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The Heartland XV lost 40-21 to a NZ Barbarians team in their second match.

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@Duluth oh great, for once my memory works and it's for vague, trivial information.

they've F'd this up sooo bad
makes you wonder if robinson is now "fit for purpose"

@Yeetyaah said in NPC Form Players:

Benet Kumeroa in talks with 3 NZ clubs. Chiefs and Canes are 2 of them, unsure of the third one.

The Canes have locked up all their props, I know he was in the WTG for the Canes last season so I wonder if it will be for a similar position.

I didn't watch, but I kept an eye on the scores. Sounds like the Yankees had chances to win all but one of the games, but couldn't get the W either due to mistakes from players or the coach, and the Dodgers were good enough to capitalise

@Nepia said in NRL 2024:

@African-Monkey said in NRL 2024:

@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:

Tannah Boyd?

Yuck

When I first saw him play, I told my mate that he'd be the starting QLD 7 one day.

Hasn't quite worked out.......yet haha.

Maybe the Warriors can work their magic on him like we did turning Barnett into an Origin player. 😉

We're as likely to do a Townsend on him where he's mud for us and then goes on to win premierships with other clubs.
Ha, my mate then went on to say the exact thing in regards to Barnett. Hope he goes well and is more James Maloney instead of Jeff Robson.

@brodean Bower, Slater, Haig, Holland, Lam and Plummer all went to Japan (as did Lio-Willie, who's now a permanent member of the All Blacks squad).

Though actually those guys were partially picked because they weren't involved in the NPC final so it's probably touch and go between Slater and Eklund.

Maybe Australia are feeling the effects of having so many imports in their much vaunted Netball League?

@mikey07 said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:

@African-Monkey We had just a tad under 95,000 for the year we had the 5th highest average in the A league last year. Really intrigued to see how you go away from home….loving this banter by the way.

Haha yeah, it's nice having 2 sides in the A league now, strengthens the national team, and creates a rivalry, which is only a positive for the game in this country.

We've looked fairly solid at the back so far, we need a proper striker though if we wanna finish high on the table though, and yes, Wellington is a hard place to play. Would happily take a point if offered.

I expect Alex Paulsen to cop plenty as well this week.

@KiwiMurph said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

I think it would have been 1999 or 2000 that Leigh Hart started on Sports Cafe.

It was definitely before 2001.

Murph gets the chocolates. Hart says here (about 44m 30s in) that he joined in 2000, and Ric semi-corrects him to say "99, 2000".

Re: the lineout

I wasn't familiar with Manaaki Boyle-Tiatia, other than seeing him play for Varsity in a club game pre-NPC. Google says he went to Scots College and spent time in both Otago and Canterbury. I hope Waikato keeps him, as he looks a better long-term option at hooker than Pita Anae-Ah Sue.

A lot can be said of the coach but the players need to step up and own the game plan and training as well. Over half the squad has plenty of super rugby experience and five of them are in the ABs XV. So there’s no excuses not to perform. The young guys need to take ownership of the team

@dogmeat said in Best win over the weekend?:

Most importantly it's a bogus WC. It's played every fucking year

Did not know this. Even biennially it takes the gloss off somewhat. Still, nicer to have won one than not.

@canefan said in Wayne Barnes gooone!:

@nostrildamus said in Wayne Barnes gooone!:

@Jet said in Wayne Barnes gooone!:

.I'll go to a nearly grave with my sleep patterns.

A nearly-dead permanently angry zombie? Goals!

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you must have been a hoot at nightclubs and dive bars!

@Mr-Fish It will help with sponsorship from businesses based in two of the world's largest economies. I think business sponsorship is what is going to keep professional Rugby in NZ alive, rather than TV revenues and gate receipts alone.

@SBW1 said in New Zealand is a top sporting nation for its size":

Really hoping we can finish the year strong. If we do we could indeed be in some respect compartive to the Flying Finns, whose achievements would be gold star for a smaller nation.

Is there some sort of league table inside your head where the next few months tips the balance over the century old weighted Finns exploits?

@Kiwiwomble said in Americas cup:

you know you can quote multiple time in one post?

Cool bro

You forgot cheese rolling. I used to love watching Sonny Bolstead and other legends chopping and sawing wood, the dog show was gripping back in the late 70s as a kid

@ARHS said in NPC 2024:

Just needs the NZ commercial manager to step up big time in the area of fan engagement and they won't need to cut funding further.

Don't even need to step up big time, just getting up to their knees will be a huge improvement on the shit marketing NZR do.

@Frank said in Memory Lane - TAB Sports Cafe-ish:

Watching the first one.
Matthew Ridge seems a little on the edge.

As they say Ridge is a bit Marmite.

I used to think he was a cock but I actually quite like him now, absolutely unafraid to say exactly what he means which obviously pissed lots of people off over time. He was a really good foil to Marc Ellis when they did that show together