1972 Okara Park.
From memory it was quite an adventure to even get into the ground. Walking for miles, being thrown over fences, running across railway tracks, dodging the buses, huge queues. All this to find out it was standing room only on the bank, and therefore, as a 7 year old all you get to see is a sea of legs...
It was still quite an experience. Pity about the result.
A lot of complaining about the officiating but the fact is we are currently getting smacked by a 14 person team
@jc said in NZ Politics:
@nzzp I imagine they mean they'll have the checkpoint at the turnoff on SH1 rather than in Maungaturoto itself, so you could avoid that by sliding through Mangawhai and Waipu. But then to avoid Uretiti you'd have to go west and if you've got kids in the car you won't be wanting to go down Ormiston Rd or Caves Rd or you'll never get the vomit smell out of the car.
It's unlikely that they will want two checkpoints on SH1.
They will probably have the SH12 checkpoint between the Maungaturoto Dairy factory and SH1 turnoff (maybe at the old truck weigh station on the flats).
If you wanted to avoid this take Mountain Rd on the left north of Kaiwaka (@ 8km on gravel).
The SH1 Uretiti checkpoint can be easily avoided by turning left on to Rosyth Rd about 2km north of Waipu, left on to Mountford and right on to Doctors Hill Rd (@ 7kms all on seal).
@Duluth Yay!, that means it's Southland's turn then......
The Ukrainians are claiming they hit the ship with two Neptune anti ship missiles.
One Of Russia’s Biggest Cruisers Has Sunk Off Ukraine
Ukraine claimed Wednesday a navy missile battery struck the Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, off the coast of Odessa. On Thursday, the Russian government said the warship had sunk.
Either way it's a bloody broken nose for the Russian Black Sea fleet.
@Duluth said in QF - Canterbury vs Northland:
Northland v Canterbury NPC results
The last Northland win was back in 1999. Final score was 27-20
I remember two things about this game. The Northland pack put on a great performance particularly in the mauls. Glenn Taylor dominated Blackadder
Managed to find the try scorers and the team lists (missing one Cantab reserve)
Hayden Taylor, Mark Subritzky, Norm Berryman, Robbie Johnson, Dan Parkinson, Jared Going, Joggie Viljoen, Matthew Webber, Alan Tubbs, Vula Maimuri, Glenn Taylor, Geoff Crawford, Tim Knight, Jason Hammond , Nick White
Reserves: Joe Ross, Mike Storey, Murray Dyer, Tim Henwood, Tim Kareko, Tony Monaghan, Jason HitaBen Blair, Daryl Lilley, Mark Robinson, Mark Mayerhofler, James Kerr, Leon Macdonald, Ben Hurst, Steve Surridge, Angus Gardiner, Clark McLeod, Todd Blackadder, Steven Lancaster, Dave Hewett, Matt Sexton, Con Barrell
Reserves: Sean Cuttance, Greg Somerville , Chris Jack, Johnny Leo'o, Aaron Flynn, Aaron Mauger, AN Other27-20
Northland Tries: Berryman, Parkinson, Taylor, White
Cantab Tries: Kerr, Hurst, McLeod
I bet Con Barrell copped a bit of verbal at the end...
@booboo said in Sports Memes:
@pepe said in Sports Memes:
@bones said in Sports Memes:
So true, so many times...
What backs thinking they have an overlap?
Well, they are the team members that actually can count...
@booboo said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@booboo said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@booboo said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
Well done Argies.
ABs very poor.
Most random reffing performance I have seen for some time, well since that Wales v Boks test.
He's simply not up to standard but he wasn't the reason you lost.
Was a factor.
Take him out and we win.
Not convinced
Ref wasn't committing the penalties and throwing the ball in shit
Ref invented penalties, for one side and ignored the other side.
It created the scoreboard pressure. And subsequent panic.
Sure we did stupid shit too.
But change that factor and put a proper ref in charge and that result changes.
That's down to the captain, players and coaches not adapting to the ref
Everyone knew he's useless before kick off
NZ did not play the ref, Argentina did
End of
So you're saying the referee's inadequacies affected the result?
I agree entirely
The team's inadequacies affected the result much more
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@Bovidae said in Boxing Thread:
A decision is like a loss for Parker. Andy Lee might say that Massey was negative but Parker needed to find some answers and be busier.
Massey was tough. Took some pretty big hits.
Yes, but the shots were from Parker. That has always been his problem, a lack of a reasonable punch.
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
The Bombardment
Danish movie on Netflix, previously known as The Shadow in My Eye. It t4ells the story of a real life bombing raid in WW2 called Operation Carthage designed to be a low level attack on Gestapo HQ in the old Shell Building. As a result of fuckups, two waves of bombers instead target a school. The raid caused 125 civilian deaths, including 86 schoolchildren and 18 adults at the school.
It may be of interest that one of the three bomber squadrons that flew this low-level raid was No. 487 Squadron RNZAF. They were all flying De Havilland Mosquitos. One of the aircraft in the first wave crashed into a garage next to the school. This started a large fire which some of the following aircraft mistakenly believed to be the correct target.
My heart sort of agrees. My TAB Pending Bets say otherwise...
I agree with your thoughts in regard to Dewes.
Do we know who any of the other applicants may have been?
NRU opts for the tried and tested in appointing new head coach
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Former Taniwha player sets goals for the team as head coach.
A 2-year contract with Graham Dewes remaining as assistant coach.
A unanimous decision from the interview panel which included Leon McDonald.
How much of this season's improved performance can be attributed to the new Head Coach?
A lot of complaining about the officiating but the fact is we are currently getting smacked by a 14 person team
