The Silver Fern

<p>21 matches so far a team has scored 40+ points.</p>
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<p>We have had a couple in the 70s and one in the 90s.</p>
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<p>They do all this crazy shit to make sure an aussie and a south african team makes the finals but it just keeps making the NZ teams stronger.  4 wild card spots this year, all going to NZ teams + the Bulls.</p>
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<p>The Crusaders have lost 1 game and are ranked 5th 9 points in front of the team above them on the ladder AND with a game in hand. In fact 4 teams below the Rebels have more points than them.</p>
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<p>It truly is farcical this tournament. Can we just go back to everyone playing each other once? why not?</p>

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Unco" data-cid="574216" data-time="1461391201"><p>
Nah, I don't really see the point coming up with various different degrees of punishments. It'd also be really weird for a player to get sent off for 20 minutes, come back on, play up to another half or so of rugby and then get a 1-2 week suspension straight after that. If it's bad enough to get suspended, they shouldn't be back on the field at all.<br><br>
I think the current system is fine. As shit as they always are, let the judiciary decide exactly how bad the crime is.<br><br>
Besides, that game wasn't ruined anyway. The Landers still should've won it but they played shit rugby and deserved to lose in the end.</p></blockquote>
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If we are letting the judiciary decide then we should go back to how league handles it and juts put people on report. They never get sent off in league.<br><br>
I prefer it that way.<br><br>
The game wasnt ruined? Not sure what game you watched.. it ruins every single game.

Red cards just completely ruin a game of rugby.<br><br>
Time for an overhaul.<br><br>
Yellow card 10 minutes in bin<br>
Orange card 20 minutes in bin<br>
Red Card sent off for entire match (only to be used for deliberately intending to injure a player through foul play i.e stamping on a head, king hitting someone, kicking someone on the ground etc.<br><br>
Orange cards should come with a mandatory 1 or 2 week suspension. Red cards 4 weeks+

<p>Nothing wrong with Crotty.</p>
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<p>Would be a fine selection at 12 for us next year. Nonu was a filler at 12 in 08' and look what happened there...</p>

<p>I have 2.30 left but no idea who is the player who scored 26 points against the Wallabies in 82 which ruined it for me.</p>

In Melbourne unfortunately Bart, looks like she certainly knows what shes doing you both look the goods!

Fucking good work Bart,<br />
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Just out of curiousity where did you find your trainer? I can get to 10-12% but struggle to go lower, would love to have an eating/cardio/weights plan from an actual former bodybuilder (which I assume is what has happened?)<br />
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Where would I find someone like that and how much does it cost? also how long did it take you to get from 10% to 6%?<br />
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Show us the wheels!

What if you want to put on weight?<br />
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I was down to 68 am now 73 and want to get to 80 before June.

[quote name='Irish Richard']<br />
Cardio in the morning attacks the fat.<br />
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Weights in the evening allows you to eat a decent meal (lots of protein) before-hand. Gives you the energy to lift, but you aren't using the same muscles as a cross-trainer / bike in the morning.<br />
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So you can work out twice a day without muscle fatigue. 2 days on, 1 day off for weights.<br />
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Get into a routine and it's farking great. Gives you bags of energy all day. Better sleep as well.<br />
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Switch off the TV / playstation for a month and work out instead. Good investment in your body.<br />
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Sounds pretty good except the day you work out your legs probably take a break the next day probably dont want to be running or cycling.

[quote name='PdP']<br />
And don't forget! 5 different types of veg/fruit every day.<br />
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Maybe for a healthy lifestyle but not for losing weight.

[quote name='Donsteppa']<br />
Braver man than I, it's taken me about five years to cut back my consumption by half! <br />
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I had a  pyramid of 500 empty coke cans in the corner of my room one day. I drank it like crazy.<br />
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I always have a bottle of water in my hand now.

[quote name='BrainDeadJnr']<br />
no sugar (it metabolises fat)<br />
no alcohol (see above) or: the lower the alcohol content the better<br />
30+ mins aerobic (starting to sweat) mod--heavy exercise at least 3 times a night (cycling is great: just be careful of potential back or testicular issues). Circuit training is also great (don't need a gym for that, some parks have good set ups for it)<br />
avoid coffee (or if you must have it, no milk and sugar) drink 1-2 litres water a day<br />
choose the right sort of carbs<br />
walk everywhere at speed and try not to drive so much.<br />
lots of sleep (less sleep is related to increased bodyweight)<br />
avoid bulky foods at night<br />
steam or microwave or grill food, eat raw veges and avoid frying<br />
eat after exercise rather than before (the higher metabolic rate burns off the food quicker)<br />
spend as much time topless or naked in the presence of beautiful women as possible<br />
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now, if I could just follow my own advice..<br />
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I would agree to most of that.<br />
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I would say drink 4 litres of water a day, the more water you drink the less your body needs retain, thus losing the water weight.<br />
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Food to eat before bed: Cottage cheese and Natural Peanut butter.<br />
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Eat before AND after exercise. Especially when doing weights, if you are going to do cardio in the morning you may do it on an empty stomach.<br />
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Not too sure about the more sleep. If I was bulking I would sleep at least 10 hours a day, maybe have a few nanna naps as well, but If I was trying to lose weight the standard 7-8 hours should suffice.<br />
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And I assume you mean 3 times a week not 3 times a night.<br />
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Try to do weights as well as running.

[quote name='BartMan']<br />
ha, I'm with the flatmates mum, that is a load of shit about carbs after 5, but if you think it works for you, go for it!!<br />
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a portion of carbs, and a portion of protein with every meal (portion guide about the size of your fist for each meal), and you should be fine - that is for the six feeds a day thing though.<br />
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Doesnt matter if you eat carbs after 5 because its your total daily caloric intake that determines if you put on fat or not.

Also before and after you work out have some sort of protien. I prefer a protien shake.<br />
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If you want to get really picky make your diet 40% carbs 40% protien and 20% fat and count your calories. Sites like fitday.com (I think) are good for that sort of stuff.<br />
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Your good fats should come from things like Natural peanut butter, cottage cheese, and flaxseed oil. Flaxseed oil tastes like shit by the way.

[quote name='Barnya']<br />
Hey team,<br />
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I need some pearls of wisdom from you blokes.<br />
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I want to get back into social sport next year so I need to build up my fitness.  But more importantly, summer is fast approaching and if I want to spend it frying my meat and two veg on Tamarama Beach with Rachel Griffiths and MVJ, I need to shed a few pounds.<br />
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I've been running an hour a day, eating shitloads of celery, not going anywhere near fast food and drinking hard liquor instead of beer, but no real results yet.  Basically I would love to know whether or not there is in fact any truth to the following myths, as I really have no clue:<br />
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It's not how far you run, it's how long you run for.<br />
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The more celery you eat, the more weight you lose.<br />
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You're better off drinking straight liquor (e.g. scotch on the rocks) than beer.<br />
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You're better off eating three big meals a day than smaller meals with snacks in between.<br />
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Sit ups achieve fuck all.<br />
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That's it for now.  Might think of a few more later. Sorry this isn't very rugby related but I didn't know where to post it and if anyone can come up with miracle weight loss tips that don't involve giving up alcohol, I'll owe them a beer.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
Barnya<br />
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Ok its about 2 months two late but anyway. havent read what anyone else has written but here you go:<br />
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[b]It's not how far you run, it's how long you run for.[/b]<br />
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Its the intensity you run at. Keep your heart rate about 70% of maximum<br />
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[b]The more celery you eat, the more weight you lose.[/b]<br />
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You can eat as much vegetables as you want pretty much. Fruit is a little different, but vegetables especially the fibrous ones like broccolli will be good for wieght loss. Try eating sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes.<br />
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[b]You're better off drinking straight liquor (e.g. scotch on the rocks) than beer.[/b]<br />
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Avoid alcohol completely. Yeah I know, thats why im not getting the gains i want either...<br />
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[b]You're better off eating three big meals a day than smaller meals with snacks in between.[/b]<br />
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Eat 6 smaller meals a day this will increase your metabolism.<br />
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[b]Sit ups achieve fuck all.[/b]<br />
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Correct.<br />
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My advice: <br />
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Drink water all the time, never be without a bottle of water, I drink water like crazy. I gave up coke. Your diet must be clean (No not A diet..) eat things like chicken breast, tuna, salmon etc for protien, breads etc for carbs, and dont forget fat, eating fat is good for you (eating GOOD fats is good for you. Not Maccas..), just stay away from saturated fats.<br />
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For excercise: Do weights and cardio. No you wont get huge from doing weights unless you are eating alot more than your calorie maitenence level. <br />
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Simple changes to your diet, and more exercise will show results straight away.<br />
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So have you lost any weight yet?<br />
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Try not to lose more than 2lbs a week or you may be losing muscle as well...and above all else you have to eat to lose weight, if you dont the body will want to save the fat on your body because you may need it later because you are being starved and it will burn up your muscle tissue instead.

There is nothing wrong with 10mins for 3km that is very good.

[quote name='\"ParcDesPrinces\"']There and back Bar, didn't you learn trigonometry at school?[/quote]<br />
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Its just that he said it was one length. Fair enough.<br />
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and 10 minutes for 3km is not easy...

[quote name='\"1 Eyed Token\"']Deadball corner to opposite deadball corner, there and back is one. You get 1 minute to complete one length, same method as Barts. DO this 10 times, see how fun it gets.<br />
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(Approx 3000m in 10minutes. Ouch.)[/quote]<br />
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How is dead ball corner to opposite deadball corner = 300m?<br />
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300 x 10 = 3000?