Well the Brumbies won’t. The rest of the comment sounds like sour grapes because your team lost. I have a box of tissues for you if tgat woukd help 😊 but having lost one game the entire season, beaten the Crusaders convincingly twice both home and away and playing them at home… I think we will go ok.

You guys now get an extra week to prepare for the internationals now so there is that silver lining.

It’s actually a really well draining ground. Wet weather wasn’t why the Brunbies lost or Wright struggled or Lolesio kicked out on the full from kick off.. it wasn’t even raining. If it was heavy under foot you would have seen it at scrum time.

Thats cool you don’t have to.. but you are absolutely wrong in terms of your understabdibg of bio-mechanics for different sizes athletes. And using Ardie to talk about Wilson is wrong.
Rather than argue the toss with me, you would do better to actually look it up study it.. the science behind it is well documented and understood and its not what you say.
The problem with debating it here is yoi feel you need to win an argument and there has to be a winner and a loser.. so fail to open your mind and learn anything at all. That is the nature of these kind of sites unfortunately. But I’ll leave it there abd you xan continue believing whatever it is you wish.

Agree with Muzzo here… if Roberston wants him.. he knows what he brings and sees it as valuable. That is good enough for mine.

But a guy who is weak can with work and time squat 250 plus Kg. I know guys who are tall and skinny and due to their posterior chain strength they are absolute immovable rocks. This is absolutely trained. Why cant a player develop power.. growing up working on farms and doing physical labouring and contracting since I was 13 I am sure made me not only stronger but gave me innate knowledge how to use it. If on the other hand I had sat behind a keyboard playing games.. I woukdn’t have thst.. sure genetics plays its part, but surely training can lift a person a lot more than you are saying.. sure its not going to turn you into Usain Bolt, but you work with young people in a sport like swimming and squads.. not only can you see all of them improve collectively.. but I would put money on them holding their own against any casual swimmer.
So I dont agree once cr4p always cr4p.. That is defeatist and simply not true in my opinion. Whether he can do it in the few years he has is the only question.

True and Palu waa a machine at 6. He may not have the work rate but twice the impact where and when it mattered. Id be ok being called Palu 2. He was instrumental in winning some big games for the Wallabies.
Here is another oddity. The same people who pump up Wisons tyres and ise workrate as a measure over impact are often the same ones trashing Michael Hooper…and once you know that you realise how much of a waste of time it is arguing against people who’s logic only extends as far as defending or denouncing a player based on who they play for.

I am saying he can’t model how he runs based on Ardie who has an entirely different centre of gravity. It doesn’t work like that, which is why I mention guys inhis size range. If you look at how they approach a contact situation it is quite different… simply plucking someone out and saying they should take small steps etc. suggests that you don’t appreciate the physical differences and how it matters. Ardie does it in a way that works for his centre of gravity and power base. Big guys like Retallick and co. do it differently but no less effectively. Jonah never took a small stride as another example.
So fine to say he should be more effective like Ardie, but you were comparing mechanics and that is what I waa replying to.

Yes he supports the Force.

Different size and shape to Ardie..more a Kieran Read type for mine, which is who I would compare him to. Uru, Blackadder, Kaino, Retallick who are / were all effective at taking it into contact…

Hope so, but really my comments are judt about how good the Crusaders were last night.. sometimes teams put on the complete game and are unbeatable.. it was one of those days for the Crusaders in my view. Has little bearing on todays game.
Chiefs have been a little nervous and tentative recently and not firing on all cylinders. Hioefully they re-find their mojo buy putting the Brumbies to the sword ????.

I”m not sure Pinetree. That was a heck of a showing. I am no wall flower and am not going to back down from vocally supporting my side and giving it to the opposition and opposition fans. Lead from the front and don’t show fear. But credit and respect where it’s due. That was some performance. The Crusaders absolutely bossed the contact area. The Blues never had a chance, they were absolutely blown off the park.

So as much as one eyed Crusaders fans irk me, they own this day and it’s not about what they have achieved before, for me it is the pride they put out there and the respect they demand. Crusaders fans, players, coaches and supporting folk all deserve to be hugely proud of this.

That doesn’t mean that next week before the game I won’t give as good as I get and then some ☺️ if the Chiefs make the finals of course. But today is the Crusaders day and hats off to them. They absolutely earned it. What a freakin team!

Sorry I missed that Peter before having some fun. Thanks for the update.

What an ambush. That was a truly impressive performance. Hats off to the Crusaders and Crusaders fans.. although I think the ref had a lot to do with it and the was the Crusaders cheat and get away with it.. 😊 Not really, what a side and without stars like Blackadder who I think is next level and Whitelock.. that was some performance. Big congratulations to Crusaders fans too.. Paula, Pinetree and Tim and other Crusader’s supporters hang my head in humility in the face of an absolutely awesome performance. Good job.

Hopefully the Saders have played their final early 😊 and now they have that performance out of their system they can’t bring it again next week and we can smash them and knock them off their peg and send Razor out with the farewell he doesn’t want. But in seriousness, good luck to the team and their fans and hope is a great game against whoever you meet in the finals.

Same amount as Rob Nichol too

Someone might need to tell Tony
if he does want to interview her he will need to engage a psychic.

Apparently, based on Peter’s reply below, even if I did, it wouldn’t be of much use to you.

Really. Well that is a bit of a dampner. RIP Quade’s granny. You have played an importaant part in NZ and Australian rugby history and no doubt will be remembered fondly and missed dearly by your family, friends and at leaat some of your fans.

Actually that is not a silly idea Peter.. more genuine think tanks and setting them firm outcomes and requirements, not just thought bubbles, but costed and thought through options. Not sure what the make-up would be and who would be invited… for instance not sure what Hansen has achieved in growing grassroots, NPC or SR.. Wayne Smith I agree, maybe Robertson, Robbie Deans people like that.. people who are lnowledgeable about other systems and even sports… could be expensive. But the ROI would make up for it.
I’d love one that looks at how to re-engage the rugby community and locals. Franchises and drafts don’t address that at all for mine and in fact take us further in the opposite direction. Bandaiding a broken structure without revisiting the foundations is an absolute waate of time… and that is what in my opinion is ridiculous about all these thought bubbles coming out.
I have already posted how building franchises and the commercialisation of them in NZ was a souless solution that in fact something important and created a disconnect… and that disconnect has never been addressed. We had a guy with a chainsaw and no chain up a cherry picker to create atmosphere and loud blaring music… it is a poor and pale replacement for loud vocal fans.
I dont have the answer, but without firstknow the question and then looking at it, we will continue to come up with thought bubbles which will achieve nothing, except clicks and comments which give the false impression the problem is being thought about.. but its mot because all that os being sought out is the opinion of individuals who are more impressed with their own ideas than those of others.
I do on the other hand agree with a single independent group overseeing the direction of SR, because that is more inline with focussed think tanks, but for whatever reason McClennan is dragging his feet on it so in the meantime we have a vacuum where I expect more of these articles and thought bubbles.

It was a lonely voice of reasom, but that’s why grannies are important. They are unfraid of standing up and demanding better from everyone. To be fair Richie also spoke and said that he thought it had gone on long enough.. but once the public or a large enough sector of it gets something in their head.. it is not so easy to turn the tide.

Yeah I am looking forward to seeing her interviewed too for her opinion on the important issues of the day and seeing Quade and Kerevi both lace up boots and pull on the green and gold… to be homest fro. A kuwi perspective Kerevi concerns me more

I hear you and feel your pain, but its a no 😊

To be honest though this is a situation that NZR should step in. I’d love to see a players like Ioane and Havili playing for Otago as with Umaga-Jensen and Garden-Bachop.. that would be an entertaining backline. Right now the Southern men are doing it tough and with the loss of Smith, they are going backwards which I don’t think is healthy for the game in NZ.

So yes in my opinion, the love should be spread about, which is where we need a parent in the room to bring this about. Ioane on his own though is not enough.

For you that is true, for others like me, there are yours and Kens and Tony’s just to mention three.. and I can understand them all and why they have them without thinking that any of them are ridiculous. You seem to struggle with that, so will leave it there. Ridiculous it is.

I get that, but it wasnt a comment, it was a viewpoint which was a series of comments, called a post and I can see it is not a possibility for you to see an alternate view and where the comment was derived. Good to know, saves me the time of responding further.

You may, but we don’t want to give him back. Although we do have a bit of a log jam and Highlanders are a bit short and Josh should be playing nore minutes… so in seriousness I can see it as a pareto improvement if he did return, but I am not sure who is better and has more upside.. him or Bryn so whule its a luxury for the Chiefs to have them both.. I wouldn’t want to lose either as theyvkerp each other honest.

Of course grannies are one eyed., especially when it comes to their children and grandchildren. Thats why we love them. But it doesn’t make their point of view any less important.. most opinionated people I would argue have a tendency to be one eyed and think tgeir perspective is more valid than others… its why we spend so much time arguing the toss about nothing 😊

Also, calling on Quade’s granny always gets a response.

What is Hansen’s involvement withthe the NZRU? What influence does he have in the decision making process? You are entitled to respect their opinion as much as you like. You may also respect what Rob Nichol has to say on the matter. I personally respect Quade’s granny and would like her opinion… but in saying all that they are not influencers or voices that will ultimately determine the direct NZ rugby goes…

If you want to get apopolectic and demand I respect whoever you think is deserving of it, and call po8nt of view and post ridiculous.. well you are entitled to your opinion too. I personally think what I posted is valid and wonder if you sat down had a cup of calming tea and consider what I said and why, you may actually see things from a perspective other than your own… or maybe that is not a possibility for you.