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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2026:

Fuck drinking at games, or concerts, or anything like that. I'll have to go to the pisser all the time and end up missing good chunks of what I paid to see and pissing off those seated near me when I am up and down all the time.

Fuck being sober at games, or concerts, or anything like that.
There is always plenty of injury outages, or other filler bullshit, for quick pisser breaks
(BTW - I always gets seats at the very ends of rows, so pisser breaks are quick, easy, and minimal pissing off others when I am up and down all the time)

@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:

the best pool ever was England Aus and Wales in 2015. Beautiful.

Sitting in a Welsh pub, watching teen pregnancies in their infancy, and about to watch Eng vs Aus... I genuinely didn't know who I wanted to win.
Until the game started, and imagine my surprise when I started cheering on an Australian team.
And free halftime chips, good times all round.

Ireland's best chance to get past QF. Just Scotland/Argentina in the way, really.
Boo.

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:

@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:

@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2025:

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2025:

@MN5 Parker was better today than Holland was, to be fair... You only notice Holland because he's jumping in lineouts.

You’ve really missed what I was saying

In what sense?

Cos Scott Parker never played. I think Simon Parker did though.

Next you'll be saying Reeves didn't score a try.

Aaron Leonard Brine got a farewell match too.

Don't be salty.

Bit chippy tonite...

It all started with the comment from @Mr-Fish too. This is not a coincidence

I can see what your angling at..

you're

Just finished watching.. hopefully not sour grapes, but am I the only one asking... is Pollock an absolute cock?
Too much media cock-sucking at too young an age?

@Snowy Fuck you - that's all bullshit.

@nostrildamus said in England Vs All Blacks:

@Kruse said in England Vs All Blacks:

Don't particularly like it.

Never change, Kruse. Sobriety is seriously over-rated.

Hmmm... I'm more and more often having to go read my own posts to figure out what the hell people are replying to.
Time to self-reflect? Or have a midday beer? Hmmm....

@Nepia said in England Vs All Blacks:

I instantly thought we're gonna lose this one.

Yeah... I don't expect a win.
I've tried to explain to the seppos.. "I come from a place where I have a team I expect to win. 90% win-rate against anybody. Fuck y'all."
Don't have that any more. I'm kinda starting to understand how other people view sport. Don't particularly like it.

@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:

I watched the full 2019 semi final between these two teams for the first time. That was an incredible performance by England. Hoping for something similar this weekend. Cant wait

I will re-iterate several other comments - yeah, fuck you.
I was at that game, and it hurt.
I literally went out of my way to try and get beaten up by Japanese youths, and failed at even that.
Apologies for taking this personally, but... bad memories. Bad.

I would say - "Nah, seriously, good luck", but - nope.

@nostrildamus said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@Kruse said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

And that's definitely a coaching thing... I wouldn't know how to coach that: "play naturally when you're feeling it; but play differently when maybe that's not quite working and just do this structure"

plan A, here, have some free beer
plan B, ok, the wife's here, she's got the keys and she's not happy...

Are we now saying though... Use Plan-A despite the wife arriving?
Coz... metaphor-aside, I'm currently 100% on that train

If not clear - I'm smashed, and just took a toke. And just hit a button which made my screen do something I don't know how to get out of...

@pakman said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

the ABs seemed to relax and then their play flowed with real dynamism

I've had this vague thought for an age.
B.Barrett in particular - used to be fucking awesome when just having fun... playing like he's back on the farm doing chip-kicks and re-gathering them at will. Then when trying to play a structured game... under pressure like Bowie and Mercury - shit.
The rest of the team... maybe has become the same.
And that's definitely a coaching thing... I wouldn't know how to coach that: "play naturally when you're feeling it; but play differently when maybe that's not quite working and just do this structure"

@JayCee said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

Also, that half took 52 mins.

Was meaning to check that... dreadful.

@Darth-Sader said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

This is the longest start to a game I think I’ve ever seen

Especially for the seppos, even folk in this brewery have started watching it now that it's going at a pace they understand.

Ireland targeting the Barretts?
Obviously don't read the Fern.

Seppos commentators reckon it's a 20min res

@Bones said in Poms v Wallabies - 2025 EOYT:

@Victor-Meldrew said in Poms v Wallabies - 2025 EOYT:

motorcycles and basketball

I never got to see that sport

If motorcycles were involved, I might find basketball watchable.

@DaGrubster said in Poll: Best AB coach - professional era:

@Catogrande said in Poll: Best AB coach - professional era:

@DaGrubster

Who the fuck penned that load of shite? The Walrus would be my guess.

No it was Simon Barnes.

It was the game that sparked an incredible run for the All Blacks. for the next 12 years. his timing couldnt have been any worse

That is atrocious shite.
But sadly - reading through it, I'm thinking "copy and paste some of the more level-headed paragraphs into an article to publish today... it's not too far off"

@sparky said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@Kruse In Foster's era, Knowler and the other influential writers all got leaked the team a couple of days before the official announcement.

So - "Leaked Team" ?
As pointless.

@sparky said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

Richard Knowler at Stuff suggests that this will be the All Blacks team.

What the fuck was ever the point of a media "Possible Team".
Either claim a "Predicted Team", or even "Preferred Team", put your name on it; or just fuck off.
"Possible team" - that's AI-speak. And inherently... ignore.

@booboo said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@Grooter said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@sparky where's Belly sparky? Let's not forget he has a 100% win rate against the Irish

Is that relevant?

I mean I've never lost a game against Ireland.

I think it might be an even dumber metric than "total win percentage when this person was in the team".
"win percentage against a certain opposition when this person was in the team".
FFS. It's the sort of bullshit I'd expect from RugbyPass. But like a mentally-inept cancer, is spreading across The Fern.