Thread: Today's Rugby

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Yeah, good coaching and tactics there.

The Landers have been building to this for a few years...it hasn't been an overnight wonder...also the Canes fluked the win over the Chiefs with a dud refs call...and then the Chiefs and Landers had to deal with the super 15 gerrymander that got a South African and Australian above them in the playoffs...the Tahs never deserved to be where they were...good on the Landers for dorking them...a very impressive team effort.

Quiet today guys...oh well...the All Blacks play Manu Samoa next week...bet you Brits don't even know where it is...probably think it is somewhere near Hawaii

Originally Posted by Bruce Bayliss

Quiet today guys...oh well...the All Blacks play Manu Samoa next week...bet you Brits don't even know where it is...probably think it is somewhere near Hawaii

Bruce, better to keep quiet and allow people to think you're a bit stupid than to open your trap and prove it.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Yeah, and he's in the WC squad too

Does he speak with Received Pronunciation?

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Bruce, better to keep quiet and allow people to think you're a bit stupid than to open your trap and prove it.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to respond with my favorite emoticom

All Blacks leading Samoa 19 - 3 early in the second half in Apia.

Originally Posted by Bruce Bayliss

the All Blacks play Manu Samoa next week...bet you Brits don't even know where it is...probably think it is somewhere near Hawaii

Nah...it is off the coast of Dunedin

All Blacks win 25 - 16...brutal game...I feel sorry for Samoas opponents in the RWC

Bruce reduced to responding to him own trolling.....

I've been to Apia Bruce, have you?

Originally Posted by Bobcock

I've been to Apia

good for you Bob...did you go to Aggie Grays by any chance?

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Bruce reduced to responding to him own trolling.....

What did you think of the game Bob?...my concerns were that the Samoans all play in the northern hemisphere and were picking the ball out of our rucks like it was a cherry harvest...not a good sign IMO...but then one has to remind oneself that it was a forward pack dominated by the worst two teams in NZ...on that performance they won't win a game against quality opposition this year...although one would have to ask how a side like England would perform in heat like that and on a hard surface like that.

Originally Posted by Bruce Bayliss

good for you Bob...did you go to Aggie Grays by any chance?

Yes, by the Harbour.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Yes, by the Harbour.

A place on the paedo version of lonely planet isn't it?

Not that I noticed, in fact I have no idea what you mean by that, but then I have little idea what makes you tick anyway

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Not that I noticed

You obviously haven't been there

Okay Bruce I've never been there.... you win....

Originally Posted by Bruce Bayliss

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Not that I noticed

You obviously haven't been there

Have you?

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Have you?

No and I have no intention of ever going there.

Originally Posted by Bruce Bayliss

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Have you?

No and I have no intention of ever going there.

Didn't think so.Still, good try for insinuating that you did....

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Still, good try for insinuating that you did....

Never did...just showed I knew about the placethank you for allowing me to use my favourite emoticon

^Idiot

I've still got no idea what he is on about, but that's Bruce for you isn't it.....

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Idiot

Originally Posted by Bruce Bayliss

thank you for allowing me to use my favourite emoticon

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Okay Bruce I've never been there

Are you coming down here next year?

Originally Posted by Bobcock

I've still got no idea what he is on about, but that's Bruce for you isn't it.....

Originally Posted by Bruce Bayliss

Are you coming down here next year?

Originally Posted by Bruce Bayliss

Are you coming down here next year?

Originally Posted by Bruce Bayliss

Are you coming down here next year?

Sonny Bill Williams says Sam Burgess looks comfortable as a rugby flanker | Stuff.co.nz
Sonny Bill Williams says Sam Burgess looks comfortable as a rugby flanker
All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams believes fellow code-crosser Sam Burgess has found his place in rugby as a back row forward.

Williams gave a thumbs-up to Burgess' bid to make England's World Cup where the two former rugby league stars could resume a rivalry that was a highlight of recent NRL seasons.

Burgess, lured to British rugby after starring for Souths in the Australian league scene, had a difficult introduction to the 15-man game as he was played in the midfield, wearing the No 12 jersey that Williams appears so comfortable in.

But Burgess has shown increasing skills as a blindside flanker with his Bath club and Williams believes that may well be the position to push his cause.

"I don't need to talk him up in his rugby league prowess; he was an amazing talent and he is starting to show glimpses of that in rugby," Williams said of Burgess in an interview with Britain's Daily Mail.

"I think he has probably found his position at No 6 – I watched the (Premiership) final and he was tremendous in that game. Who knows, he could play No 6 or No 12, we'll just have to wait and see.

"I've seen a couple of games that he played at 12 and I saw the final when he was at six and just from watching that game, I felt like he had found the position where he could roam a bit, get a bit more ball, pop up all over the place and bring that physicality that everyone knows he likes to do."
Williams believed Burgess could make the World Cup and his versatility would help him.

"He's in the mix, definitely. Time will tell how he will go at international level but he is handling himself pretty well so it's just a matter of which position I guess."
Williams won a World Cup with the All Blacks in 2011 before returning to rugby league with the Roosters. He is now back in the rugby ranks and looks certain to be part of New Zealand's defence of the cup at the tournament that starts in England in September.

Burgess is with the England squad at an altitude training camp in Denver, United States.

Williams played for the All Blacks against Samoa last Wednesday and is now preparing the for the opening match of the Rugby Championship against Argentina in Christchurch on Friday night."

DISCLAIMER: This article was in the Daily Mail...like we say down here "Yeah right"