The Silver Fern

easy money.

@booboo said in Poll: AB wins on EOYT for a decent season:

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Lucky win against England

Nah. We were better. Sliding doors.

Life is so unfair, a win solely due to our superior climate.
It's almost like NH scribes were destined to choke on a giant pie slice of karma.

Huh?

The English climate works against sliding doors...

@dogmeat said in Best win over the weekend?:

Most importantly it's a bogus WC. It's played every fucking year

Did not know this. Even biennially it takes the gloss off somewhat. Still, nicer to have won one than not.

@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of India:

@dogmeat said in Black Caps tour of India:

I see Kohli has dropped to 14th in the test batting rankings one point ahead of Darryl Mitchell. Kane and Ravindra in Top 10.

Somehow Matt Henry is ranked the 10th best all-rounder and (less surprisingly) 10th rated bowler

Kohli has always been a very good, but not great, test batsmen. A tier below Kane, Root and Smith. In ODIs and T20s though he's probably unmatched by any player in history which keeps him in the "fab 4" bracket.

It’s been a leanish period for Kohli with only 2 hundreds in his last 60 innings.

But he went through an unbelievable purple patch from about 2016-2019. that had him above those other 3 IMO.

@Chris-B said in If we win Bled 2, are you happy heading into the end of year tour?:

@Frank Be confident and say it yourself if that's what you believe! 🙂

Havili - if they take five midfielders he'll be the fifth.

Christie - probably not.

Cane - for the past month it has looked an awful lot like they think he's still the best openside in New Zealand. What have you seen the makes you think they think someone else is better?

TJ - I wouldn't b surprised.

@Frank You bewdy - 100 percent on another test! 🙂

Interview with James Mullen -
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360524416/james-mullan-crusaders-product-joining-blues-who-djs-and-has-eye-broadcasting-career

@canefan Eddie would agree.

@Tim said in QF: Blues v Tahs:

@Nepia Just sign up, you lazy fuck.

You're 100% correct here.

@TeWaio said in Black Caps v England:

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:

Joys of one run or one point in sport. Had it been a one wicket loss...! I've occasionally wondered how NZ rugby history would have gone had 2011 finished up 7 - 8 at Eden Park instead.

Or if Merths' late droppie in 1995 had gone over...

or if Mils try in the corner was awarded

@duluth said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):

@kiwimurph

Oops, yes I forgot

it's Northland, totally understandable

@mariner4life said in Poll: Foster reappointment:

@frye i think there are a lot of factorsstill in the Crusaders favour that slightly skew the number of titles.

But

Having talent and depth but getting the best out of it is what being the AB coach is all about.

However, for all the talk of the head coach, at test level i am more convinced than ever that the quality of the assistant coaches has more to do with the overall success of the team than just the HC.

In the current game, the most important coaches are arguably the defence coach and the skills coach. Our skills dropped off when we lost Mick the Kick and our defence is obviously shit

really wish I had unfollowed this thread

@damo said in Blues v Waratahs:

@kruse said in Blues v Waratahs:

@daffy-jaffy said in Blues v Waratahs:

Now thats a good lift -
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Genuine question... why did they ever change the laws to allow lifting?
It's always seemed to me that it just caused more problems than I can think of ever existing pre-lifting.

You're just looking back with rose tinted glasses. Lineouts used to be an absolute shit fest. Scrappy forwards elbowing at each other to win rubbish ball for the halfback to deal with or get smashed by the opposing players.

Lifting in lineouts is the best change they ever made.

Fair 'nuff
Like I said - honest question... I think a few people have said similar things - I'll bow to the masses.
Could the same effect have been achieved done other ways? Probably.
Doesn't matter... we are where we are, and it is better than before. Like so many things, I sometimes wonder if it could have been fixed by just proper application of the laws at the time.

@Duluth thanks fella, glad someone else found the same issue!

NOt a show stopper, but nice to have.

Yeah, saw that on the TV news last night. Félix Hernández is also keen.

Hernández is a six-time all-star, and has pitched both a 'perfect game' - conceding no hits over nine innings - and an 'immaculate inning' - nine pitches, nine strikes - both for the Seattle Mariners.

@Bones said in Post-Apocalyptic Sports:

@Snowy I'm gonna take a wild guess at Mr Andrew Cotter. Who knows really though.

Yeah that didn't show up until I scrolled over the vid. Know him from golf more than union. Funny bugger.