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by ElementFreak
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11403
Views: 1230007

Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?

Without judgement I had never seen Band of Brothers so I aquired it last night and after enjoying Masters of the air I will look forward to BoB next. Cheers for the various recommendations Thanks for the reminder, I haven’t rewatched BoB this year. Will get onto it. It’s amazing, even made 25 years...
by ElementFreak
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1991694

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

Training has been going well down this way, lots of time on the rower and have shifted some PRs which is always nice. 2km is down to 6:58, 5km went from 19:09 to 18:20, 10km is at 37:58, HM has gone from 1:34-1:26, reckon I could go a bit quicker on the HM. Currently 7 weeks through a 2km training p...
by ElementFreak
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL" Reds are too lazy to start a Chiefs thread" thread
Replies: 160
Views: 1873

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

I thought he did well to get up. Good on him. I thought it was worth a yellow. Was surprised the head clash then shoulder to the head before half time wasn't even deemed a yellow. I guess BOK was consistent in ignoring dodgy tackles. True and yes, Lynagh showed some stick getting up and continuing....
by ElementFreak
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Boredies 2024 - Nominations Thread
Replies: 140
Views: 18822

Re: Boredies 2024 - Nominations Thread

Enzedder wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:15 pm Cheers guys - but for everyone who would vote for me, another would vote me as the biggest prick on here.

It's fun (even being a prick) and fills the time in my autumn years.
Two titles in one Bordies, and you deserve both of them :P
by ElementFreak
Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:31 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1991694

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

Had a “season” goal of taking 10 minutes off my half marathon rowing time. Had enough time this morning to give it a crack. Took my PR from 1:37:17 down to 1:26:57 so boom, goal achieved. Felt really good, did it fasted and didn’t need to take any water or anything on. Last 6 minutes was tough due t...
by ElementFreak
Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Round Melbourne 2024
Replies: 32
Views: 2566

Re: Super Round Melbourne 2024

I’ll be around in some capacity, so happy to try and sneak in a beer if I have time.
by ElementFreak
Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1991694

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

Training is going well, I’m down to 82kg which is the lightest I’ve ever been since turning 20. Also broke 7 minutes for the 2km on the rower the other day and went under 38 minutes for the 10k this morning. Feeling the fittest I’ve been in a long, long time which is nice. Might try and smash out a...
by ElementFreak
Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1991694

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

Training is going well, I’m down to 82kg which is the lightest I’ve ever been since turning 20. Also broke 7 minutes for the 2km on the rower the other day and went under 38 minutes for the 10k this morning. Feeling the fittest I’ve been in a long, long time which is nice. Might try and smash out a ...
by ElementFreak
Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:02 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1991694

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

Going by those pictures I am somewhere in between the 15% and 20%, probably closer to the 20% which is roughly what my scales say every day (19.5 on average for last 4 weeks). I know that the scales aren’t 100% accurate but it’s a little tracker that seems within an acceptable tolerance for me based...
by ElementFreak
Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1991694

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

Still rolling around on the erg at the moment, trying to get in at least 30 minutes per day, but most of the time am doing 45-1:20 a day. September stats - 315km in 22 hours at 2:08 avg. Lots of SS in there which is around 2:11-2:13/500 but I also broke a lifetime goal of sub 7 on the last day in Se...
by ElementFreak
Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1991694

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

Few erg sessions so far this week, I am trying to up the avg watts by 3-5 per week so aiming for 155 this week whilst maintaining decent form and HR in the right zone. I’ve got a trial match tomorrow as well so will be interesting to see how this rowing fitness will translate to match fitness for ru...
by ElementFreak
Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:02 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1991694

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

Ticked over 100km last week on the rower, biggest week ever as I was doing some 2-a-days for a challenge, was fun. Back to normal volume this week

45 minutes yesterday - 10202m
40 minutes today with 30 easy, 10 tempo - 9500m
by ElementFreak
Fri Sep 08, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: How old are you?
Replies: 154
Views: 3840

Re: How old are you?

36, found the bored when I was 17/18ish.
by ElementFreak
Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1991694

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

I'll be honest. An erg marathon sounds absolutely awful. At least you get a change of scenery doing endurance events outside. Injuries are shit. :thumbdown: No awful than an actual marathon, those suck. I just whack the iPad onto something that I want to work my way through and off I go. Just did B...
by ElementFreak
Tue Sep 05, 2023 9:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1991694

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

Tore my calf at the start of the year, missed 10 weeks of our local season which meant could only get 6 middles done for the year, so I’ve turned my attention to the erg for some fitness and challenges. Ballooned out to 103kg when injured because I have an unhealthy relationship with food and booze ...
by ElementFreak
Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card
Replies: 250
Views: 4974

Re: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card

Who is doing the usual TMO work during live play while the TMO is reviewing the yellow-possibly-red card offence? The TMO will need about 6 pairs of eyes. There is 1 TMO appointed to the game, and 1 FPRO (foul play review official) appointed. The FPRO judges the YC and sees if it’s an upgrade or not.
by ElementFreak
Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card
Replies: 250
Views: 4974

Re: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card

As far as I know it’s also different to how it was done in Super Rugby this year. In Super Rugby the TMO for the game needed to review the YC for any upgrade or not inside the 8 minutes (it was actually fairly easy to do), but for the international game there is a seperate TMO who is only appointed ...
by ElementFreak
Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card
Replies: 250
Views: 4974

Re: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card

One thing from the article TMOs only ‘interrupt’ play to investigate serious, clear and obvious incidents of dangerous play missed by the Match Official team. Does this mean where potentially a player has put a foot I'm touch but the AR missed it, the tmo can't pull them back? Think I've seen that ...
by ElementFreak
Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card
Replies: 250
Views: 4974

Re: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card

One thing from the article TMOs only ‘interrupt’ play to investigate serious, clear and obvious incidents of dangerous play missed by the Match Official team. Does this mean where potentially a player has put a foot I'm touch but the AR missed it, the tmo can't pull them back? Think I've seen that ...
by ElementFreak
Wed Jul 12, 2023 6:15 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your Most Over Rated Bands / Musicians
Replies: 198
Views: 4051

Re: Your Most Over Rated Bands / Musicians

Powderfinger. They aren’t big around the world but when I first moved to Aus everyone raved about them, but to me they aren’t worth listening to and I never understood why they had such a following over here.
by ElementFreak
Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***
Replies: 208
Views: 11227

Re: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***

Japan kit revealed tonight. Looks the same as the last World Cup. Japan | Canterbury https://i.imgur.com/n66fE3e.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZPeFMsf.png Last World Cup https://i.imgur.com/Kn3S7YI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/V6oVNQD.jpg If it ain’t broke, why fix it? The kids have some Japan jerseys from wh...
by ElementFreak
Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***
Replies: 208
Views: 11227

Re: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***

Scotland | Macron https://i.imgur.com/J5BgBtb.jpg https://i.imgur.com/U8ZrIbo.jpg Macron really ought to be kit manufacturer for France.....boom boom. ;) Any news on the Argentina kit ? Usually finding one that is legitimate is like getting blood from a stone. That;s a supporters t-shirt and not th...
by ElementFreak
Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***
Replies: 208
Views: 11227

Re: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***

Oh and another thing about the Wallabies jersey, IMO the home one should be the First Nation’s design as well
by ElementFreak
Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***
Replies: 208
Views: 11227

Re: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***

Supporters version is ace https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FzMmDyfaMAM0q5l?format=jpg&name=large Would be good if they made a women’s version of it. The wife wants a new jersey but doesn’t want the players one. The smallest size of that shirt is S so might try that for her, but still might be big. Almos...
by ElementFreak
Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***
Replies: 208
Views: 11227

Re: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***

Zakar wrote: Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:02 am Supporters version is ace

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Would be good if they made a women’s version of it. The wife wants a new jersey but doesn’t want the players one. The smallest size of that shirt is S so might try that for her, but still might be big.
by ElementFreak
Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***
Replies: 208
Views: 11227

Re: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***

mr bungle wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:17 am
ElementFreak wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:08 am The Macron ones posted are just t-shirts, they aren’t the actual jerseys,
What are the refs sporting?
Not sure yet, but Macron will make it.
by ElementFreak
Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***
Replies: 208
Views: 11227

Re: ***Official RWC23 jersey thread***

The Macron ones posted are just t-shirts, they aren’t the actual jerseys,
by ElementFreak
Tue May 16, 2023 3:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Sat 13th May
Replies: 271
Views: 7046

Re: Crusaders vs Blues: MATCH THREAD: Sat 13th May

How did Berry, the TMO and the commentators miss it? Video... https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyunion/comments/13gbk4r/they_reviewed_the_high_tackle_and_missed_the/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=action_bar It looked egregious live. I assumed given they sent it upstairs that it mu...
by ElementFreak
Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC2023 Kit Thread
Replies: 9
Views: 843

Re: RWC2023 Kit Thread

boere wors wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:03 pm Massive cocks there. Does the dark blue jersey come with white pants and red socks?!
Yes.
by ElementFreak
Thu Apr 06, 2023 9:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC2023 Kit Thread
Replies: 9
Views: 843

RWC2023 Kit Thread

That time of the cycle again where teams are releasing their kit.

France were first.

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by ElementFreak
Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Kids are amazing
Replies: 26
Views: 1078

Re: Kids are amazing

nardol wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:31 pm My 2 yo jumped on my groin as I was reading him a bedtime story
Both of mine have done that, it’s amazing there is even a younger one from the amount of times the older one did it.
by ElementFreak
Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Kids are amazing
Replies: 26
Views: 1078

Re: Kids are amazing

I was talking to my two year old on Monday and he grabbed my face with both hands on my cheeks, looked me square in the eyes and said ”dad shut up”, so it’s swings and roundabouts really.
by ElementFreak
Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:51 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Melbourne Eats
Replies: 43
Views: 1001

Re: Melbourne Eats

May Tiger at the Espy is quite nice, been there a few times. The Kingfish and the spicy dumplings are particular highlights for me.
by ElementFreak
Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: REBELS V HURRICANES SUPER RUGBY MATCH THREAD
Replies: 284
Views: 5487

Re: REBELS V HURRICANES SUPER RUGBY MATCH THREAD

3 weeks for that? Not even close I’m obviously speculating but he’s clearly brought the game into disrepute in a big way. The fact that this will be all over the media the next few days will mean they make an example of him I reckon. And if they do,so be it. It’s the sort of thing I’d expect to see...
by ElementFreak
Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SUPER RUGBY - That was a fast start !!
Replies: 29
Views: 1116

Re: SUPER RUGBY - That was a fast start !!

Enzedder wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:23 am Has anyone seen the "Ball in play" times yet? Would be interesting to compare with other years
Saders game was 41 minutes, Tahs was 29. All others were in that range, average being 34 minutes.
by ElementFreak
Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Super Rugby Pacific 2023
Replies: 84
Views: 3229

Re: Super Rugby Pacific 2023

grievous wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 8:59 am What are the rugby friendly pubs in Melb these days?
Bells Hotel on Moray St is probably the rugby pub at the moment. Other than that College Lawn or Station Hotel in Richmond are good shouts as well.
by ElementFreak
Wed Mar 01, 2023 3:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: REBELS V HURRICANES SUPER RUGBY MATCH THREAD
Replies: 284
Views: 5487

Re: REBELS V HURRICANES SUPER RUGBY MATCH THREAD

Ref - James Doleman
ARs - Paul Williams & Graham Cooper
TMO - Some failed referee
by ElementFreak
Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Which way do you clean out a ruck?
Replies: 41
Views: 1104

Re: Which way do you clean out a ruck?

Combination of 7, 8 and 6 depending how knackered I was. Nowadays I just watch them.
by ElementFreak
Wed Oct 12, 2022 4:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: F1 Thread
Replies: 17839
Views: 1192607

Re: F1 Thread

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Pretty decent meme about it.