The Silver Fern

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Excellent wine.

@rotated said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

@African-Monkey said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

Lindsay Harris

Who was the last chainsmoking All Black?

Walter Little?

@Yeetyaah said in Who will be the ABs third choice at 9 for the RWC ?:

Who would you rather then? Weber is arguably the third best halfback in Super atm, possibly Bryn Hall. I'd rather Weber over TTT at the moment.

I don't believe that. Weber's passing is abysmal. A fundamental skill for halfbacks and he's shit at it.

Def. McCaw in 2011 and, being an old bugger, BeeGee Williams in 1970 was the equal of Jonah in 1995. Jeff Wilson was pretty special in most years he played in as well

It's hard to leave out players like Michael Jones, Bruce Robinson, Steve McDowell and Colin Meads who were consistently better than any other player year on year

@Machpants He’s Tall Pakeha Jesus.

Savea and Coles definetly need a rest this weekend

His thumbs were over worked?? He was playing games so therefore he didn’t train? He was up late so it’s impossible he slept late too?

He had his worst Test but this tweet is really silly.

@nzzp said in Who does TSF want to be the next AB coach?:

Fark, I hated that in 2009. We just got monstered; Bakkies and Matfield were all over us. Was at the Tron when we got beaten up, and Steyn kicked a couple of 60 m penalties. Was just incredible, and they deserved it.

The only time I've seen the ABs lose live. And despite the long-range penalties and a JdV intercept, the ABs could still have sneaked a win at the end.

The Crusaders are fucking stacked with All Blacks. Very good ones mostly.

But yeah good on them for struggling through that poor hand.

@tim said in Beauden’s kicking stats - is it the ball?:

@kirwan Are the Japanese going to showcase highend broadcast tech, like 2160p60? Or is going to be the usual 1080p25?

Sorry, no idea.

I'm planning on heading down to it, should be great fun day out

@bovidae said in MOTM v Italy:

@roninwc Harris said he is a left-footer. The funny thing was he admitted he only kicked because he didn't think he could throw an accurate long pass with the greasy ball.

Throwing accurately is an issue.

@sparky said in Italy vs All Blacks:

@crucial

I hope none of them are heading to the Disabled Toilet with an Italian lady they met last night.....

I hope they are!! This is what you want from your professional sports men!

@bovidae said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

@snowy said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

@taniwharugby said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

If England can keep their powder dry,

Ahhh, so it's England that have the dry powder not us.

They certainly had it under wraps last year.

Eddie is still working on the final composition of said powder, right down to the last %.

Its slipping through his fingers

@majorrage amusing thing is, if we had won by 25, I highly doubt they'd select 5 AB's let alone 8!

I couldn't find a better thread to post this, but this might be interesting for people who don't mind making a trip to Hastings on 5. April and would like to hear Joe Schmidt speak.

An Evening with Joe Schmidt

Hawke’s Bay Rugby are delighted to announce that current Ireland and IRB World Rugby coach of the year Joe Schmidt will be the guest speaker at the HBRU’s “An Evening with Joe Schmidt” event to be held in the Exhibition Hall at the A&P Showgrounds in Hastings on Friday 5th April starting from 6pm. (...)

It's a charity event and it's not cheap.
https://www.sporty.co.nz/magpies/Membership/An-Evening-With-Joe-Schmidt?em=0&ts=0.40011585321298715

@machpants said in Let's talk about six, baby:

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/blindsided-is-no-6-the-all-blacks-biggest-world-cup-question-mark

I agree, it's not in a great place.

How do you have three carries for zero metres? That's Rueben Thorne form right there.

@chris-b said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:

@mariner4life

That over the shoulder tackle by Cohen would probably warrant a penalty try these days! 🙂

It's not Cohen's fault that Blair was a leprechaun disguised as a Rugby player....

@Billy-Tell Well Japan have just beaten the USA, Tonga and Fiji so I wouldn't take those rankings too seriously.

TJP at $4 looked good before the season started.

Cane is the best bet at $1.25. He will be picked in the squad regardless (unless there are complications) of how bad or good he looks coming back. Once in the squad I could see him being picked in the first test both as part of a full strength team (if he comes back looking good) or picked to prove himself/work his way back into form (if he comes back gingerly/misses TRC).

The fact he is injured now weirdly helps his chances IMO as any of the other "certain" picks can all fall over during Super Rugby and be ruled out where he can't.