The Silver Fern

@Bovidae said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Videos:

I think the loosies scored all the tries in that match. It would have been easy to look up before NZR took over the stats.allblacks page and ruined it.

Correct. Kronfeld (2), Jones and Brooke, one each. Plus a penalty try to start.

I went to Cullen's debut test in Napier. 3 tries in that game..

Yeah, that was a good one. My mate and I had ground entry so took two plastic chairs and sat right up on the fence in between the halfway and 22. Imagine trying to take chairs in these days.

@MN5 said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@MN5 said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Videos:

The Scotland zig zag one is my favourite, made better by the fact I was watching it from under the posts.

Poor old Scots.

I remember watching that at the age of 19 with the old man. This was at the height of my "I hope Scotland are at least respectable in defeat" phase. Apparently we had the same dumbfounded expression when seven guys in a row decided to fall off him.

Shit those other tries were amazing too. What an athlete he was. What a back three the ABs had.

Due to pissing down in the second test I remember they managed to keep him tryless so that was a moral victory haha.

I think the loosies scored all the tries in that match. It would have been easy to look up before NZR took over the stats.allblacks page and ruined it.

That was a great year of live rugby watching for me, I went to every AB home test. Assume it would be too expensive for uni students to go to every AB home match these days.

Yeah I went to the Athletic Park test vs the Wallabies. Outstanding fun in the pouring rain ( which turned brown from all the rust in the stands )

At that match I nearly got in a punch up with two old codgers sitting behind us who kept hitting us with their umbrellas. They were just being boomer dicks.

That was another cracker match to be at too. That was the match where I saw how much talking/controlling things that Zinny did.

@MN5 said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Videos:

The Scotland zig zag one is my favourite, made better by the fact I was watching it from under the posts.

Poor old Scots.

I remember watching that at the age of 19 with the old man. This was at the height of my "I hope Scotland are at least respectable in defeat" phase. Apparently we had the same dumbfounded expression when seven guys in a row decided to fall off him.

Shit those other tries were amazing too. What an athlete he was. What a back three the ABs had.

Due to pissing down in the second test I remember they managed to keep him tryless so that was a moral victory haha.

I think the loosies scored all the tries in that match. It would have been easy to look up before NZR took over the stats.allblacks page and ruined it.

That was a great year of live rugby watching for me, I went to every AB home test. Assume it would be too expensive for uni students to go to every AB home match these days.

The Scotland zig zag one is my favourite, made better by the fact I was watching it from under the posts.

@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:

@bayimports said in NRL 2025:

Perhaps the Warriors are in the spoon race..

balls deep in

no halves. Inadequate centres. Inadequate outsides (slow too). Lost our point scoring prop. Not much in the way of edge impact either.

I think I agree with all of this.

Add to that a coach who, on last year's evidence (and player recruitment), is wedded to a game plan that the other teams worked out last year.

TBF, as it's the Warriors I never have high expectations, not even with the over-hype train at the start of last year following on from 2023.

@Machpants said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

An improved broadcast deal for RA.

https://www.theroar.com.au/2025/02/03/rugby-australia-closing-in-on-long-term-multimillion-dollar-deal-as-bonus-incentives-revealed/

Rugby Australia’s next five-year broadcast deal could be worth as much as $250 million if its Super Rugby franchises and the Wallabies return to winning ways.

The Financial Review revealed that the cash-strapped governing body could earn as much as $30m in incentives should its teams meet certain criteria. The extra cash would be in addition to a five-year deal worth a fraction over $210m – or 42m per annum.

“We can confirm we’ve reached an in-principle agreement with Rugby Australia,” a Nine spokesman told the AFR’s Zoe Samios. “We will share more details in due course as we finalise the contractual arrangements.”

Awesome, hopefully they'll pay NZR back the Dosh we're gave them over the last few years 🤣

It's completely weird that Oz is getting an improved deal, and if the stories are to be believed we're getting a much worse deal when SR ratings were up in NZ last year.

Good for me, I was worried Fox/Kayo might get them back.

@W32 said in Springboks 2024:

@Tim said in Springboks 2024:

The Post

True dat. South African rugby respects the hell out of the All Blacks, often to their own detriment. The respect is not returned, and the Springboks would do better if they were more ruthless.

What a stupid comment.

Weird to not have an east coast game and then Perth on the opening night - surely two games are better than one?

@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2025:

@mikedogz so they bloody should, that right there is 'canes country.

We never wanted them anyway. They, like @Nepia , just jumped our bandwagon after we won a couple of titles, and have been a millstone around our neck every since.

Keep telling yourself that lie to make you feel better, but you know that success only came to the Chiefs when I joined ... with an assist by that Rennie fella.

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:

@Dan54 makes you question the quality of the coaching Jordie is getting in NZ.....

I think Jordie needs a Rennie style coach - like when SBW moved to the Chiefs from the Crusaders and improved his game playing a more direct style.

Either Jordie can use his big frame or he can't, I'm unsure at the moment because I'm not sure that's what he's been instructed to do or if he even wants to play that style. Sometimes he looks like he's doing it, then other time he looks as awkward as he used to look at fullback.

@canefan said in Aussie Open:

@Nepia said in Aussie Open:

@canefan said in Aussie Open:

@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Open:

@canefan said in Aussie Open:

Zverev told the crowd off for booing Djoker

I'm surprised Zverev didn't try to assault the women in the crowd

Funny how the crowd and media can hate on Djoker coz he's a weird guy with odd opinions, yet they support a drug cheat and a wife beater

Djok is hated on for more than his opinions.

I appreciate him as a player, and I do realise he can do cuntish things. Even the hugely beloved Rafa Nadal did stuff, and became more sanctimonious near the end, lecturing players on court sometimes about their conduct, which was BS

I was more referencing his carry on in Australia during Covid. There's probably a section of the crowd who still see him as one of @barbarian's wished for villiains.

@canefan said in Aussie Open:

@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Open:

@canefan said in Aussie Open:

Zverev told the crowd off for booing Djoker

I'm surprised Zverev didn't try to assault the women in the crowd

Funny how the crowd and media can hate on Djoker coz he's a weird guy with odd opinions, yet they support a drug cheat and a wife beater

Djok is hated on for more than his opinions.

@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:

@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2025:

I can't see JB replaced at 12, he simply such a busy player there. Not saying he great, but noone looks gangbuster to me. I was prettyhopeful in Higgins, but by geez his defence worries me. Not just his tackling, but how often he seemed to get disconnected. I thought one of Canes strengths last year was how well JB and Proctor combined especially in defence.. Let's hope that Higgins switches on and does similar this season to puy hand up for ABs.

He was pretty ordinary in a Canes jersey for the most part in 2025 IMO and as per recent seasons failed to step up when the pressure went on. Three years in a row for the Canes he went missing in the playoffs.

He's definitely replaceable.

Witch.

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

sensible analysis on the board

That @Mauss fellow is ruining this place by bringing our standards up.

@Machpants said in Hurricanes 2025:

@gt12 said in Hurricanes 2025:

Ken Laban makes for a great drinking game when watching rugby though - drink every time you hear a player's college, club, or province, and every time he says second man play.

That's crate day, in 80 odd minutes

The same would apply for every time Nisbett got a player's name wrong. Could spice it up and add shots for every time he gets a white guys name wrong as it happens slightly less frequently.

Richie says no:

Jan 21

Blow for All Blacks as Mo’unga decides to stay in Japan

Exclusive: In-demand first-five Richie Mo'unga was in talks with NZ Rugby about an early return this year but they have fallen through, writes Patrick McKendry.

I prefer Laban over can't tell brown people apart Nisbett.

Imagine Nisbett trying to remember what school they went to and what they look like.

@mariner4life said in Next Broadcasting Deal:

the most affected TV is not even 12 months old!!

WTF! What type of TV, you should get at least a couple of years with the apps on a new TV.

@Bones said in NH club rugby:

@Nepia ok Razor.

Da fuq, I'm genuinely confused why I'm being called Razor. But I'm taking solace in the fact I pay $32 to watch all my sport.

@Bones said in NH club rugby:

@Nepia they never dominated SH rugby either.

I never claimed they did, but I thought and I presume they thought thats they'd dominate in the NH.