2017-18 World Sevens Series
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@chris-b said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:
@no-quarter Waikato's effort at a cryptocurrency is it?
I'm passing again!
How come there's not yet a cryptocurrency thread?I'm seriously in WTF territory and need some other fairly uninformed opinions to confirm I'm right.
Yeah we should have one on Cryptos. Surprised there isn't one but then I don't venture outside of the sports forum.
I bought a few different Cryptocurrencies a while back. Crazy ride compared to what I normally invest in. What have you got/want to get?
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@damo I don't have any and I suspect I'm unlikely to get any in the near future.
I wish though, that when @Kirwan was having a Fern funding drive a few years ago he'd asked for bitcoins instead of going via paypal. The few extra dollars that I loaded into a paypal account at the time (that I've forgotten the password to) would probably be worth about half a million dollars now and I'd be investing significant amounts in hypno-therapy and other sorts of woo to recall that password!
Edit: and there is now a thread in "Off topic".
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@chris-b said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:
@damo I don't have any and I suspect I'm unlikely to get any in the near future.
I wish though, that when @Kirwan was having a Fern funding drive a few years ago he'd asked for bitcoins instead of going via paypal. The few extra dollars that I loaded into a paypal account at the time (that I've forgotten the password to) would probably be worth about half a million dollars now and I'd be investing significant amounts in hypno-therapy and other sorts of woo to recall that password!
Edit: and there is now a thread in "Off topic".
Litecoin, ethereum or XRP would be much better for donations than Bitcoin. Bitcoin is crazily expensive to transfer these days - you'd lose more in fees than PayPal for sure.
I'll check out that thread so as not to hijack this one.
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I was going to talk about the sevens, having just seen the NZ matches but never mind. This thread just turned into the Herald and Bitcoin ads / articles.
I am better than Kurt baker as a 7's player (by not being there, I am an improvement).
Anyone is a better ref than that fucking cheat Rasta. I really wonder about him...
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@snowy said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:
Anyone is a better ref than that fucking cheat Rasta. I really wonder about him...
I'm genuinely astonished he gets to ref at this level. is it affirmative action or simply a case of "well fuck it, he's here now"?
Whereas Barnes was originally just woefully incompetent, Rasta appears biased.
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I don't watch a lot of sevens, but did watch the big games on the weekend. We have a lot of players in our team who seem to be regulars, who can't execute under pressure.
Webber is shit. The Fijian bloke who couldn't catch a cold. Baker. Stannaway (make your tackles son!).
There are some very good players though. Koroi is a joy to watch, has real wheels, and a heap of heart. Easily our best player on the weekend. Curry, Mikkelsen, these guys are top draw, but a few others need to be looked at.
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@mariner4life Masirewa? made errors at crucial times v Fiji & Aus.
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@taniwharugby yea, him, hands like feet.
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yep, cheating is a bit strong, but seems to lack knowledge of some of the rules or simply makes poor decisions under pressure.
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@majorrage said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:
I'll never call a ref a cheat (the lions refs tested this) but I think it's fair to say that Rasta style if reffing doesn't go with our style of play.
Fair enough, I had had a couple of beverages. Lions comments acknowledged and you are so bloody diplomatic about incompetence (or cheating). Well done.
General comment:
After 25 years of following sevens I haven't really noticed a ref like Rasta. He is consistently poor when reffing NZ and I am happy to call him on it. Random penalties and ruck infringements. What applies to one team doesn't for the other a few seconds later. If you want examples I won't give them to you as that is my impression of that little idiot over the last 6 years that he has been ruining sevens. -
The Black Ferns 7s contracted squad for 2018 has been named.
The 2018 squad of 23 contracted players for 2018, includes three new players among the 20 fully contracted players and three training contracts. The contracted squad is (* indicates a new contracted player): Shakira Baker – Waikato Michaela Blyde - Bay of Plenty Kelly Brazier – Bay of Plenty Gayle Broughton – Bay of Plenty Lyric Faleafaga – Wellington Rhiarna Ferris – Manawatu* Theresa Fitzpatrick – Auckland Sarah Goss – Manawatu Huia Harding – Waikato* Jazmin Hotham – Waikato* (training contract) Natahlia Moors - Auckland* (training contract) Tyla Nathan-Wong – Auckland Risi Pouri-Lane – Ta$man* Leanna Ryan - Waikato* (training contract) Alena Saili - Southland Shiray Tane – Waikato Terina Te Tamaki – Waikato Ruby Tui – Bay of Plenty Stacey Waaka – Waikato Kat Whata-Simpkins – Wellington Niall Williams – Auckland Tenika Willison – Waikato Portia Woodman – Counties Manukau Waikato’s Shiray Tane returns after last playing for the Black Ferns Sevens in 2016; Lyric Faleafaga graduates from a training to full contract, while six new players have all progressed through the New Zealand Sevens Development programme.Rhiarna Ferris, Huia Harding and Risi Pouri-Lane are all new to the Black Ferns Sevens team, while Jazmin Hotham, Natahlia Moors and Leanna Ryan will join the squad on training contracts.http://www.allblacks.com/News/32008/blacks-ferns-sevens-contracted-squad-named
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Live stream of the National Club Sevens on Eden Rugby Club's Facebook page:
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@tim said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:
Congratulations to Eden on defending their National Club 7s title by downing Napier Old Boys Marist in the Cup Final.
Whey hey! The mighty Eden! When did we get good?
Tried to look at the support staff to see if I knew anyone... nup ...
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"Sevens is a different game but some of the skills on display here have been unbelievable. Auckland Rugby needs to be taking a look at our Costa boys as well, they would be mad not to," he said.
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@booboo said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:
@tim said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:
Congratulations to Eden on defending their National Club 7s title by downing Napier Old Boys Marist in the Cup Final.
Whey hey! The mighty Eden! When did we get good?
Tried to look at the support staff to see if I knew anyone... nup ...
Being at the park, I think the weather conditions helped Eden quite a bit. Anyway, I can't complain as my club team (Naiper Old Boys
Marist) made it to the finals at least
