The Silver Fern

@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!

Spend three years away, come back for the world cup. Absolutely get fucked.

From the BBC's live scoring:

Let's hear no more BS about Beauden Barrett being finished. He won that game.

Ratima looked good.

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

NZR's high performance manager, Chris Lendrum, has stated that selecting players from overseas would mean reduced contact time with them, and would necessitate using a simplified game plan to compensate for that. Combined with the poor form that many players display after returning from Japan, I see a rather weak case for selecting overseas players.

The players most talked about are Mo'unga and Frizzell. They are average players at test level, and we have better players in NZ.

That is really tough on McKenzie.

We desperately need some rugby.

Buying him out of his contract would have been a waste of money.

@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.

At least no Havili.

Big challenge for Ryan tomorrow. His forwards have been very poor in the last two games. Are we finally going to see some connection between ball carriers and cleaners?

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.

Congrats to Roigard, but I'm a bit worried about who will start in Smith's absence without Weber there.

Christie is very lucky.

Gutted for Stevenson, that boot from the back is a huge asset.