The Silver Fern

I think we would be mad dragging him in over form super players. Guys like Procter and Narawa deserve those chances

@MN5 said in Black Caps vs England Series:

Early days but looking slightly ominous and familiar.

Henry getting some early, Southee bowling pies and Root and Bethel untroubled with Brook to come.

England will get 400 by the end of the day

Went to test today on your recommend. Waiting to see some classy England batting. Bloody hot here. But glad I am there

Tupou Vaai

No sorry. Just the effort from Razor to get him involved with the AB squad as with Fihaki.

Christian Lio Willie

When is Tepaea Cook Savage back on deck? Blake Makiri might be worth a look too.

@Bones said in NZR review:

@ARHS said in NZR review:

The World Rugby website has gone way backwards too. Full of incomplete information and errors. Nobody seems to care about accurate record keeping any more.

The SVNS app is shithouse too, go to follow live for an event and it never fucking refreshes for me after the first time opening, so I just stay stuck on the games from the first time I opened it that weekend. Have tried refreshing, force stopping the app and even deleting the cache/data and nothing.

You are so right there. Have looked for other ways to find information, like who players 24 and 37 are, and given up as so long winded.

Cant blame him after the unfathomable decision to promote Chay Fihaki ahead of him.

Went to look up about US newbie at the sevens, Will Chevalier, and he isn't even listed as playing...

The World Rugby website has gone way backwards too. Full of incomplete information and errors. Nobody seems to care about accurate record keeping any more.

Yeah, not thinking about who might or might not want to switch sides.

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2025:

@Yeetyaah

Ross's impending departure makes the loss of Kauvaka Kaivelata more puzzling. Josh Bartlett is now with the Highlanders so maybe Mason Tupaea gets a full contract.

I feel Benet Kumeroa has the goods to succeed.

Hey thanks for answering. Was frustrating to miss the last minute or two.

This series is a bit of a disappointment compared to those of years ago. So hard to easily watch the games you want, with regular long fill ins nothing to do with sevens. Why were NZ and SA playing in alternate colours? Why so slow in recording points for conversions? And why so few matches in a tournament now. I hope they never repeat this format!
I liked seeing the new stars, Toliver from USA and the French kicker for two. Shilton van wyk was electric too.
Perhaps the weakest men's squad NZ has ever fielded in the series. The illness and injuries have been devastating. But something seems wrong in the coaching. Vai is lackadaisacal too often. Maka has no idea in contact. Mathis gets pushed to touch too often. No speedy sweeper mopping up. The only real spark comes from MGB. Molia and NG Shiu went well too. Did they win their playoff? My feed cut off at the critical time.

Mathis looks like a real talent. Need a few more with his athleticism and game smarts. Rob Rush does not look like a sevens player, Collier has slowed up, and poor Sofai Maka looks completely lost ou there on defence.
Such a shame about the illness, covid? Must have impacted horribly on their preparations with so many newbies.

I think Smith or Head in for Khawaja. Openers not too dominant currently. Maybe Starc for Cummins. Jadeja close. But that 11 looks pretty good to me based on current positions.

Pant?

They kinda dropped into a big hole after that era. Couldn't help but notice it when I visited Kimberley for a big sporting occasion.

Alex Powell? Read the article and wondered if he is an AI Bot. Also did wonder if he had a bet with Bidwell to write the worst year end rugby article to celebrate a disappointing year.

Yay, some good news at last!