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Will be a tough fixture to single out three players for MoTM but no doubt our Cantab friends will manage to get some variant of Crotty, Reece, Whitelock or Read, Bridge, Barrett S.
"Looked good in training", "handled the cancellation better than others in the side", "better answers at the press conference"
@sparky said in Japan vs All Blacks:
I'm old enough to remember when the All Blacks were famous for ferocious defending and not give tries away. Tackling was what they did. Those times seem a very long time ago.
So you are above the age of three?
@NTA said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
Was just reading at GAGR that the points difference in the world rankings is so great that the ABs can't gain anything on a win, and the Wallabies can't move down for a loss.
Literally nothing to lose
Except what's left of our dignity
So literally nothing to lose.
@Stargazer said in Exodus 2019:
When has SBW ever made "a tangible and significant difference to the way the All Blacks play"?
Playing with 14 men generally requires a significant difference to the defensive pattern.
After a flat performance like that and with a red card in the first half the obvious thing to do is flush the dunny and move on.
Unfortunately it can't be done. The toilet won't flush, it's clogged up with shit from the past two years and now it's starting to go all over the floor. Bledisloe very much in jeopardy.
@Bones said in Aussie Rugby in general:
I'm not, no. However if Joe Karam had come out and said something similar when I was younger I would have thought the same thing.
I grew up while Michael Jones was a top All Black, I did not feel like a sinner for playing rugby on Sundays.
edit: This is obviously a facetious statement but I think we do minorities of all types (including young homosexuals) by trying to ostracize our society into a place where there is absolutely no ignorant or prejudiced opinions. They should not be welcomed or celebrated, but trying to run every person out of town who has an opinion that is one standard deviation outside the mainstream.
I think you also do minorities a disservice thinking that they can't tolerate someone holding (misguided) opinions and values they may not share.
@Chris-B said in Bledisloe #2:
The RWC is so much more important.
I might be in the minority but I would prefer they keep the 25 year unbeaten streak at Eden Park going and the Bledisloe than go three on the trot. It's not even really close.
@Bones said in CWC Game #5 Black Caps v South Africa:
What a thrilling game. I don't think I've ever actually seen Kane hit a six. That was ace!
The one to end the pool game against Australia 9 wickets down in the last CWC was fairly memorable!
@kiwiwomble said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@paekakboyz said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
How good is that pic!
the list of better servants to NZ cricket than those two blokes is pretty small
taylor is 37 and kane is 30, how good is it to think kane could be around for several more years if he wanted
Taylor especially. I genuinely though he was gone after the captaincy saga. That was almost ten years ago.
@duluth said in Trans weight lifter:
Some deleted posts.. be kind.. play the ball not the man.. blah blah
There has to be a better way of phrasing that...
I tried to figure out who could potentially slot into the repechage slot.
It looks as though Europe 1 will be the better of Romania, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Russia or Germany. Second place gets beaten by Samoa who will also go to pool A (Play Off Winner), the loser goes into the repechage tournament.
They are joined by.
If there is any confusion please refer to this simple chart 
@mokey said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
@virgil said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
Smart move by Warner to face the media for the first time with his wife and girls
Hard to kick him further when he’s holding one of his little girls.I hate him even more for that. He's effectively using them as a shield. Cowardly tosser.
100% agree. Dragging his wee girls in front of the cameras as props to garner sympathy is beyond disgusting. This is about YOUR cheating, and YOUR bad behaviour on the field, you fucking asshole. Your teammates stood up and took it.
That comment shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the line.
See there is this line.
Getting stuck into Davey about his Mrs on the field? That is absolutely over the line. They aren’t a part of the game, they didn’t ask to be involved - leave them out of this.
Davey has been caught cheating in an on field incident? Quick get the wife and kids, see if we can get granny Warner out of the nursing home too. Using your wife and kids as a shield in the media is absolutely within the line.
Your comment criticizing him for using his wife and kids like this is most certainly over the line. Leave them out of this.
@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
The previous highest number of abandoned games in a World Cup was two, in 1992 (Australia) and 2003 (South Africa). We are now at 4.
Two games were abandoned in 2015 also. Aus/Bangladesh due to rain and the NZ skipper abandoned the final on the third ball of the match.
@nzzp said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@machpants said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
This is scarily soon.
Less than a year to bring in Finn Allen for Guptill, Devon not to punch his bat, and pitches where we won't need two spinners.
They have a WC every year???
It's hard to track, but they seem to have moved back to a T20 World Cup every two years, and I think this is the 2020 one rescheduled.
I wonder if a knockout tournament with 3 match series would be more fun. Less chance of freak results, less of a lottery, and plenty of meaningful games. Would be good fun; take 16 sides, play 4 rounds (12 games), do it in 3 weeks. Then the winner is actually the winner, tosses less likely to influence.
Why not remove the over limit and let teams bat for as long as they wish, let teams bat twice so teams bat in a variety of conditions, play it over five days and use a red ball?
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Thats right you red shirted bastards, theres more to rugby than kicking penalties!
I think they are still confused as to why Smith took a quick tap.
"But why would you turn down a shot at goal?"
It's become a bit uncomfortable the regularity that Hansen/Ted will trot out the 'better people make better All Blacks' line and talking about culture change before the 2004 EOYT being the crux of everything. Sure, they did away with some of the remnants of amateurism and provincialism in making things like court sessions voluntary - but the actual results aren't too flattering?
That isn't to call anyone a shit bloke, at the end of the day it's a random collection of men with the same flaws as the broader community. But that is... maybe the 5th domestic violence charge for an AB either in the midst or shortly after their AB career since Ted/Hansen made the big cultural changes? That's without the incidents where patrons, seals and pie shop windows were harmed.
Good team, good processes - but they need to stop talking it up because it's approaching the Australian cricket team's "we are the keepers of where the line is" stuff.
