The Silver Fern

@Duluth said in Auckland MOTM v Waikato:

Segner & XTH. Funaki had some good touches particularly his kicking.. I’ll ignore the defence when he was forced onto the wing

That's what I went for.

@sparky said in Hawkes Bay v Counties:

@Duluth said in Hawkes Bay v Counties:

No Dalton Papali'i?

Hopefully he'll be on the plane to Argentina.

Still unusual given he was released, and only had minimal minutes throughout July, but maybe plans have changed.

@Bovidae said in BOP v Ta$man:

Vakasiuola

He went off in the preseason game with a head knock so maybe concussion .

Just looking at the highlights package above, reminded me how well the Naki defense was. It seemd pretty good on line and even further out was some bloody good scrambling.

@Chris-B said in Wellington v Canterbury:

@Chris Yeah - I think that's the purpose of swapping Chapman and Drummie.

Ta$man has Christie and Hotham, so whomever is behind them probably won't get much time - that's OK for Mitch at the tailend of his career, but they want Chapman playing.

Yep that is exactly the reason for the swap.

@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.

@Bovidae said in Auckland v Waikato:

Four wins in a row over Auckland as well, which looks to be Waikato's best winning streak.

Equals.

Waikato won 4 in a row over Auckland 1954-55

1954 won 23-9 (Ham); won 14-13 (Auck)

1955 won 24-13 (Ham); won 17-14 (Auck).

Silver Fern is only tipping I ever go in. Have to miss this one as I maybe away for a part, and just find it too hard to do tips when I not home.

@Bovidae You’d hate to be a hooker between those two. Talk about head in a vice!!

@Rembrandt export to CSV is so old fashioned now...

Love, Jordie and Holland.

@nzzp Scotland didn't play at Eden Park in 1987. They played one game there in 2011 but they lost that narrowly to England.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/15124512.amp

@Snowy said in All Blacks MOTM v France II:

@booboo said in All Blacks MOTM v France II:

@Windows97 said in All Blacks MOTM v France II:

Patty T, Vaa'i and Holland. Patty for an outstanding game filling in for injury, Vaa'i for stepping up at 6 and Holland who so far seems to be stepping into test match rugby seamlessly.

Astute selections

Given that you chose 3 locks (sort of), and are commending the selection of 3 locks by others, I’m going to hazard a guess that you were a lock at some point?

Only in an absolute emergency.

I skipped numbers 4 & 5 in my descent to the real low numbers.

@Mr-Fish said in Argentina v England II:

@Windows97 said in Argentina v England II:

How on earth did this happen? A weakend Argentina team beat the Lions at away and then proceed to lose at home to an England side sans-Lions players...

Make it make sense lol

Argentina rotated out a lot of their squad for this series. They didn't use a full-strength team.

More Latin disrespect.

@Billy-Webb said in Springboks v Italy II:

I am deliberately going to ignore debating the legality or "spirit" of each of the 2 new tricks the Boks put on show in this game.

Good point. We're not on an internet rugby forum to discuss important sort of stuff affecting rugby.

Not sure if Scotland have ever played on a surface like that!

The back 3 of Fiji played well but was impressed with some of the forward tactics. Kept it tight despite the temptation to swing it. Too many errors at times but a very good win that I see has shaken the rankings up.

Taylor, Jordie, Jordan my top 3

3 of the 4 debutants looked good. Kirifi not able to make an impact but would give him another go.

@antipodean said in Waratahs v British Lions:

@sparky said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Ireland's favourite English nepotist is claiming the Waratahs watered their pitch. They are claming they didn't.

Murray Kinsella  /  Jul 5 Farrell says Waratahs watered the pitch. Waratahs say they didn't Farrell says Waratahs watered the pitch. Waratahs say they didn't

The Australian side have pointed to the bad weather in Sydney earlier this week.

Irish and British don't have experience of wet pitches? Does it not rain over there?

Dry as a nun's in Ireland

We've found the root cause, will apply a fix ASAP.