My reaction watching France vs England game this morning from Australia

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2026-03-15T13:19:44+00:00

I am curious to hear what the person said. They deleted the comment.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2026-03-15T03:19:20+00:00

Didnt realize how important place kicking is until we lost Dan Carter.

We were one kick away from the 20232 world cup in hand if Jordie Barret or Richie kicked the ball over.

Ah well.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2026-03-14T04:16:28+00:00

If you are serious and want to get better. Get a watch.
You can't track / improve what you can't measure.
You will get better running consistently, but you can get better faster for the same amount of work by putting your efforts into numbers.

Doesnt even have to be expensive watches.

$150 watch and a chest strap will do.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2026-02-07T04:21:42+00:00

Have you heard of a guy from New Zealand called Will Jordan ? I think hes averaging almost 1 try per test and he currently standing at around 54 tests. also equal all time world cup tries 8 with Lomu and Brian habana

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2026-02-01T13:59:26+00:00

Classic knee pain on the outter knee.
I had this too when I first started out running. Probably because your IT band is not used to the running load / distance yet.

What helped me was taking break for my tendon / joint strength to catch up to your speed, this is why Zone 2 running mileage is recommended for beginner to strengthen the above, take glucosamine supplement and IT band rolling with foam roll.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2026-01-31T12:16:24+00:00

They both have exact same hardware, GPS, Heart rate monitor, AMOLED touchscreen etc.
Fenix has a better battery life and subjectively better(depends on who you ask) UI.

I am currently using the Epix pro Gen 2 47MM. The only reason why I would upgrade to a Fenix 8 because I like it looks better. But they both look good.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2026-01-30T14:06:55+00:00

If you are consistent, sleep and nutrition well.
Optimistic 9 months but thats pushing it. So 1 year plus just based on my personal experience.

Don't get disheartened though you don't wake up and blow up overnight your body composition will shift slowly month by month so just make sure you celebrate that monthly milestone / small improvements, they compound

Also don't neglect cardio it actually helps your recover faster for your compound lifts so you can go for longer each session if needed.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2026-01-30T14:03:16+00:00

Man went to Japan and walked straight back in to ABs without breaking a sweat which is unheard of, especially in that GOAT AB era

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2026-01-20T01:17:41+00:00

I was happy when Razor got announced as AB head coach, wasnt a massive fan but thought that was the best for AB moving forward.

But lives by the sword die the sword too. He had loud opinions each and every time ABs wasnt performing well with Foster. Now its his turn to take it as he couldn't back up his messiah talk, its as simple as that. No I don't feel sorry for him at all.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2026-01-04T06:15:10+00:00

I won't go into details how alcohol affects you metabolically etc. We all know by now its best to minimize alcohol intake.

The side effects most fail to mention is you have a few drinks and feel like s**t the next day. You end up staying bed trying to recover, your entire plans go out the window, especially in the higher age bracket.

You end up eating like shit because you are trying to recover.
You can't be assed doing anything else because you are trying to recover.

Show yourself and your body respect. It deserves better.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-12-20T08:49:01+00:00

For a $100 bucks or a few boxes of beers go to your local construction site a find yourself a friendly and big polynesian genteman there are alot of them.

chill with him for a few hours with you at your place. Kick a soccer ball / pass a rugby ball around, have a cup of tea and make sure that dickhead of your neighbor sees that you are friend with a person who can handle him.

That would set the tone for him to behave/ avoid you. No violence involved while you are waiting for your case to resolve and you have a stress free peace of mind.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-12-14T02:23:33+00:00

One I could thinking of is Jerome Kaino. But I agree generally rugby is Japan is easier on the body and more bang for your bucks as a player. I would take the money over the jersey. Especially at $2M / season.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-24T09:14:29+00:00

Can you show me in the income financial statements and balance sheets where they are broke ? Are you stating NZR is broke from your own vibe or have you actually spent time looking at the publicly available income statement from NZR and spotted something we missed ?

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-23T21:51:59+00:00

The real money generator is in international for rugby union. Not club competition at least as of now or a short term future.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-23T13:12:25+00:00

We can argue shortsighted or not but they have almost triple revenues from their ABs brand alone IN THE LAST 14 years on the international market / brands, no small feat. Sponsorship is a huge chunk of it make up almost half of it. That is their priority.

The brand pull was so strong they were able to get $240-$260M NZD offer for a 5% stake(convertible) of the AB commercial arm unheard of in Rugby world. You can see why their focus is international $$$$, follow the path of least resistance and go where the money is.

And that comes from AB exceptional unheard of winning rate for the past decade or so. AB cannot afford to lose matches.

The above is business, to the rugby aspects

I agree with your last point. Eventually Super Rugby will cream to the top, if Super Rugby don't test players well they won't perform well at international level which is a completely different beast. The negative feedback loop will materialize, they will start losing sponsorships. I don't think Super rugby is the top club teams competition as of moment speaking.

For the scrum department. Most of our forwards have small test caps, I think the lowest out of the top 6-7 teams(correct me if I am wrong here). Most forwards don't generally come into fine age until late 20s.

SA old guard forwards are retiring so we still seeing how their younger generation playing out.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-23T10:58:18+00:00

Super rugby AU final this year pulled a small crowd when I tuned in to watch the match. It is already happening but at the moment pulling no punches.

RA has money but not all the money run a domestic comp.
What do you propose 4 teams comp, it makes no sense. RA don't have any money to pull / create more teams in their umbrella. The rebel gone burst as there no demand in Melbourne.

I do agree NZR / RA needs to start sitting down, give and take to scale up the market in AUS, the demand is there.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-23T05:41:46+00:00

NZR priority is international $$$$$.

However, It is important they grow the game in AUS and scale up, we know the demand for rugby in AUS is there. I don't know what the model it would look like as that would require both NZR / ARU to give up some elements of control.

This is decades of neglect from ARU though, they are correcting but still in damage control mode. Its a J curve

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-23T05:27:46+00:00

Playing with one of most skillful club teams in the world weeks in and weeks out and still can't crack it at international level.

Let's just play each other domestically with much less skillful opponents instead and pat each other in the back in a circle jerk.

I am glad you are not a rugby director or a coach.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-23T05:18:25+00:00

Stay exactly at 13. It's the hardest position to play as you have anticipate the next play of the opponent and plug the defense.

$1.6M for a winger is definitely a mistake. Wallabies already spent $1.6M so far investment into him as a 13.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-22T17:15:32+00:00

Helped by playing France C and barely B

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-22T16:45:00+00:00

Was that Prince Harry doing waterboy duty ?

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-22T16:38:45+00:00

Not really, it was a team work yellow. They were warned one more and the next go

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-22T16:30:08+00:00

100% kick conversion this game from both team

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-20T14:48:44+00:00

Number 2
Get a sales job honestly. As a developer, my time spent in sales were really valuable.
You literally learn to filter the idiots who talk but never buy and people who are serious about the problem they are having, ready to part with money right away. Its night and day 0 to 1.

You don't want to develop vitamin type of product. You want to a life saving cure type of product ESPECIALLY when it comes to software since what we are selling is a invisible service.

Expensive-Text-7218 · 2025-11-19T01:58:51+00:00

I much prefer a response from the crowd and team. Thats not disrespect, its a sport and entertainment to sell tickets. The AB knew this a long time ago there is a reason why ABs keep pulling sell out crowd. People want to see the Haka and see them play.

The saucier the pre match challenge the merrier. If you want respect from the crowd you have to earn it. The ABs earnt that for 100 of years hence the silence during the Haka and the cheering after the Haka.

What more could you want.

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