2003 – Four more years. It was cutting but Gregan actually seems like a top bloke.
2007 – That was a huge forward pass by France, it’ll be called back for sure right? Ah fuck.
2011 – France being France. Throw downs with the coach, a loss to Tonga and then rock up to the final and almost pull off a win.
2015 – Woohoo!!! Japan! A Hawkes Bay boy scores the winning try too!

@dogmeat I don’t remember a groan from the crowd when Donald came out. In my section everyone was giving him a supportive cheer.

@Chris said in Crusaders 2019:

@Stargazer Yep considering all their Allblacks it must have been tough along with injuries juggling all of this.Makes it even more impressive where they stand on the table.

TBF, they have by far the best depth of any NZ team, they'd have to go deep with injuries to roll out the NPC level teams the Chiefs have put out this year.

Is this the same play ranking we took the piss out of last year or is it a different one?

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

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

Free Solo: So this doco has been crazy hyped to me, so I actually resisted watching it for a while due to the hype ... but it actually lived up to it. A good doco about an odd dude and the crazy climbing he does. 4 that's crazy out of 5 climbing without ropes.

TBH I'd be more interested if it was made in memoriam.

Shazam: I was a little bit disappointed in this, it was watchable, but it's getting good word of mouth so I just assumed it would be better. 2.5 magic 8 balls out of 5 lightning fingers.

Free Solo: So this doco has been crazy hyped to me, so I actually resisted watching it for a while due to the hype ... but it actually lived up to it. A good doco about an odd dude and the crazy climbing he does. 4 that's crazy out of 5 climbing without ropes.

@sparky said in Highlanders vs Blues:

Coltman was superb tonight. Coles and Harris shouldn't be complacent about making the RWC squad.

Yes he should. There's no way Coltman is going to surpass him other than for injury.

@taniwharugby said in Poll: ABs new First Five-Eighth:

@Stargazer IMO it is only a gamble for Cruden with a race against the clock.

Chiefs need a 10, Cruden should still be good enough at that level, if he proves he still has it, then good for NZ Rugby.

He really only needs to be better than Orbyn Leger.