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@Stargazer said in Crusaders vs B&I Lions:

Okay, my 2 cents. I haven't read most of the comments, because to my great surprise (well, not really), all these Ferners who have always expressed their dislike towards the Crusaders (remember the hatiest team thread?) suddenly come out of the woodworks to dish the Crusaders and individual players. The frustration about the Crusaders being unbeaten this Super Rugby season must be huge. And the frustration with some of their players not being selected in the AB squad. Really pathetic.

LOL. You have to take shit for one game this year and you get that worked up.

I see that she didn't kill anyone other than herself.

Whether it's mass shootings, running for president, or leading a coalition government, women just can't do anything right.

@Siam said in Coronavirus - Overall:

renowned evolutionary biologist Brett Weinstein

He isn't a renowned anything, and he isn't a molecular biologist, virologist, or bioinformatics expert. He teaches at a crappy university and only has two publications to his name. He's never published anything relevant to this field.

A lot of Japanese expats I've met have been good "lad" types, who are up for a crude laugh. I wouldn't do that to them on national TV though ...

Also, Wheeler is one of the stupidest sounding, backwards hicks in NZ, so he's in no position to take the piss out of anyone.

Someone's got to do it:

When are the teams named?

@Catogrande said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

@Kirwan arbitrarily changed his avatar to a picture of a tin of spam.

Back when Kirwan was cool.

@chris-b said in All Blacks v France Test 3:

@kiwimurph So with Squire and Taufua out, does that bring Akira into the selection frame?

They've arguably still got Whitelock, Fifita, Frizzell and Savea to cover 6/8 options.

Four of the greats!

@mariner4life There is no worse type of person than the self described social media influencer.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300309712/super-rugby-blistering-blues-challenged-to-show-some-transtasman-consistency

@stargazer Good call. Could spice it up by putting the players returning from Japan (Barrett, Retallick, Perenara) in the NZ Barbarians team.

So Australia has a series against France, and we play Fiji and Tonga's B-teams (at best). We would be better off playing the Moana Pasifika team from last year's match against the Maori team.

@kirwan Yep, Aussie commentators were a breath of fresh air. They just called the game for both sides.

@higgins Glenfield have been struggling for years. Not liked by other clubs too.

@bones couldn't see what he did

Taavao is a lot better than Lomax.

Ioane should be starting at 8. Cowley-Tuioti is in career best form.

An odd scrum penalty ...