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- Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
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Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
His stats are padded by that 15-16 series where Brisbane and in particular Perth were roads. Warner was also scoring massively. Take those out and he would be in his 20s against Australia. Out of interest what's Smiths average vs NZ if you take his out his hundreds from that series Smith would drop...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
NZ bowling was really good this morning. Far tighter than it’s usually been. Now up to Williamson scoring runs when it matters against Australia for once. For Williamson it is probably vs Australia and specifically in NZ. He does have a couple of centuries and an average in the 40s against them in ...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
As average as the bowling overall has been, they've done enough to keep us in this series, the batsman have shat the bed at the opportunity
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:12 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
I read yesterday that Matt Henry is the highest wicket taker this series (both sides) and NZ’s second highest run scorer. That is a great game and a half for him but an indictment on the NZ batting. Hes been the standout bowler. Southee and kugel shouldn't be there and haven't threatened at all. So...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
I'm assuming they'll give rapeface another series as no one else is banging down the door and judging performance purely in a series vs australia is pretty harsh. No one's banging down the door? What about Nathan Smith. 28 wickets at 15.92 in the Plunket Shield this season and is also a better bats...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
I'm assuming they'll give rapeface another series as no one else is banging down the door and judging performance purely in a series vs australia is pretty harsh. Unless Sears goes well this test and they retain him and a fit O'rourke- in theory it makes the tail very long but rapeface has shown not...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:09 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
Some early wickets from southee and Henry tomorrow and we still have a game on
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:39 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
Was rapeface this expensive domestically or was he just as wayward but against batsman who couldn't make him pay
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52667
- Views: 3540201
Re: NZ Politics Thread
As much as these things are a waste of time just after an election, they could be starting a trend. This is from the Taxpayer Union funded Curia poll National was down 2.2 points, to 37.4%. Labour dropped 2.6 points, to 25.3%. The Greens regained their third spot, rising 2.3 points to 11.3%. ACT fe...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
8 down. Kugelrapist, Blundell and Latham continuing to show why they're considered weak links. Haven't been following along but I want to test my predictive abilities: did Latham look pretty solid for around 70 deliveries and then just randomly get out? What happened, did he get bowled through the ...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:06 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
Nit great from Ravindra, two out of 3 innings out chasing a wide one early in a bad situation - early wickets in first test, last over before lunch this time
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: All Blacks 3 Rugby World Cups From 10 Attempts. Chokers Or Underachievers? Time To Play Like The Boks?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 560
Re: All Blacks 3 Rugby World Cups From 10 Attempts. Chokers Or Underachievers? Time To Play Like The Boks?
Apart from 07, which cups were we dominant going into? Definitely not last year or 2019, England were dominant 2003, we lost by a record score heading into 99, 95 we did well at the tournament but had lost the series to France the previous year The tournament itself is changing now that there is con...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Is there a pushback against the safety initiatives in Rugby
- Replies: 125
- Views: 4705
Re: Is there a pushback against the safety initiatives in Rugby
Just refreshed my memory of the Kriel incident and was reminded that it wasn't a bunker decision. So that doesn't actually count. Just plain ref error there. Also the hit was on a "Scottish" player, which makes it ok. While this is usually valid, the fact it didn't get picked up is also am issue. I...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Is there a pushback against the safety initiatives in Rugby
- Replies: 125
- Views: 4705
Re: Is there a pushback against the safety initiatives in Rugby
I don't see much inconsistency with the bunker, to be honest. But the answer to your general query is litigation. WR first and foremost have a responsibility for making sure the game survives. Entertainment doesn't supercede making sure they've done all they can to avoid players getting dementia. T...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Capt Hurricane Hurricanes vs Blues Match Thread.
- Replies: 105
- Views: 2951
Re: The Official Capt Hurricane Hurricanes vs Blues Match Thread.
Blues were a lot more clinical in round 1 than round 2, nit sure if that is down to the player rotation or difference on opposition. Blues have said they will be rotating through the year so we'll see what kind of side they put on, fingers crossed the loose trio get a few games together before being...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 6744
Re: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread
The twenty year old halves didn’t really control the game, and that was probably the difference. Edmed and Gordon played all over them. Coming from the Crusaders nursery you kind of expect them to be all blacks the moment they touch the ball, and in 5 years they may well be. But they certainly were...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
I was expecting a lot more from NZ, but perhaps I shouldn’t have. They’ve been a bit meh for a while. Beating up a D grade SA and a meh SRL at home are their only series wins since England at home in 2021. Then before that it was really just India at home. Their run to the WTC was really built on b...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52667
- Views: 3540201
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Tbf, the ferries are effectively State Highway 1 and are vastly more important than the similar cost Petone to Granada road that National seem to be prioritising, for example. The cost of the ferries should be put into the mix with all of those roading projects and prioritised accordingly, at which...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
I was expecting a lot more from NZ, but perhaps I shouldn’t have. They’ve been a bit meh for a while. Beating up a D grade SA and a meh SRL at home are their only series wins since England at home in 2021. Then before that it was really just India at home. Their run to the WTC was really built on b...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 6744
Re: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread
Very scrappy from the saders. Lineout has been terrible, and some of the worst most costly mistakes have come from senior guys like Havili
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 6744
Re: Crusaders vs Waratahs Match Thread
That was a bit casual from the saders
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Super Rugby 2024
- Replies: 212
- Views: 25761
Re: Super Rugby 2024
Another card against Moana and Drua are coming home with a wet sail, just went back to back tries, Moana lead now 39-36 with 5min left
Amd Lealifano puts the kickoff out on the full...
Amd Lealifano puts the kickoff out on the full...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:30 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Super Rugby 2024
- Replies: 212
- Views: 25761
Re: Super Rugby 2024
Anyone watching the Drua vs Pasifika game?
Moana currently 29 - 15 up with a guy in the bin, they've dominated most of the match.
As I type that Moana in again through a rolling maul to go up 36-15
EDIT - yellow just got upgraded to red
Moana currently 29 - 15 up with a guy in the bin, they've dominated most of the match.
As I type that Moana in again through a rolling maul to go up 36-15
EDIT - yellow just got upgraded to red
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
If Kane was in I'd start having hope we could pull something miraculous off. As it is ots just a good chance for some positives to take into the next test
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Super Rugby 2024
- Replies: 212
- Views: 25761
Re: Super Rugby 2024
I will reiterate. Blues look shit! Yes, week tight 5... possibly finish infront of Highlanders but hopefully not... Interesting analysis. Our tight five is basically the same as what has been for the last few years and we still managed to make the semis. Main difference this year is we have better ...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:02 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
f**king rapeface
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:30 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
The first sessions each day are going to haunt us
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: F1 Thread
- Replies: 17847
- Views: 1205915
Re: F1 Thread
Did the speculation and excitement about actual racing just get killed off from this qualifying grid?
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:43 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Highlanders v Blues
- Replies: 61
- Views: 4397
Re: Highlanders v Blues
Hopefully it comes down to the kind of mix he wants. If his 8 has to be a closer in work rate guy that might nit be sotutu.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
Just saw the score this morning, how the feck did lyon get 40
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
Guys, I woke up today feeling confident. I don't know why but I feel it in my bones today will be a massive day for NZ cricket. Here's my predictions: Australia rock and rolled for 60, leaving NZ a target of 270. NZ struggle at first, losing 2 wickets in the first over. It will see-saw all day befo...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Highlanders v Blues
- Replies: 61
- Views: 4397
Re: Highlanders v Blues
It's round 2 and sotutu has played well but there is a long way to go. If he is playing like this at then end of the season and against better packs then you have to pick him.
At the moment we're still in early blues hope building season
At the moment we're still in early blues hope building season
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Highlanders v Blues
- Replies: 61
- Views: 4397
Re: Highlanders v Blues
Highlanders in to make it hopefully an exciting last 15min 32-22 blues.
Kick off receptions from both sides have been woeful
Kick off receptions from both sides have been woeful
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Highlanders v Blues
- Replies: 61
- Views: 4397
Re: Highlanders v Blues
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:30 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Highlanders v Blues
- Replies: 61
- Views: 4397
Re: Highlanders v Blues
Patchell carving up, does this confirm super rugby is now easy rugby?
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Highlanders v Blues
- Replies: 61
- Views: 4397
Re: Highlanders v Blues
Darry knee gone. Feck
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18905
Re: NZ hosting Australia 2024- Cricket series thread
Ravindra and rapeface dismissals were f**king atrocious. if Henry Nicholls or Tim southee had played those shots they'd be getting the lynch mobs ready