The Silver Fern

poor old Dmac.
guy throws him the ball from touch its his fault
gets thrown a bad pass and he dropped it its his fault
passes the ball and gets dropped its his fault
puts a bomb up and not recovered its his fault

really enjoying these meltdowns
bring on the season

jacobson to 8 ardie to bench would have been my pick.

the non look at perenaras was worse

watched the game at the ground
funny reading peoples take on things
random thoughts
tight five were good
paps was ok
savea was savea
finau disappointing
perenaras the pick of halfbacks
Dmac was fine .took a knock just after BB came on took him a while to recover
JB good
ioane average
reece the pick of them MT kick chase poor rest of game ok looks slow
pereafeta surprisingly good
reserves mostly good
BB looks slow
definitely change of tactics in second half
stadium is great to watch rugby in

im beginning to think the best way to get rated here is not to get picked

@Stag said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@Toddy
Jacobson 3 runs 2 meters
Blackadder 6 runs 38 meters
And they had virtually the same tackle stats.
🤷‍♂️
tackle stats

jacobson 8 and 1 miss
niggles 7 and 4 misses is not the same

77 posts deep for a guy who couldnt get a contract. and now we are fighting over salary caps in another country .welcome to the fern

isnt sport fun. we kick a converstion or penalty we probarly win , and would have been talked about as a great win against the odds. but we didnt and everyone bias get runout to display.

taxi driver said same

nearly through remote at tv when durmont tapped the penalty instead of kicking for lineout.

with jegga/@paremata returning i thought i would just drop in and say how i had dinner with portia woodman mickalia blyde,jasmin hotham ,tyla nathan-wong after the hamilton sevens

6 and 2 or 7 and 1 benches come with risks. worked perfectly on saturday for the boks. wont always.

@Canes4life said in Crusaders 2025:

How long did Blackadder last?

groin injury getting of the bus

glorious reading comments after game.a few comments aren't ageing well

@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:

Ofa out for the season (having been fairly shit), EDG struggling for the Highlanders, Numia hardly setting the world alight… loosehead prop shaping as one of the more intriguing selection dilemmas.

no issues
William,bower and who ever is Crusaders 3rd loosehead

you know robertson will pic bower

@KiwiMurph said in Beaver's all time NZ Super sides:

@mariner4life said in Beaver's all time NZ Super sides:

Rhys Duggan for life!
(i have a soft spot for our "close but not quite" battlers)

Duggan was a gun. I'm glad he got test capped.

always claimed I motivated rat to becoming a all black.As back when he just starting out in club rugby I was playing against him. tackled him probably would be sin bined now and told him to go back to school

@brodean said in Blues 2025:

So I'm wondering how we will go next year. We need to replace these guys:

Ioane, Plummer, Tele'a, Riccitelli, Suafoa, and Choat.

It's a second year in a row we will need to replace key players.

Ioane, Plummer, Tele'a, Riccitelli have been star players for us and Suafoa/Choat have been key squad members racking up plenty of game time with a lot of starts and experience. We will need to spend some dollars to get players of similar quality.

I'm not a 100% sure who is available but will throw some names out there who are or might be off contract.

Ioane/Plummer - Obviously Rieko and Plummer are massive losses. That said I thought Lam was our best centre last year so he's an option there. At the moment Lam would be the best 12 and 13 option with Ioane gone. Maybe a Taele and Lam partnership.

With Plummer and Ioane going they need two midfield options plus someone who can cover 10. It's worth keeping a hold of Grindlay if we can and developing him.

Another option might be to bring Sullivan in as a midfield option at 12 if Perofeta and Forbes are still available.

In terms of squad replacements for those two potentially Kaleb Trask, Quinn Tupaea, Rameka Poihipi, Gideon Wrampling, Levi Aumua, and Thomas Umaga Jensen.

Tele'a - Off the top of my head Tito-Harris and Mathis could be options. Tele'a was key to our success and he didn't have the same impact this year which I think was telling. Would have been good if we kept anyone of Kade Banks, Caleb Tangitau or Kneepkins.

Potentially Etene Nanai Seturo, Kade Banks or Dan Sinkinson, Oli Mathis, Xavier Tito Harris.

Riccitelli - potentially the hardest to replace. A key team member of our success that has helped us develop a rock solid set piece and winning the collisions. Very high workrate. Potentials - Bradley Slater, Ioane Moananu, George Bell, Sione Vikena, Ray Tuputupu and Vernon Bason. Ideally it would be someone with a lot of experience like Slater or someone with a lot of potential like Bell or Tuputupu.

Suafoa, and Choat - Sadly I can't see Cameron Suafoa making a come back even in remission. Cameron Suafoa obviously covered 6, 8 and lock. He was a player of huge potential and seemed like a great person too.

Choat has been a reliable workhorse and servant for the Blues.

He was a key component of our more success in recent years being a good professional example for younger players.

Potential replacements - Rob Rush, Lotu Inisi, Semisi Tupou Ta'eiloa, Sione Havili Talitui, Zach Gallagher, James Thompson, Malachi Wrampling-Alec, Jimmy Tupou, Mitchell Dunshea, Oliver Haig, Xavier Saifoloi, and Ethan Blackadder

heres a idea pick your own players and develop them. you have the biggest catchment and all you want to do it pick out of other sides