The Silver Fern

@Landers92 said in Highlanders 2025:

@Chris said in Highlanders 2025:

@Landers92 said in Highlanders 2025:

@Chris said in Highlanders 2025:

Not sure I am convinced on Hutchinson as a SR player as yet.

As a first year NPC player, I don’t think anyone is. Have to start somewhere. If he isn’t already signed up he would be the perfect target.

Yeah not convinced he will be I have seen a fair bit of Issac.
A few holes in his game.
I hope the Crusaders have not signed him.

Haha jeez mate hes only 20. I’m sure he will turn into a decent player. Already shows plenty of good traits. Shit, he even pushed an AB XV player in Chay Fihaki to the wing… time will tell.

Personal opinion,for me Fihaki is a much better winger than FB,Hutchinson was found wanting on the wing early in the season.
He went better at FB.

@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:

The captain is allowed to be subbed off if the other guy is going better.

That's why we have VC's isn't it?

@Bones said in The Haka:

@taniwharugby who gives a fuck about God anyway?

The BTL comments in The Telegraph are a hoot. You should get in there and get stuck in on how God Save the King is a colonialist genocidal athame which needs to be banned...

Anyone seen this report?

Beauden Barrett should play his best position in the big matches: super-sub.

@Bovidae oops forgot to post that one. I thought the same tbh. She can offer some good experience to the young players I guess?

With a name like that he should be playing golf

@Bovidae NZ Rugby does these Super Squad announcements so poorly , at least try and keep your sport front and centre of the sports news i am sure some of the big signings could have been put out there.
Its almost like we have media people from the 80s and 90s marketing the game .

That was longer than I realised. Apparently I have feelings about this.

@Higgins said in Where are they now?:

Possible change of address coming up soon?

New Zealand, Bay of Plenty Times, Rotorua Daily Post Fall from grace: Rugby star bought guns to supply, faked burglary Fall from grace: Rugby star bought guns to supply, faked burglary

A judge said it was 'almost unbelievable' to see Matua Parkinson's fall from grace.

New Zealand, Crime, Bay of Plenty Times, Rotorua Daily Post Rugby star's head-knocks blamed for 'fall from grace' after he onsold guns, faked burglary Rugby star's head-knocks blamed for 'fall from grace' after he onsold guns, faked burglary

Rugby and former TV star Matua Parkinson has been sentenced on firearms charges.

Hurricanes second round game against the Drua confirmed for Napier.

@Victor-Meldrew said in Sports Memes:

@mariner4life said in Sports Memes:

we've had a goddam world champion.

In the late 60's - early 70's we had Chris Amon, Denny Hulme (winner) and Bruce McLaren in F1. Golden years.

There was a question in the Stuff quiz a few days back about how many F1 drivers NZ has had.

I could think of 5, I guessed 7, but the answer is 10.

Three I can't recall ever even hearing of!

@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.

@dogmeat Rule one of life. You don't listen to dickheads in real life, so don't read the comments on twitter!

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@Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:

Had to avoid the internet to not get this one spoiled by the time I caught up. What an absolute cracker of an event. Easily the best since 300..might have even enjoyed it more due to actually knowing a few of the fighters and their history now than I did back then.

From the ones I remember:
Leal was robbed, such a rough start to the pre-lims, I don't know what causes these extremely bad judging calls thankfully it wasn't indicative of the rest of the day.

Basharat was awesome still taking that match despite Hugo appearing to not even try to make weight.

First time I've seen Barnett, damn he looks like fun..a shame the fight ended the way I would have expected from such a physique.

Gutted the Orolbai lost, hell of a fight, I wonder if he could actually see out of that eye? Something so likeable about him, looks like Gengus Khan reincarnated.

Aslan looks like a monster, hopefully see him on some main events now.

Magomedov's double spinning backfist was incredible. The dude looks like a hell of a Bond villain, one eye?

Thought Murphy might have been fortunate on the decision but it was close enough to not be a concern.

So weird Rakic's corner telling him he was 2 rounds up coming into the 3rd when he was clearly at least 1 down if not 2..final scoring showed that, could have made for a hell of a 3rd round if he'd tried to outscore or put Ankalaev away.

I now get the hype about Chimaev...feels like it just a matter of time before he is defending the title from the rest of todays current contenders.

So gutted that Holloway went down, become a huge fan of his since 300. Thought he was well on top of Tuporia in that first round, clearly outboxing him..but damn once Tuporia got his timing right that power was not to be denied. Showed some class after the win which was great to see after all the dumb shit he'd been drumming up of the last few months.

309 is going to be a huge let down after this one.

Yes to all that

Excellent jersey

@dogmeat said in Black Caps tour of India:

@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:

From what I’ve heard Sobers was an extraordinary batsman but that bowling record ? Ok, very handy for a team to have but really ? 235 wickets in 93 tests ? Chris Martin got 233 in 71…….

um Who did Martin have bowling at the other end?

Bondy, Cairnsy, Dan the Man and a bunch of chumps

Pacific Championships 2024: Confirmed team lists for Week 3 Pacific Championships 2024: Confirmed team lists for Week 3

The last week of the regular tournament in the Pacific Championships will see New Zealand and Tonga square off in what is sure to be a bruising encounter.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/news/daily-news-1723786396818-f183-1723941497988/chaos-in-all-blacks-untidy-win-against-average-japan-side-in-depth

Same as most people here, they not giving that performance vs 14th ranked Japan a pass at all