Its that moment no one has been waiting for.... mostly because we can see who the winners are already.
But awards need a ceremony, so without further-a-do....

The Winners are .....

Best Gifer - @mariner4life
Best Memer and you true King of Memes - @RoninWC (Prick)
Spirit of Covid - @Snowy
Broken Record - The Fern for never getting off Fozzie's back, well done us.
Best Meme - Bear having Goldilocks read to him
(This one?)

Best Thread of the Year - Lockdown Check in
Best Come Back - @jegga
Most Level Headed - @Donsteppa
Best Stats Nerd - @Stargazer (for all things sugby stuff)
Best Sauce - @bayimports
Best Sports Poster - @Stargazer

Sporties - Favourite Cricket moment of the year.
Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor hitting the winning runs in the WTC Final.

Sporties - Favourite Cricket player of the year.
Kyle Jamieson

Favourite Sportsman/woman (Non Rugby/Cricket)
Lisa Carrington

Favourite Sporting Moment of the Year (Non Rugby/Cricket)
Lisa Carrington winning 3 Golds at the Olympics

Favourite Rugby Player of the Year
Lisa.... Samisoni Taukei'aho

Most Improved Rugby Player
Samisoni Taukei'aho

Favourite Rugby Game of the year.
A Tie, All Blacks vs France and Jordie kicking the winner vs Boks at Townsville.

Well there you have it, a big congrats to all the winners (not @RoninWC, clearly proving quantity over quality wins every time.)
@Stargazer you can tell everyone you have something in common with Lisa Carrington and Samisoni Taukei'aho, you are all 2 time winners of a Fernie/Sportie....

A big thanks to @Duluth for allowing this to happen again this year after a false start earlier in the year. Its been a tough year again for most of us here, the Fernies were an attempt to add some cheer and laughs, often at my expense.
Happy the 2nd time round made it to the end even though it didnt go as originally planned.
..kinda hoping to bring back the glory days of past Fernies....there was at least one of you that was a fan...

Anyway my small moment of power has come to an end, thanks again to @Duluth and the other Mods for humoring me and for their input...though i cant believe they actually made @MajorRage a mod.

Congrats again to the winners (not @RoninWC )
@MN5 maybe you need to double up on your double ups to have some chance of winning next year..

Lets all hope 2022 will be a better year, a possible return to some sort normalcy.
@Barchen
A year of less pandemic shit, better times with work and family and where friendships can survive or maybe begin again..

No apologies for how weirdo this is going to turn out.

Merry fucking Xmas...

Can one of the mods be kind enough to pin this please, you can unpin the other threads..ta

Pinched from Facebook..

The Blues win a Super Rugby trophy, the Black Caps a Cricket World Cup.
The world has gone mad..

@NTA said in Lockdown Check In:

The reason I'm really put out: it is the three year anniversary of starting my Long Service Leave. A month in which I did pretty much whatever the fuck I wanted, including a solo trip to NZ, and came home to a wife who was very happy to see me for the next week, if you know what I mean.

Which leads me to my next point: the lockdown work-from-home sex count is a sum total of 1 over 6 months. Which is bullshit.

Have our deepest sympathies.
2020 has been tough for us all

Except your wife. Sounds like it’s been pretty good for her

That’s a loose forward trio you should only see play in a midweek game back in the 90’s.

I assume Sir JK will be ringing the ex girlfriend to apologise?

That’s why we are here mate, to keep the contact going to help with our sanity. There’s members here who are in families struggling to keep the peace and keep kids from killing each other. Also members here who are on their own, let’s keep looking out for each other, keep the memes and jokes rolling in.

2018 Bledisloe

Points scored.

Beauden Barrett 60
Qantas Wallabies 45

Tries scored.

Beauden Barrett 6
Qantas Wallabies 5

Long time stalker first time poster...

While the world is going to hell after 2 years (and counting of another kind of hell)..

Maybe someone in the Kremlin needs to slip this into little P's playlist..

also Fergie...

Its that moment no one has been waiting for.... mostly because we can see who the winners are already.
But awards need a ceremony, so without further-a-do....

The Winners are .....

Best Gifer - @mariner4life
Best Memer and you true King of Memes - @RoninWC (Prick)
Spirit of Covid - @Snowy
Broken Record - The Fern for never getting off Fozzie's back, well done us.
Best Meme - Bear having Goldilocks read to him
(This one?)

Best Thread of the Year - Lockdown Check in
Best Come Back - @jegga
Most Level Headed - @Donsteppa
Best Stats Nerd - @Stargazer (for all things sugby stuff)
Best Sauce - @bayimports
Best Sports Poster - @Stargazer

Sporties - Favourite Cricket moment of the year.
Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor hitting the winning runs in the WTC Final.

Sporties - Favourite Cricket player of the year.
Kyle Jamieson

Favourite Sportsman/woman (Non Rugby/Cricket)
Lisa Carrington

Favourite Sporting Moment of the Year (Non Rugby/Cricket)
Lisa Carrington winning 3 Golds at the Olympics

Favourite Rugby Player of the Year
Lisa.... Samisoni Taukei'aho

Most Improved Rugby Player
Samisoni Taukei'aho

Favourite Rugby Game of the year.
A Tie, All Blacks vs France and Jordie kicking the winner vs Boks at Townsville.

Well there you have it, a big congrats to all the winners (not @RoninWC, clearly proving quantity over quality wins every time.)
@Stargazer you can tell everyone you have something in common with Lisa Carrington and Samisoni Taukei'aho, you are all 2 time winners of a Fernie/Sportie....

A big thanks to @Duluth for allowing this to happen again this year after a false start earlier in the year. Its been a tough year again for most of us here, the Fernies were an attempt to add some cheer and laughs, often at my expense.
Happy the 2nd time round made it to the end even though it didnt go as originally planned.
..kinda hoping to bring back the glory days of past Fernies....there was at least one of you that was a fan...

Anyway my small moment of power has come to an end, thanks again to @Duluth and the other Mods for humoring me and for their input...though i cant believe they actually made @MajorRage a mod.

Congrats again to the winners (not @RoninWC )
@MN5 maybe you need to double up on your double ups to have some chance of winning next year..

Lets all hope 2022 will be a better year, a possible return to some sort normalcy.
@Barchen
A year of less pandemic shit, better times with work and family and where friendships can survive or maybe begin again..

No apologies for how weirdo this is going to turn out.

Merry fucking Xmas...

Can one of the mods be kind enough to pin this please, you can unpin the other threads..ta

Voting is due to close automatically in about 10 days but most likely will wrap it up before then.
My last week at work for the year next week so would be the best time to wrap up this train wreck of a car crash…

If you haven’t voted already then it’s probably because you don’t give a shit.

…everyone else, get in there..

@mariner4life said in Ashes 2021-22:

a quick comparison, if you will indulge me

Test match opening bat has been a problem child for NZ as long as any of us can remember, we have had a fair number of shit ones

Marcus Harris currently averages 23.77

That is good enough to land him at #25 in the list of NZ openers with at least 10 tests.

The only names below him are How, Franklin, and Pocock.

There are some very ordinary names ahead of him

This is not a vintage Australian batting lineup.

wait you figured out how to use statsguru over at cricinfo?

Plenty of votes are in so far, some awards definitely could do with a few more.

Please note i get paid by the vote through an affiliation program, to date ive made enough to send someone a txt.

https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/category/51/fernies

@mn5
theres always next year.....maybe.

Voting is open for the much loved Fernies (someone out there does i think) and the new Sporties.

https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/category/51/fernies

Will be left open to Sunday 19th.

@Duluth please pin (ta)

@mn5 said in Memes:

@virgil said in Memes:

@mn5 said in Memes:

@catogrande said in Memes:

@mn5 said in Memes:

A late entry for meme of the year.

@Virgil sort it, thanks love.

Nominate it then, nominations close today.
Ill be getting the voting under way later today so you better hurry

Can you do it ? I have a bit of paperwork to do. Thanks mate.

Nope that would be breaking the rules, the IOC, ICC, FIFA, RFU etc would look very harshly on me if i was seen to be favoring someone else's nomination. Especially as no bribes have been offered.

@mn5 said in Memes:

@catogrande said in Memes:

@mn5 said in Memes:

A late entry for meme of the year.

@Virgil sort it, thanks love.

Nominate it then, nominations close today.
Ill be getting the voting under way later today so you better hurry

@stargazer said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2021:

Nominees announced for 2021 ASB rugby awards

New Zealand Rugby Referee of the Year:
James Doleman (Otago)
Ben O'Keeffe (Auckland)
Tiana Ngawati (Bay of Plenty)

Charles Monro Rugby Volunteer of the Year:
Paul Batters (Counties Manukau)
Peter Chaplin (Canterbury)
Greg Heller (Otago)

New Zealand Rugby Age Grade Player of the Year:
Chay Fihaki (Canterbury)
Josh Lord (Taranaki)
Soane Vikena (Auckland)

Bunnings Warehouse Heartland Championship Player of the Year:
Hone Haerewa (Ngāti Porou East Coast)
Willie Wright (South Canterbury)
Stefan Destounis (Poverty Bay)

Duane Monkley Medal:
Lincoln McClutchie (Hawke's Bay)
Stephen Perofeta (Taranaki)
Luke Romano (Canterbury)

Fiao'o Faamausili Medal:
Grace Houpapa-Barrett (Waikato)
Krystal Murray (Northland)
Joanah Ngan-Woo (Wellington)

ASB National Coach of the Year:
Neil Barnes (Taranaki NPC)
Ross Filipo (Waikato NPC)
Scott Robertson (Crusaders)
James Semple (Waikato FPC)

Sky Super Rugby Player of the Year:
Richie Mo'unga (Canterbury)
Dalton Papalii (Counties Manukau)
Aaron Smith (Manawatū)

Tom French Memorial Māori Player of the Year:
Ash Dixon (Hawke's Bay)
Sarah Hirini (Manawatū)
Aaron Smith (Manawatū)

Richard Crawshaw Memorial All Blacks Sevens Player of the Year:
Scott Curry (Bay of Plenty)
Andrew Knewstubb (Tasman)
Ngarohi McGarvey-Black (Ngāti Porou East Coast)

Black Ferns Sevens Player of the Year:
Gayle Broughton (Taranaki)
Sarah Hirini (Manawatū)
Tyla Nathan-Wong (Northland)

Black Ferns Player of the Year:
Les Elder (Bay of Plenty)
Kennedy Simon (Waikato)
Liana Mikaele-Tu'u (Auckland)

All Blacks Player of the Year:
Jordie Barrett (Taranaki)
Rieko Ioane (Auckland)
Will Jordan (Tasman)
Ardie Savea (Wellington)

adidas National Team of the Year:
Crusaders
South Canterbury
Waikato FPC
Waikato NPC

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Three awards will be announced on the night – the NZRPA Kirk Award, the Steinlager Salver and the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year.

The hotly contested Sky Television Fans Try of the Year is open for public vote. Click here to place your vote, which closes at 5pm today (Thursday 2 December).

The ASB Rugby Awards will air on Sky Sport 1 on Wednesday 15 December at 8.00pm.

Mine are better.