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by UncleFB
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 83
Views: 1550

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

Honestly I think we'd probably play him at 12, not 13 in NZ. But yes, I do, as he's the exact sort of crash-ball gainline option we lacked for almost that entire tenure. So he wouldn't get picked over Rieko, he'd get picked over our 12s (after Ma'a left). True, but Manu/Reiko is unbalanced. Manu at...
by UncleFB
Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 83
Views: 1550

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

Come on now. Yes he is. Don't be silly. Do you actually think Fozzie would pick Manu over Rieko? Honestly I think we'd probably play him at 12, not 13 in NZ. But yes, I do, as he's the exact sort of crash-ball gainline option we lacked for almost that entire tenure. So he wouldn't get picked over R...
by UncleFB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 83
Views: 1550

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

As a Kiwi and spiritual guardian of the game I believe I speak the truth when I say Jeremy Guscott is one of the All time greats. Manu would struggle to make the ABs most years. Ryan Crotty made the ABs plenty of times, as did plenty if centres that don’t hold a candle to Tuilagi. I’m sure Tuilagi ...
by UncleFB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51889
Views: 3456276

Re: NZ Politics Thread

I think it was Aristotle that said "give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man". There is plenty of empirical evidence showing the impact of quality ECE education on cognitive, language and motor skills, in addition to social and emotional skills. A suitably qualified teacher utilisi...
by UncleFB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 83
Views: 1550

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

Changed for you princess. Don't change your racism for me. :lol: No, no, you are obviously a sensitive Susan/Stanley/it/them/thing. ;) I don't mind being called sensitive to racism, especially from a racist who is trying to rationalise their racism, so keep throwing your jibes if it makes you feel ...
by UncleFB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 83
Views: 1550

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

Bogbunny wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:00 am
UncleFB wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:58 am
Bogbunny wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:57 am

Islanders can give it but can't take it.


Good thing Ashton didn't react.
Are you racist in all your posting or is this just a once off?
Changed for you princess.
Don't change your racism for me. :lol:
by UncleFB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 83
Views: 1550

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

Bogbunny wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:57 am
Hawk97 wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:09 am
Da iawn diolch wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:00 am
I'm not sure he really knew much about that decision.
I think if Manu caught him properly, he’d have been in the shadow realm

Islanders can give it but can't take it.


Good thing Ashton didn't react.
Are you racist in all your posting or is this just a once off?
by UncleFB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
Replies: 747
Views: 67797

Re: The Crusaders 2024 Thread

Will create a proper thread later, but for now, team for this week: https://crusaders.co.nz/assets/Images/Image-1.png Positives: Strange, Reihana fit again, plus Franks back from suspension, Sykes-Martin over his COVID issues, and McNicholl officially named to start after only being a late inclusio...
by UncleFB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 83
Views: 1550

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

From my memory him and Carling were kind of underutilized playing outsid e Rob Andrew who wasn't the most creative fly half . On the few occasions they selected Stuart Barnes and he created more space for them Guscott was a beautiful player to watch. He almost glided. Now that’s an understatement, ...
by UncleFB
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 83
Views: 1550

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

Guscott was the best not an illegal overstayer given citizenship because he was good at rugby of the two.

Oh, and Guscott is best on any other metric too.
by UncleFB
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your best ever national team by unit
Replies: 95
Views: 3521

Re: Your best ever national team by unit

Enzedder wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:26 am I'll be the contrarian and add a McRae and Davis centre pairing.
Of course, greatest ever. :D
by UncleFB
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your best ever national team by unit
Replies: 95
Views: 3521

Re: Your best ever national team by unit

shanky wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:05 am Well, that was easy

I’ll go and have a biscuit now. :P
:lol:
by UncleFB
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your best ever national team by unit
Replies: 95
Views: 3521

Re: Your best ever national team by unit

Richards, Winterbottom, Shelford definitely played in a different era. Had that excuse Back did not, he was a professional rugby player See above, plus don't associate Buck with that thug. Buck was hard, and you wouldn't want to get into it with (like that Welsh lock) but he was dirty like Richards.
by UncleFB
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your best ever national team by unit
Replies: 95
Views: 3521

Re: Your best ever national team by unit

I played against him in a memorial match for a team mate (a copper) , his strength was unreal. You'd need to play under the old laws or else he'd be red carded out of the game today. Bit of a head kicker like Winterbottom, wasn’t he? Don't associate the pride of the Magpies with that thug. ;)
by UncleFB
Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your best ever national team by unit
Replies: 95
Views: 3521

Re: Your best ever national team by unit

shanky wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:29 pm Dean Richards is a good shout.
Baffled that no English posters have mentioned Winterbottom though. He was a machine, that guy.
Played for the Hawkes Bay Magpies as well which turned him into that machine. ;)
by UncleFB
Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:33 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your best ever national team by unit
Replies: 95
Views: 3521

Re: Your best ever national team by unit

95 Mike catt is about as worthy a fullback as ugo. I have Dean Richards at 8, just an unreal player, positional awareness, handling and strength all outstanding. I played against him in a memorial match for a team mate (a copper) , his strength was unreal. You'd need to play under the old laws or e...
by UncleFB
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Blues v Crusaders @ Eden Park - Saturday
Replies: 78
Views: 1681

Re: Blues v Crusaders @ Eden Park - Saturday

farmerdave wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:49 am Normally Finley Christie doesn't bother me but damn he's been slow and indecisive. A bit of speed at the base would really outstrip the saders.
I assume this is the first time you've seen him play?
by UncleFB
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

On the NZRU too I think the issues that Australian Rugby are seeing are coming your way too. I think they already are, just look at the Warriors and the League support these days in Auckland and the games popularity amongst youth, but some prefer to keep their heads in the sand. If the NRL ever dec...
by UncleFB
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your best ever national team by unit
Replies: 95
Views: 3521

Re: Your best ever national team by unit

For the All Blacks it's hard to go past the 2008-2015 sides except maybe front row and back 3, but not sure of that's just recency bias. Front row: Dowd, Fitzpatrick, Brown (90s), older poster might the 60s guys in there? Locks: Whitelock, Retallick Loosies: Kaino, McCaw, Read Halves: Smith, Carter...
by UncleFB
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

Well that's my posting for the morning, back to work now. :D
by UncleFB
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

On the NZRU too I think the issues that Australian Rugby are seeing are coming your way too. I think they already are, just look at the Warriors and the League support these days in Auckland and the games popularity amongst youth, but some prefer to keep their heads in the sand. If the NRL ever dec...
by UncleFB
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

There's no way an NPC would generate the same income as SR. If the NZR thought so, it epuod abandon SR altogether. Why share money with RA when it could go on its own? Sky mostly funds NZ rugby (alongside separate AB deals), NZ derbies have higher viewership than cross border matches, Sky would jus...
by UncleFB
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

No they don’t it’s on too late. Kiwis love the Warriors and SOO. wtf... Its on pretty much the same time as most of the super rugby games, super have even later games when its in WA. Two weeks ago at a wedding I was sat across the table from Sky NZ's Lead of content and commercial. He said last yea...
by UncleFB
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

There's no way an NPC would generate the same income as SR. If the NZR thought so, it epuod abandon SR altogether. Why share money with RA when it could go on its own? Sky mostly funds NZ rugby (alongside separate AB deals), NZ derbies have higher viewership than cross border matches, Sky would jus...
by UncleFB
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

NZR was set up in the amateur era, and its governance structure has barely changed. The only way to shake it up is with a Super League-esque shake up. The provinces will never agree to reduce their power and influence. A Super League-esque shakeup wouldn’t be the worst thing necessarily, but who ar...
by UncleFB
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

No it would not. Then why isn't the NPC getting the big cash at the moment? There's no way the NPC would be able to agford SR type wages for all participants. SR serves as a lead up to the tests, a narrative build up. The tests standing alone would not be as big.a commercial success. Are people sup...
by UncleFB
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

Ok let's explain the business of Super Rugby. Without SR there won't be professional rugby in either NZ or Aus. The NPC won't generate enough for elite players to want to stay. People point to Test rugby as the premium product. But it wouldn't be that without SR. No tv network would pay a premium o...
by UncleFB
Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

Ok let's explain the business of Super Rugby. Without SR there won't be professional rugby in either NZ or Aus. The NPC won't generate enough for elite players to want to stay. People point to Test rugby as the premium product. But it wouldn't be that without SR. No tv network would pay a premium o...
by UncleFB
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

That's the attitude that's killing rugby. The reason the NRL/AFL continue to expand is so they have more content to sell to tv, sponsors etc. NZ are happy to limit the content of their main product. Suprise surpise financial troubles. How on earth is supporting a rugby comp killing rugby? NZR will ...
by UncleFB
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

boring. Agreed. We already have the NRL for that, and I get bored mid season, and most years my team (the hype train Warriors) are out of the running by mid May. When franchise rugby finishes I then start looking forward to provincial rugby. That's the attitude that's killing rugby. The reason the ...
by UncleFB
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The state of the NZRU..
Replies: 79
Views: 1943

Re: The state of the NZRU..

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. boring. Agreed. We already have the NRL for that, and I get bored mid season, and most years my team (the hype train Warriors) are ou...
by UncleFB
Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11406
Views: 1230373

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

It's like they gradually Hollywood the hell out of it with each subsequent series... Masters of the Air is almost like a Disney production. I have watched The Pacific twice. It's better on second viewing. Same as you, I watch BoB every couple of years. I did the same, and it's not, I thought it was...
by UncleFB
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11406
Views: 1230373

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

BoB I’ve rewatched maybe 6 of 7 times all the way through. Pacific I got bored in the first watch through. The two are very different, imo. It's like they gradually Hollywood the hell out of it with each subsequent series... Masters of the Air is almost like a Disney production. I have watched The ...
by UncleFB
Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51889
Views: 3456276

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Apparently this is Brian Tamaki. We are becoming an Islamic State! I've warned NZ about the Islamic Invasion through high immigration! TODAY, This Islamic prayer was chanted at the Bridge of Remembrance in Christchurch. This prayer directly opposes our Christian God. This war memorial honours NZ so...
by UncleFB
Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs v Blues @ Sydney - tonight
Replies: 95
Views: 1173

Re: Waratahs v Blues @ Sydney - tonight

I'm sending a strongly worded letter to both CEOs requesting a refund of the free ticket I got for this match.
by UncleFB
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11406
Views: 1230373

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

JPNZ wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:04 pm Enjoyed the final episode of masters of the air. Overall well worth a watch.
I was getting tense in that last "run" they went on.

I'm looking forward to a rewatch in a years time to see how it holds up because I really enjoyed the series.
by UncleFB
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:37 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Gregor Townsend
Replies: 137
Views: 3094

Re: Gregor Townsend

Demilich wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:35 am Surely two third place finishes in 7 years is exceeding expectations for Scotland?
That was my thought too. It's not like he has Ireland, England or France's depth in cattle.
by UncleFB
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
Replies: 747
Views: 67797

Re: The Crusaders 2024 Thread

That was a while ago. I would have thought his NSW record would be more relevant. Hes currently getting lee way due to injuries but it'll be interesting to see how long that lasts if things don't change. Give him a break. Warren Gatland lost all his games coming back to NZ, and he's a far more deco...
by UncleFB
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 2555

Re: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread

Someone tonight mentioned that Reece had signed overseas this week? Surely that can’t be true? Anyone seen/read anything? Considering it's Reece until he actually lands overseas and puts on his boots him signing doesn't mean anything. This is supposedly his third attempt to go, one fell apart becau...
by UncleFB
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Attn: Kovana, Flagg - seeking to play club rugby in the islands
Replies: 10
Views: 346

Re: Attn: Kovana, Flagg - seeking to play club rugby in the islands

I'm so intrigued by this, are you so cashed up you can go live in the Islands for a year just to play rugby? :shock: