Wellington v Hawkes (RS)

[Magpie_in_aus]

The new shield was built by a company in Wellington. Absolute stitch up. Likely inserted something in the wood to explode once they lost the shield. Shoddy workmanship.

[Dan54]

I kind of agree with Scotty Stevenson on the shield getting smashed, I not only pissed that it happened, obviously player taking it home who don't care, but then another piston wristed gibbon thought it a great idea to post pictures/video on line of how funny they thought it was! Probably me being a grumpy old bastard who has thought the Shield meant heaps, I don't even think there anything to make jokes about!

[Smudge]

I think that's what annoys most people. Everyone would acknowledge that accidents happen, but it's what you do next that matters, and taking photos of said broken shield and posting it on social media (even in a semi-private setting like Snapchat or a WhatsApp group or whatever) is dumb.

I suspect there's more to come too...

[Dan54]

@Smudge Bang on, already there is talk of snorting drugs off broken shield! It just pisses me more all the time. Hawkes Bay won the shield, and because of f***en idiot players, they have already ruined an awful lot of the goodwill!!

[MN5]

@Smudge said in Wellington v Hawkes (RS):

I think that's what annoys most people. Everyone would acknowledge that accidents happen, but it's what you do next that matters, and taking photos of said broken shield and posting it on social media (even in a semi-private setting like Snapchat or a WhatsApp group or whatever) is dumb.

I suspect there's more to come too...

You’re right

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/300980963/new-zealand-rugby-investigating-claims-drugs-were-snorted-from-ranfurly-shield

[Smudge]

Just call me SoothSmudge

[sparky]

‘Hawkes Coke Shame.’

Hard to see this ending well for the HB boys.

[Hooroo]

Way for the team to justify all that is written about the area

[Smudge]

More like Hawke's Baked.

[JK]

Drug test the lot of em

[Kirwan]

Wow, way to taint a great win with disgusting behaviour. NZ Rugby need to take the Shield back.

[sparky]

Ban HB from all competitions.

[Canes4life]

Lol it couldn't be more obvious.

[sparky]

I guess the claim will be that it wasn’t one of the players but hard to believe none of the players were present when someone snorted an illegal drug off the Ranfurly Shield

[Billy Tell]

@Stargazer said in Wellington v Hawkes (RS):

I'm disappointed that the Shield has been damaged, but I'm already reading too many assumptions about what happened.

Shield went on the piss and got absolutely smashed

[Magpie_in_aus]

@Canes4life looks to me like the remnants of some sort glue/sealant. The boys obviously trying to fix the shield after it broke.

[Virgil]

Thats a clean break, it would have been a shoddy repair job to begin with. Dropping it on a hard surface just broke open where it was previously apart and repaired.

Im not vested in this, i just work with wood and see this all the time...carry on.

Edit: i mean wood breakages, not Coke.

carry on again

[MN5]

@Billy-Tell said in Wellington v Hawkes (RS):

@Stargazer said in Wellington v Hawkes (RS):

I'm disappointed that the Shield has been damaged, but I'm already reading too many assumptions about what happened.

Shield went on the piss and got absolutely smashed

This made me laugh way more than it should have

[MN5]

@Virgil said in Wellington v Hawkes (RS):

Thats a clean break, it would have been a shoddy repair job to begin with. Dropping it on a hard surface just broke open where it was previously apart and repaired.

Im not vested in this, i just work with wood and see this all the time...carry on.

Well can you fix it ?

New Zealand Rugby is counting on you.

Help us Virgil wan Kenobi, you’re our only hope.

[JK]

@Virgil Looks like a straight line to me