@MajorRage said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:

Nobody wins here. Losers all around.

PP is her own worst enemy. It’s completely unfair to label her in with her neo nazi followers, give she has been very clear that is is no part of her politics.

Scariest part is how many genuinely think it’s a great day for NZ.

It’s closer to 1984 than many think.

I’m not sure she’s her own worst enemy, the Troons that want to attack her would take that title.

If anyone is still on the fence about her activism it’s worth reading this . I tried to find a more mainstream outlet but the Times is paywalled . The tl;dr version is that a Troon was put in a women’s hospital ward , raped a woman, she went to the police and the hospital said she was lying because there were no men in the ward and went on for a year until the police got cctv footage

Zachary Evans  /  Mar 18, 2022  /  news

British Hospital Allegedly Denied Rape Claim Because Perpetrator Was Transgender | National Review

‘It has taken nearly a year for the hospital to agree that actually there was a male on the ward and yes this rape happened,’ said Emma Nicholson.

Jessica North  /  Mar 19, 2022  /  Politics

Hospital says patient wasn't raped because alleged attacker was transgender

The incident has drawn attention to the impact of self-ID in hospitals and other institutions like the police with Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne calling on Westministers Lords to scrap it.

@KiwiPie I have tried picking on a monday this year, so I don't forget lol, but then sometimes the teams aren't as I expect and maybe I don't alwatys check I've ticked the right teams lol, or more likely I just not very good at it??? I keep trying to pick the an upset result game to be smart too! lol.
Actually I wondered if my last weeks game went in as the wrong team to, as I had a feeling it showed me as being in a Blues team at some stage.

I could hear that bloody music on TV yesterday and wondered what the hell was with the volume!

@Dan54 said in TSF Super Tipping 2023:

You doing great work there KP, it's a pity I not doing as well for my team in picking lol! And Unite dpoing 6 from 6 is pretty good picking!

When I saw your score, I did wonder whether you had tipped last week's games ....

@SouthernMann Millar is our best 10, Gilbert is our best 15. Falefaga as the third string 10 at his age is perfectly fine, keep Ioane round as the 2nd choice for one more year, Koroi to cover the outsides.

Finn Hurley is way too small IMO, so if Southland want him, they are welcome to him.

You doing great work there KP, it's a pity I not doing as well for my team in picking lol! And Unite dpoing 6 from 6 is pretty good picking!

https://thesilverfern.com/tipping/

Only Rebels v Reds was a difficult game to pick so there were plenty of good scores around - and the category picks were make and break given that Unite and OleOleOle scored 20/20 for those and quite a few got nothing at all.

Unite picked 6/6 to grab the highest score of the season with 67. Crucial scored 62 and OleOleOle and Victor were on 61. Higgins bagged 59 to establish a huge 30 point lead with positions 2-10 separated by only 5 points. GT12 is 2nd, Plastered Peni 3rd and Bartman, Hydro11 & Triple T share 4th place.

In the teams comp, wins for Barbarians, BOP Chiefs, Canes Gold have them in the top 3 positions and Blues B beat Blues A to get their first win of the season. In the Cup, we are down to the final 8.

@nzzp said in Blues v Force:

The experience yesterday was dominated by pumping music into every break, so loud you could hardly talk about the rugby with your neighbour.

We need to start a thread and write letters to the editor about this.

It's the way to kill an atmosphere.

Example:
Test match in Brissy year or so ago. Aus have good build up, put pressure on, force a lineout 5m out. Crowd starting to buzz. Bam! Music blares. Crowd excitement fizzles.

Not restricted to rugby. Was same at Broncos game I went to.

Tv does quite a good job of cancelling most of the music noise.

@sparky said in Blues v Force:

It looked and sounded like there were a few hundred people max in Eden Park for this.

Probably more like 10,000. But a light crowd. I went to see Perofeta and Zarn; One better than the other, but Zarn continues to show silky skills at times. Needs to play.

Super as a product has been wrecked. How many games do people watch that aren't their team? The experience yesterday was dominated by pumping music into every break, so loud you could hardly talk about the rugby with your neighbour. Anyway, overall a good day out, despite the rugby - and that's the key issue. the product is terrible at the moment.