The Silver Fern

@Duluth said in The recent troll account:

It was obvious the guy was trolling quite early on. We were discussing it in the mod area months ago. So I checked his IP addresses etc, that basically confirmed who it was (a mental patient who is obsessed with TSF)

Why wasn't he banned immediately?

He wasn't that disruptive but was wasting hours and hours of his life. I enjoyed watching him waste so much time for zero payoff. I think he was hoping for a bigger reaction that never came

No harm to TSF, most members here ignored his lame crap. He wrote 600+ posts hoping to get a reaction so he could shit on everyone here and he failed

At least have some humour if you're going to make a troll account. This was just dull.

Oh well back to the rugby

Wow, shows how observant I am. I didn't even notice anyone behaving any sillier than usual....

Poor form if Todd got the shits because his son didn't get picked. It's not like he was a unanimous pick

That was one of the best rugby nights I've ever had. The crowd was awesome, so much spirit, urging the girls on when we were down and the joy each time we scored was amazing. I don't know where women's rugby in NZ goes from here, but that night will rest in the memories of those black fern players forever

@antipodean said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

2011 was cathartic for me. Going back to back in 2015 made me as happy as Test rugby could. If we do the three-peat in 2019, I'd suggest the RWC could be irrevocably damaged.

Let it burn

Ardie out in the backs again. Do some fucking tight work

@NTA said in The Current State of Rugby:

@Crucial agreed. Every time Campo has a sook about the state of Rugby, I remind myself that laws were very loose when he started, didn't change much while he played, and he still doesn't know a lot about any of them.

He would fit right into the Fern

Still one of the best cups. What a glorious mistake that was

I'd love us to have a Merhts moment on Sunday...

@Yeetyaah said in All Blacks 2026:

Kirk confirms Razor doesn't have to paid out.

Ardie. Best 12 in the business

Fozzie has to feel good. Let's give the man credit. I dare him to win the RWC now

From a quality source:

• Ellison responsible for breakdown and defence. Has had no success in either area before other than crusaders
• ⁠Hansen is responsible for attack is hated by everyone other than Razor. He’s why MacDonald and Holland have quite. Love challenged him on attack strategy and has been black listed since
• ⁠real risk is that if Razor gets sacked, there won’t be a long list of applicants, hence they gave Jamie Joseph the All Blacks Marketing XV as a natural progression
• ⁠net net a total shit show!!

Take this for what it is

@game_film said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Still think the mindset for this game is to crush the Wallabies. Can’t lose it. One more game, then it’s the B team vs Boks in London. Nobody will care about the result there as it’s just a money game. Wallabies at home in Aaron’s final home game matters though. Turn up for France in the group then they can rotate the rest of the pool stages.

Too many memories of Gregan knocking the ball out of Goldie's hands, Eales kicking the winning goal out of time, and 4 more years. Stick the boot on the throat and crush them like a bug

@dogmeat said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

You can tell everyone is nervous about this game.

This thread is a tough read

I feel less enthusiastic about the start of this RWC as any one. Ever. Another thing Fozzie has taken from me. fluffybunny

Landers had the sauce on the ABs consistently all year

JB went up the guts, power rugby style. None of the helter skelter shit that characterised our early season play. Loved it

@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@canefan said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@nzzp said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

Seriously, though, we talked about this with Henry as well. They will put systems in place to generate the players with attributes they need. Hansen's just done this wtih props - get mobile, or get gone. Simple.

It's about systems. We don't have any of note.

MacQueen and his team came together at just the right time and it took more than a year to get them pointed in the same direction

Was McKenzie on track before he fiddled and got caught?

Hard to say. From all reports, he had his favorites and would stick with them regardless.

Maybe his attitude was better (or better expressed) than Cheika. But look at that tweet from Quade - does that look like the culture was of a high standard when that guy is your first choice?

Genia's got an attitude problem as well. Many in Australia will refuse to countenance that.

While the Reds were winning, nobody cared

Some of the bad eggs, like Genia, are gone now anyway. You guys need new up and comers and someone to change the culture. Wait, I have just the man

At a bar 1km from Yokohama stadium. It is stonking hot and sunny. Lucky the beer is cold