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O'Connor has been a great acquisition by the Saders.

Absolutely. Real chance he’ll start next week I reckon, he’s all class.

This is the kind of thinking that led to Barrett being used as a starting 10 by the ABs, resulting in 7 years of famine. Leave O'Connor where he's succeeding (mostly ...

Clayton McMillan GOINNNGGG!!!!

...to coach Munster after the Supe season.

Let's hope he leaves on a winning note. :razz:

Probably a good move. 5 years with one team is enough in my book.

I tend to agree – stability is a good thing but it can be taken too far. The Crusaders stuck with ...

Couldn't agree more. He's playing brilliantly and is clearly the best 12 in the country right now, with a more rounded game than Tupaea imo.

Havili has clearly dropped down the pecking order for the AB 12 jersey.

Not having an anti-Saders dig, but he shouldn't have been anywhere near the ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/jimmy-carter-dead-longest-lived-us-president?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

One of the most decent human beings to hold that office.

Carter and the next couldn't be more different.

I got annoyed when I latterly saw the debates between him and ...

Intriguing series, at least in the sense that all three games turned out to be mis-matches. NZ had two of the best three seamers (Henry and O'Rourke, along with Carse), and the best spinner (Santner), but also the worst bowler fullstop (Southee), far and away the worst fielding performance (in ...

Intriguing series, at least in the sense that all three games turned out to be mis-matches. NZ had two of the best three seamers (Henry and O'Rourke, along with Carse), and the best spinner (Santner), but also the worst bowler fullstop (Southee), far and away the worst fielding performance (in Chch ...

England were a bit unlucky with the DRS. Williamson was given not out on one that was shown to be just clipping the stumps and so was saved by umpire's call; Crawley was given out on one that was shown to be just clipping the stumps and so had to go on umpire's call.

Despite NZ being in a seemingly ...

And the idiotic decision pays predictable dividends...for England.

Why on earth is O'Rourke being sent out to bat? He batted for an hour this morning, then bowled 8 overs straight. Meanwhile, Ravindra has done precisely nothing — surely he could bat for 20 minutes! Isn't that what he's in the side for?

Can't fault the application of the top-3 NZ batters in tricky conditions against some mixed bowling, but the middle order all got out to very poor shots. Santner is still windy against anything short, but otherwise showed a bit of application and rode his luck, again raising the question of why he ...

England 124/4 at Lunch.

Fun first session.

Despite what Harmison says, that was clearly NZ's session. Pitch did a bit but looks pretty decent for batting on now - having lost 4 cheaply we'll once again need our batting depth to post a good total. A quick wicket or two, this afternoon, and ...

Duckett out just short of what would have been one of the worst 50s ever.

Pretty average bowling from England - and well down on pace. Seem to be having trouble with the landing areas - no rhythm and too many half trackers - slips also standing way too deep for that pitch and bowling pace.

I thought much the same. It's definitely not your typical Hagley green top ...

Is this the same India that NZ recently hammered? The batting, in particular, is largely unrecognisable. Who would have believed that Santner and Patel individually could ever do more damage than the combined might of the much-vaunted Oz bowling lineup?

Sandstorm wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:32 pm
OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 6:03 pm That last minute win will be a huge confidence boost for the All Blacks. Their backline look very good
This is the second time you’ve said this. No one else on Earth agrees with you. This AB backline is garbage.

Well, apart from Jordan and Talea.

Feel sorry for DMac - that team is getting hammered and he will be blamed.

Agree. The poor sod's being forced into a role he's simply not capable of playing. The trouble is, unless Mo'unga's bought back from Japan in chains, there isn't anybody else.

This is the consequence of years of Foster ...

I wonder if anybody had the foresight, and bravery, to back a NZ clean sweep at the TAB. Not to mention what odds they got...

Rarely can a change of captain have worked such wonders!

Which reminds me of the need for a big shout out to the often-maligned Gary Stead. Yes, he's kept Southee both as ...

NZ's death rate from Covid, according to Wiki, is 863 / million.

That places us at 120th on a list of 238. Technically the top half, I suppose. Notable that after sustained public pressure restrictions were lifted and relaxed further under this current govt... people got what they wanted in the ...

Cat, these are the pidgeons you were looking at...

https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/10/31/nelson-tenths-customary-land-owners-win-aotearoas-longest-land-case/

South Island iwi have won a major legal victory for the return of land by the Crown.

The High Court has today decided in favour of the ...

These Irish commentators don't seem to know the name of a single NZ player. :oops:

Are they supposed to know the names of the 24th-46th most talented players in NZ?

Well, I expect professionals to be...professional. What do you expect?

If anything, they got worse as the game went on ...

The officiating in this match is, shall we say, interesting.

These Irish commentators don't seem to know the name of a single NZ player.

That'll do.

Was always going to be another tight one between these teams.

Fair fucks England, the smarter side and largely played the game on their terms. Unlucky not to win it.

All Blacks largely woeful yet again. So many penalties conceded, and so many botched chances... just not good enough ...

Yeah throwing your toys out of the pram and suggesting a racial angle because someone asks why the haka should have primacy over everything else in the pre match running order is doing nothing to change the view that a section of kiwi fans need to climb down off their high horses

Like all ...

They did and it was very puerile. I don't see why NZ should have an inalienable right for their dance to be the final thing before kick off, especially when playing in someone else's home.

because when they clip a game up it's consistently one of the most popular if not the most popular ...

Kiwias wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:00 am
Gumboot wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:59 am Bugger.

Oh well, runs on the board, etc...
O'Rourke was not running very hard

That was unforgivable. When you can't bat yourself, you need to run as hard as humanly possible for your partner.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 6:16 am Reece left for dead by a lock

Watch it again, he was wrong-footed by the bounce.

A win's a win I guess, but the drop off in the quality of the play in the second half has got to be cause for concern.

Bringing on so many reserves at once backfired badly, and DMac's descent into silliness has become a recurring theme, and he should be bloody worried about retaining his 10 ...

BCs stretch their lead past 300 at stumps with five wickets left, already going to be a tough target for India. An impressive performance by the lads

I'd say they need another 50-odd, or better still 100. Batting hasn't looked frighteningly difficult yet.

Crucial will be Phillips learning how ...

Santner gets 7-53 as India are dismissed for 156.

I wonder what odds the TAB were offering on Santner getting 7-for. Write your own ticket would be my guess...

But he was a lot more threatening than I can ever remember seeing from in the past. He kept his pace down, dispensed with the long-hops ...

Henry has a 'glute niggle'. Uh huh. More likely is that they remember the massive sad packed by Southee the last time he was left out of a test team and are scared of it happening again.

2nd test vs India about to start and Santner in for injured Henry. FFS. We have a genuine spinner in the squad in Sodhi but Santner is picked.

TBH, they're much of a muchness as bowlers, and Santner bats better. That said, NZ already has two left armers in Patel and Ravindra, so Sodhi would have ...

This bloke doesn't exactly do much for the reputation of the British as good losers:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360457790/britannias-dylan-fletcher-says-team-new-zealand-will-be-scared-us-next-americas-cup

His main complaint seems to be several variations on "it's not fair". He also has a ...

For those with Stalkbook

Here is the PM, hard at work, saving the country. Only problem is that he bowls like he leads - totally aimless and devoid of skill

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1488819758486860

Lol, definitely not a pretty sight. But if cricketing skills and leadership skills are ...

Fantastic performance from the Black Craps, with standout efforts from Henry, O'Rourke and Ravindra. The conditions helped, but so did getting the team selection more or less right. It'll be even tougher from here on in though — it's dollars to donuts the next test track will turn square from day 1 ...

The Auld Mug is coming back to NZ. Brilliant performance by ETNZ to win it 7 - 2.

Sadly, it's unlikely to be back for very long, as I can't see the next defense being sailed here. Totally understandable though — in a very expensive high-tech sport, and very limited domestic resources, they need ...

That collapse was exactly timed with my bed time.

Not liking the weather forecast for today in Bengaluru

Indian fans are gloating about it being a draw due to the forecast of heavy showers ... and they probably wonder why they are the most hated supporters in World Cricket :crazy: Maybe its ...

But we don't need to wreck the game to "teach someone a lesson". That's like giving sentencing to the police instead of the courts.

I am definitely for increasing penalties with no mitigation, but increasing the penalty according to severity and frequency.

Exactly. The 20 minute red is a no ...

Phillips, gave up bowled.

Sometimes one wonders whether he's in the team for his fielding.

Very un-Indian-like conditions, with the ball, particularly from Henry, seaming all over the place. As so often happens in such conditions, several of the wickets haven't come from the best deliveries, just those the batters were actually able to get the bat to. Exemplifying this, O'Rourke has the ...

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