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@Duluth said in Fern Outage:
Ok
There was a browser error that I have gotten rid of. So I fixed something.. just not your issue
Just to update on this, it's all come right now, no warning and can upvote fine. Assume it is now a trusted domain or something 
@MajorRage I'm not sure, I'd have to go back and watch it, but I think that's stretching it. He's well into his dive in the still you posted, so it probably depends if there are any head on Aus defenders in front of him when he starts the dive. I think there is at least one, possibly two or three. It's a dangerous thing to do running into a set defense which again is why it's outlawed.
@KiwiMurph said in Wallabies v Lions II:
@booboo said in Wallabies v Lions II:
@antipodean said in Wallabies v Lions II:
The most egregious refereeing was allowing Sheehan to dive over tacklers to score a try.
Strangely the Aus comms were ok with that one. Said diving for a try was OK.
...???
As always in rugby it's not black and white.
Here is what World Rugby clarified a couple of years ago
In principle, in a try scoring situation, if the action is deemed to be a dive forward for a try, then it should be permitted. If a player is deemed to have left the ground to avoid a tackle; or to jump, or hurdle a potential tackler, then this is dangerous play and should be sanctioned accordingly.
I don't think the refs got that one right. In that context - a quick tap with a wall of defenders in front of you - diving like that to "score a try" is not really a reasonable action despite being close to the line. The intention of it was first and foremost to jump/hurdle multiple potential head on tacklers which is outlawed for safety reasons.
Great game so far
Amazing stuff
@Duluth thanks, but the denied message is from our proxy server so don't think it's anything you can fix. I refreshed and tried again and same error
@bayimports said in Fern Outage:
newly registered domain, means blocked by work on work laptop... this outage keeps on giving lol
Yeah the proxy at my work is doing some slightly odd things, gives me a warning that I click continue on, then works OK after that but if I try to up-vote anything it gives me a denied message so doesn't like that part of it at all. I'm not sure I can come up with a strong enough business case for them to allow it all, but as Kirwan says the old URL will return at some point.
I assumed it was some sort of domain licensing issue at the time, was googling "silverfern forum" periodically to see if something new had been set up, but ended up seeing the email in my junk and got in from there before google started returning the new URL in results.
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks 2025:
Does he have Aderns PR team or something?
Maybe we need the politics section back so you righty tighties can keep it in your pants on the sports threads.
It wasn't meant as a political post, she did have a good PR team probably not as good as Beauden's though TBH!
Does he have Aderns PR team or something?
I think the biggest positives to come out of the series were at 6 and lock.
Vaa'i was very good at 6 and will only improve there with more minutes, and Finau is starting to come of age at test level with strong impact off the bench and then his best performance in black in the final test.
Between Holland, Tuiplotu, SBarret, Vaai' and Finau, we have plenty of size and height to fill the 4, 5 and 6 positions to match it with the bigger packs.
Well we smacked SA last night, I saw most of the first innings before going to bed, they didn't have any answers to our bowlers. Looks like Seifert got going to get us home at a canter.
We have our last game against Zimbabwe tomorrow before the final against SA on Saturday night.
Just creating this thread for our tour of Zimbabwe which includes the T20 tri-series with SA and then our two tests against Zimbabwe to pad our averages a bit.
I saw the first innings of our match against SA on Wednesday, Robinson started slow but fought hard to get us to something defendable, and I see Duffy was the best of our bowlers. Good start to the tour.
It's all live on ThreeNow, the T20s are an 11pm start, but the tests will be 8pm.
The T20 series is obviously pretty meaningless but I'll probsbly watch the first hour of each game.
@ShaquilleOatmeal said in All Blacks v France II:
@MN5 said in All Blacks v France II:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks v France II:
@MN5 said in All Blacks v France II:
@brodean said in All Blacks v France 2:
@voodoo said in All Blacks v France 2:
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Robertson's plan was to give everyone a run according to him.
Proctor has very much been a mixed bag.
Kirifi was picked on his ability to win turnovers and his good discipline. He hasn't won a single turnover so far and gave away 3 penalties in 20 minutes yesterday.
Yep, I heard the statement from coach, just saying I hate it.
I’d personally agree on Proctor, but I’d add that the consensus seems to be a decent T2 improvement on a fairly forgettable T1 - so why not give him another go to see if he can build on it? We know what ALB and Rieko offer there, let’s carry on with creating depth.
> Kirifi looked so frustrated today arguing with the ref didn’t he?
I'm pretty neutral on what happens with Proctor at the moment but it would seem that Proctor was a big part of their plan. The backline hasn't been great though and we got out to an early lead yesterday by keeping it tight.
I've always suspected that Kirifi would not go well with refs who are not Kiwis or Aussies. I doubt the coaches will appreciate the ongoing dialogue he was having with the ref
Interesting seeing a lot of these guys up close in my first AB test since 2011.
The thought of injuries striking and a loose trio of Savea, Lio Willie and Kirifi on the field at the same time is too ridiculous for words. We know what Ardie brings but the other two will just get rag dolled by bigger teams. They honestly looked like halfbacks out there. Savea is still such an X factor player though. The run to set up Vaai was amazing to see.
Reiko Ioane is bigger than I thought he’d be. Would have been good to see him have a crack on the outside. Possibly not as sharp as he used to be.
TNT a pocket battleship, worth persevering with.
Proctor a bit rocks and diamonds.
Jordie effective and did well to bounce back from that tip tackle.
Tuipulotu toiled hard, seems rough he’ll probably be jettisoned when Barrett comes back because they’ll certainly keep Holland on the park as much as possible.
Vaai going from strength to strength. This could be his long term position. Not good news for Finau who did nothing.
Food excellent if over priced ( I had two separate feeds as I was starving ). Beer tolerable.
Was at game too MN5, thoroughly enjoyed it (not unusual usually do go and enjoy tests). Wouldn't really argue with any of your points. The couple of takeaways I got was Holland was f***en good again, Vaa'i just looks the part of a good big 6, and I not convinced about Lio-Willie. Thought Proctor was not bad at all, can't remember Reiko doing a better job at 13 for a good while. Was overly pretty pleased, though it got messy at end when game was wrapped up.
What does this guys actually bring to the table ?
Not taking the piss, genuine question if anyone wants to answer
I don’t think he’s been bad but it’s a little bit of last man standing with him. They could’ve selected Sotutu in the original squad but other than that, looking at the current squad and the list of injured players, I think Lio-Willie is a guy we won’t see much of when other players get fit. There are a few players in the squad right now who I feel are only there because there’s not much else around right now.
Absolutely insane that they wouldn't give Sotutu a run there given the injuries. They just don't even want to give the guy a chance.
@kev Rieko has done a lot more than just "run" tonight
Rieko has been excellent tonight, class player
Seems we are clicking tonight, look out France
Keep ball in hand = try time. Maybe Jordie should be our 10
Roigard straight to Jordie should mean a lot less kicking
That's absurd it's a knock on by France
It's forward off France, scrum ABs surely
