The Silver Fern

Did Recce Hodge just become George Bridge?

@rotated
Broken play - but yeah what else at the moment

I've started referring to Super Rugby as " Super Rugby Entertainment" bit like the WWE business model and I wonder if once Oz were so far behind they changed to the Super Rugby let's have a go instead of the let's treat this like a serious test

The last 2 teams has reminded me of way back when the All Blacks could actually do that, silly thing is though they at least did it over a period of time and brought in new players with experienced and form players. I think when a team is picked like this it's actually not fair to point the finger at individuals, but would like to see more support in roles ie Blackadder with 2 other form or experienced loosies or Patrick T with Sam W and Carl T with Ofa etc etc - yes I Know injuries but you hopefully get the concept (stop setting up players to fail)

Seen as this was actually a hard game to rate players on what they did well given Tonga included club players etc maybe look at the needles penalty's given as some were quite concerning and there was also a few times the AB's were offside.

I mean when the game is so easily won try to get something more out of it - does anyone have a list of all the penalty's?

@kirwan the only funny thing is when people realize just how biased TJ is but before then have thought he was A OK

@kirwan ha! No not a pity vote! A drinking vote or a stirring vote as I thought the comments at the end summed it up with how average he was but just how amazing he was in 2 commenters eyes

Couldn't resist and voted G. Bridge - sorry as you were 😉

For those in the know why would the NZ Herald publish this https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/mcdonalds-order-error-leaves-traumatised-vegetarian-in-tears-and-vomiting/3B7UIPNV5XHUUOVB3JC4RQPL4Y/

Is it to share these horrific stories that vegetarians face so we can all help with a change to society

Or is it educate people that there are some whackos out there and we need to look out for them In case we have an encounter?

Or is it just plain old "Entertainment" to make us laugh and smile

Here's a novel thought let's stop calling them "Team NZ" maybe "Dalton's Hero's", "Wind Hoe's" "South Something Sails" basically anything but not Team NZ,

if they want NZ's support and $$ but don't think NZ has any value for having the event here! Then maybe it's time we stopped funding them and look back at the good times we have had and smile but move on

@chris And A game = a win, I was talking about the game and every game the blues/Auckland play for jeez I actually don't know how long but it's been a very long time, long enough for an employer to notice at any rate

@chris and I agreed 👍

@chris to be fair he hasn't been such a douche as long as TJ, also to be fair he's said some pretty stupid stuff and really it's a shame on one hand that sky don't rein in the stupid stuff (ie stop turning off subscribers) and on the other hand don't muzzle them because of the crowd

Don't get me wrong I met TJ in an Auckland box once and he seamed very pleased to mingle with everyone after but really when you start hatching possibilities and getting very excited about Auckland losing when it's an unlikely event! Then perhaps after how many years? It might just be time for a wander down to somerset

@chris JK or the Kirwin on here?

Poor old TJ he do hoped that the force would win and the crusaders would then rightly be in the the final to then go on and win, whilst some would say it's sad that I look upon TJ this way, just think how sad it is to be so involved in rugby that not only do you live and breathe rugby but your so tainted by your bias that even as a "professional" who is saturated by rugby you still get excited at the remote possiblity that Auckland/Blues might lose but then they don't

@canefan said in Beer thread:

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@kruse haha or Lion Ice, Flame Beer...what was thier uniqueness, ice brewed or something for double the hangover!

ah, being young and buying the cheapest beer you could!

I remember the bring your own flagon, $2 for 2L of DB!

Yeah - I live in the middle of a few Victoria Uni hostels... and a few days into Orientation Week this year, I saw some kid walking down the road proudly bearing a dozen Flame Beer. I was amazed it was still in production.
I had a distinct flashback of doing that myself... buying a doz of the cheap-but-fancy-lookin' new beer on the market - taking it to a party, and then spending the night swapping it for other people's more traditional choices.

I remember loading up on whatever the cheap special was at Liquor King Dunedin. Apart from Speights they often had obcsure brands like Double Brown and Rheineck Dry that you never saw anywhere else (there were many others, just can't remember), and who could turn down a dozen cans at a dollar a can?

The Mill did some special of 500ml cans of Ranfurly Draught at something like 50c a can... our flat threw every cent we had into a pot, and bought 50 dozen, I think it was.
The staff immediately tried to implement a “limit per person”, so we just bought 10 dozen each, or something like that.

And then, a party was had.
With horrible, horrible beer.

Then there was some of my more hands on mates who insisted on homebrewing because it was the cheapest piss per litre. It was all about quantity not quality back then

My mate who has a brewery always brings out the line "Ranfurly if you want cheap piss you can't beat Ranfurly" and that was for all the door knockes that think they will get cheap booze because they're at the source cutting out the middle man

He's a player who almost got to the top spot, personally I thought he had overtaken Aaron Smith 2 or 3 years ago - but then again to me he dropped off and that seamed to coincide with more of a media role - funnily enough maybe the media needed to stop putting a microphone in front of him ala Israel Folau

What a great final kick Otere Black, over and out

Interesting choice from tvnz immediately after the racing was finished and with a lot of families watching they choose to promote their own program, one minute were all looking at a positive race and then boom were into criminals

Did Jordie Barrett use arms in the tackle at just past 3 mins in?