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The only way Arg get back into this is if NZ have someone sent off in the next five minutes.

^ wind nowhere near as strong as it was on Thursday & rain seems to have stopped so conditions might not be so much of a factor in the second half?

Another wet night on the Sunny :(

Fixed.

^ wait until you see the price tags for the Downtown/ waterfront & Eden Park 2.0 stadium options... Let's not even mention the one that's actually in the harbour i.e. the playing surface would be below sea level.

Would've been a travesty had Ireland won the Series without winning any Legs.

Loss Bleus have confirmed that Rieko Ioane is on a 12-day stand-down after being concussed Saturday night & will be re-assessed under return to play protocols after that.

Stacey Waaka (formerly Fluhler) has announced she's joining the Broncos NRLW after the Olympics.

Not many sevens tackles make it into Smashed Em Bro but that Knewstub hit deserves to.

Fiji in the men's ninth-place playoff? The world's gone mad.

Three matches in Week 12: Friday 10/05 Moana v Chiefs 7:05: at Mount Smart so will be interesting to see how many people rock up (Wahs haven't won in a month so that might help). Saturday 11/05 Blues v Hurricanes 4:35 Saturday 11/05 Highlanders v Crusaders 7:05

Not sure if this goes under the heading of Silver Lining or Too Little, Too Late: "While it’s too soon to know how long Barrett [back], McAlister [hamstring] and Lio-Willie [head knock] are out for, Penney said All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor (sabbatical) and prop Tamaiti WIlliams (hamstring)...

^ thank God it's nothing unsavoury. Hope he makes it back in time & look forward to seeing a "mother & baby are both doing well" story in due course.

^ so ten available players. Yeah, that's gunna hurt them. Dare I ask why Turner has "departed the tournament"?

Who's injured?

The one that pisses me off is where a team playing under an advantage makes an unforced error & the ref goes back. You shouldn't be rewarded for e.g. dropping the ball cold or putting it out on the full.

LOL, meanwhile Gen X & beyond are wondering WTF us boomers* are prattling on about. *being me & Dan for sure don't know whether Strewth is a boomer or just knows a lot about rugby pre-colour TV.

Obviously I missed something overnight...

Aus v NZ men's QF* will be tasty. * is of course a SF.

You could also attempt a "drop goal from mark" & I think it was worth more than a regular DG, certainly as much as or more than a try at the time.