The Silver Fern

I'll do it properly next week with a better prompt.

@antipodean said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2025:

@Kirwan hopefully you get better outcomes using AI than I did

Well, it probably would help if I waited until the teams are named....

Will use the new DeepSearch agent next week so it can search all the information it needs. Has a million token context, so I'll keep it running and see if it improves.

I've outsourced my tipping to Grok3. Yes, I'm using a reasoning model sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Maybe they want to finish strong?

Lots of injuries already, are they running on glass in Canterbury?

@Nepia said in NZR review:

@Bovidae said in NZR review:

Allblacks.com has updated their stats page. It might look good but it's nowhere near as user friendly as the older website.

It's fucking terrible, I was going to do a rant about it on the grumpy thread the other day but didn't get around to it.

The players pages are useless now. The breakdown of position's played has gone, you actually have to go into every single game and look at each player. They no longer have when a replacement player went on and who they replaced.

It's genuinely a terrible update and it's a shittier product. This is what happens when the corporates take over from those (The Rugby Museum) with a genuine love of the game.

If you can't provide all the relevant info in your new shiny skin then just keep the old skin.

This has actually made me angrier than it should.

Just get Duluth to do it.

@Smudge said in Nomination - Broken record award:

I feel like @Kirwan should be a $1.01 favourite, thanks to his Crafty Comb fatwa.

I'm bringing that back you prick, or Captain Combover.

Has Robertson made him captain yet?

Yeah, fuck Ryan. Fuck Robertson.

Worst selectors since Mitchell and Deans.

@Mr-Fish said in Blues 2025:

@Kirwan said in Blues 2025:

Working with Lam and Sullivan in that position would be awesome. I think that might be Sullivan's best position.

What makes you say that? I think he's an out-and-out 15. Good under the high ball, a booming punt, strong as a secondary playmaker and looks good with a bit of space but not so much when he's under more pressure closer to the action...

Observing him at ten, or when he stands at first receiver in open play. His size makes him excellent to hit it up, he has very good distrubition skills and the long punt gives us another option to clear the ball more often. Left foot is useful in combination with Plummer as well.

As Duluth said, his slow windup makes him a chardown target at 10, a little more space or as a surprise clearing option reduces that risk.

Australian method of using all your best players on the park too.

Working with Lam and Sullivan in that position would be awesome. I think that might be Sullivan's best position.

He got me back into F1 too.

Couldn’t give two shits about rugby.

@African-Monkey said in NZ’s new Football rivalry:

@Kirwan said in NZ’s new Football rivalry:

Son is hugely into soccer, so I have to watch. Auckland comfortably won that, were unlucky not to score more goals.

Great start to the season.

Gonna go along to any games?

Yeah, I’m dad ubering most likely.

Time to move Sititi to 8, he’s earned a game in his best position.

Son is hugely into soccer, so I have to watch. Auckland comfortably won that, were unlucky not to score more goals.

Great start to the season.

Wallace, Telea and Patrick

Lana has been good on them too.

I though Ellis's comments on individuality were very insightful.

Some good stories on this, covers the league switch, comparisons with rugby and league. Good conversation about Tom Robinson.