The Silver Fern

i thought the Bled was mid-arvo?

Lions are twilight?

you definitely need the website too, for ticket and merch sales at very least....but more than that the socials arent the best a for actual press statements or articles...and if we're trying to push the unions as these institutions then there should be history etc

relying purely on a social media page is so amateurish...its was a club rugby side would do

UFC, Sport Kiwi looking to welcome UFC 'back to the realm of Tūmatauenga' Kiwi looking to welcome UFC 'back to the realm of Tūmatauenga'

The Kiwi mixed martial artist will fight for a UFC contract this week.

Tau fights on the contender series later today. Probably around 2pm on espn2 in nz

Haven't seen too much of him but he has good power for the division. CKB seem very confident about his ability.. odds are favouring his opponent currently (2.8 v 1.38 on betfair)

@canefan Feel the Bern.

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks 2024:

@reprobate said in All Blacks 2024:

@Tim It's an interesting thought eh. Most people in NZ think that the bench is for a mix of injury cover and ball runners. Because ball runners have 'ímpact', but to me it is a bit more complex than that and requires some thought about the opposition.
We got good mileage against England by having a dominant scrum once the reserves came on. Scrum penalties are huge on relieving defensive pressure and creating attacking pressure, so if you have reserves who are significantly better than the oppositions front row reserves, then that can be an effective impact option.
Rassie has been proven right time and again that forwards get more tired than backs - that's hardly rocket science - but we can't seem to figure it out despite his example.
The 1st SA game showed that you need players on the field at the end of the game who can deal with pressure. The 2nd SA game showed that experience does not equal 'able to deal with pressure'.
Traditional NZ thinking has a guy like Aumua as a great impact sub. He may be in future, but until his lineout throwing is reliable coming on late under pressure, he's a liability despite being an amazing player.
Defences do get sloppier, so ball runners can be a good option. Rucks get messier, so a turnover merchant would get more opportunities.
I just don't think we give it enough thought at all.

May I present Exhibit A m'lord

Malcolm Marx
Great scrummager, reliable throwing in, great at the breakdown, fast and mobile support player

It’s interesting you mention Marx as pretty much everyone would agree that he is a far better player than Bongi.

But does he provide more impact/value in the last 35/40 minutes of the game as opposed to playing 55 minutes from the start?

Have to hand it to Rassie, he has been fine tuning this approach for 5 years and we are just now thinking how we can combat it.

Delayed as I took a few days to really catch up, but damn NFL is back baby. I saw the matchups for week 2 and thought 'meh'. Holy shit how wrong was I. Incredible results - it's such an unpredictable league.

Apex sport watching for me. Loving it. And DAZN have upped their game - the streaming quality was top tier and the 'ad free' is the best way to watch a game start to finish. Strong recommend.

Mahomes is still a goddamn cheat code. What a player. Burrow is fucking good, but the Bengals just didn't quite have enough ... still some bone headed plays.

Listening to a podcast, Nico Stanley is the only Y11 in the NZ Schools squad. It's rare but I checked and there have been a few others in the past.

There are four Y12s - Liam Van Der Heyden, Jake Hutchings, Ollie Guerin and Siale Pahulu.

Tyrone Thompson to the nrl apparently

@Smuts 🤣 I know Paarl mafia well, specially Gim's side. However Moerat, fat Frans and Tank is from the blue side. SIddie is also a blue Boishaaier. Frans Malherbe is from my neighbour's Bredasdorp. He still take smoke breaks during practices.

@MN5 fuck yo couch

@Bones said in Black Ferns V England:

@Auckman said in Black Ferns V England:

Shit it was good seeing those fat English loose forwards being run around by our loosies.

Their captain and openside looks like she could give any prop a run for their money.

I think of Belarusian shot putters when I see them. 🤣

Hope he’s recovering well. Knew his brother in club rugby. Good people.

Sep 16  /  Cheetahs Frans ‘pushing to go south’ to save Cheetahs Frans ‘pushing to go south’ to save Cheetahs

Director of rugby Frans Steyn said the Cheetahs, having been dumped out of the 2024 Currie Cup, are desperately searching for a competition to join to remain competitive.

@Nepia said in NRL 2024:

Even in a cabbage year DWZ still managed to get 15 tries in 22 matches. Also needs to cut that fucking Maori bogan mop of hair, it's not 1987 and he's not from Ruatoria.

when you are letting in 44 the opposition are taking that deal.

also the constant diving wrecked momentum at bad times. yes he milked a few penalties, but not every time, and it's a fucking horrible look.

@Auckman its also not rocket surgery to say that maybe we only want to be playing each team once a year at home, playing aussie at the same ground in subsequent weeks when people were still covid cautious was always goign to be an uphill task

More games were played over the weekend in Tokyo.

5th/6th place
Tonga 30 - 17 Canada

Semis
Fiji 22 - 3 USA
Japan 49 - 27 Samoa

Both Samoa and Tonga looked to have players coming and going from their squads during the tournament.

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@Duluth It must have been a late decision if you look at SC's media release about their draw.

2024 Bunnings Heartland Championship Draw 2024 Bunnings Heartland Championship Draw

Article added: Saturday 03 August 2024

@Kiwiwomble said in Americas cup:

i think thats the point, they couldnt afford to do that again, they want to get back to the days where there were 8- challengers

6 apparently.

*"More teams?"
“If you want to be in an event with lots of teams, go with one design,” said Dalton, meaning that wasn’t what the America’s Cup was about.

“If we had one more team, that would be good. I don't advocate that you need more than that. It's not that event. This is the top of the food chain in technology.”*

@Chris-B Mate it's the shield, and shit happens. As I said you want to change to something it never was and I like it being special. I want it to keep it's mistique,let's just leave it at that.
I enjoy tradional things in game and I think it's been changed enough.