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A rare misstep from a poster so often in the know.....

Any fucking danger of actually reading the date on social media posts?

Speaking of Manson, I'm pretty disappointed he wasn't named bench captain, even if he's new to the squad.

@Landers92 said in Highlanders 2025:

Highlanders ‘Captains’ to be announced later on today.

They both may surprise...

I use a Sky Pod with the Sport package included. $68/month. Works pretty well (all works off broadband rather than satellite). The very occasional buffering issue but that's maybe once a week, if that. I don't tend to use many of the features, but you can live rewind etc like you can with a decoder.

Will get more value from it once rugby kicks in again. Helpfully though, most of the other streaming platform apps are pre-loaded in the Sky home screen.

@Tim said in Super Rugby 2025:

@frugby He's guaranteed a start now!

They'll have to write up a whole new contract!

@mariner4life said in Chiefs 2025:

@gt12 said in Chiefs 2025:

It amazes me that NZR still doesn't get this

it's not just NZR

The entire elite rugby community treats everything like they are guarding state secrets. It's fucking ridiculous.

Change is hopefully/has to be on the way.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360519726/new-fantasy-competition-means-its-time-super-rugby-pacific-get-real-injuries

We have to join the group to see the post. No thanks.

@Dan54 said in Australia v India:

Why have I given up on test cricket almost? I agree Kohli looked a twat for wlking past and banging against his shoulder, but f*** me it was a bump and he looks a dick but that's about it? He didn't hurt him or anything. The game supporters seem to be looking for things to sqeal about?? My son here and he going crook, I reminded him of the sldging etc they used to do when he played rep cricket, that would hurt a lot more than that.

Because cricket isn't rugby. Or even football. Contact is not required or allowed, and Kohli deliberately sought it out.

Ultimately, cricket is a non-contact sport, where the ball is the vessel through which contact is made (from the bowler's hand, onto the batter's bat or body, or into the fielder's hands). Kohli deliberately and clearly crossed that line.

The very light punishment sets a precedent, I fear.

@MN5 said in Australia v India:

@Donsteppa said in Australia v India:

Well, Konstas is going to either be a raging success, or an abject failure. No middle ground likely...

Looks like the next David Warner

Disclaimer: I’m not even watching, just keeping an eye on cricinfo

Don't post just for the sake of posting, when you freely admit you're not even watching. I'm leaving this here and not deleting your post for now, so you can maybe, just maybe, get the fucking message.

I'll answer this on behalf of @voodoo and say @Hooroo

https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/979655

FYI:

It's the view of the mods that sharing one genuine paragraph of a paywalled story may be acceptable, if you link to it (to generate potential traffic for the news outlet), but if you wish to share more, just summarize it in your own words. Do not take the piss either by squeezing 3-4 paragraphs together to make it look like one.

As a rule, any news article posted on a Fern should have a link back to the original source.

Are you ranking him purely as a batsman or not? If you're ranking him purely as a batsman, it's only fair to take out matches where he was playing as a keeper-batsman. That brings his average up to almost 43. Not world class but certainly test class for a sample size of 49 tests.

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

@JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:

@booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

@gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.

Really???

Fuck knows what I've been punting on!

The answer is: anything and anyone that moves.

The dumbest thing the Baird administration did was put a hard 12-month closure date on it. They soon realised there'd be circa 10k dogs needing to be rehomed (or relocated to other states) in an unachievable time frame.

@nostrildamus said in Nomination - Most level headed ferner:

@dogmeat said in Nomination - Most level headed ferner:

@Smudge and to think I remember you when you were running around in spandex

What changed? Does @Smudge just waddle around in spandex now?

Even with the stretchy qualities of spandex, I'd struggle to fit in to the costume these days...

@Frank said in Nomination - Most level headed ferner:

@Smudge said in Nomination - Most level headed ferner:

@Nepia said in Nomination - Most level headed ferner:

@Frank said in Nomination - Most level headed ferner:

Chris B for rugby.

Da fuq

Look at the nominator...

You mean the smug middle aged liberal reporter?

I'll accept the first two. Keep trying on the other two, champ. 50% is a pass mark though, so maybe quit while you're adequate!

@handa457 said in Highlanders 2025:

@frugby can’t read because of paywall. Can you copy article in here?

No. That's not how paywalls work.

@Nepia said in Nomination - Most level headed ferner:

@Frank said in Nomination - Most level headed ferner:

Chris B for rugby.

Da fuq

Look at the nominator...

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