@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Have some compassion for Foster FFS. You do realise that he will probably be exposed to listening to Justin Marshall for the first time in ages.

Let's hope he takes time to read the fern and uncover the secrets to the AB's success that we all clearly know.

@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Have some compassion for Foster FFS. You do realise that he will probably be exposed to listening to Justin Marshall for the first time in ages.

Let's hope he takes time to read the fern and uncover the secrets to the AB's success that we all clearly know.

"Don't involve Foster"?

@NTA said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Have some compassion for Foster FFS. You do realise that he will probably be exposed to listening to Justin Marshall for the first time in ages.

Let's hope he takes time to read the fern and uncover the secrets to the AB's success that we all clearly know.

"Don't involve Foster"?

Lol, yes that might be a little hard to swallow.

@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@NTA said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Have some compassion for Foster FFS. You do realise that he will probably be exposed to listening to Justin Marshall for the first time in ages.

Let's hope he takes time to read the fern and uncover the secrets to the AB's success that we all clearly know.

"Don't involve Foster"?

Lol, yes that might be a little hard to swallow.

He looks like he has no issue swallowing anything else

#fosterfatjoke

@Nevorian said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Looks like the perfect storm building up for our hold on Eden Park to finally be broken. Statistically it is due anyway but the thought of being 4-2 down against the Irish over the last few years will be hard to swallow.

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I think the AB's will win comfortably. The Irish at the end of their season and an AB side under pressure to raise their standards

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Stargazer and rhymes with The Shizzle, but aint...

I saw some comments on social media saying 'what do you expect when the players are all out mingling with the public'

Explain? Surely Luke Jacobson after what was said at selection time.

ABs typically struggle in the first test of the season (not going to count the Tonga test last year) - i'm expecting a scrappy encounter.

I'm hoping to witness two wins live this week, and fine weather for both games would be good.

about time that Covid something good for us

@mariner4life just hope more players dont go down.

Surely they only need isolate if they are ill and/or showing symptoms?

Plenty of the normal flu going about at the moment, and like Covid, it hits some hard, and others barely and missing some, are they testing and isolating for that too?

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@mariner4life just hope more players dont go down.

Surely they only need isolate if they are ill?

Plenty of the normal flu going about at the moment, and like Covid, it hits some hard, and others barely and missing some.

You isolate so you don't spread it to others not because you are ill.

In hindsight, the Far North wasn't the best place to hold the AB camp at this time, particularly if the players were regularly interacting with the public and not wearing masks.

@Bovidae which they were...

@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

In hindsight, the Far North wasn't the best place to hold the AB camp at this time, particularly if the players were regularly interacting with the public and not wearing masks.

Especially when far northers only isolate when they’re ill

@MN5 not the thread for it, but both my kids have had the normal flu the past 10 days, tested them for the covid, negative, but I didnt test myself or isolate.

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@MN5 not the thread for it, but both my kids have had the normal flu the past 10 days, tested them for the covid, negative, but I didnt test myself or isolate.

You seem very confused.