/rug/

Has the odd good game but I think he's massively overrated. I think VDF, Beirne and O'Donnell are all better back rowers.

>v instead of x

Versus
Vs
V

Played an absolute blinder against NZ and then promptly became shite. Hasn't had a serious impact on a game since.

Who is the next competitive rugby nation lads?

My money's on Germany.

I'm thinking Spain. All that shit from last year aside, they were clearly in a position to challenge Romania for their spot and there's a decent, albeit very niche following for club rugby there. So long as they can continue building support I could see them becoming the country that everyone thinks should be added to the 6 Nations.
Unfortunately for Germany it seems like their main bankroller has let go of Heidelberg after the Challenge Cup issue they had and German rugby has backwheeled into nothingness, losing their spot in the European championship to Portugal.

They're pretty shit, the Irish retards in this thread pretend aystralia is worse than Fiji but Argentina actually is. They desperately need to hit their groove in the next month.

I love Rakapi

Has /rug/ caught the irish or huemonkey cancer today?

Rory Best is overrated and actually shouldn't be going to the WC as his age has caught up with him now, i blame Schmidt and his blind loyalty to players who are past it and/or not in form

People said Ireland would be nothing when BOD or POC left but since they did we went to another level, we need a complete clear out, let the young fellas run riot

If we dont make it past the quarters again heres who im blaming

>Best
>Sexton
>Murray
>POM
>Kearney

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>Kearney
Pretty thin on replacement fullbacks though. Lets look at the alternatives.
>Stockdale
Obvious choice for it but has basically no time there at even club level
>Conway
Has a better time on the wing but pretty much our only dedicated, high quality cover for fullback
>Henshaw
Leinster have turned him into a crashball merchant and he's useless at anything else now
>Larmour
Mental capacity of a hamster, leave him at the wing
>O'Halloran
Chokes in high pressure situations and consistently loses the territory kicking game
>Haley
lol
>Addison
double lol

Make your M10 bru picks lads superbru.com/mitre10cup/pool.php?p=12086879

Does that Warburtons Neck cunt still post here?

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>O'Donnell
oof

Leinster fans won't appreciate you even acknowledged TOD exists.

wales engel on sunday
aus new zealand and arg saffers on saturday

Honestly I think people just forget he exists. Him and Billy Holland just slip under the radar.

lol why? he's average af no cares about him as much as you care about leinster fans care about him

VERY sorry NH lads
There are also a couple of tests up your way too this weekend.

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England Wales will be worth a look.

dont understand what youre at such pains to be sorry about

just because making the OP with only SH fixtures and not mentioning NH is kind of lame and gay

>>Addison
>double lol
TRIPLE LOL

he. is. class.
haley is shite tho

the thought of WC /rug/ fills me with dread.

Barrett back to 10 for Saturday.

Well yeah, when TJ broke the game plan and passed straight to BB the All Blacks actually looked good

good. Mounga a bencher at best.

Heard AWJ is getting cryogenically frozen and transported to Japan in a rocket.

get you fired up for the Cup lads

youtube.com/watch?v=dG2mPvMbVp8

What this guy said, Spain and to follow up on what he said at the end, Portugal.
The Portuguese have made enormous strides to develop rugby and its showing in their youth programs

Their U20 lost to Japan by a sliver of a hair in the Final for the tier 2 u20 competition. On their way there they demolished Canada, Hong Kong and Tonga.
I hope both of them rise to the top level, that way we could have another fierce Spanish/Portugese rivalry.

Why not Mounga at 15?

Literally never played there, doesn't have the skills, doesn't have the speed, doesn't have the strength. Take away 2 of those and he would be worth a shit, take away 3 and hes a good option

I'm surprised they're playing each other and risking the injuries instead of going after some tier two losers

just want to die lads

Why not Perenara at 15?

literally RWC next month mate, everyone has to have a couple of hard games going in

Bed

goodnight sweet brother

Literally wouldn't be fair on the opposition. He would be full kinetic and full potential, absolutely 0 chance of static.

Rúgbi de XV

Ireland twice and England twice seems a bit excessive though Tbh.

when are they going to make the rwc a 32-team deal?

I'd love it if they did but you've gotta think about recovery times and injuries. It takes a lot longer to recover from a rugby match than a football match.
Plus I think the lower ranked teams would get absolutely slaughtered, like legitimately hurt against the top teams.

it's the same number of games though right? instead of playing 4 pool games and 3 KO you play 3 pool and 4 KO. Or maybe I'm retarded.
Second part i'm afraid will always be true

Depends if they added more groups or whatever, which they would need to. More teams would be better variety. Wales for example, we've been in the same pool as Fiji for 07, 11, 15 and 19

I've never rated him. One of those 'muhh pashun' shouty players. Might look good at Munster when it's pissing down with rain, the score is 9-6 and he's covered in mud, but at the top level he rarely makes an impact. A bit like Stander.

It's time to defrost him.

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>tfw no being arrested after have a weed plantation at home

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>full kinetic and full potential, absolutely 0 chance of static.

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my wf

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>MITRE 10 CUP
ok who fk care this shit
this thread is dead and u too

It's interesting rugby and this is a rugby thread

1. Joe Moody (38)
2. Dane Coles (62)
3. Owen Franks (107)
4. Scott Barrett (29)
5. Samuel Whitelock (109)
6. Ardie Savea (36)
7. Sam Cane (61)
8. Kieran Read - captain (119)
9. Aaron Smith (84)
10. Richie Mo’unga (10)
11. Rieko Ioane (25)
12. Anton Lienert-Brown (35)
13. Jack Goodhue (8)
14. Ben Smith (78)
15. Beauden Barrett (75)

16. Codie Taylor (42)
17. Atu Moli (1)
18. Angus Ta’avao (5)
19. Patrick Tuipulotu (22)
20. Matt Todd (18)
21. TJ Perenara (56)
22. Ngani Laumape (11)
23. George Bridge (2)

Not available for selection: Brodie Retallick, Ryan Crotty, Damian McKenzie, Karl Tu'inukafe, Liam Squire

Ofa Tuungafasi unavailable due to injury too.

Winner of URBA's Top 12 x Winner of Mitre 10 Cup's Premiership when?

*drops pick to a narrow win*

>>Cane, Savea, Read starting. Todd on the bench.
On paper this is the optimal arrangement for the loose forwards. Will be keen to see how they perform on the field, less than 2 month from the RWC

love rugby
hate the ARU

Why to hate ARU?

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>Karl Tu'inukafe
I take it now he's been left out of the RC selection he's also out of the WC selection??

He's had a bout of viral meningitis and just recovering from it. It's not impossible for him to make the RWC, but time is against him at the moment.

Might still make it but it's looking more doubtful because My only worry is the lineout with that setup

We actually have our strongest lineout in years with 4 jumpers, it will be a great contest.

>James O'Connor at 13
>Genia on the bench
>Tolu Latu starting
Duno what Cheika is thinking here. At least Luke Jones being on the bench is a RWC experiment. This is going to be a murder.

I don't know what kind of otherworldly performance O'Connor displayed at centre, but I can't really visualise him performing at centre at all. He spent his Wallabies career at wing and fullback before he went on a soujourn to Europe

rather have ardie on the bench and squire at 6

It's like some of you guys have never seen matches before a WC before. They try stuff out.

Fuck there’s some deadweight in that squad

George Bridge for example?

our year in 2020 lads

youtube.com/watch?v=x8btfw32h-w

O'Connor has never played at 13 before for the Wallabies. He plays 12 in Europe but 13 is just such a defensively difficult position. Kuridrani and Petaia are our only real options there. This is an experiment too far.

*picks southland*

madman.

He pretty much won the game against NZ with 2-3 trysavers and the turnover penalty that led to stockdale's try so I rate him highly.

*be's based*

Is Kuridrani injured? Better with him at 13 and Foley/JOC on the bench surely. Also I wouldn't start Latu or Salakai-Loto

Kuridrani is fine but we're testing out our other 13 options. It's not a real excuse desu because our backup is Petaia as well as Hodge and Kerevi.

As for the bench, we still have Toomua there even though he didn't even start for his Super Rugby team this year and has looked like shit in 2019.

Latu isn't even top 5 hooker in the country and shouldn't even be in the squad even aside from the fact he has on and off field discipline issues. LSL is a trash backrower but Pocock and Samu are injured.

Someone get this looney out of here

oh fuck rugby on tonight just remembered.
based

BASED CRIPPLE FIGHT

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A broken clock is right twice a day.

/rug/ field trip to the dan carter movie

Not necessarily, if it has anything to indicate 24 hours it's right once a day, if it has the day if the week it's right one day a week, if it has the date it's right one day a month, and if it has any combination of those it's right once in a blue moon if that.

Wallabies

1 Scott Sio (56 Tests)
2. Tolu Latu (13 Tests)
3. Allan Alaalatoa (32 Tests)
4. Izack Rodda (19 Tests)
5. Rory Arnold (21 Tests)
6. Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (13 Tests)
7. Michael Hooper (c) (93 Tests)
8. Isi Naisarani (2 Tests)
9. Nic White (24 Tests)
10. Christian Lealiifano (20 Tests)
11. Marika Koroibete (21 Tests)
12. Samu Kerevi (vc) (27 Tests)
13. James O’Connor (45 Tests)
14. Reece Hodge (35 Tests)
15. Kurtley Beale (85 Tests)

16. Folau Fainga’a (9 Tests)
17. James Slipper (88 Tests)
18. Taniela Tupou (13 Tests)
19. Adam Coleman (31 Tests)
20. Luke Jones (4 Tests)
21. Will Genia (102 Tests)
22. Matt To’omua (44 Tests)
23. Tom Banks (4 Tests)

>the unit front left
they call him "Neck"

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How fucked are Australia this Saturday my lads?

I am an optimistic chap when it comes to our RWC chances but I don't much fancy our odds in Perth.

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laumape bridge and perenara will score atleast 1 try each off the bench

>Zero Fees Stags

1 Isileli Tu'ungafasi - Mid Northern
2 Jordan Olsen -Mid Northern - Captain
3 Corey Te Whata-Colley -Western Sharks - Debut
4 Temo Mayanavanua - Waipu
5 Josh Goodhue - Kamo
6 Sam McNamara - Waipu
7 Matt Matich - Western Sharks
8 Aorangi Stokes - OBM

9 Sam Nock - Kerikeri
10 Jack Debreczeni - Eastern
11 Pisi Leilua - Waipu - Debut
12 Blake Hohaia - Kamo
13 Matt Johnson - OBM - Debut
14 Jordan Hyland - Wellsford
15 Scott Gregory - Hikurangi

REPLACEMENTS

16 Paddy Jo Atkins - Wellsford
17 Ross Wright - Wellsford
18 Jack Straker - Kamo
19 Sam Caird - OBM - Debut
20 Kane Jacobson - Kamo
21 Will Grant - Hora Hora - Debut
22 Tom Smith - Kerikeri - Debut
23 Jonty Rae - OBM - Debut

Unavailable due to Injury
Tamati Tua
Tom Robinson
Rene Ranger
Dan Hawkins
Harrison Levien

Wonder if the bloke who sperged out about posting these elite teamsheets last year is still here.

*front right FUCK

Zero Fees Stags, more like Zero Wins kek

Debreczeni vs Mckenzie is a kino matchup

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fuck that guy tttt. Love your work.

DO NOT let Tim Shadbolt see this.

Debreczeni absolutely rekt Foley at the end of the Super Rugby season so I think it'll be a pretty clear win. Am also rooting for him because he got good as soon as he left the Reblels.

Kia ora, /rug/

yes hello

why does he do it bros ?

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Good evening.

Haven't joined the M10 bru. Don't plan to either.

Imagine how many losses he's seen wow, like hundreds

10 games a season so probably around 210 losses for the 21 seasons, give or take

Aus beat NZ this weekend and Wales go to number 1 in the rankings.
Would there be a more devilish way to number 1? Heh nothin personnel NZ

Otago are going to play Vilimoni Koroi at 10

Based Garold.

yeah nah

at this point they're such an underdog that i almost support them and nz rugby in the long run is fucked if aus rugby can't recover because we play those guys so often
beating us now could make a big difference

Am pumped for rugby lads

lads imagine if England win the RWC straight after the CWC

Would be eyeing up some rope and a beam if that happened.

England are based for just owning being the villains

Are you saying the next few games are unironically critical for Australian rugby?

Yea Forums would be unbearable for months

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They won't lose any confidence from losing as long as they aren't destroyed and they're clearly not even trying to win to get some confidence, like SA and Argentina both did (and almost succeeded at). Australia are just resigned at this point and using the experimenting with things meme to justify it.

But if they did manage to win by some miracle, it could be the spark that changes their whole broken loser slump mentality. It's like the whole team has a kind of collective depression or something and needs something to snap them out of it.

i miss kaino desu

he's the man

If there's anyone to miss it's Latham.

Northland picking up where they left off last year.

This guy in the crowd is pretty based.

Holy fuck what a try

NO NO NO YESSS YESSSS SOUTHLAND GORE BASED SOUTHLAND

Love me some razzle dazzle

Try of the season

mate GAME of the season

glad Southland sorted their jersey out

Southland's Year La.

god I feel good right now, had Northland by 17 before inspiration struck

post the picks m8

alright

Wish the AIL was this comfy, honestly

im worried for southland desu

>If you're not farming for profit, good luck with your hobby
what the fuck

>fullback goes up in the lineout
um
what

400IQ lineout and try.

a la Jordie B

Not Southland's Year.

rip southland hopes and dreams

one day they will win a game

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FUCKEN REF AAAAAA

based North
feeble South

Not on my watch.

FLOODIES

New try of the season.

Imagine how far ahead Southland would be if the kickers were swapped.

fucking depressing when a team would have a chance if they just had a functioning set piece

Lindsay Beer on suicide watch.
again.

What do you reckon lads?

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Why the fuck didn't the ref tell them to stop?

Tasman
1 tyrel lomax
2 andrew makalio
3 tim perry
4 pari pari parkinson
5 quiten strange
6 liam squire
7 shannon frizzell
8 jordan taufua

9 finlay christie
10 mitch hunt
?
12 david havilli
13 alex nakivell
?
15 will jordan

yeah i'm thinking it's tasman

Most thrilling attempt at getting a bonus point I've seen.

Fucking hell if they'd taken the 3 they would have got the bonus point and I would have got the MP.

one day

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put the house on Harbour

literally better than the blues

alimalo went fown there last year he'll be on the wing

he's at waikato this year

bit of a dirty gloryhunter honestly

probably just loves being in hamilton all year

Dog ownership is fairly common pal, get yourself down to a kennel or dog breeder and they'll sell you one

i meant southland winning a game

Just made some elite bru picks for this weekend.

Kaino and Charvis have the most WC tries in their positions? Really? Surely there must be other players with more tries there.

I dont care what you meant, you ruined my joke

There's no way to ruin a joke who born ruined

Wife just gave birth to a born ruined child, lads.

can you explain what your joke was for anyone who didn't understand

No

kiwis are up.

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funnily enough, I considered making a similar joke, something along the lines of
>you can't just become a dog m8
but decided it wasn't actually that funny.

Why are flankers and 8th men good jokers?

A: because they go to third line

mate...

>you can't just become a dog m8
yer mam did! *high fives all the /rug/ lads while you run home crying*

I have literally no clue what that punchline even means but I laughed.

Does anyone have a link to the 2023 law changes that isnt NZ herald?

Heard some bollocks about tackles being below the waist. I'll probably drop rugby altogether if that happens.

Can anyone translate this?

Maybe I’m giving hue too much credit here but I think the point is that it’s a shit, meaningless joke without a punchline

1-2-3 : First line
4-5 : Second line
6-7-8 : Third line

.....
Uh what does that have to do with jokers?

Jokes have lines

I don't even. Sometimes I think you're one of the greatest trolls of all time.

when I get home from work tomorrow, I'll do an in-depth analysis of the joke.

It's probably just hue-speak for punch line.

well, I'll give you one: I submitted 10 puns to a pun contest, hoping one of them would win, but no pun in 10 did

lol the worst head clashes and concussions happen from 2 guys going at the waist of the same player. This will have the opposite effect. Protecting the already well protected player at the expense of the tacklers health.

Ah ha!
>I submitted 10 puns to a pun contest
> hoping one of them would win
>but no pun in 10 did
THREE LINES

>the worst head clashes and concussions happen from 2 guys going at the waist of the same player.

This, World Rugby is a fucking joke and is still continuing to try turn Union into Tag Rugby

itv.com/news/2019-01-24/rugbys-tackle-trial-abandoned-for-putting-players-at-greater-risk/

They are trying to stop 2 on 1 tackles with the 22-50 league kick.

That doesn't stop 2 on 1.
>flanker picks and goes
>breaks the first tackle
>first five and a lock both desperately try to get him
>head clash

It tries to stop it by reducing the number of players in the defensive line.

How popular is union in tonga ?

going to Eden Park tonight lads. figuring it'll hose down the entire time.

Not as popular as being a lazy fat cunt, which is the national sport.

Will probably just watch the game from Citizen Park if it starts pissing down.

bought tickets. I'm going.

We already play fullback, sweeper and wings out there. That's all that will be out there with that rule too.
It doesn't change that you need men close to the breakdown which is where headclashes happen.

Nah the idea is that there will be an extra man back to cover the kick. I agree with you though, it won't affect safety. Some risk just has to be accepted.

Literally the only sport they play.

Anyone watch Canada vs Tonga

Holy shit a Canadian. Fucking eh

All of this coverage for the women's game is so stupid, no one cares about it.

grim fucking weather FUCK

what's that all aboot
also chekd

Fucking eh, my first quads.

The loose head, Snow. I believe he played in 4 world cups for Canada.

Auckland
15: Salesi Rayasi
14: AJ Lam:
13 Tanielu Tele’a
12: TJ Faiane
11: Caleb Clarke
10: Harry Plummer
9: Jonathan Ruru
8: Hoskins Sotutu
7: Blake Gibson
6: Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa
5: Jamie Lane
4: Jack Whetton
3: Marcel Renata
2: Robbie Abel
1: Alex Hodgman
RESERVES: Leni Apisai, Ezekiel Lindenmuth, Marco Fepulea’i, Lyndon Dunshea, Adrian Choat, Danny Tusitala, D’Angelo Leuila, Kurt Heatherley

North Harbour
15: Shaun Stevenson
14: Matt Duffie
13: Asaeli Tikoirotuma
12: Harrison Groundwater
11: Mark Telea
10: Jared Page
9: Bryn Hall
8: Murphy Taramai
7: Dillon Hunt
6: Ethan Roots
5: Jacob Pierce
4: Gerard Cowley-Tuioti
3: Sione Mafileo
2: Luteru Tolai
1: Karl Tu’inukuafe
RESERVES: David Meki, Nic Mayhew, Luatangi Li, Ben Nee-Nee, Lotu Inisi, Lewis Gjaltema, Matt McGahan, Tomas Aoake

its a shame they lost tumua manu

Tasman
15: David Havili (c)
14: Will Jordan
13: Levi Aumua
12: Alex Nankivell
11: Leicester Fainga’anuku
10: Mitchell Hunt
9: Finlay Christie
8: Liam Squire
7: Sione Havili
6: Ethan Blackadder
5: Shannon Frizell
4: Quinten Strange
3: Tyrel Lomax
2: Andrew Makalio
1: Ryan Coxon
RESERVES: Huge Roach, Sam Prattley, Isaac Salmon, Te Ahiwaru Cirikidevta, Jordan Taufua, Declan Smith, Tim O’Malley, Tima Fainga’anuku

Wellington
15: Connor Garden-Bachop
14: Wes Goosen
13: Billy Proctor
12: Peter Umaga-Jensen
11: Ben Lam
10: Jackson Garden-Bachop
9: Kemara Hauiti-Parapara
8: Teariki Ben-Nicholas
7: Du’Plessis Kirifi
6: Mateki Kafatolu
5: James Blackwell
4: Naitoha Ah Kuoi
3: Alex Fidow
2: James O’Reilly
1: Xavier Numia
RESERVES: Kaliopasi Uluilakepa, Sef Fa'agase, Morgan Poi, Josh Furno, Galu Taufale, Connor Collins, Piri Paraone, Vince Aso

this one will be a banger

why no akira ?

Game of the round potential.

>Unavailable due to injury: Scott Scrafton (jaw), Tumua Manu (ankle), Michael Lea, Jordan Trainor (thigh)

he's just injured

tipping auckland getting upset

Upset about what m8?

>Battle of the Bridge is game 2
bloody hell

Kek.

I assume that Pacific island ball handling

Picking Tusi to start most of the season ahead of POOOOOru.

Looking forward to this scrum

RAZZLE DAZZLE

NH scrumhalf should have done a bit more tackling and a bit less running ineffectually.

NEED Alama Ieremia and Filo Tiatia to join the Blues setup for 2020.

This pathetic collapse is a lesson to NHB bro for being mean to me that time.

UH-OH Harry learned how to kick.

>0 Australian teams have qualified for the NPC since it was created

The absolute state of Australian Poonion

>13 seconds in the 22
>10 points to Auckland
the STATE of Harbour kek.

We literally have Fiji in the NRC as well as the national team of Western Australia so I think the standard of play there is a bit higher.

Sheddy give us another rant on the try negating the yellow card.

Fiji can't make the NPC either you bum.

Come backs on

posts that haven't aged well are so sad

LOL wtf penalty tries usually go against Auckland.

The cheque must have just cleared.

What the FUCK

>the quick throw in finally being punished
Delicious

Jordie Barrett tier fuckup.

ben lam and goosen at the hurricanes relieved when that shit happens

Auckland scrum and backline looking super dangerous.

akira ione can just fuck off now desu

There's a difference between scoring in the final seconds to win, and scoring garbage points when the game's gone and the other team knows they've already won.

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There has to be a smaller stadium they could use

Nice lad, make sure to say hi to the one other guy who showed up to the first local derby in NZ's largest city.

I'd rather win WCs than care about provincial games selling out 4000 capacity stadiums 2bh.

Feel free to let us know the other grounds in auckland that could handle a game of rugby after seven days of constant rain.

Probably some Uni pitches that would do the job

>kicking it away

big tui nuke cafe

Definite yellow

Should have yellowed the harbour players as well.

ref a bit soft on auckland

A classic 2017 auckland switch off at half time.

>5 penalty advantages in one phase of play
>no yellow card

BIG tui nuke cafe lads

he always says ground in the next sentence after he says groundwater

Paul Williams is literally unable to see players coming in from the side.

Just award the try alrrady

wew big yikes decision

I’m not one to call refball but fucking hell this lad bends over backwards to accommodate Auckland

hate the shore
love harbour

It's pretty bullshit, I can think of at least 3-4 try or card decisions that have gone Auckland's way.

there's a couple of thousand.
was absolutely pissing down at 7

HARBOUR

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Yet another match potentially decided by plummer missing a stupidly easy kick.

STOP KICKING IT BACK TRY AND ATTACK HOLY FUCK

yep neither of these teams deserves to win

Fun game lads

pressure kick

holy shit what a fucking pussy.

fucking salty cunt

What an absolute shithead

tears.
never mind
HARBOUR

facebook tier post

Not even disappointed in the result.

>The Auckland "crowd" booing at settling for the draw when Auckland have to go 80 Meters against a Harbour team with the momentum and strong defence

Probably the second game they've been to in the last 5 years, the other being the free admission final.

You don't deserve to win if you go scoreless in the second half, therefore it's a moral victory to Harbour.

All Blacks went scoreless in the second half against Argentina.

Argentine moral victory.

So in other words if you lose it's a moral victory. 95 was our proudest moral victory.

No, because the All Blacks were outscored in extra time.

>draw from 14 down
Come back was on

Like the Weetbix Kiwi Kids Triathlon. Everyone is a winner.

Ironic, he had the power to criticize others but not himself.

>willi fucking heinz is about to be capped by england
>as the vice captain
crikey

Christian Wade just scored a 65 yard touchdown
if we cared about that sport we’d dominate

England
15 Elliot Daly (Saracens, 30 caps)
14 Ruaridh McConnochie (Bath Rugby, uncapped)
13 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 22 caps)
12 Piers Francis (Northampton Saints, 4 caps)
11 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 33 caps)
10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 55 caps) C
9 Willi Heinz (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped) VC
1 Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 9 caps)
2 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 11 caps)
3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 85 caps)
4 Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 58 caps)
5 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 10 caps)
6 Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 10 caps)
7 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 9 caps) VC
8 Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 41 caps)

>Finishers
16 Jack Singleton (Saracens, uncapped)
17 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 59 caps)
18 Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs, 17 caps)
19 George Kruis (Saracens, 32 caps)
20 Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
21 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 85 caps)
22 Joe Marchant (Harlequins, uncapped)
23 Joe Cokanasiga (Bath Rugby, 4 caps)

Wales in pic related
Eddie what are you doing

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I'd say this is the only shot a lot of those players are going to get to prove themselves. But with the Wales team that's been selected I could see this being a slaughter.

>Piers Francis
>Willi Heinz

England poaching kiwi lads again.

Surely the coaches would have discussed selection beforehand? Doesn't make sense that one would pick a strong team and the other a weak team.

Unless it's a case of use the inexperienced guys at home so they at least have the crowd behind them, then Wales do the same next week?

>Surely the coaches would have discussed selection beforehand?
As a matter of course, fuck no. Maybe if they were friends. Are they friends?

Despite the shit they sling before six nations games, yes they do get along. It would make sense for them to have a chat and get the best out of either team before the WC.

maybe
just a weird squad all round Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Curry, Ewels and Underhill make sense but what the fuck are those backs
Heinz, McConnochie (who I rate) and Francis aren’t going to do shit at the World Cup and Ford should be dropped, not promoted all the while Cipriani isn’t given a look-in
and playing Vunipola, he’s pretty injury prone so why risk it
very bizarre imo

>14 Ruaridh McConnochie

As English as mid-day tea and crumpets while watching a round of cricket at Lords

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Will Ireland risk Sexton for any of the warmup games?

Couple of really good individuals in the backline, but it's just a bunch of random guys thrown together for the first time.

Probably in the later games once the team has been pared down

He has a glass chin on him now, dont think it matters at this point, if we're lucky we'll get 2 games out of him against Tier 1 Countries before something goes wrong with him

More reason why him and Murray should have been left out of the 6 Nations all together so we could see we're we are with all the other out-halfs pecking order

Carberry is a good 10 but hardly gets any exposure at the top level.

Just saw it. Made American football look a bit of a joke how easily he strolled through.

It's the pre season you pleb.

I'll fucking preseason you

What seasoning goes well with Kiwi?

>"When you take the skin off a kiwi it has a layer of fat which in some cases is nearly an inch thick. You combine that incredibly fatty meat with their diet of worms and insects, and the fact that you can actually smell that they're rancid and fatty. The kiwi, I would strongly suspect, is a very unpleasant meat."
t. Taxidermy guy who has done kiwis
So a handful of dirt

newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2016/10/kiwi-meat-what-it-tastes-like.html

gammon les blues
score sam farkin tries

Really hope the pozzies get pumped tonight.

the fuck is this vice captain bullshit

Good international blindside, particularly as a lineout operator. Decent over the ball and can rack up a high tackle count when things go his way. Does have a tendency to disappear when things don't go his way, i.e this year's 6N

Mow lawns, wash Ute, sit down for 9hrs of rugby. Simple as.

Houston we have a Based Post

Is there /rug/ bru for the August internationals?

>Heinz
>Vice Captain
>A man who played second fiddle in Canterbury to fucking Andy "patron saint of journeymen" Ellis
>A FUCKING SAUCE
K E K

Hasn't been setup. Go hard.

This was the leaderboard for the June Internationals last year.

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Don't mind if I do

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thinking curry tonight

thinking 4 games of rugby while nursing this hangover

Don't worry semen slurping Wellyfags, the GOATsman onslaught will be over soon.

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based tasMAN

>Team:
Harbour
>Support:
Auckland, Northland, Counties, BoP, Dabsman
>Impartial:
HB, Manawapoo, Wellington, Pootago, Southland, Taranaki
>Get fucked:
Canterbury, Waikato

post em

>Team:
GODsman
>Support:
Canabree (got family down there), Otago, Wellington, Harbour, Southland
>Impartial:
Northland, BOP, Manawatu, Waikato
>Get fucked:
Auckland, Counties, HB, Naki

Wellington.
Northland, Tasman, Taranaki.
Harbour, Auckland, Counties, HB, Manawatu, Southland, Otago.
BOP, Waikato, Canterbury.

I like the idea of the new SkyGo, but they removed the lights out button.

finna dab on

*dabs to the bottom*

what did BoP do?

I'm kind of happy THE "rivalry" of NOC was a draw. Fucking LMAO at Auckland and Harbour

Mike brown?

I live there and hate the fans.

Dabsman - good looking pack

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Subnormal ranking's

Welly

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Wellington pack would also be good if Walker-Leaware hadn't left this year.

kek

stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/114903340/new-zealandborn-halfback-willi-heinz-appointed-vicecaptain-for-england-debut

what's NOC

Just a classic miss click on the old keyboard NPC lad

>Team
Wellington
>Good Guys
Southland, Otago, Taranaki, Auckland, ,
>Ambivalent
Hawkes Bay, BOP, Manawatu, Habour
>Respect
Tasman
>Bad Guys
Canterbury, Counties, Waikato

I've never seen it as a fun derby, but not a real rivalry. Auck-Canterbury is the eternal NPC rivalry

actually I dislike Taranaki now just because of the flag retard

BASED SQUIRE COME BACK TO THE ALL BLACKS LAD

>never
always.

I liked naki because of how endearing tamanivalu was, basically the only good guy in the crusaders

need him 2bh

Kek looks at that crowd ... is rugby still his national sport?

For me, it was that one season Brock James played for them. Really liked him when I was younger.

was raining hard and they only open half the stadium. but yeah only a couple of thousand last night.

Squires having a cracker

Ill give you that Auckland Harbour and Canterbury Auckland are the big ones
But that means that one of the biggest rivalries was still a draw

this is bullshit desu squire AND frizzell should be in the all blacks

you're not wrong.

i mean bullshit for based wellington not for s and f

Yeah take out Fifita and Hemopo Tbh

/rug/ should select the ABs 2bh

UNIT

SO many hyphenated names in Wellington kek
fucking cucks

>TERRIFIC awareness of the rules there
Every cunt knows to hold someone up if you can.

Based God blessing the Makos with his thunder

looks like a big tailwind behind tasman

>tfw in at least 10 years time the ABs will all be hyphenated names and coconuts

Squire volunteered to step down, he will be at the RWC he wanted time to get fitness ect up
Frizzell doesn't really offer anything that other players that are slightly more specific in their specialist positions offer. Not sure if he was injured pre RC but I'm not too surprised that he is left out.

Goosen > Reece

goosen is a class act

*sucks*

>tfw they've got Taufua on the bench as well

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Imagine actually believing this

Yeah take the three good job boys.

based lil bachop redeems himself

comfy is just a code word for boring desu

the discount barretts

FUCK

based Havili

original Baschops were good

Lawns done. Dubs and drive the mower to the petrol station instead of using a jerry can.

>ride-on mower
what are you, 60?

making some bulgogi desu
razor thin scotch steak
grated pear
chilli flakes
onions sauce
lao gan ma
minced garlic
sesame oil

will go into searing hot cast iron later for ~30 seconds

I had bulgogi for lunch.

Only people I know with a ride on a boomers on """"lifestyle""" blocks

I bet Yemmy has a ride-on that cunt

>player down injured
>tasman stadium announcer plays another one bites the dust

can't tell if based or cringe

Hope he does it one day when a player gets paralysed or something and he gets fired. Hate the "WOO" shit he yells every time Tasman score for years now.

I've never noticed 2bh

Relegate Wellington.

just heard it kek
WOOOOO

good to see v asshole back in his boots

nifty try.

Wellington absolutely dabbed on

wellington gets dabbed sometimes and often does the dabbing

that's just wellington

Shall be watching Japan v USA rather than whatever M10 cup game is on.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHH WELLINGTONNNNNNN

youtube.com/watch?v=3UtPGhoMkXw

kek try of the year lads

Yemmy here, AMA.

Just kidding, I borrowed the old mans, who is literally a boomer with a lifestyle block.

>roach

i've got a rotary hand mower desu
it works pretty good
no need for the petrol jew

Based Turkish rugby lad

Has Lose had his lips around Blackadders cock all game or just this half?

is this the canes umanga jensen or the highlanders one? the hurricanes on right?
he's the only lions player on the park who looks half dangerous

The Hurricanes one. Both are in the squad. Thomas has short hair.

They're both in the squad.

fucking botzed it hard

frizell > todd

it's MAKO not MAKOS willy you dumb fuck

Fuck "Mako" Tbh. It was Makos for years, they didn't have to change it.

>There's actually no 'S' in the maori language

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If the club call themselves that then that's what they're called.

Didn't the tangata whenua kick up a fuss about the name?

Based Lesta

I'm glad you don't own it

flicked over to Tonga v Canada, another hidings going on

Embarrassed for Wellington

watching this is making me cold might get some hot water in a basin and put my feet in it

That match was yesterday lad. 33-23 Tonga win

Northland Taniwhas

you fucking shithead spoil the score for him lmao

ah true lol

KEK what a cunt

wasnt gonna watch it but you have a point

Watch US v Japan next I think lads.

>it's in Fiji
FUCK

I'd rather watch that than Counties v Naki tttt

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was thinking the same
in Fiji though with the grim crowd and awful camera work to ruin it though,

how is that kino

>it's not on Sky
you gotta be fucking kidding me

Because it recalls a time when Argentina were good

Nine channels.

Just stank up the whole house with a massive Wellington rugby lads

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rugby.streamcartel.org/1.html?ch20

grim team, city and region

what the fuck happened to smellington lads

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too wet for the broken play razzle dazzle meme
dominated by a forward pack far better than the hurricane's one so constantly on the back foot
lost every set piece of thiers
bad headwind in the first half fucked their territory game
5 debuts or something

we'll beat canterbury next week

I reckon they didn't have a forwards coach or something. I don't think they won a single lineout even off their own throw.

No heart.

hosing down.

FINALLY got the YouTube stream going
youtube.com/watch?v=qFNNhpxu3gY
I used TouchVPN extension on firefox

quite like the Jap kit actually

>perfect chance to promote rugby in Japan pre-WC
have it in Fiji

>>Starts stream
>>Japan up 15-0 already with conversion coming
How bad are the USA going to lose today?

>usa beat scotland
>japan beating usa

and the crowd goes mild.

The Naki game is actually kino lads.

switching over Jap USA is boring

yeah this games a banger

Sonny Bill's playing

MASSIVE scrum wew

>>This handling
What is this? A game of rughetti?

>Brighouse
>is literally a brick shithouse

Been out shopping, what've I missed? Are we watching the M10 or the PNC?

M10 game's a beaut
JPN v US was pretty boring

On the train to the ground. AB fans outnumber Aus fans by about 7-1

also Wellington absolutely DABBED on by Dabsman 45-8

Strong Aussie crowd then.

Wow I figured Tasman would win but that's a shock after how close last night was.

Shame, I thought the two rising nations facing off would be interesting.

why do new zealanders keep moving over here?

When your entire country is smaller than one city there aren't enough jobs to go round.

where we send all our dregs mate. cheers.

was a beaut...

SMASHIM

Holy fuck what a beauty!

what's for tea lads?
thinking Hell pizza and Lewis Rd icecream for dessert

Thanks.

US getting a decent hidings.

hows sunny been?

average. failed offloads, failed intercept.

Wallabitches vs All Bitches curtain raiser lads

>anika moa is going to be involved in Spark's RWC coverage
Holy mother of cringe.

GAMON GOUNTIES
toot toot

Better than Crushedchruch vs Chlamydia on SS9 that's for sure.

Kek

It's actually the Bitcharoos vs The Bitch Ferns

Oh fuck off, really? Why? Who signed off on this moronic decision.

Fiji v Samoa could be a low-key banger

Ooooo Boomer Dad WILL be phoning me before the game if he finds out, he hates that cunt.

>The Bitch Ferns
The Black Bitches

Your mum's a low key banger lad. If you sniff my drift.

Jacinda.

the All Dykes

useless.

GAME ON

Unironically a better game than last night.

forward FUCK

Counties paying $8 right now worth a punt.

I assume that was for games that went to the 80th minute though.

nice timekeeping.

what should I get on my pizza

Lamb of the Damned looks like it's worth a punt?

Beef and prawns for the win

Apricot sauce, rosemary, chicken, cream cheese, caramelised onions.

made pizzas last night
zucchini, lemon, goats cheese, mint, basil
&
chorizo, roast red pepper, spinach

will have a look
>prawns
>apricot, cream cheese
I said pizza not cheesecake

got the Beast last time, the pepperoni one. was underwhelmed.

Good game I enjoyed that yes boy

new

>2 posts early
yikes

the undefeated NZ Black Ferns

For good reason. She's criminally unfunny and tries to make everything about herself.