@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

I think I read something like 20,000 people tried to get into MIQ around the Christmas period with 2,000 spots available?

in my folly i read social media around this

apparently a lot of NZers see this as disgraceful

"fuck those people who just want to come at the holidays! why should they be allowed to? My health and safety is far more important than their need to see family at christmas"

real fucking charmers aye?

@Bovidae yes it does

Updated, one to go

1 - Hullena
2 - Fitzpatrick
3 - Loe
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5 - G. Whetton
6 - Earl
7 - M. Jones
8 - Brooke
9 - Bachop
10 - Mannix
11 - Wright
12 - Little
13 - Innes
14 - Timu
15 - Philpott
16 - Henderson
17 - Gatland
18 - Purvis
19 - I. Jones
20 - Gordon
21 - Brewer
22 - McGahan
23 - Fox
24 - McCahill
25 - Kirwan
26 - Crowley
27 - McDowall
28 - Stanley
29 - A. Whetton
30 - Carter
31 - Preston
32 - Tuigamala
33 - J. Hewett

this could have gone in a few different threads...

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@bayimports check your emails bro

@Nogusta where’s the oil 😉

today's Spotify Throwback Thursday playlist is a banger. 1991 tracks.

sick as a motherfucker

@mariner4life with you 👍🏻 thats possible

@canefan If I had young kids again, I'd vaccinate them too.

Mine's grown up now but I feel a bit conflicted at the idea if she was 5? ... my best guess is an emotional and protective parental response vs rational thinking.

Rational always wins for me, but not for a lot of other people. It's why in Europe and UK I think vaccinating kids in the short-term would be a big-picture net loss not a net gain.

@barbarian said in Wallabies v Springboks II:

@canefan The French were the only team playing rugby that day, clearly. So desperate to make line-breaks they were willing to push the laws to their very limit. I was glad to see that sort of courage rewarded.

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you cannot remove the risk of brain injuries in rugby players.

If that is your goal, call the game off. Just cancel it. Because all this death by a thousand cuts shit is actually worse.

You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think)

The man was so funny.

His hosting of the ESPYS in the 90s was gold. That OJ joke at the end was..... chef's kiss

@crucial juice them, use them for cooking...when I'm inclined, put 'em in my 'ronas!

@nta said in Back for more!:

Weigh in Thursday morning - last week versus this week:

Week 0: Weight 107.80kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 116cm

Week 1: Weight 107.05kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 115cm

Week 2: Weight 106.60kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 115cm

Was a good week despite a bit of bloating from something I ate on the weekend. Hopefully all clear now.

Looking to press on with a couple of big weeks, particularly as I have next week off and there is the opportunity to get into some walking days of 20km+ with a daypack, as I continue the hike training.

From doing this before, it'll be about 2 more weeks before the results start becoming visible and that is the only thing keeping me away from the alcohol and excess snacking 😀 I've had a couple of spirits and might reward myself with a beer on the couch this Saturday as I watch the rugby.

@steven-harris not necessarily, Holland is the head coach so he takes the blame IMO. Blackwell and Prinsep were being selected before Gibbes arrived on the scene aswell so they are obviously Holland's favourites.

You've just highlighted my point of having bigger forwards around Blackwell if he's continually going to be selected. I'd love to see a loose forward trio of 6. Howden / Plumtree 7. Savea 8. Flanders for next year but I highly doubt that will happen. Hopefully with Dominic Bird at the Canes this year, we should have a bit more size in the locking department aswell.

In terms of props, I rate both Numia and Mafileo (who's been out with injury for a while now) slightly ahead of Rakete-Stones. They are all young and promising though so I will be interested to see who steps up there. Having Owen Franks in the squad will be great for all their development, especially for someone like Alex Fidow who may find himself on the outer if he doesn't improve his scrummaging next year.

@mn5 said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

@bones said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

@stockcar86 said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

@bones said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

@mn5 I need details

Correlation does not equal causation. I think you will find that the drugs will have killed him. not the penis glue...

My thoughts exactly, although I was wondering where the break occurs when you can't pee. Something's gotta give somewhere along the line right...

Don’t glue the end of your cock and you should be right

Maybe not just don't glue the end of your cock. Work the shaft too!

@nzzp said in Coffee:

I used to work in Yorkshire. They take tea drinking seriously. There was a swatch of tea colour ranges that were acceptable - outside that was sent back to be remade. Awesome times... but they thought plunger coffee was super fancy.

My experience of Yorkshire is they think anything south of J24 of the M1 is posh.

@smudge said in Rough tips and other bets...:

What's $4.1 million between friends?

We started watching at $2.1m and it was like watching sport guessing how it would finish.

Wish we put in a bit at around $100k just to say "we threw a bid in" 🙂

@cgrant no relation from i believe,i found this information ,talented sportsman

https://www.mags.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Ben-Skelton.pdf

Lots of chatter over here including coaches who have previously publically disavowed any interest in the England role or (like Pat Lam) are on long-term stable deals.

Assuming an Englishmen the name making sense is Steve Borthwick, Head Coach of Leicester Tigers. Part of the England setup from 2015-2019, from memory, line-out then forwards coach.Joined Leicester, then was promoted to Head Coach.

Borthwick, with Cockerill staying on as forwards coach I could see happening.

Still plenty to talk about on that game, so not going to lock it over one of the silliest spat's I've seen on TSF.

Ball, not the Man, team.

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@bayimports said in Coronavirus - Australia:

@gibbonrib said in Coronavirus - Australia:

@nta said in Coronavirus - Australia:

@gibbonrib said in Coronavirus - Australia:

@nta said in Coronavirus - Australia:

@kiwiwomble it is fucking bullshit. I'm honestly sick of people who don't want a vaccine.

I'd tell some of these guys to fuck off back to Croatia, but you're not allowed to enter the country without proof of vaccination

https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/croatia-becomes-the-first-country-to-set-a-maximum-validity-period-of-covid-19-vaccination-certificates/

It all feels very Trumpy to me

I preferred the way Declan Rice handled it TBH

Im sorry, is there a right way to handle assault? FFS..

It was a joke. Maybe not the greatest, and maybe a football joke on a rugby site wasn't the best idea.

https://www.sportbible.com/football/funny-news-reactions-hungary-fans-pelt-england-players-with-cups-declan-rice-drinks-it-in-20210902

I think this goes here, pretty cool

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126457185/covid19-unique-vaccine-plan-between-iwi-health-and-northland-rugby-teams

@donsteppa said in Other Cricket:

Interesting comments on length in T20's v Tests:

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He spelt “throw” wrong

13 players from greater Auckland across the NZS and Baabaas squads. They would have to replace them to play the match against each other. In the too hard basket.

We were discussing this leaving the stadium and joked that NZR would issue an apology during the week.

The first time they've won a "live" game against one of the big teams in years. Usually NZ has made a habit of winning the last game after already losing the series.

Visited the olds on the weekend and Dad decided to run a batch of gin through the still.
Pretty random recipe with whatever extra botanicals we could lay our hands on including some fresh kaffir lime and thyme.
Has turned out bloody nice and he reckons that it probably cost under $10 a litre to make.
This is just as good and smooth as any $70 for 700ml “craft” gin I’ve had.
Those bottles must cost a bit.

@mn5 said in Black Clash T20 match:

Hawkes Bay talk…..but it’s in a cricket thread. I can just picture @Nepia frantically pacing around wondering whether to comment or not.

Go the Bay!

@stargazer Only pre-season games. He hasn't made the main squad over the last 2 seasons. A 1st 5/fullback who played his club rugby for Hautapu.

@stargazer Last time he was there they lost at home to a championship side 👀

The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Definitely worth a watch, having read a book on Black Sabbath I didn’t really find out anything I didn’t already know but interviews with the man himself and his bandmates, kids and of course Sharon were really interesting. What a quirky, weird guy who just happened to co-create one of the most awesome genres in music history.

@antipodean a real who’s who in there.

As in who the hell are these people???

@dogmeat lol, he does appear to like his cardies doesnt he! ha ha

All Im saying is that is easy to get tripped up by teams you should not lose or even draw too, if we can make fewer mistakes there, we will be thereabouts too! 🙂

@act-crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

@canefan I don’t mind the whole jump shot thing as long as it’s compensated with other positive play. It was clear last season he had lost all confidence and giving up open layups and making dumb decisions.

Perhaps all the off court stuff caught up with him.

Once Rivers and Embiid gave up on him in the media I guess he felt too butthurt to work hard to try and prove them wrong. Rather take his ball somewhere else

@bovidae Would love to know if Fluhler played specifically, she would be massive inclusion for finals. Hoping they can get up over Canterbury after going so close last year.

@crucial that's a non-story if ever I've read one. "coach tells senior players to remain competitive to keep getting selected"