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I feel like you've previously explained your swamp fox fetish but can't recall what it was so if you don't mind repeating yourself...

Regardless of venue the GF will be at 1430 NZDT next Saturday due to AB v Japan pretty much straight after. Would rather they'd gone for Sunday arvo (esp given Monday's a nation-wide public holiday) like back in the bad old '90s days. If BOP happen to be hosting one imagines it'll be at the 26K...

West Coast last men standing. Weight of half a nation if you will.

Cantabs are toast.

Coach Laidlaw has confirmed they'll name a signing & that Love & Godfrey, both of whom played 5/8 quite recently, will be the backup options. So, yeah, that suggests a big name.

^ Nah, we got JOC (James O'Connor) so we're sweet. Horrorcanes otoh could really use a 5/8 with 100+ AB caps to replace Mr 1-&-done.

Since Loss Bleus now have three AB 5/8's I reckon NZR should step in as they did when CruSadists were similarly stacked.

^ better that than A Very Naughty Boy...

AB & ABXV refs: Japan: Jordan Way England: Angus Gardiner Munster: Takehito Namekawa (Japan) Ireland: Nic Berry Georgia: Way France: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) Italy: Pierre Brousset (France) Full appointments list: https://www.world.rugby/the-game/high-performance/officiating/955944

Brilliant strategy: do something egregious (from a Japanese POV); J1 contract gets torn up; return to NZ in (from a Japanese POV) disgrace; get *thrown a lifeline* by the only franchise that will touch him.

It's entirely possible these mofos could go into full CruSadist mode & win this thing with a series of away wins :(

I think the SF format is now highest qualifier v lowest which would make it: Wellington v Waikato Bay Of Plenty v Canterbury I also think Sky schedule the matches rather than the top qualifier choosing so on that basis I'd assume Wellington will get the Saturday night slot. Edit: "Bay of...

Not sure which is worse, losing the Shield or getting a QF flogging from those Cantab mofos :(

SC's winning streak ends at 39 on the same date it began in 2020. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350449474/five-year-unbeaten-heartland-run-ends-south-canterbury-lose-mid-canterbury-17-16

West Coast 52-51 mighty 'nua :( KC 34-31 NPEC MID Cant'y 17-16 SOUTH Cant'y Didn't see that one coming, either. Meads Cup Final Thames Valley v Mid Cant'y Lochore Cup Final King Country v West Coast Edit: results c/- randomly-found sports betting site livesport.com, NZR-endorsed...

Swamp Foxes 38-15 Butcher Boys. I did not see that coming.

^ "Peroxided Sly Stallone as Rocky." Presumably while wearing stilts ;)

Me either. A 'naki win means i can repay some of the shit i copped for the Shield loss. I suspect SMac will have a slightly different recollection of that...

LOL 'nua v WC is a Lochore Cup SF it's just that provincial.rugby haven't updated the Heartland page since Round 7 :rolleyes: @Dan54 I saw a kid being interviewed on Heartland Rugby last night: surname Laursen, first name something like Brayden, who looked more like Don than Craig so I'm...

Yeah, it's pretty obvious that Foster didn't & Razor doesn't want Ardie hitting rucks unless absolutely necessary, he's there to hit it up Valetini-style esp on turnover ball.