The Silver Fern

just pull the plug

@NTA said in Aussie Community Rugby:

Funniest thing - we're playing white boys this weekend and everyone who had the flu or was otherwise sick last week against the big Pasifika club is now available...

...funny that.....

anyway, tops of the table clash friday night....nervous...excited....

@NTA said in Aussie Community Rugby:

About 40 players out on the weekend. Had to forfeit 2s.
Fourteen of them front row.

So guess who played a full game* at tight head prop for first grade? This dumb fuck...

The guy opposite me was half my age and twice my size, but I managed to hold him off mostly thanks to my Fijian second rower and bringing the big bastard down low where he was very uncomfortable. I reckon our scrum gave away about 200kg.

We lost 76 to 5 but scored the last try.

*The ref - who I know - mercifully called it off with 6 to go

#clublegend

bit of drama around melbourne, one club has got some success on the back of...to be delecate....a direct and uncompromising style....but it has become a thing that players would rather forfeit and chip in for the fine than play them and get injured (jobs, family etc)....thts how bad its got, almost gauanteed if you play these guys someone will get a season ender

two weeks in a row they have had their first grade called of 20mins early as the score have either blown out (+100 - 0 or the other team had too many injuries)....but they now scream fowl about the nasty rumours and accusations....and that they havent been able to rake up more points

its wild, two teams have dropped out of 3rd grade and one of those might even drop out of second grade

now i know we're really back

just got the patreon email.....i had assume the fern had been banned from work!

@Bones my mistake

didn;t we agree more likely finau to cover lock ?

@brodean said in All Blacks v France III:

So when was the last time there wasn't a Barrett in an AB squad?

@MN5 said in All Blacks v France III:

@Nepia said in All Blacks v France III:

FFS, no lock reserve.

Locks are 6's and 6's are locks now.

It's only France C

...but dont we normally use "easier" games to give guys experience....if we're not going to try this kind of thing against RSA....then why waste the opportunity?

@frugby in that case i would saying only having one proper 10 is an issue

@frugby in fairness...he said no BACK UP 10...

@SBW1 yeah, the Jags (or equivalent) re-entering was a very strong rumour thats not eventuated

i think setting them up in Melbourne would be a huge mistake, locals didnt support the rebels even though they were supposedly representing them...let alone if theyre actually from somewhere else, surprisingly few south africans knocking around the rugby scene here

relocating MP MIGHT be able to tap into the expat PI communities...maybe

my biggest gripe was always games in RSA seemed to be afternoon or late after noon so 3am NZ time....but games in NZ were always 730 or even 8 (i was told and i dont know hoe true this is but so it was a better time for RSA to watch)....a more even schedule would help a lot...for me

@kiwiinmelb i on the other hand got it immediately and you cant prove otherwise

@MN5 said in All Blacks v France 2:

@george33 said in All Blacks v France 2:

Rumours are that Caleb Clarke went down at training in serious doubt.
Any one got any more news on that.

Jordan to wing, Love to FB. Straight swap

thats not a straight swap thought is it.....

its the first thing i thought of though too, jordan on the left or does RI go back to the left?

Id be happy if it became a regular for lions tours to either country....give "the other country" some skin in the tour, i like that they kiwis that have missed out on selection get a chance to show off so close to home

….the world is doomed

I prefer the AUNZ team to the provincial BaaBaa's that we did, the concept of the AUNZ team has some potential to be something cool i think

@antipodean whish if true you can understand. a real balancing act thought, especially for a playmaker, to play whats in front of you, and how he played works on that day