@broughie hes a big bloke so im going to say he's quite a bit of food

i think there has been a couple of threads that have touched on similar topics and im not really sure the best one so i'll stick this in here and move if needs be

so, i decided during lockdown last year i was going to get back into playing rugby, wife was working long hours and quite honestly i just got a bit lonely at night

found a club not too far away here in melbourne and preseason started training started late Jan.

jeez, a real wake up call, apparently jogging just doesn;t cut it on the fitness scales, having a proper conditioning coach is helping and can at least finish a session without having to take a break to "stretch"

some real trouble with knees/achilles/calf's as have had issues with them in the past. slowly coming right though through proper training

can i also just add the back of the lineout seem a lot further away that i remember from the last time i played!

preseason games started this week, if anyone wants to feel a but queasy i can provide photos of my back from the first game, black/blue and red

in general i feel good though, great to meet loads of new blokes ranging from the 20 years olds trying to go pro to some older hats waiting for the squads to sperate so the 3rds can spend at least one training run at the pub

and interesting development is the wife, started making comments about missing me being out 2-3 nights a weeks and Saturday games still on the horizon

will settle down i think as i have no expectations above the 3rds and so should get a night back a week

just interesting how things change a bit

@chimoaus it occured to be we could/should also be proactive in checking in, how you going this week?

god i hate this place

@Frank one of the best posts ive read on here, gracious...i expect you to be banned shortly

@Kiwiwomble said in Re: Movie review thread...:

@Victor-Meldrew said in Re: Movie review thread...:

Watched True Lies (Schwarzenegger & Jamie Lee Curtis) for the first time in a decade or so. Just a really, really fun movie.

4 Jamie Lee Curtis Stripteases out of 5 Spinal Tap drummers

love True Lies, highly underrated, one of the best comedy action films, also a very fun videogame

This could have gone in a few threads...might have already...not going to check

lovely day in the sun, biggest gripe was how poor RA handled promoting it, sitting next to some brumbies fans, they had come down for it and were shocked at how small the crowd was, pointed out there had been next to no advertising

Wore my old Dunedin RFC jersey and Fakatava and Vahaakolo came over for a photo, both seem like really good blokes, Freedom was just chatting away about how disappointing the results was, letting the fans down, but how thankful he was to be getting a shot at that level, even more of a fan

@canefan said in Celeb Hall Passes:

I do have a soft spot for Anna Kournikova

its supposed to work the other way

@canefan sorry, all the vaccines ive been given over the years have probably muddled the the old grey matter...plus the 5G tower down the road

The saffas argument they couldn’t get match fit looking a little silly...this the first game this year for most of these argies

I know it was “only” north…but the swan idea are fucking coming!

That fucking goal from buddy !

We’ll….I had been loosing enjoyment watching the abs and was honestly looking forward to the npc…and then the strongest Otago team in years lost….

God damn it! Just got back from club loosing and then see this….fuck it

@Chris said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:

@taniwharugby said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:

@Machpants I guess, there is still time for him to turn this ship around before the RWC, however, evidence to date, he is steering at another iceberg!

I think he has already hit 4 icebergs he is a hard fucker to sink.

very buoyant.....because hes fat

@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:

@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:

Matthew Reilly - 10/10. Suitable for SEVERE ADHD.

@Kiwiwomble TBF I reckon he writes his books almost like a movie script and would probably work better on the screen.

I think a few have been picked up by Studios having options to make them (Great Zoo of China is one I think) but these have been on the table for some years so dont think they will play out

much like another book I cant recall right now, that was a fast paced read probably better suited to the big screen, again, movie studios have had scripts written but I read it maybe 5 or 6 years back, may have even had an IMDB profile IIRC...(pretty sure the guy that wrote the book I am thinking of has done several other movie scripts anyway - hate when I cant remember crap like that)

god i hope not! that was so bad and was basically just jurasic park

i can see what you mean though

@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:

@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:

The Grey Man.

I liked this, action a plenty, bitof an underlying story.

Ana De Armas

3.5 so implausible moments out of 5 I guess that could be plausible...actually make it 4 cos Ana

Matthew Reilly - 10/10. Suitable for SEVERE ADHD.

use to really enjoy Matthew Reilly for a easy to follow fast paces read.....but the last few have been like someone trying to out Matthew Reilly Matthew Reilly...every one had a code name/call sign...everything over explained...recaps of stuff from previous chapters!

I just downloaded one more as its a new story and so with any luck it was just the series i was reading

wasn't sure of the best thread for this but i chuckled

@mariner4life and that would be the great thing if a domestic comp was a bigger focus...these 3am games would be the icing on the top...and event....rather than being told this is the most important thing

@No-Quarter yeah....so different to what i was talking about

in saying that, i still wear my mask quite often, its just habit to have one in my pocket, where about was that?

@Machpants yeah...in love for us to pin them in their own 22 for long periods and score after sustained dominance.....and to win lotto