North vs South

[Bovidae]

@Tim is on fire.

I still remember Spencer's woeful goal kicking in Wellington when the ABs lost to the Boks.

[Tim]

@Bovidae I am bringing the passion!

[Bovidae]

@Tim So Bachop can count himself lucky to make your 1995 RWC backline.

[MN5]

@Tim said in North vs South:

@nzzp said in North vs South:

Also, Mehrts wasnt' bad to be fair.

Never won anything at test level. Ridiculously overrated player in NZ. Not rated anywhere else.

1995: Choke
1996: Culhane and Preston won the series
1997: Spencer dominance
1998: Lost every game
1999: Destroyed at the world cup

Stephen Jones likes him though

[Tim]

It's pretty clear that the only good South Island AB loose forward of the professional era was Richie McCaw.

[Tim]

South Island coaches were so bad in that era.that Marty Brooke missed out on the ABs to Chris Tregasgis, and Zinzan Brooke, the most dominant NZ player of the 90s, got overlooked for Aaron Shithouse Pene.

[MN5]

@Tim said in North vs South:

It's pretty clear that the only good South Island AB loose forward of the professional era was Richie McCaw.

Sounds like someone never saw Rueben Thorne do anything of note in an AB jersey.

Then again none of us did either.

[Stargazer]

https://twitter.com/AllBlacks/status/1301814760963559424

[KiwiMurph]

At least there won't be a jersey colour clash.

[Tim]

@Stargazer Old school. Love it.

[pakman]

@Tim said in North vs South:

@Stargazer Old school. Love it.

C’mon Black!

[pakman]

@Tim said in North vs South:

@Stargazer Old school. Love it!

[antipodean]

@Canes4life said in North vs South:

Will we see any of this biff again? How much would that shot on Donnelly (0.21) get in this day and age?

I saw nothing wrong with any of that.

[Tim]

@Canes4life said in North vs South:

Will we see any of this biff again? How much would that shot on Donnelly (0.21) get in this day and age?

Love that Coles was the first in.

[Machpants]

@KiwiMurph said in North vs South:

At least there won't be a jersey colour clash.

Nah the games in Welly, so South will be wearing their really dark grey away strip...

[Unite]

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[sparky]

My five least favourite Rugby people from the South Island.

1. Justin Marshall. Arrogant bastard. Talks so much sh#t he must be drowning in the stuff.
2. Laurie Mains. All the charm of Thunderbird puppet. Threw away the 1995 World Cup by not employing a proper chef.
3. Alex Wylie. Dirty thug. Always miserable. Outfoxed in 1991 by Bob Dwyer.
4. Bryon Kelleher. A man with no shame.
5. Todd Blackadder. Even less personality and presence than The Suitcase.

Up the North!

[sparky]

@Tim said in North vs South:

South Island coaches were so bad in that era.that Marty Brooke missed out on the ABs to Chris Tregasgis, and Zinzan Brooke, the most dominant NZ player of the 90s, got overlooked for Aaron Shithouse Pene.

Always amazed me that Laurie Mains never picked Duane Monkley for the ABs in the early 1990s when he was perhaps the best player in the world at the time.

[Victor Meldrew]

@sparky said in North vs South:

@Kiwiwomble said in North vs South:

smith not starting the only surprise for me

Aaron Smith played a huge number of minutes for the Highlanders, is 31 and is clearly the Half Back in NZ. I can understand the AB selectors trying to manage his workload.

Both Aaron Smith & TJP were outstanding in Super Rugby Aotearoa. Wouldn't be surprised to see TJP being pulled quite early for similar workload reasons.

[Victor Meldrew]

@MN5 said in North vs South:

@mariner4life said in North vs South:

@Stargazer nothing is ever as bad as Palmerston north

I'm here right now.

Can confirm.

You've obviously never visited Brown Owl in Upper Hutt.