The Silver Fern

@MN5 said in Rennie Sacked, Eddie In!:

Nurse: Sir you think every TSF thread is now a secondhand meme thread
Me: Is MN5 stll posting the same memes as RoninWC, just a day later?

@hikastags said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

Caleb Clarke said post-match that the squad put rugby aside for the week to "re-gather as a group after a long break"

Auckland Police have expressed surprise Caleb Clarke knows what a brake is.

I'm more interested in if Marshall is barred from approaching players after the game while drinking.

Does anyone else think Scott Barrett is not back to peak form?

So NZR pretend to not hire Joseph and Brown, send them overseas like little Trojan horses, then bring them back just before the RWC with all this secret other team knowledge and install them as RWC AB coaches? Brilliant. Had us all fooled.

I hope Love plays and touches down. So I can tell my Italian friends "hey, that's Amore!"

Havili shouldn't even be cover IMO. I don't mind the Bower cover choice but the Havili call shits me. Surely there is more reliable or fresh talent to build up. A J Lam for example.

I'm looking forward to viewing a badly coached, ill-prepared and relatively inexperienced team do battle.

As for the other team, I also hope Tonga do well.

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:

How bout Sevu Reece ? I’d love a chance to make a new joke for 2025

He was too slow to arrive in time for a photo?

So our exits, kicking, midfield, rucks, lineout, and general tactics weren't up to scratch. This is completely unexpected. They should give Foster another 4 years to sort this out as he is a big one for learnings, and these are big learnings.

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks 2025:

Perhaps the Oirish man you love to hate should be called in to coach your mob how to catch the high ball

Didn't his hair used to be a different colour?
He could have dyed.

@Winger said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

My view is rugby has become a bit too nice and PC. So well done to Rieko. We need more of this. It might seem a bit low but f++k it. It will help bring the crowds in for the next match between NZ and Ireland.

And I'm not meaning physically dirty play on the field. Keep stamping this out including anything related to the noggin

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/real-reason-johnny-sexton-left-27927412

He could have cried

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

What a season Sititi is having, this time last year he hadnt played super rugby, now he is a bolted on starter in the AB pack, seems in good nick too despite coming to the end of what is no doubt a massive workload he has put in, in his first full professional season, and just 22 years old!

and in the wrong position!

@Tim said in Foster must go:

Newshub claimed that they've been informed by "sources" that sacking Foster would cost $3M to $4M.

Foster then would seem to be far better at defining contract terms than coaching the ABs.

If Samisoni doesn't play a decent amount into the second half I'm going to storm down there and hide Foster's meat pies.

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

Tana should have run into a less tough first five like Merhts.

Actually Merhts heard the criticism of his light frame and really bulked up.
Shame it was after he stopped playing.

Who is this bench hooker? Seems to have potential.

you can tell it's a controversial squad naming when nobody's questioning how Christie got back in.

ok time to flush the dunny, thank the old timers for their splendid service, and move on.
And congrats again to the Boks for winning a point in a row 3 times. Talk about dedication to the mission.

@Frank said in All Blacks EOYT:

@No-Quarter
Fair points.
It still doesn't excuse Sotutu not getting fitter when he had been asked to.
"he didn’t even get close"
(chchfanatic's sources have been spot on)

um it is hard to believe EB and EdG were getting close to whatever fitness levels were required.