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If I was a Chiefs fan I would be very unhappy with the length of that advantage for a knock on.

What’s Nisbett on about re. an early tackle? Savea had touched that so was fair game. Does he think they need to stand back to see if he might regather?

A couple of really nice tries so far.

Afternoon rugby

Having returned to NZ after spending a fair bit of December and January in the UK (predominantly up North) I didn’t notice much difference in attitudes/behaviour. I probably see a few more people in masks back here but that seems about it. New York seemed the place most still “into it” on my travels ...

Mr Bungle wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:28 am
frodder wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:47 am PR is down again.
Happy Easter, plums.

You reckon it will rise again tomorrow?

Ted. wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 6:33 am BTW, PR has shit its pants again.

It shouldn’t be down long, it’s a high tech operation.

Enzedder wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 4:38 am Bugger me Mitchell. Go to the (spit) Cantabs and turn into a useless dork. That's what they do to you down there.

Is this the type of abuse usually reserved for buck-toothed Prime Ministers and is it because he is from the wrong province

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Anyway, they scraped home in the end.

Fantastic death bowling from Sri Lanka. This had looked very comfortable but suddenly NZ need 10 off the last and are struggling to middle anything.

Edit: struggling to middle anything except for the first ball of the final over which has been pumped for six

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It’s not looking like NZ’s day. After plenty of miss hits falling short, a catch goes to Ravindra and he drops it.

Game 3, T20 NZ vs Sri Lanka (the decider and final game of NZ’s domestic season).

Sri Lanka are accelerating and have a good start at 51-0 after six.

Not a bad system, but couldn't have been more clear cut on a quick review.

And did he come back after 20mins or does that allow the team to bring someone else on?

Agree with the plum needing a long ban. There's no real punishment / disincentive on reckless challenges in this to him otherwise ...

Definitely not pretty but with the injuries the Crusaders have, any win is a good win. With reinforcements still to come they are doing well to be hanging in there with the leading sides.

Yep, there’s nothing better than high pace yorkers.

Sri Lanka all out for 141. Five for Milne.

Ish Sodhi forces a super over with a six off the last ball then struts off the field like

One down already

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I wondered if that may have been heading down on first view. Perhaps not though, it may have been accentuated by the deflection off the boot.

A couple of quick wickets and suddenly a sub-200 chase could be a possibility. I will claim some credit after forgetting this was on a turning on in time to see the wickets fall.

Henry now has 3-13 from nine overs.

Two for Matt Henry already who is hitting great areas.

ODI 3 about to start between NZ and Sri Lanka with Sri Lanka batting. It’s a less explosive looking NZ side with Allen and Phillips both away for the IPL.

It’s a big loss. The lack of game time Reece got for the ABs was another thing I had filed under “The Mysteries of Foster”.

It turns out there is a book on the bullrush saga and the life lessons the game taught us.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/boo ... k-bullrush

I lived through the banning.

At our school they also stopped us doing a battle game where opposing teams, sometimes up to 10 a side, of a runner with someone perched on their shoulders would charge at each other and “fight”.

It’s not like we weren’t safety conscious though, we only ever played ...

I thought bullrush was banned at schools back in the 80s/90s - it used to be great fun. They still use it at the kids rugby practice though.

As for the drop out rate, for my son’s group at least, a lot of it came down to size. They are pretty small and as they get older the weight range becomes ...

I thought bullrush was banned at schools back in the 80s/90s - it used to be great fun. They still use it at the kids rugby practice though.

As for the drop out rate, for my son’s group at least, a lot of it came down to size. They are pretty small and as they get older the weight range becomes ...

If my son’s club is anything to go by, drop out rates from rugby must be a concern. He is 11 and half a dozen have gone to soccer this season. Back when I was his age that was the time of influx rather than exodus, but it now seems to be the reverse.

Henry Shipley - the new Jamieson?

274 all out … feels like a lot of runs were left out there.

If he passes the character test, could we make Grandpa and honorary Cantabrian?

It is a tough test. Do you think he is up to it?

Auckland sympathiser living in Yorkshire?

I don’t think we can trust that.

I would need to understand motivation. Why Yorkshire? If that was to take ...

Mitchell gone now too. Plenty of starts but no one has gone on and we are in a hole at 152-5.

If he passes the character test, could we make Grandpa an honorary Cantabrian?

Finn Allen with an outrageously wavy mullet and Chad Bowes with the sensible type of hairstyle you would expect from someone plying their trade for Canterbury have made a tidy start vs Sri Lanka in ODI 1.

Stolen from PR:

Great news.

Has anyone seen Scott Robertson out and about with potential celebratory breakdance vinyl sheeting or looking otherwise happy?

Nice to finish with three on the bounce.

34-4.

It’s great seeing what Matt Henry can do given the new ball and with consistent time in the team.

Is it too soon to call Nicholls a modern day NZ great?

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