The Silver Fern

@Cyclops Mankad picked up 13 against Pakistan opening the batting. In more recent times Jayasuriya took 9 against Zim

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=2;batting_positionmin1=1;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=wickets;qualmax1=2;qualmin1=1;qualval1=innings;template=results;type=allround;view=match

@mariner4life He's hit some form, but Davey and his missus have got some of the smoothest brains in world sport. I worry for the children

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@reprobate said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

You implied that a decision to pick Nonu despite poor super rugby form was similar to picking Christie on poor super form.

I didn't - I just made the point that picking a player despite poor SR form didn't mean the coach/selectors were inflexible and stupid.

Apparently that's comparing Christie to Nonu or fluffing Foster. A bit bizarre.

In the contex of everything you've said and implied around Foster, Robertson and the NZRU, one could be forgiven that when you said Christie had junk Super Rugby form and is picked for the ABs, and Ma'a had similar form, that yes, you were comparing them directly.

@Dan54 literally all you offer as an argument is an appeal to authority. It's a well known logical fallacy. It's a bit odd for someone who follows rugby as much as you do.

@antipodean Beautiful

@NTA One of the great posts. Starc's 300th was ugly stuff