The Silver Fern

@Duluth said in Avatar behaviour - Safari:

@JC

Has this just started happening? Nothing has changed on the site

No mate, not new. I’m just too lazy to address things usually.

Fixed now though.

@Mick-Gold-Coast-QLD

Front row: As a long term student and tradesman in the craft I was delighted when your Con Barrell (Auckland, Canterbury, Crusaders) turned up here some years ago, helping out with our juniors. We have enjoyed discussion on this vital subject many times over. 🙂

Carl Hayman's career fascinated me. He was way too tall for front row, yet then Sir Graham had him switch to tight head back in '03 or '04! I recalled the extra attention I had from my bloke to deal with my height at 6 feet, which was tall way back then - useful for No 2 in the lineout but his focus was on getting the open side technique right, to secure scrum ball. He came from a more educated position than most, he had competed in the field in the '62 Empire Games under an Eastern European master and he worked on precision, as his coach had.

I had a look through the record to find that Hayman was the tallest front rower used by the All Blacks from the late '70s until his departure in 2007.

Of the 21 players just four were less than 40 mm of his height and his most frequent partner, Tony Woodcock, was 90 mm (3½") shorter - at loose head. How did that work? Carl must have had double jointed knees to get his back down far enough, and parallel!

Was there anything else you need help on? 😁

The risk of batting with Inzamam Ul Haq

Foster's backline looked great against Ireland. Be interesting to see how they go in the next two games. No problem with Hansen sharing praise with his deputy when he does a good job. Foster will be a serious applicant to the AB's Chief role.

Joseph and Robertson have had much more success as Head Coach so are the favourites to succeed Hansen IMHO.

Info on TVNZ+ takeover of Spark Sport content -
TVNZ+ is set to be the new home of sport in Aotearoa from 1 July. The close calls, the big hits and the even bigger stars. And because we've got it, you get it LIVE and FREE!

From Saturday, a new sports hub will be available on TVNZ+, bringing to you your favourite sports, with live events, replays and highlights. The line-up will be filled to the brim with these sports and more;

🏏 NZ-based cricket: home internationals, all Dream11 Super Smash matches and domestic one-day matches

🏈 NFL

🏍 MotoGP™

🏎 FIA World Rally Championship

🎾 US Open Tennis

🏀 FIBA (Federation International Basketball Association)

🏃 Wanda Diamond League

🇼🇸 Lakapi Samoa (Manu Samoa Rugby)

⭐️ and so much more!

But in the meantime, don't miss The Ashes second test starting tomorrow (Wednesday) from 9pm on TVNZ DUKE and TVNZ+. Brendon McCullum's English side will be chasing revenge after a nail biting loss to the Aussies in the first test.

@Mokey said in Cripple fight - Bryan Gould has a go at The Walrus:

Didn't we come to the conclusion that back in the Dark Ages when Jones was a lad, he had his heart broken by a New Zealander (I'm not going to specify gender) and that is the source of his everlasting bile?

Gender?

I'd be querying species ...