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Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: Sun Oct 11, 2020 9:44 am
Paul Cully. Hurricanes tragic IIRC.

Even Marc Hinton, who I used to respect, is full of shit these days.

NZ rugby journalism is full of 30-70 something know nothings.

Fixed*

Carter's Choice wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:21 am

Slarty FizzyO wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:29 am Beauden Barrett is doing nothing to help his cause for the Black #10 jersey

Were you talking about his play in today's match, or 2020 more generally?

I was meaning today but I guess you could go right back to Chicago

Beauden Barrett is doing nothing to help his cause for the Black #10 jersey

Taranaki Snapper wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:08 am Which genius agreed to the sponsor placement on the Naki shorts?
Early points to the new AB!

Shining Peak Brewery is the sponsor. It's a metaphor for how shit their beer is.

Another win for RA! The NZR board should resign for the most incompetence seen since the loss of the 03 WC sub-hosting rights.

Didn't know the chap but he must have been a good sort to be hated on here by a few of the wrong sort

stemoc wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 2:53 am for a team named turbos, they will be the last to release their team.

Can tell you haven't owned a turbo or you would know all about turbo lag

Have to say, it has crossed my mind that he will show up in Hanoi or something over the next few months.


Yep, I don;t quite believe it.

There is a part of me that wants to think all those Facebook tributes are his multis :oops:


They do all have a certain style. Perhaps a rope a dope ...

I love Cane but Gumboot is right Cane and Whitelock will be too old by 2023. Its shaping up as a Tana like selection leaving an underdone captain to fail on the battlefields of France aka McCaw in Cardiff. Read was the worst AB captain since Oliver and even Oliver, Blackadder or Randell didn't lose ...

Jordie handled the Lions at 10 with aplomb. He's a player with natural instincts that could play almost anywhere off the bat. Unlike Mungos such as SBW and Thorn who took forever to learn the game and still were quite limited on what they could do on the field. Hell Jordie could play 30 minutes at ...

Beauden Barrett or Rieko Ioane

Dan54 is right. We have two world class 10s in the squad with three more players who can all cover 10 at that level at a pinch.

Akira has got to be a jobs for the boys selection which is fitting from a jobs for the boys coach.

Jordie is the new Beaudy on the bench which allows for a six forward ...

mrbrownstone wrote: Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:31 pm I'd like to see the following:

9. Smith
10. Mo'unga
11. Bridge
12. ALB
13. Goodhue
14. Jordan
15. BB

21. TJP
22. Ioane
23. Jordie

The problem with that backline is its filled with midgets and apart from ALB and Goodhue poor defenders.

I love how the starting line ups has made this a default Polys (North) vs Palagis (South) game with a couple of tokens in each. It's absolutely fitting for each island and reminiscent of lunchtime school games

So, what are the predictions- will National go up, down or this won’t make any difference?


National will go up. The chances of Labour governing alone just evaporated. Collins is the Anti-Jacinda and this election suddenly became very entertaining.
Yeah, they went up about 2%. Any other ...

Corruption is endemic within NZ but Kiwi's have such a proud mentality of being better than everyone else in the world they either bury their heads in the sand when confronted by it or pass it off by justifying it in some way.

Judith Collins has taken to the leadership like a duck to water and ...

Or Walter Mathau

No, we're leaving the golden age. Aaron Smith peaked in 2015. TJ has been the outright best kiwi SH since 2016. I don't recall a time in my life when we haven't had a world class SH. Most of those guys are good without bring great. Hopefully there's some outrageous talents yet to poke their heads ...

Ymx wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:44 am But seriously. If he’s like this now how will he be when 80?

With the amount of head knocks he's had I'll be surprised if he pushes past 60. If he does however I expect the quality of futuristic medicine combined with his level of wealth will see his body in rude health indeed.

I'm out.

Good coz you're ruining the thread with your inability to prove JB has pace. JB is a white poor man's Israel Folau and fails the ABs mythical no dickheads policy.

A classic jack of all positions, master of none player. Can't wait to see him and his brothers destroy teams in the Amber ...

I'd like to see how BB goes @10 in the Amber & Black Jersey. Richie Mo'unga is only a tackle away from being the next Damian McKenzie. I love a good redemption arc and Beauden Barrett pulling a DC 2015 in 2023 would be sweet indeed.

I know guys who are very much like how Hartley describes himself and I know others who go hunting and carry pigs for miles out of dense hilly bush with ease. It's luck of the draw, some are just hard bastards and others are complete soft cocks.

Well done EDF you killed the bored.

Great to read Rod Kafer's support for going it alone. Wish more would throw their weight behind this.

I hope not Bill

I prefer the aesthetic of PR but I guess this place will do for a virtual watering hole

Jb1981 wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:50 am So, what are the predictions- will National go up, down or this won’t make any difference?

National will go up. The chances of Labour governing alone just evaporated. Collins is the Anti-Jacinda and this election suddenly became very entertaining.