The Silver Fern

@Mr-Fish said in Manawatu v North Harbour:

@delicatessen said in Manawatu v North Harbour:

Laumape started his AB's return campaign on the right note. First touch was a dinky chip to no space just outside his 22 with no advantage. Lovely.

There's that kicking game all his supporters love to talk up.

I was one of those when he left lol. Certainly was never his main drawcard tho.

@Chris-B said in Extreme Weather:

@taniwharugby It has really been the cumulative at my place. We've had 500+mm in the past two months.

I still thought the river would have to come up another metre to get my house (and if it managed to do that there would be large parts of Richmond washing up in Wellington).

But, unfortunately, it broke its banks a km upstream - flowed across the plain until it reached the elevated SH6, which it couldn't cross - so it just took the path of least resistance down the side of the road and took out the houses in its path. Looked quite a lot like the footage of the Asian tsunami as it came across the paddock - and a very nasty WTF is that and where's it come from moment.

Any idea on the stopbank construction? I've a feeling it's a bit shit in NZ in general, it's the reason parts of HB got hammered in Gabriel.

Laumape started his AB's return campaign on the right note. First touch was a dinky chip to no space just outside his 22 with no advantage. Lovely.

huh. been googling it most days and just found it now.
how long was it down for?

warriors

raiders. if we're doing this.
@mariner4life @bayimports @antipodean @ACT-Crusader @booboo @Nepia

Adams the only Rocket with a positive +/- in that game. And it was genuine impact, they cut the lead from 20ish to 5ish while he was on the floor, Warriors couldn't keep him off the O boards and he ran some of the offence to good effect. Unsure why they benched him though he was likely gassed.

We go again? I'd like to relive the joy of losing something I never had. Makes me me feel alive.

Also congrats @bayimports

@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

@Virgil said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

@canefan cheers, makes sense now.
Son Mitch = Great
Dad Mitch = Cockwomble who didn't pick CC for the 2003 RWC

some reason i was assuming Bad Mitch was Satnav (who i know the fern loves very much)

I love the interview where Son Mitch said he was furious and refused to speak to Dad Mitch after he left CC out of the squad. Great that he even copped it from his own son for that.

Look he's a great player, but I can't be alone in thinking Caleb Clarke was a bit raw still in '03?

12 changes to the team this week and then I hit remove all players by mistake.
Not loving this.

@mariner4life said in NRL Last Man Standing:

brutal round costs us our first eliminated

@Nepia tried to commit suicide but the warriors denied him.
@ACT-Crusader is a true believer though, and was rewarded.
@booboo bet against the Warriors and it cost him. good
@bayimports took the free hit with Penrith, and still swung and missed.
Me and @antipodean guessed correctly that Gold Coast are a bit shit

And poor old @delicatessen who last week had faith in the Roosters and they let him down. So this week he made the smart decision and bet against them, especially against Penrith. And they let him down. ANd so we bid goodbye to our first player.

always a chore, never a pleasure. been a business doing pleasure. goodbye all.

Faith restored in humanity.

Penrith

@mariner4life I'm out ain't I? Or do we have dead men walking

@Rembrandt Talking about itself seems to be a weak point for Grok - it tells me it can't generate images and immediately generates images.

Roosters

Hell of a lot easier than a tipping comp, I'm in

@booboo said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@delicatessen said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

you can't change a player once their team starts their game for that round

Yeah? Isn't that what I said?

Team should be locked at kick off in the first game of the round.

The way you said it I thought they were allowing replacements of any player at any point in the round. So if Roigard shat the bed you could replace him with Funaki before Saturday's game. Which would be preposterous.

@Bones agree. But I wouldn't put it past this crowd.

@booboo said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Despite the apparent instructions about being able to change before every game I'm only making changes once a week before game 1 of that round.

Changing EVERY game makes no sense to me, and I can't make the time to watch them all live, or be on my phone at prescribed times.

Will make little difference to my finishing position I'm sure.

Nah I went digging on this, and you can't change a player once their team starts their game for that round. So only useful if someone gets injured near gameday.

Presumably unused budget can be used next week?

I also don't see anything around player values going up or down throughout the season - anyone know whether that will be happening?

Ravindra currently on 6 off 37. Is this what we've been asking for?