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by les@mooloolaba
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: the Chink in the Chiefs Armour
Replies: 19
Views: 980

Re: the Chink in the Chiefs Armour

Ted. wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:16 pm That chink just got more visible on the backside of the armour. It could come back to bite them on the arse.
I’m not convinced about the Chiefs this year, don’t seem as clinical and giving up handy leads.

They really need to improve.
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 78
Views: 1883

Re: The state of the NZRU..

CrazyIslander wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:31 am The short SR season is not fit for purpose. Even the NFL has a longer season.

My suggestion. Is increase NZ teams to 7 and have 20 round season. NPC can go semi pro.
And look where expansion got Oz rugby :yawn:
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Blues v Crusaders @ Eden Park - Saturday
Replies: 78
Views: 1657

Re: Blues v Crusaders @ Eden Park - Saturday

8 lost lineouts?
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:31 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Blues v Crusaders @ Eden Park - Saturday
Replies: 78
Views: 1657

Re: Blues v Crusaders @ Eden Park - Saturday

40 missed tackles
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France vs England - Official 6 Nations Thread - 16 March 24
Replies: 705
Views: 9586

Re: France vs England - Official 6 Nations Thread - 16 March 24

Stupid England gave the ball back to France with 3 to go, just plain dumb, what was Care thinking, that they were going to get the 50/50 ball back.

Good game otherwise thought Gardiner reffed welland it could have gone either way.
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs v Blues @ Sydney - tonight
Replies: 95
Views: 1172

Re: Waratahs v Blues @ Sydney - tonight

Wow some world class ref whining on this thread. I thought the ref did well. Tahs nearly didnt get in but thanks to the concretetor!! Great story. If the Tahs had an 18 game winter they would be up there at the right end of the season but they dont we play this stupid sprint of a comp and if you lo...
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs v Blues @ Sydney - tonight
Replies: 95
Views: 1172

Re: Waratahs v Blues @ Sydney - tonight

Tahs blew that game, some of them just don’t have rugby smarts.
Thought the ref blew his whistle too much
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
Replies: 1639
Views: 45647

Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread

As I correctly predicted yesterday, Ireland bottled it again. Poor leadership against a mediocre Sprinbok Lite team, you can see why England disposed of Farrell. I think the Ireland pack thought they had it won before taking the field because England weren’t playing well. That’s why they played bad...
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
Replies: 1639
Views: 45647

Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread

Murray, Beirne, Doris, POM, Furlong, Porter so POOR. We were way too cocky. England did their HW and watched how NZ beat us in the 1/4 final. We have to get used to other teams raising their game for us Yep, it’s why we beat you in the quarter final and why every team that plays us, plays well agai...
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL" Reds are too lazy to start a Chiefs thread" thread
Replies: 160
Views: 1875

Re: OFFICIAL" Reds are too lazy to start a Chiefs thread" thread

Well done Reds, defended really well and smashed our scrum which is a bit of a worry.
Chiefs didn’t really get going but Reds are always good against us.
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread
Replies: 122
Views: 6713

Re: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread

Thought the Tahs played and thoroughly deserved the win. Crusaders will be a bit disappointed, some of their young fellas perhaps got caught in headlights, Kemara and Hotham I thought boyh struggeld behind a pack getting beaten up, and I agree with mrb Bell I thought has looked a little average fir...
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread
Replies: 122
Views: 6713

Re: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread

Great game. It was great because the Saders were below standard making it an even contest. I'd want NZ to have another team to dilute the talents and make SR a even contest with Oz. Alternatively, share the talent whilst still allowing them to be eligible for the ABs. Pfft, Australia need to up the...
by les@mooloolaba
Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Soup 2024, Reds v Waratahs
Replies: 113
Views: 1703

Re: Soup 2024, Reds v Waratahs

I get the feeling both teams will get found out skill wise when the play the Chiefs Blues or Saders.
by les@mooloolaba
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024 - Rd 1. Chiefs Vs Crusaders
Replies: 187
Views: 4816

Re: Super Rugby 2024 - Rd 1. Chiefs Vs Crusaders

The Crusaders starting forward pack still looks very strong - as good as any forward pack going around and better than most. True, the starting pack is still very strong. The question is more whether a rookie 10 can capitalise enough on the opportunities the pack creates. And whether we have enough...
by les@mooloolaba
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024 - Rd 1. Chiefs Vs Crusaders
Replies: 187
Views: 4816

Re: Super Rugby 2024 - Rd 1. Chiefs Vs Crusaders

If we can play like we did when it was 15 on 15, it will be more than that AC. If we have O'Keeffe again, the bets are off. Nic Berry should help. Looking forward to this game I want the Chiefs performance especially in the forwards to go up a notch, as the Saders pack is a formidable one. Hope Chi...
by les@mooloolaba
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024
Replies: 154
Views: 9664

Re: Super Rugby 2024

mrbrownstone wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:20 am Any Chiefs fans planning to start a match thread? We're 4 days out from the season kicking off and still nothing.

For shame!!!!
Well I’m too busy, besides it would be full of cantabs trolling us. Can’t troll Cane this season either, what will you do…
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:44 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tucker vs Putin
Replies: 75
Views: 3815

Re: Tucker vs Putin

Hawk97 wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:26 am
AND-y wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:19 am Tucker is a desperate has been, really the cliche of faded celeb journalist.
He’s never been more popular?
yep, especially by the Russians :lol:
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: England Vs Wales • Official Match Thread • 6Nations 2024
Replies: 980
Views: 20125

Re: England Vs Wales • Official Match Thread • 6Nations 2024

Wales threw the game away in the last 15 minutes by kicking away possession. I dont know what the tactics were but they werent regaining the ball from any kicks, just plain dumb rugby. :lol:
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland vs France Match Thread
Replies: 912
Views: 15719

Re: Scotland vs France Match Thread

The only angle showing it hit the ground doesn't show it over the line, given the ref calls held up no try you definitive evidence, there is none. It's FUBAR. In a penalty try decision, the call is that a try would probably have been scored (and that gets a card with it). In the last TMO call we al...
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland vs France Match Thread
Replies: 912
Views: 15719

Re: Scotland vs France Match Thread

If it were clearly grounded, the ref's onfielf decision could have been overturned. But the TMO and the ref decided that they saw no clear evidence contradicting the ref's intiial call. Nothing to do with the system. Could of course go back to it being the TMO's decision, but then that's what every...
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland vs France Match Thread
Replies: 912
Views: 15719

Re: Scotland vs France Match Thread

Clearly? Nothing clear about it. Likely yes but that’s not how the laws work. Ref didn’t see a grounding, couldn’t give it, TMO didn’t have a conclusive angle. That’s life In the still above you can clearly see the ball on the ground and clearly see the white line. Not sure how much clearer it can ...
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland vs France Match Thread
Replies: 912
Views: 15719

Re: Scotland vs France Match Thread

Red Revolution wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:16 pm You couldn't see the line on the angle that showed the ball clearest on the ground, plus as others have said it was held up in a previous carry and should have been called then. Bit brutal though.
If it was recycled, then held up doesnt mean anything. :yawn:
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland vs France Match Thread
Replies: 912
Views: 15719

Re: Scotland vs France Match Thread

Quins89 wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:13 pm Disgusting.

So basically unless every camera shows 1000% conclusively. Even if it’s a try, it’s not.
Apparently and that's what is ruining the game :frown:
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland vs France Match Thread
Replies: 912
Views: 15719

Re: Scotland vs France Match Thread

AlanBengio wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:12 pm let’s be frank
It was grounded in the end
Sure was, there was no hand or boot nderneath. I am sick of TMO's interfering in the game, it whats turning me off from the game. :?
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Barry John RIP
Replies: 75
Views: 3240

Re: Barry John RIP

RIP Barry, a great player from a great era and was part of a team that helped not only change the way a 1st 5/8 played in NZ, but the game as well.
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Sign Me Up!?
Replies: 70
Views: 2691

Re: Sign Me Up!?

Nah, we now qualify for prescriptions. We also arrange all the wars for the lesser generations to fight in. As per usual, Boomers have f**ked it, D-Generation X and Millennials will have to fix it, while the Zoomers cry into the soy latté stocked safe spaces. Well, the generations that taught us fo...
by les@mooloolaba
Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All Blacks 2024
Replies: 831
Views: 61282

Re: All Blacks 2024

With McKenzie focusing on 10 i'm going to put Love in the frame for a back-up 10/15 squad place this year. Probably a battle between Perofeta and him for a place but Love is definitely heading in the right direction IMO. Interesting to see how Razor sees Stephenson and Levi Amua. With Jordie and Tu...
by les@mooloolaba
Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
Replies: 9100
Views: 284542

Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)

With Alan Jones in hiding Greg Martin has stepped up... Former Test player Greg Martin argued Larkham’s case on his Triple M Breakfast with Marto, Margaux & Dan show on Friday. “Robbie Deans was appointed as the Wallaby coach about ten years ago then Dave Rennie only about five years ago and was sa...
by les@mooloolaba
Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8585
Views: 270112

Re: Israel declares state of war

I've got a limited amount of empathy to share out pragmatically speaking. I think that's realistic for most people. Why shouldn't I reserve all if my empathy budget for problems closer to home like homelessness, domestic violence, indigenous issues, or environmental disasters? Whether my empathy is...
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Lawrence Dallaglio hates Saffas
Replies: 65
Views: 9701

Re: Lawrence Dallaglio hates Saffas

Jtah wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 5:39 am Same! Classless cvnts to a man.

Outside of rugby they’re lovely.
Nah all the Afrikaner’s I have dealt with at work are cvnts, can’t be told. English speaking on the other hand are great to work with.
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All Blacks 2024
Replies: 831
Views: 61282

Re: All Blacks 2024

We all would, but not even Henry and Hansen quite reached those lofty heights. A 75% win rate would be +5.5% on what Foster delivered. I reckon in most average jobs if you came in and achieved a 5.5% increase over the guy you replaced, you'd be doing pretty well. Except, you lot have been telling u...
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Blues returning optimism 2024 Thread
Replies: 173
Views: 29567

Re: The Blues returning optimism 2024 Thread

Deadtigers wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2024 4:33 am
Pakia Pakia wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:15 am
grouch wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:22 pm

Defence Coach for the past few years.
Jeez how did he keep his job after that semi final last year? :lol:
To be fair the whole team shite the bed. That's not on the defense coach, that is all on the shite coach.
And he is is with Razor now, or maybe it was the team on the day…
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RIP to the great JPR.
Replies: 68
Views: 9098

Re: RIP to the great JPR.

Enzedder wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:55 pm Far too good to be a Lion. Would have made every ABs team of his era. The Bastard.

RIP JPR
This
by les@mooloolaba
Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Who was the Best Coach of 2023?
Replies: 54
Views: 9326

Re: Who was the Best Coach of 2023?

Farrell has worked miracles. Hugely impressed with what he’s done but still couldn’t get Ireland to win a RWC QF. That's just one match though. We need to be holistic and look at the big picture... I'd swap NZ and SAs record the last four years in a heartbeat for Ireland's.. World Cup included. It'...
by les@mooloolaba
Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All Blacks 2024
Replies: 831
Views: 61282

Re: All Blacks 2024

jdogscoop wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:07 am I'll be thrilled if Razor begins to instil into the ABs the kind of rugby intelligence the Crusaders are known for. That, and a 70-75% success rate, would be a very satisfactory 2024 season.
He’s going to have to replace some of the Blues players then…
by les@mooloolaba
Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All Blacks 2024
Replies: 831
Views: 61282

Re: All Blacks 2024

And if Razor makes him 1st choice??? It will mean that BB has had a MASSIVE form improvement and is playing better than he ever did under Ian Foster. What we can assured of is that BB won't be an All Black playing like he has over the last four years. Well as Razor's back coach is Rangi MacDonald w...
by les@mooloolaba
Thu Dec 07, 2023 11:51 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All Blacks 2024
Replies: 831
Views: 61282

Re: All Blacks 2024

jdogscoop wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:56 am What Mr B said. Which is also a neat response to Auckman's gleeful post. BB in Foster's squad and BB in Razors squad are not the same thing.
The same goes for Cane then and any other player poster reckon shouldn’t be in the ABs or in a certain position.
by les@mooloolaba
Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All Blacks 2024
Replies: 831
Views: 61282

Re: All Blacks 2024

Ogre wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 3:28 am
Ted. wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:18 am
Ogre wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:57 am

I am much more spiteful and petty. FVCK the Blues and all their vile fans and everything about the JAFAs :x
But you love the Chiefs.
The Cheats are not loved.
We are not cheats and they are loved, some people still haven’t got over us winning twice in a row after Foster left
by les@mooloolaba
Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: PSDT : 2m tall 28 tackles in the final. No card
Replies: 78
Views: 4198

Re: PSDT : 2m tall 28 tackles in the final. No card

I mean, if we're being honest here, while Cane deserved his red and NZ's tackling technique clearly needs work, Kolisi's yellow could easily have been a red if the tackled player leaned into contact slightly more and Eben got away with one. The Boks, while they are a really well coached team and ha...