The Silver Fern

@KiwiMurph said in NBA Season - now 24/25:

A bit of context

What the fuck? Not sure that benefits either team on its own. Ironically AD has been playing well this season. Luka has big upside, but he can't stay away from the buffet table and he can't play defence

@NTA said in Ireland v England:

@MN5 said in Ireland v England:

@NTA said in Ireland v England:

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Ireland v England:

If you ignore the dickhead theatrics...

I cannot.

What a towering fuckwit

What did he do ?

Firstly has a stupid haircut.

Otherwise just constantly trying to pick fights or taking offense at nothing to try and start something.

He was a bit of a dickhead when he arrived in Ireland but it's gone to 11 since

I hear you on that but I think that of many players nowadays. At least it isn’t a mullet.

I’ve become Abe Simpson

As for the antics maybe he’s under strict orders now that Sexton has retired ?

I’d anticipate us fielding our most experienced line up to start the season with big pressure a lot of players from up and coming lads.

In my mind DLB and Henry Bell don’t make the 23 at all, while Nareki, Gilbert and Arscott probably only make it because of experience / injuries.

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Karl Dickson would be a better ref if he actually blew the whistle instead of trying to be everyone's mate during and after the hang.

I like continuity, but he goes too far

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@bayimports Thanks. Just Fulham being Fulhamish. The first half was dire and we could have been 3 down. Very good second half and we took chances that often we dont.

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@MN5 said in Other Cricket:

Back to the game in question……

Solid win Australia…..

That new fella Kuhnemann might feel a bit aggrieved he didn’t get MOM.

A few of the comms had him picked for it.

Hard to go past a double ton vs a spineless attack tho

Media reports that Eagles will play Rams at the MCG in October 2026 in a regular season game

@MiketheSnow said in 2025 6Ns:

Now three tiers in the 6N

France, England, Ireland
Scotland
Italy, Wales

Pretty generous putting Wales all the way up with Italy 😉

I’d also put England alongside Scotland given their World rankings and their recent head to head results with the mighty Scots winning four in a row against the auld enemy

England are probably more likely to knock over France or Ireland though ( well in the case of the latter not this year )

@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2025:

Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi gone for the season with a shoulder injury.

More on this. I expect McMillan will be calling Adam Lennox as WTG players are usually available to any team. Carter being the third option at halfback impacts on the outside back depth, which is already thin.

@Mauss said in SR U20s 2025:

@SouthernMann The key for someone like Tengblad will probably be to just stay injury-free, which is of course easier said than done being 2m06. But if he can do that, I do think he can go far. He has a good combination of the physical and the cerebral, with a big engine and a very solid lineout brain.

Speaking of the Highlanders' future, the main thing that I think the future Landers pack is still missing is a primary carrying option. Both Broughton and Renton could be that guy but if we’re speaking ideal scenarios, a gamebreaker at Super Rugby level would add a lot. It's a real shame (for Highlanders fans) that someone like Lio-Willie ended up at the Crusaders. But either way, the forwards are shaping up well.

Reuben Palmer could be that man.

Wales are poor. Morgan and Rowlands are the only good players they have. Their backline is slow and defensively naive.

Adesanya got caught at the beginning of the 2nd. Striking was looking sharp but he’s getting hit more often than he used to.. he also got hit by an upper cut in the first too.

Will be interesting to see what he does now. I wouldn’t be surprised if he retires as he always talked about not staying around too long

Maybe he should’ve taken the break for the eye poke? No real complaints about the stoppage, maybe one punch early but he was rocked

Imavov v DDP would be great. Despite the previous result I think Imavov would get past Strickland relatively comfortably

@Daffy-Jaffy only had about about 25 years to figure this one out
Omg we are so far behind the 🎱.
Its painful to think we have people that have no clue sitting in important positions in our game

@Bovidae not entirely sure but he was wanted by Ta$man

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:

Hohepa is still out there so Godfrey is still at 15.

Haven't seen him, quiet thirty if so.

@sparky said in The Breakdown (TV Show):

The format seemed very tired last year. It needs a rethink.

That said I didn't think John Kirwan was the worst aspect of the show. He has opinions and a deep passion for the game. Some of his stories got repetitive but he was one the show's better communicators.

From what little I saw of it the cheerleading was just cringy from all involved. Everyone too scared to say anything remotely controversial in case they got the boot….

I hope that the NZ government uses the same shaky economics that were used to dole out massive amounts of money for Americas Cup bullshit (which means far less to NZ's image, tourism, national identity etc), and buy us out of the private equity disaster, and separate professional rugby finances from community and schools rugby.