@canes4life said in Foster signs 2 year extension:

The thing is, if we win the World Cup he will most likely be reinstated again. Ffs.

Yeah, it would really suck if we won the World Cup!

From the BBC's live scoring:

Sowakula doesn't have the skill level for test rugby. A really dumb selection. Sotutu is a much better player.

@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.

@muddyriver Lots of bad and fraudulent data. The whole story is a pretty sad tale of grifters, fraudsters, cranks, ignorance, and people who should know better producing false hope.

Developing antivirals is very difficult, and almost all candidates fail. Taking a random drug, that pops up in a crappy in vitro drug library screening assay when used at massive equivalent doses, and claiming it's a "miracle drug" that should be rushed into front line medical intervention is pretty dreadful behaviour from anyone, especially from physicians.

There are known mechanisms by which many types of drugs give false or unusable positive results in in vitro assays. In the case of ivermectin, it's probably because it's lipophilic and accumulates in cell membranes, which disrupts them and damages/kills the cells. That would give the impression that it is stopping virus replication, because it is killing the cells they replicate in. I may well be wrong about that, but there's been similar observations with a lot of other repurposed drug candidates for covid.

There's a lot of people who know fuck all about drug discovery and development who have been very noisy about pumping ivermectin, and they should've stuck to what they know.

Should it turn out to have some use, then that would be great. That is established through vigorous experimentation and clinical research, not from internet dick measuring and grifting.

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.

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.

@SouthernMann Anscombe?

I identify as a pacific person. Absolutely get fucked.

This is something new I've just experienced when submitting to a scientific journal.

Great to know that a goal for decent publications is now making racial judgements of the relevance of biochemical research.

Absolutely get fucked.

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Paps should be higher too.

All Blacks player ratings: High highs and low lows for centres and outside backs

The All Blacks' midfielders and outside backs mixed moments of the sublime with an equal number of moments of despair in 2022.

Full ratings

Hookers:

Dane Coles – 4/10

Samisoni Taukei’aho – 8

Codie Taylor – 5

Asafo Aumua – N/A

Props:

Aidan Ross – N/A

George Bower – 6

Nepo Laulala – 4

Angus Ta’avao – 4

Ofa Tu’ungafasi – 5

Karl Tu’inukuafe – N/A

Tyrel Lomax – 7

Ethan de Groot – 6

Fletcher Newell – 5

Locks:

Scott Barrett – 7

Josh Lord – N/A

Brodie Retallick – 7

Tupou Vaa’i – 5

Sam Whitelock – 7

Josh Dickson – N/A

Patrick Tuipulotu – N/A

Loose forwards:

Sam Cane – 6

Akira Ioane – 6

Dalton Papali’i – 7

Ardie Savea – 8

Hoskins Sotutu – 6

Pita Gus Sowakula – N/A

Shannon Frizell – 6

Billy Harmon – N/A

Halfbacks:

Finlay Christie – 5

Folau Fakatava – 5

Aaron Smith – 6

Brad Weber – N/A

TJ Perenara – 6

First fives:

Beauden Barrett – 5

Richie Mo’unga – 7

Stephen Perofeta – N/A

Midfield:

David Havili – 5

Jack Goodhue – N/A

Rieko Ioane – 7

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck – N/A

Quinn Tupaea – 6

Braydon Ennor – N/A

Anton Lienert-Brown – 5

Outside backs:

Caleb Clarke – 6

Leicester Fainga’anuku – 5

Will Jordan – 6

Sevu Reece – 5

Jordie Barrett – 7

Mark Telea – 8

Frank Bunce: All Blacks midfield on song but time for change in outside backs

The Frank Bunce area of expertise - the midfield - has chopped and changed throughout Ian Foster's tenure as head coach of the All Blacks.

Bunce:

11 ?
12 Barrett
13 Ioane
14 Talea
15 Jordan