The Silver Fern

@mariner4life George thinks Jordan is injured

@george33 said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@mariner4life didn't mention the whole team, did Reece actually travel

with jordan potentially injured who else we got? Big Jim?

that could make for some wild rants

we have a lock playing 6, a 13 playing 11, a 12 playing 14, a 10 playing 15 (DMac), a 15 playing 10 and a 8 playing 7

not showing up currently

@bayimports bots dont make as many typos as i do!

ive been getting this error scroll up the side of my screen all afternoon, doesn't seem to actually effect anything thought other than be annoying

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@george33 said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@george33 So these changes are confirmed Ardie 7

And so he should be, the best 7 in super rugby this season, a more natural position for his strengths but also allows us the chance to speed up the game later in the match when Kirifi comes on.

its bloody wild as was told countless times things along the lines of "hes an 8 now, hasnt played 7 in years and wont again!"

@george33 said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

Jordan will he play battling injury not sure or Love, McKenzie at 15 I'm picking Love

i think i understand....Jordan has an injury and might not play. im assuming you believe BB is 10 hence suggesting DMac or Love will play 15 if Jordan is out?

@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

something to talk about

if i was Finau i would be filthy
If i was Hoskins Sotutu i would be ropeable.
If i was Clark who played outside Ioane all year, didn't get the ball, and then had him take my shirt, i would be pissed enough to speed away from cops.

viva le audacieux

pure

@george33 said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@george33 So these changes are confirmed Ardie 7

are you only being drip fed one name at a time or can you drop a "rumoured XV"?

@george33 said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@Bones just saying my mail and he said his contact is around 80 percent correct.

"just saying my mail"?

@upthelanders said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:

When is the team named?

normally thursdays? or has that changed?

fuck being a professional rugby player aye? you could be the best left wing or blindside in the country....and they start someone whos played 13 for years and a lock

you'd have to take it personally

@Nepia said in Super Rugby 2025:

@gt12 said in Super Rugby 2025:

Can someone explain those to me (I think I'm not reading them correctly), in the first one it says there were 2m viewers on Sky and Open yet there were 700k for the final alone. So the 1.3m are divided up between all other games?

There is probably an easy explanation for this and I'm going to feel like an imbecile when it gets explained to me.

....i mean.....i understand it.....but would like to hear how other people explain it.......

edit:.....16 rounds....5 games per round is 80 games?....divided by 2M is only 25k per game......that doesnt feel right

@george33 said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

Reiko 11, Vaa'i 6

when Razor said Locks would cover 6....i thought he more meant late in the game after some subs.....not that he thought someone that has played more at lock than anywhere else....is better than any 6 we have in the country and will be starting

@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:

@Kiwiwomble said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:

@ploughboy said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:

alb in 13?

thats what i was going to ask

Also why I think it's the reserve team, ALB can't be ready to play...

but close enough to be running defence? so maybe not too far?

@ploughboy said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:

alb in 13?

thats what i was going to ask

@canefan touche....as you were

wow...the bar for terms like "abomination" has really lowered

@brodean said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:

@Kiwiwomble

I think 3 players from the Highlanders is about right. They are a young team and will get better.

of course, not claiming we should have loads more.....but i think Tangitau could have been a great bolter if fit

@brodean said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:

@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:

@brodean said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:

I'd suggest Caleb Tangitau needs to work on his defensive workrate and accuracy. Based on these Carter would seem a better option that Tangitau for test rugby.

Tackle Success
92.6% Emoni Narawa
90.6% Jonah Lowe
88.2% Mark Tele'a
85.2% Macca Springer
84.7% Sevu Reece
82.6% Caleb Clarke
81.4% Kini Naholo
80.2% Leroy Carter
72.4% Caleb Tangitau
72.3% Chay Fihaki

Tackles Per 80 Minutes
9.17 Macca Springer
8.4 Mark Tele'a
7.82 Caleb Clarke
7.74 Chay Fihaki
7.56 Leroy Carter
6.68 Kini Naholo
6.54 Sevu Reece
6.05 Jonah Lowe
5.63 Emoni Narawa
4.56 Caleb Tangitau

Clarke and Tele'a look pretty good defence wise in these metrics.

That could all be a product of playing for the highlanders though.

Are you trying to say the Highlanders are a team full of poor defenders, which is why they came last, and besides that we shouldn't pick too many players who lose more often than not?

the first bit yes but the last but might be a step too far, i always think managing to look that good in a struggling team earns you at least the chance to show what you can do with a dominant team around you