The Silver Fern

@DurryMexted said in Super Rugby - The Future: @Dan54 said in Super Rugby - The Future: @DurryMexted said in Super Rugby - The Future: @Dan54 said in Super Rugby - The Future: One thing I do wonder , NZ rugby (rightly in my opinion) say you don't play for NZ teams you don't play for ABs. And we get a few people saying our players should be able to play in Aus teams, I say bollocks, they want to let their top players go overseas and still play for Wallabies, they can't expect NZ to fill up gaps. Yeah its way better having talented guys sitting in the stands not playing at all aye. And then going to europe to play and ripping up. You think Aus super teams will pay enough to stop players going to Europe? If that the case why not pay their top players to stay home, or buy them from Europe. I not sure what answer is (well the answer is there, but unplatable) so I guess we have to keep working on it. AS others have touched on - providing this option is in essence a lifestyle bonus - and likely be a pay rise anyway if they move from a squad member to a starter. Ive touched previously that we have 5 no. 10 jerseys to offer players each year, usually 3 of these are taken by incumbent all blacks. So 2 first fives get a crack each year. Even just an extra NZ first five getting to start each week would be a massive bonus to our depth and development as a nation - without losing a guy to Europe or Japan Everyone has good points, although I think in long term if Aussie thinks importing players from NZ to play super ,I genuinely think it will hurt the Wallabies. The thing is in your example say 2 spare 10s go to Aus super teams, that's 2 Aussie 10s missing a chance to develop, and it's not going to be long before the Wallabies will pay the price. Could be good for Aus super teams, but will damage their test team, and that's where they get main support etc for the game. And knowing supporters in a few years they will be asking why their young players are going to NRL etc again.

@African-Monkey agree i would pick Spencer as he looks like he has some x factor and they will need that against the Canes. Don't think Forbes is the man for this game.

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales: @antipodean said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales: @Toddy said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales: Rieko was poor. Was it two bad defensive reads leading to two tries No. If he hadn't turned in when Holland was coming across the attacker likely wouldn't have passed and his momentum would've got him well over the line. The other I'd have to recheck - I think that's the one he turned in because it was the "world's best fullback" next to him. That was a poor read and he didn’t trust the inside (who had the ball carrier covered). Other than those, he was pretty solid. While I agree that he should have stayed on his man, after watching it a couple of times I don't think it was conclusive at the time he turned in that WJ was going to get the attacker - he only really scragged him. And 100% agree with your following post.

Thanks @kiwipie as always for a great season! My slow movement up from the bottom of the table now seems to begin in April.... once junior cricket is over and there's actually time to watch some Super Rugby

@JK I use spotify, premium gets you 14 hours a month (can buy more if you want) I like to use this in conjunction with 'Libby', that I believe all North Island libraries have and you can 'borrow' audiobooks (and eReader ones) from thier range, assume it is free to join your local library as well.

Cheers for the reset @duluth