The Silver Fern

@Daffy-Jaffy yeah Northland rugby posted yesterday congratulating Northland contracted players which included an image of Lay, while I had heard they were in talks with him, it was a 'sneaky player' announcement.

@NTA said in All Blacks XV v Georgia:

Saw highlights. How did Naholo not get a yellow card just before half-time?

Wearing a black jersey innit

Video of the haka is on the FB page. Silence from the crowd, led by Renata.

Finau dink kick something certain AB midfielders couldn’t manage.

@Bones Maka has some wheels too. The tactics seem to have Collier on one flank so there needs to be one of the speedier players on the other.

@antipodean said in Waikato v Hawkes Bay:

@Bovidae said in Waikato v Hawkes Bay:

Jacobson and Finau had a big impact, as you would hope they would.

Forgot to include their participation in my tipping.

You also forgot to factor the Pies not turning up as well.

Sheesh, that's our worst performance against Waikato, and we once shipped 100 against them in the bad old days when we were confined to the old 2nd division.

Hopefully it's a post RS loss blip.

@cgrant said in Waikato v Northland:

Mathis is talented but his size could limit his aspirations. He should convert to 2nd five : he has speed to burn and good hands.

7s program?

FMG - nice setup for a stadium that size. Overpriced food and bev are part of the landscape of course but the concourse access was good. I accept the crowd wasn't huge of course

@Yeetyaah said in North Harbour v Waikato:

Fark me that chip from the ranga was crazy

Not just a ranga mate, a maori ranga. Can be quite unpredictable at times.

@Mauss On Andrew Smith, he is a 6/lock. I am hoping he gets some time in NPC this year.

My impression watching live was that the Māori loosies were much more effective than their NZS opponents. Very aggressive at the breakdown and in the tackle. Again, I was surrounded by a lot of the parents/family of the players, and the Māori supporters were much more vocal.

I had mentioned this before the squads were announced, but the NZS like to shoe-horn in players so many end up playing out of position, particularly backs. Both Pahulu and Guerin are centres, while Stanley has been playing 2nd 5 for AGS. That wasn't really the case last year.

I was glad Waitai-Haenga got to play because he is a very good midfielder who will now probably go to the Warriors.

I can't imagine that Tito will be re-appointed for 2025.

That was a crazy scoreline.

Very little territory, and when the MAB did they coughed up the ball. Forbes had a shocker.

The conditions must have been difficult as Sullivan was subbed due to heatstroke.

Weird thread. Mainly positivity about Japan and they got dicked 36-10!

Maori simply had much better ball skills

@Bovidae said in SR U18 Development Squads 2024:

I see that the Hurricanes U18 and Crusaders U18 played at NZCIS yesterday. The final score was 41-41.

Yup they played at NZCIS and here’s the link the replay.

This is the inaugural SR U20s, so the previous is moot.

@Nepia said in Moana Pasifika v Chiefs:

@MiketheSnow said in Moana Pasifika v Chiefs:

Only saw the highlights. Was it a RC?

Nope.

Absolute farce

Fuck we're shit. Nathan Grey is a shit coach and these guys are the product of a shit system. Georgia smashed us for nearly 60 minutes