The Silver Fern

@Tim said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

@African-Monkey No, they played as "individuals" because they are bad people from Auckland. We have a real genius here.

Pfff.... I am a mere product of the environment.

@SouthernMann said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:

@KiwiMurph said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:

You need to put things in perspective

Highlanders had very young 10s - missing by fair their best midfield back, missing by far their best 8 in Renton.

Teams struggle to win in Canberra. They were undefeated there all season.

100%. No issue with saying we gave it good bloody go. Then in the second half, the team with several international players at home ran over the top of us. Compare the two teams and about five of our guys would make their team.

Bang on mate.

Incredibly tough to watch at the time and I let it get the better of me but take a few steps back and let the result for a bit and you do have to remind yourself of the bigger picture. Did bloody well to be there and to be honest, I can’t imagine many of us saw us finishing 6th once the slump started on the Aussie tour.

All eyes on the future, 2 or 3 solid signing and another year in the jersey for a lot of the young boys and we should expect a similar(if not better) table finish but hopefully more convincingly and also have some closer loses. The loses we had against NZ sides really got away from us so if we could close that gap and really push for 2026 then I’d be over the moon.

Huge emphasis on bigger picture.

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@African-Monkey said in Brumbies v Crusaders:

@Bones Well he should have removed all doubt by not punching the ball dead, and if he does it with the Brumbies player that close to the ball which he did, he left the refs with no choice. It was a complete brain explosion.

I do agree with this. It was stupid to put yourself in that position.

All he really needed to do was get his hand to it first and try to catch it. If he's trying to catch it and it goes dead then no big deal, it's a line drop out.

@Bones Yeah fairly common place 😂

Great stats

@MiketheSnow said in Brumbies v Waratahs:

Poor watch that

I lasted until halftime, and went to bed. So I didn't miss a lot then Mike?

Brumbies have genuine speed across a number of positions and Bernie’s gameplan has looked pretty solid to start the season. Actually looking forward to the Aussie derby between them and the Reds next week.

@Bones said in Highlanders v Brumbies:

@frugby said in Highlanders v Brumbies:

Certainly in the past, I think that has been the weakness of his game compared to say Cane?

I seriously think you've been watching someone else and confusing them for Harmon. The only noticeable thing about Harmon when he first hit the scene was his support play and running.

Have too agree, hard running was often the first thing i listed under his name

@Tim said in Chiefs v Brumbies:

@Duluth Yeah, after watching some of the first half, the Brumbies defence and ruck work is really off. Usually they're good as slowing down opposition ball and getting set on defence.

I wonder if the concerns over the organisation's security aren't having an unsettling influence on the players?

Or it could've just been a shit day at the office.

@Duluth said in Rebels v Brumbies:

5:05 in that video - wtf? Yes it's an easy three points, but you're down big and it's a free shot at 7 ffs. Doesn't exactly seem like their hearts are in it.

@cgrant Hell I reckon Vai'i has been bloody good all year, mind you I a real Lord fan too.

@Crazy-Horse said in QF: Brumbies v Hurricanes:

@hydro11 said in QF: Brumbies v Hurricanes:

@Crazy-Horse said in QF: Brumbies v Hurricanes:

@hydro11 I don't care whether it was a try or not. I disagree with what he said being called 'classless'. The threshold for classless is a hell of a lot higher than that in my book.

He deflected the loss to the TMO to cover up for his own players who should have got the job done. Refusing to take responsibility and blaming other people or processes when you had every opportunity to get the outcome you wanted, meets my definition of classless.

You are reading a hell of a lot into it.

Especially when going off the twist of a Stuff article.
I really suspect that had you heard the words in context and tone it wouldn't be half as bad.

I do get the point though that the failings fall on his shoulders

This was a nice game to watch today, hearing the least educated rugby crowd again making the most noise whinging.