The Silver Fern

@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:

On Instagram he also bench pressed a ridiculous 185kg which is more than most Rugby players can manage.

Does that enhance his ability to hurl the ball in with pinpoint accuracy at breakneck speed from the wide long on boundary when there is a possibility of a runout?

@MN5 Very prophetic, as he strikes next ball!

Just switched on and lo and behold I thought I was seeing things. Fancy Chris Martin being recalled from retirement to fill in for some of the medium pace bowling injuries. Puts glasses on and find out it is someone called Michael Rae.

Yuck, trying to flick a wide ball high over point is not a shot I associate with Test Cricket, especially if it costs you your wicket. Conway gone for 37 as a result.

@sparky He will need to be pressed into service pretty quickly as they are struggling to get over no hopers The Dragons away 10 - 17 with about five minutes to go in this morning URC game

EDIT Reverse jinx as they increase their margin to a more comfortable 14 points with a converted try real close to fulltime.

@canefan said in Formula 1:

@Higgins said in Formula 1:

Is a seat about to become available at McLaren?

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/oscar-piastri-sets-off-f1-storm-with-bombshell-instagram-post-slamming-his-own-team/ar-AA1QVkGn?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=0980fa9d4a8141fdbb592ff3b90ecae0&ei=5

Where would Oscar go?

If they decide to dump him then maybe a straight swap for whoever they bring in if it is from another F1 Team. McLaren do have a couple of highly rated junior drivers in their stable that they are closely mentoring so they might promote one of them if Piastri gets the archer.

Is a seat about to become available at McLaren?

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/oscar-piastri-sets-off-f1-storm-with-bombshell-instagram-post-slamming-his-own-team/ar-AA1QVkGn?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=0980fa9d4a8141fdbb592ff3b90ecae0&ei=5

@Canes4life said in NPC 2025:

Is the NPC really sustainable if ads like the below are popping up on my social feed. Worrying signs.

Jeez, are Auckland in that much trouble?!

Just watched the first over from Nelson and there is something not quite right seeing the Windies opening with a left arm off spinner.

Then twelve more of the next three balls as Santner going crazy

Well a 23 run over helps just a wee bit but with 9 down it is still improbable.

Here comes future MLB players

David White certainly gets around a la David Moffett

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-rugby-boss-leaves-a-big-gap-behind/CNZ2HOV7RXGH7R6MVYMS7ARAGU/

@mikedogz said in Rugby World Cup 2027 - Qualifying:

FYI All Blacks XV doesn't capture any players looking to play elsewhere.

https://www.world.rugby/organisation/governance/next-senior

https://resources.worldrugby-rims.pulselive.com/worldrugby/document/2025/02/19/e2d22ca7-a026-4fc6-bb5b-1bbd1b679b45/NSNRT-2025-1-Feb-.pdf

Woe betide any commentator linking the name of Ivory Coast's Womens 2nd Team to a barging try by a sizeable Ivory Coast prop, or any team member for that matter.

@mikey07 Come on, it's been a good few years since James So'oalio and Fa'atonu Fili have played for them.

@booboo
In the Central team
Mark Urwin played about 80 games for Taranaki
Jarrod Ross had over 20 games for Mid Canterbury
Joe Filemu had a dozen or so games for Wellington in the mid 90s
Carl Baistow had spells at both Poverty Bay and Manawatu for about 25 games in total
Keryn Martin and about five games split between Nelson Bays and Wellington

https://www.facebook.com/reel/602716356240546

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2246241142531310

@Bovidae Joe Filemu turned out to be a pretty decent halfback for Manu Samoa but there were probably only about four or five other players in the Central team that I can remember in the Central team actually playing NPC rugby

@Bovidae said in Exodus:

Who knew that Nelson College was such a RL nursery.

Blame it all on Simon Mannering.

@W32 said in NH Club Rugby:

@W32 said in NH Club Rugby:

@OomPB said in NH Club Rugby:

@W32 Wessels has been banned. Will miss the tour.

They must have found better footage.
Hopefully Owen Doyle was not the influence in this decision as he had the same view of what happened as those of us watching on the telly.
Owen Doyle is a clown.

This is such a joke . There is no evidence to support the claim that Wessels grabbed Murphys balls. Wesssels gets a 9 week ban based on… Murphys word - the video shows Murphys not even looking at his groin area when it happened.

Wessels should sue the urc panel for defamation.

Thank you for confirming that Josh Murphy must be nothing more than a thug for thumping someone for no apparent reason then.