The Silver Fern

A few years ahead of me at St. Andrews. He was a powerful player at high school level. Apart from his obvious talents he used to take some long range goal kicks. He could bully the ball a long way!

RIP Grizz.

@Mattasaurus Yep, no action for me either.

@machpants Yes, I’m curious too. Haven’t found any other mention of ALB being out.

@kiwiinmelb That’s right, worked well with his loosies with those little passes. He was a tricky player to contain, a slippery runner with a low centre of gravity, and while he was being watched closely he opened up options for other players.

@kiwiinmelb Yes, Loveridge was a classy all round halfback. Another who Smith reminded me of as he developed was Bachop. He was quick to get to the ball and quick to get it away.

Going wasn’t much of a passer at all, had quite a short pass, but a handful with ball in hand. Laidlaw was a fine passer and a solid player overall.

I’d rate Smith as being as good as anyone and he continues to build his game.

@Kirwan Yes, it’s a clear and simple eating pattern. I was fortunate the effectiveness of doing it was proven before I was even labelling what I was doing ! That sidestepped the emotional
snags and has made it fairly easy. I still shake my head about it from time to time.

@beardie One book I found useful is “The Natural Prescription” by Dr. Andreas Michalsen. He’s a highly credentialed German doctor who also works with and researches some of the traditional natural remedies. The chapter on fasting is informative.

I’m not keen on some of the popped up, pepped up programmes that get hustled online.

@Kirwan I’ve had an interesting 12 months with what turned into intermittent fasting. I’m retired and active on my small farm. I raise and breed poultry and my feeding/ watering round in the morning jumped with an expansion in what I was doing.

I started to regularly have breakfast when I’d finished, usually around 10.30. No big goals or anything. I still had a supper snack at night. But I started to lose weight. Interesting, I thought, did a little reading and sharpened my understanding of Int Fasting. Without setting myself up with too many rules, I tweaked things when It seemed time. So the night snack went, for example. I usually go 14 hours, sometimes more.

I’ve lost 15 kg over the year and am still dropping. It hasn’t been hard and I see this pattern as life-long, really. Valuable for one’s wider health including the insulin metabolism.

I’m quite relaxed about all this but surprised and grateful. If I’d set out to lose weight I doubt I would have been as successful. I’ve dropped from 94 kg to 79. Have been as high as 104 in the past. I’m 70.

The key things are that I stumbled into it and had complete confidence in what was happening before I read any detailed rules and systems. My lifestyle helps. My morning round is like a light workout with lifting, carrying, walking, bending. I’m busy and occupied and in fact have never had much trouble delaying breakfast although I followed the “breakfast like a king” myth.

The only rule I follow is to generally go 14 hours. I eat passably well, but don’t lay too many rules on myself otherwise.

@Frank That’s really interesting stuff.)

@sparky Did the job well against a good opponent. Pleased with that.

@Yeetyaah I'm a Crusaders follower and they've been a rewarding side to follow. But I'll always support the NZ team in finals. I enjoyed the success of the Chiefs when they raised their game, then the Hurricanes and the Highlanders.

If the Jaguares are good enough to win tonight, good on them. I won't be hearbroken if they manage to win. They'll deserve the title. Their achievement in reaching the Final is an accomplishment in itself - if they get the title, it's a big deal .

If they were playing another NZ side, I'd be supporting the Kiwi team.

Jordan Taufua away after the WC.

Will Matthews  /  Feb 8, 2019  /  Gallagher Premiership

Leicester Tigers Complete The Signing Of Crusaders Star

New Zealand forward Jordan Taufua, who earned his first call-up with the All Blacks in 2018, is set to join Leicester Tigers next season.

@act-crusader In the earlier draws (Tri-Nations) we seemed to often start in SA, then play Australia in Australia before playing the return games in NZ. It was reasonably challenging.

@bovidae I seem to remember the ABs actually making presentations to centurions in the opposition ranks after tests? Here was one time anyway: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11324575

@mn5 Nah, I'm not as old as I look. That was only 1971. The 1st test I saw was 1959 Lions at Lancaster Park.

@mn5 Yeah, saw that live, watching from that side too. It was a good moment.

@pukunui One guy is a lawyer- Adam Casselden. The other 2 are ex-players - David Croft and John Langford. It's an Aussie team.

@rancid-schnitzel
I'm quite uneasy at that finding. Makes deciding on similar situations harder for refs. Undercuts the protection of players emphasis that WR nailed down several years ago.

Interestingly, all the panel are Aussies.

@ACT-Crusader BBBR had a calf strain, according to Hansen.