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by Ali's Choice
Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: South Africa overflow of rugby players
Replies: 19
Views: 569

Re: South Africa overflow of rugby players

By moving the CC to July-Sep brought a different challenge to our URC franchises. 1. To big player squads. The franchise are use to play up to 3 competitions in the same time.Champions/challenge Cup, URC & Currie Cup. 2. Player Union in dispute with SARU about playing 20 months non stop. Springbok ...
by Ali's Choice
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Replies: 108
Views: 4863

Re: Brisbane 2032 Olympics

QSAC Nathan is about a 15 minute walk from my house. SEE YOU BOIS AT THE OLYMPICS! :lol: Tbh, why does the Olympics need a flashy big Athletics Stadium? It's an outdated relic of the past. The big spectator sports can't really use these facilitates post-Games so they are guaranteed white elephant w...
by Ali's Choice
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
Replies: 717
Views: 66108

Re: The Crusaders 2024 Thread

I reckon all those titles he won for Canterbury probably had something to do with it too... That was a while ago. I would have thought his NSW record would be more relevant. It is. Penney oversaw the worst season in the Waratah's history and the team regressed in every department under his leadersh...
by Ali's Choice
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All Blacks 2024
Replies: 810
Views: 59988

Re: All Blacks 2024

Has our depth at 10 ever been weaker? Damien McKenzie is our starting 10 by default, and then who? Beauden Barrett? I've been impressed with Brett Cameron this year, but he's hardly got a reputation or body of work that should fill us with confidence. No. And yet still fans will stick their heads i...
by Ali's Choice
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:06 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All Blacks 2024
Replies: 810
Views: 59988

Re: All Blacks 2024

Has our depth at 10 ever been weaker? Damien McKenzie is our starting 10 by default, and then who? Beauden Barrett? I've been impressed with Brett Cameron this year, but he's hardly got a reputation or body of work that should fill us with confidence.
by Ali's Choice
Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 2335

Re: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread

If you'd told me that we'd be leading in the 78th minute, I wouldn't have believed you. We're fielding a provincial standard team at the moment, and our results reflect this. The decrease in capability at 10 between this year and last year is arguably the biggest decrease in the history of Super Ru...
by Ali's Choice
Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 2335

Re: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread

Provincial standard is a bit rough. Don't take anything away from the hometown 'heroic loss' narrative. Has anyone used the word heroic? We played like shit. And yet we led the best team in the comp in the 78th minute. The fact that Hurricanes fans are so excited by their team's performance last ni...
by Ali's Choice
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27077
Views: 1984808

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

Isometrics are good, they build muscle and the risk of injury is less than contractual exercises. I don't target them specifically but I try and incorporate them into my workouts through tempo. For example when I'm doing DB presses I will hold the DB at the top for 4-5 seconds. And when I do pull up...
by Ali's Choice
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:37 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 2335

Re: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread

If you'd told me that we'd be leading in the 78th minute, I wouldn't have believed you. We're fielding a provincial standard team at the moment, and our results reflect this. The decrease in capability at 10 between this year and last year is arguably the biggest decrease in the history of Super Rug...
by Ali's Choice
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:31 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27077
Views: 1984808

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

:thumbup: Sounds a lot to me. I wear a Garmin watch that tracks my steps and most days my goal is only 6k-7k. Unless I make a conscious decision to go for a decent walk I rarely achieve that except on the days I play golf. So hitting 15-20k consistently sounds very impressive to me. How is your blo...
by Ali's Choice
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27077
Views: 1984808

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

Just started getting back into exercises that aren't physio (knee replacement just before Christmas) or a bit of walking (i.e. a few km). Right now it's a bit of a lamester effort with embarrassingly light weights, truth be told: 4 sets of pull-ups, 3 sets each of machine chest press & machine seat...
by Ali's Choice
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27077
Views: 1984808

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

I'm still alive. I do a lot of fairly gentle work, cardio every day (usually the indoor bike for the sake of my leg strength). Weights twice a week. Isometric strength exercises and similar work every other day. Floor exercises every day. Considering that I have spinal stenosis I am doing okay. Gre...
by Ali's Choice
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 2335

Re: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread

Reece and Moorby have both been in good form. Reece looked like pretty much our sole attacking threat the last two weeks. It reminded me a bit of the Nemani Nadolo era where for a couple of seasons our attack was basically just "give it to Nadolo and hope for the best". What has impressed me so muc...
by Ali's Choice
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27077
Views: 1984808

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

Good work AC. 15-20k steps is impressive as is a 6km brisk walk. :thumbup: Cheers. The 6K walk takes just under an hour. The steps are just NEAT exercise I get at work being out and around the school before school, during breaks and after school. That's two hours or so on my feet, plus I do quite a...
by Ali's Choice
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27077
Views: 1984808

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

Are you guys doing 5-6 days a week fitting in any cardio anywhere? I used to aim for 6 days a week (often only managed 4-5) but that was three days weights (split routine) and three days cardio. I don't do cardio per se. I aim (and always reach) 15K-20K steps per weekday (don't track on weekends), ...
by Ali's Choice
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27077
Views: 1984808

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

I myself have changed up my training style in the last 18 months substantially. I'm nearing 50 and I decided that at my age I wasn't really interested in going for big strength gains as it doesn't really help my life to have a big 1rm squat if it's gonna fudge up my joints and connective tissue. Pu...
by Ali's Choice
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:11 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27077
Views: 1984808

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

Understand where you’re coming from. I’m on 5 days a week and I couldn’t work it out - hence the app. I’ll post the programme when I get some time with the laptop - I haven’t looked at the whole thing yet but I’m interested to see how the full body programme works over that many days. I'd be intere...
by Ali's Choice
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:06 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27077
Views: 1984808

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

Are you guys doing 5-6 days a week fitting in any cardio anywhere? I used to aim for 6 days a week (often only managed 4-5) but that was three days weights (split routine) and three days cardio. I don't do cardio per se. I aim (and always reach) 15K-20K steps per weekday (don't track on weekends), ...
by Ali's Choice
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27077
Views: 1984808

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

I myself have changed up my training style in the last 18 months substantially. I'm nearing 50 and I decided that at my age I wasn't really interested in going for big strength gains as it doesn't really help my life to have a big 1rm squat if it's gonna fudge up my joints and connective tissue. Pu...
by Ali's Choice
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27077
Views: 1984808

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

I myself have changed up my training style in the last 18 months substantially. I'm nearing 50 and I decided that at my age I wasn't really interested in going for big strength gains as it doesn't really help my life to have a big 1rm squat if it's gonna fudge up my joints and connective tissue. Pu...
by Ali's Choice
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
Replies: 717
Views: 66108

Re: The Crusaders 2024 Thread

Tbh, I'm comfortable with a poor performing season this year. We've lost so many great players, and then had another terrible injury toll. Eventually this will catch up on our performance. I was already resigned to one in the pre season. I don’t get the whole media beat up over here but I guess it’...
by Ali's Choice
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
Replies: 717
Views: 66108

Re: The Crusaders 2024 Thread

Tbh, I'm comfortable with a poor performing season this year. We've lost so many great players, and then had another terrible injury toll. Eventually this will catch up on our performance.
by Ali's Choice
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:07 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 2335

Re: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread

Ioane Moananu, (Age 23) Finlay Brewis, (Aged 24) Owen Franks, (Aged 36) Jamie Hannah, (Aged 21) Tahlor Cahill (Aged 20) Pretty much all we have left. Literally the only fit forwards we have who aren't included in this squad are Christian Lio-Willie and Corey Kellow. Tbh, I'm kind of over permanentl...
by Ali's Choice
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024
Replies: 154
Views: 9552

Re: Super Rugby 2024

For decades now, the AB's have had almost a production line of world class #10s. Fox, Mehrtens, Spencer, Carter, Barrett Of the current Crop at Super Rugby Level, we have Cameron, Perofeta, D-Mac, MIllar, Faleafaga, Godfrey, Love, Morgan, and a few others. A lot of great players, but not a Carter a...
by Ali's Choice
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024
Replies: 154
Views: 9552

Re: Super Rugby 2024

For decades now, the AB's have had almost a production line of world class #10s. Fox, Mehrtens, Spencer, Carter, Barrett Of the current Crop at Super Rugby Level, we have Cameron, Perofeta, D-Mac, MIllar, Faleafaga, Godfrey, Love, Morgan, and a few others. A lot of great players, but not a Carter a...
by Ali's Choice
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 6-2 split
Replies: 55
Views: 1549

Re: 6-2 split

I think the 6 - 2 split suited the big old Boks. The red card helped too. Blues don't need a 6 - 2 split. Yep, not at SR level. It's not like the Hurricanes have a England 2003-esque pack that have historically been utterly dominant up front. The Canes have a decent pack, but I think the Blues eith...
by Ali's Choice
Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 6-2 split
Replies: 55
Views: 1549

6-2 split

Not sure why coaches continue to take such a huge risk by opting for a 6-2 bench split? It cost the Blues the match yesterday, they had a halfback playing on the wing for three quarters of the game. I know the Springboks won the last RWC with a 6-2 split, but I don't actually think it in itself was ...
by Ali's Choice
Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:02 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024
Replies: 154
Views: 9552

Re: Super Rugby 2024

I reckon Brett Cameron looks like an All Black no.10 (or no.22) this season. He's looking confident and playing very well. He seems to have lots of time, which is the hallmark of a good 10.
by Ali's Choice
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Drua Match Thread
Replies: 40
Views: 758

Re: Crusaders vs Drua Match Thread

Dear Lord the Crusaders are cursed in Fiji :lol: :lol: :lol: Serious question- have they ever won in Fiji? I remember them losing to the chiefs over there before the Drua We beat the Chiefs once from memory. I think they conceded cards and were decimated by injury and we limped across the line for ...
by Ali's Choice
Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Drua Match Thread
Replies: 40
Views: 758

Re: Crusaders vs Drua Match Thread

Really frustrating but not an unexpected performance. Three years in a row we've flown to Fiji in early March to play in the afternoon and had our arses handed to us. Our lineout woes in the first half in particular were diabolical. We fluffed three attacking lineouts in the first half against a tea...
by Ali's Choice
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Athletic Women Appreciation Thread
Replies: 166
Views: 22206

Re: The Athletic Women Appreciation Thread

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by Ali's Choice
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024
Replies: 154
Views: 9552

Re: Super Rugby 2024

The Victorian government gives them money. That’s what it’s all about. Get rid of it. I think the concept is great, one weekend when all teams play at the same venue. It's a great opportunity to create a festival of Super Rugby. But Melbourne simply hasn't worked. I've thought of what an alternativ...
by Ali's Choice
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread
Replies: 122
Views: 6655

Re: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread

The Crusaders were the worst of the NZ teams over the weekend. Our error rate was appalling, and our passing lacked cohesion, the ball being passed high, low or behind the target more often than not. Our lineout was sub par and overall we lacked cohesion, particularly in attack. Our two baby halves...
by Ali's Choice
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
Replies: 717
Views: 66108

Re: The Crusaders 2024 Thread

You think Carter might have a trot ? I follow him on social media and he still looks pretty fit. He would have embarrassed that donkey that fronted last Saturday bro . I feel a bit sorry for Kemara, tbh. He look over-awed and under-prepared. As our 3rd choice playmaker, he would have had limited ti...
by Ali's Choice
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
Replies: 717
Views: 66108

Re: The Crusaders 2024 Thread

Eugenius wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:08 am You think Carter might have a trot ?
I follow him on social media and he still looks pretty fit.
by Ali's Choice
Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
Replies: 717
Views: 66108

Re: The Crusaders 2024 Thread

Jonny McNicoll returning to the Saders for the rest of the season… Good signing given the options available. Pretty difficult to sign an internationally capped outside back mid season. The question is now where does he fit in? Can cover the back three positions and also makes a decent no.23. Our wi...
by Ali's Choice
Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:37 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
Replies: 717
Views: 66108

Re: The Crusaders 2024 Thread

trapper wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:32 am Jonny McNicoll returning to the Saders for the rest of the season…
I guess we can no longer refer to him as FAB now that he's Welsh capped? That's a shame, always infuriated the North Island nothing-posters.
by Ali's Choice
Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby 2024
Replies: 154
Views: 9552

Re: Super Rugby 2024

Well official figures are in, 10,582 for Friday night, 11,231 on Saturday night. RA would have to be pretty happy with that. Could someone tell me why they host super round in Melbourne? I like the idea of it, but looking at those crowd numbers I wonder if other locations like Brisbane or Syndey wo...
by Ali's Choice
Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread
Replies: 122
Views: 6655

Re: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread

I think Kemara deserves another start with Drummond at 9 and Havili at 12. Experience inside and out. Trying to start both Hotham and Kemara in the same game at this stage of their careers was an error from Penny in hindsight. If he continues to struggle then I'd move Havili as a stopgap until Reih...
by Ali's Choice
Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:37 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread
Replies: 122
Views: 6655

Re: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread

I think Kemara deserves another start with Drummond at 9 and Havili at 12. Experience inside and out. Trying to start both Hotham and Kemara in the same game at this stage of their careers was an error from Penny in hindsight. If he continues to struggle then I'd move Havili as a stopgap until Reih...