Guilford avoids assault charge
15 Nov 2011
Zac Guildford will not be charged for alleged assault during a drunken evening as nobody has laid a complaint.
The All Blacks wing was picked up by Cook Island police on Thursday night at a popular bar after complaints had been lodged about his behaviour. The officers arrived to find Guilford drunk, naked and bleeding from cuts and scratches incurred during what was initially reported to be a brawl with a 60-year-old patron. When police arrived they said there was no evidence of a physical fight.
On Tuesday morning acting police commissioner Aka Matapo said no assault charges had been filed, and explained they had only taken Guilford into custody so that they could escort him to the hospital to have his wounds treated. Guilford attempted to escape en route to the hospital and was later taken to the police station ‘to prevent any more breach of the peace on that particular night,’ Matapo told the Dominion Post.
‘He was very remorseful, apologetic of his actions and he couldn’t remember what had happened. He was warned, he was told what happened and why he was detained here at the police station, and by then the police realised that he was a member of the All Blacks.’
Guilford, however, has also been accused of harassment by Cook Islands tri-athlete Kelly Pick, who claims a drunk Guildford drove slowly past her, back and forth, on his rented scooter ‘shouting inappropriate sexual and defamatory comments to me’ while she was running on Friday.
‘His behaviour was totally inappropriate to the point where I felt unsafe,’ Pick said in a letter to the Cook Island News. ‘He was obviously highly intoxicated and driving his rental scooter very dangerously and speeding like an idiot. I got back from my run totally shaken and angry that someone feels they have the right to harass and leer at other people. We don’t need tourists like him on our island.’
129 Comments
15 Nov 2011, 09:58 am
Fair enough.
Even a conviction of assault would not compare to the damage he has already done to his reputation.
If the people affected are happy to accept an apolgy, where do you go with this other and brand the man for being an idiot.
15 Nov 2011, 10:01 am
What happened to his clothes>
15 Nov 2011, 10:12 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-2:
I don’t know, sold them so he could buy more booze?
15 Nov 2011, 10:21 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-2:
Where were you on the night?
15 Nov 2011, 10:26 am
@bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-4:
lol
15 Nov 2011, 10:33 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-2:
If the Cops picked any of us up:
Utterly drunk,
bleeding,
naked,
having assaulted 2 restaurant patrons,
having sexually harrassed a female jogger,
then attempting to escape custody.
What would any of us expect?
Man these Cops in the Cooks are cool Guys.
and so drunk we
15 Nov 2011, 10:41 am
@bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-4:
Chasing Corey?
See Jane run.
15 Nov 2011, 10:50 am
Lucky not to be hit with a £25k fine, that would be quite a few squillion million Kiwi dollars
15 Nov 2011, 10:56 am
@Big Hit(Big Hit)-8:
15 Nov 2011, 11:04 am
@Big Hit(Big Hit)-8:
That would be
NZ$ 51,407
or
321,827 South African Rands.
But make the most of it, by the time you pull the Greeks, Iberians and Italians out of the dug heap,
yours will be on par with the rand.
15 Nov 2011, 11:05 am
@Gunther(gunther)-9:
what’s so funny Gunna,
Your currency is on a par with dunny paper.
8)
15 Nov 2011, 11:07 am
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-10:
I never realised you were an economist.
I thought you were a secuirty guard?
15 Nov 2011, 11:07 am
@Big Hit(Big Hit)-8:
15 Nov 2011, 11:10 am
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-11:
Indeed that’s what you pongolanders always tell us.
nice to see you some of getting your own muti back.
15 Nov 2011, 11:14 am
I think what helped him is that he pleaded guildford to all charges.
15 Nov 2011, 11:16 am
Was he kalgut on the scooter as well
can just picture it. Dont know why they bothered writing about the athlete being leered at, men leer at women all the time, drunk or sober. She should have have pushed him off the scooter if he was at any stage riding next to her making remarks, very easy to push over a very drunk person, specially with her being athletic.
15 Nov 2011, 11:16 am
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-11: Perhaps, but here in god’s country that dunny paper can actually buy you stuff. Exchange rate only matters when we hop off to NZ for a World Cup. And heaven knows that won’t happen again soon.
15 Nov 2011, 11:23 am
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-11:
Hang on are we talking double or triple ply paper?
15 Nov 2011, 11:24 am
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-16:
I think the Cook Island Police should have thrown Zak in the slammer until his Hearing.
Trouble is,
I doubt the Cook Islands have a jail.
15 Nov 2011, 11:25 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-17:
Well lucky us its not going to happen in the near future, its going to take us years to catch all these South African overstayers here in NZ.
Give them a credit card and they just dissapear.
15 Nov 2011, 11:25 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-18:
single…………………………………….recycled.
8)
15 Nov 2011, 11:28 am
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-10:
So my house cost about 2.5 million rand??
lol
15 Nov 2011, 11:30 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-20: So how is that IRB bail-out plan shaping up then? You should just about be solvent in 2064, when the next WC heads your way.
15 Nov 2011, 11:32 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-22:
that’s not much to shout about.
15 Nov 2011, 11:34 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-17:
It may not happen overnight,
It may not happen soon,
But in the fullness of time,
it will happen.
The tentacles of our influence far outweigh our actual significance.
15 Nov 2011, 11:36 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-22: That’s about a three bedroom townhouse in a Tuscan complex in D’urbanville (excluding water feature).
15 Nov 2011, 11:38 am
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-25: “The tentacles of our influence”
That’s just highfalutin kiwispeak for “our crooked refs”.
15 Nov 2011, 11:38 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-26:
he should have enough money left for a hyundai and some nice leather furniture.
15 Nov 2011, 11:42 am
Where did all of this happen, on Crook Island?
Kelly sounds upset but not surprised; she expected the All Black to behave like that.
It seems that the 60 year old patron gave him a good hiding. Even senior citizens can beat up All Blacks.
15 Nov 2011, 11:47 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-26:
Iron bars on all the windows included?
15 Nov 2011, 11:52 am
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-29:
Yip even a 60 year Cook Islander can give an AB a good hiding.
They have 300 registered Senior Rugby Players in their whole Country.
And still beat England in the Wellington 7′s a few years ago.
The Cooks is a great little Island Paradise.’
Maybe the best.
15 Nov 2011, 11:52 am
Nothing is straight in New Zealand.
I mean here is a young guy, looks decent but does these abominal acts in his spare time.
Did he perhaps have a fight with the 65 yr old Ted? If so then it seems Ted sorted him out. Ted prolly heatbutted him.
15 Nov 2011, 11:52 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-26:
Strange. You know how we have internet over here, i just did a house search in SA, in durbanville yet it seems you are talking rubbish.
Damn i could buy a damn good house for 2.5 million rand. Come complete with crocodile filled moat, 2 towers with machine guns, fully barbed wired 16 foot fence.
15 Nov 2011, 11:53 am
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-30:
that depends.
does your mate have anything worth stealing?
15 Nov 2011, 11:57 am
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-19: Over night yes, until he had sobered up. He is after all not a criminal just a belligerent drunk.
If he had a choice, i am sure he would have chosen a bit of jail time instead of his reputation and career now in ruins.
15 Nov 2011, 12:01 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-34:
Katman was espousing what 2.5 million Rand could buy in some dughole in SA.
I was merely asking about added features for the 2.5 trillion you might lay out.
No one has moved in yet,
there is nothing to steal ( I think).
15 Nov 2011, 12:03 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-33: Our machine guns have to shoot those little sacks things now, hurts like hell, and barb wire is so out, its now electrified razor wire , but the machine gun has made a big come back since Zuma sung bring me my mshimiwami, used to be land mines around the property with grenades booby trapping the barb wire fence, get with the times
15 Nov 2011, 12:06 pm
R2.5 mil would buy you an average house with swimming pool in an average neighborhood.
15 Nov 2011, 12:07 pm
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-36:
don’t worry caner.
we all know exactly what you were saying.
no confusion here.
15 Nov 2011, 12:08 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-35:
This is not the first time for Zac.
If you had been in that Restuarant, dining with your family…………………………………………would you be so understanding?
I agree the boy needs help.
I agree the boy would have chosen “Time” over Public Ridicule.
But Treeman, but enough is enough.
This in US terms, is strike 3.
15 Nov 2011, 12:11 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-37:
lol
I live in NZ, we are behind the times when it comes to arming your house.
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-38:
5 bedrooms,3 bathrooms,3 reception rooms, 2 garages and a pool next to schools and a throw stone away from 5 prisons, sounds like a bargain to me.
15 Nov 2011, 12:12 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-41:
thats a “stones throw away”
15 Nov 2011, 12:17 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-41:
You may be behind times but you are certainly a leader in the art and science of cheating.
Reflect on that.
Now be your predictable self and try to deny that.
15 Nov 2011, 12:20 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-43:
You may be behind times but you are certainly a leader in the art and science of whinging
Reflect on that.
Now be your predictable self and try to deny that.
15 Nov 2011, 12:21 pm
Very sad story,I hope this kid get’s help before this disease destroys him.
15 Nov 2011, 12:21 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-43:
Deny what??
An opinion?
Mate its your opinion and thats all it is.
Time to get back in your rocking chair with your blanket and have a cuppa.
15 Nov 2011, 12:22 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-45:
spot on fern
Lets hope it does not get the better of him.
What bothers me is that would he have asked for help if he didnt get caught?
15 Nov 2011, 12:23 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-45:
That may well be the most human post you ever made fernly.
15 Nov 2011, 12:25 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-41:
Hurricane,
You just keep getting better and better.
8)
15 Nov 2011, 12:26 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-7:
Haha he Jane you Tarzan (after a few whiskies)…
15 Nov 2011, 12:27 pm
feel sorry for zac.
he must be in hell right now.
hope he gets himself sorted sharpish.
15 Nov 2011, 12:29 pm
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-49:
Its taken me 5 years but i think i am getting into the swing of this blogging thing.
15 Nov 2011, 12:29 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-44:
Popps, you are a cruel barsttard.
I like that.
8)
15 Nov 2011, 12:31 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-46:
Mate I can tell that my opinion means the world to you. You respect my opinion and I cannot fault you on that.
When I posted my first comment I knew you would be first to respond.
15 Nov 2011, 12:31 pm
@rangerman(rangerman)-51:
For sure Ranger.
15 Nov 2011, 12:31 pm
This kid has a huge profile and if he can beat this disease he can be a great rolemodel for kids.
15 Nov 2011, 12:35 pm
Please put a sock in this sentimental sadness and emotional soul searching on behalf of Guildford. A young guy got hammered and made a fool of himself. That’s about the full complexity of the story. I know you’re all proudly metrosexual, but this Oprah & Dr Phil show is getting pretty fcking nauseating.
15 Nov 2011, 12:37 pm
did they also take the ewe in for questioning?
might be able to point out the last location of zac’s clothes
15 Nov 2011, 12:37 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-54:
lol ok Sheriff, as mad as you are i do read all your posts.
15 Nov 2011, 12:38 pm
The 5 Pillars of Truth, on Keo.Comedy.za
- Mish
- Black Panther.
- David.
- Wallaby.
- Brads.
15 Nov 2011, 12:39 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-52:
Quantity has improved but the quality has deteriorated over the said period.
Remember quality is what we’re after…
15 Nov 2011, 12:40 pm
@charo(charo)-58: I believe he didn’t even leave her the cash on the dressing table. Just an I owe ewe.
15 Nov 2011, 12:41 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-59:
The brand ‘Sheriff’ is more firmly established in your psyche than the brand ‘all blacks’
15 Nov 2011, 12:43 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-59:
Actually Hurricane,
The Lawman was not always the loose cannon that he now is.
Once upon a time, he was a reasonable ballanced human being. Not without failings……………………………………………..like us all.
But reasonable man just the same.
But that was long ago.
15 Nov 2011, 12:44 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-61:
Good point Sheriff.
Tell me when you start with the quality posts and i will join in.
15 Nov 2011, 12:46 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-62: @charo(charo)-58:
lol,
two classy guys.
15 Nov 2011, 12:48 pm
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-64:
yes, he is our lawman after all so we should stand by him.
He has derailed somewhere along the way but i faith in him getting back on track.
15 Nov 2011, 12:50 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-62:
NOw thats is one of the funniest things i have seen on here in a long time.
15 Nov 2011, 12:50 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-65:
I think the 5 year period coincides with the build-up to RWC 2011; it was a tough time for New Zealand.
As a random kiwi you shared in the anxiety, naturally it showed.
The key to being an effective blogger is to have a cool head at all times, composure. Blog with your head not the heart.
Mate where are you based?
15 Nov 2011, 12:55 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-69:
Hmmm i just dont know what to say to that Sheriff, you got me.
I am a Wellingtonian that lives in Christchurch.
15 Nov 2011, 12:55 pm
Lower Hutt rocks
15 Nov 2011, 12:55 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-62:
he hit and ram?
15 Nov 2011, 12:57 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-71:
15 Nov 2011, 12:57 pm
@The Gloater – formerly cane(cane)-64:
We must not feel that people are unreasonable when you show us our wrong ways.
Our first reaction is to condemn, but pause (touch, crouch, engage) for a while and embrace the truth.
Listen mate, I’m happy for Ted – he is too good a coach not to win the WC, but there are some serious problems there. Before RWC2011 my appetitie to travelling to NZ was 10 on a scale 0 to 100.
Now it’s like 1.37 on that same scale.
My concern is that I will cheated there immediately upon arrival.
15 Nov 2011, 12:58 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-72: I think he simply didn’t bring enough cash. He was told she was sheep-sheep.
15 Nov 2011, 13:00 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-74:
Sheriff, you wont be cheated, all our refs live in Oz and England
15 Nov 2011, 13:00 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-70:
I see.
Well then I’m glad the natural disaster(s) in those parts did not destroy your internet facilities.
Why did Nonu and Weepu move to the Blues??
15 Nov 2011, 13:00 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-74: the only people cheated upon your arrival in NZ is the customs officers who have to search you… poor basterauds…
15 Nov 2011, 13:02 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-70:
so your house isn’t worth as much as you thought it was then?
15 Nov 2011, 13:07 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-77:
Internet was out for about a week after the Feb earthquake in my area, we had no power or water to the house for 4 days, hoping all this is behind us now.
I have a funny feeling most the players that have left is due to the coach.
Funny thing that Andrew Hoare said when questioned on who should be the next AB coach. He said the Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett should be, then laughed.
15 Nov 2011, 13:08 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-78:
I think it’s fair to say that if and when I do travel to NZ that I will make it a distinct objective not to POP in there at your place.
Here’s what it will prolly look like:
21 Dec 2013:
8h00: daily reminder – avoid any contact (even eye contact) with Poppa
8h30: Breakfast with mates
10h00: Relax
12h30: Light healthy lunch (if available)
14h00: Relax
15 Nov 2011, 13:08 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-75:
what a chop.
15 Nov 2011, 13:09 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-79:
yep, its worth alot more than what i could buy in SA.
See where i live my kids can walk down the park and play, they can walk to the shopping mall and come back. My house is worth alot.
15 Nov 2011, 13:11 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-81: that makes two of us happy… but you should call into my place, I can show you photos of Bill with Ritchie and the boys..
we can discuss the shine the flashbulb gives William Webb…
15 Nov 2011, 13:13 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-80:
Yeah it must a terrible thing to live with, the possibility of an earthquake.
So who is coach at the Blues? Pat Lam?
Canes without Nonu and Weepu will be less of a threat, that’s for sure.
15 Nov 2011, 13:13 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-83: Our kids do all those things too.
Without raincoats and wellies.
Hmmm?
Thought so.
15 Nov 2011, 13:15 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-83:
but will it be there when they get back?
15 Nov 2011, 13:23 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-84:
I will never go there for rugby reasons.
SA the true custodians of rugby values, traditions and ethos. We basically have it all. The weather, the fans, the stadiums, the braais, the RWC x 2, the blog, the this, the that …
If I do go then it will be to prove the theory wrong that there are no snakes in NZ; from what I can see there are plenty
15 Nov 2011, 13:25 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-85:
Yeah Sheriff, especially when we hear that these earthquakes have not come from the main fault line that runs through the South Island.
Pat Lam is blues coach, and yeah i am going to have a hell of a cr@p year in this super 15.
I have asked fellow bloggers on here to be nice, but we all know…..its all on,anyone is fair game.
@>^..^< katman(katman)-86:
What? Did your raincoats get stolen?
a bit of facts on christchurch
Canterbury has warm summers and cool to cold winters.
Maximum temperatures in summer are typically in the 27°- 33° range.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Christchurch was 42°.
In winter the temperatures can range from 2°- 12°.
Average Relative Humidity (9am)
January: 73%
July: 87%
Rainfall
Average Rain Days 1mm or more: 85 per annum
Average Annual Rainfall: 648mm
Not to bad really. We dont always have rain as you probably know.
But we do have a huge difference between winter and summer in temperatures
15 Nov 2011, 13:27 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-88: lmfao.. too funny Sheriff… true custodans of rugby values? dont make me laugh..
eye-gouging is a custom is it?
sweeping water of the field to avoid losing because the match would be abandoned is true rugby traditions, values and ethos?
having a 60000 odd petition asking for a ref never to ref a game again is the true custodial way of dealing with human error?
best i check the time on my new gold watch, seeing as its traditional…
15 Nov 2011, 13:29 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-87:
you meaning the earthquakes?
3 of the 25 houses down our street are all collapsed in, we have 6 houses for sale and we are in one of the worst hit areas in Christchurch.
But our house is only 4 years old, actually the newest house in the street.
15 Nov 2011, 13:32 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-91:
By the way, we have been through 8000+ earthquakes in the last 14 months.
It works out to be around 19 earth quakes a day.
15 Nov 2011, 13:34 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-91:
earthquakes are like crime.
they take no prisoners.
will anyone buy a collapsed house?
does the insurance pay out?
15 Nov 2011, 13:36 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-90:
You know it now, now embrace it.
We set the standard.
15 Nov 2011, 13:39 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-94: indeed you do Sheriff, indeed you do..
standard is apt for the type of rugby you guys play, i cant dispute that at all… if you guys could incorporate some backline moves Id then bump you guys up to intermediate, but for now standard it is…
15 Nov 2011, 13:45 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-93:
In NZ we have an insurance called EQC ( Earthquake commision) that looks after these sorts of insurances. I believe they will pay for any damage up to $100,000 house and contents after that your normal insurance kicks in and helps.You can claim against EQC after any earthquake thats hits over 5.0 on the richter scale.A few people have had at least 5-6 claims of over $10,000.
House holders without insurances get helped by the government to a point i believe but will never get what the house is worth if its completely destroyed.
No one will buy a collapsed house.
15 Nov 2011, 14:00 pm
I dont know why drinking or being an alcoholic or drug addict is called a disease, my view is that is a cop out, these things are self inflicted, I know from past experience very few people agree with this view.
15 Nov 2011, 14:11 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-97: It’s this modern day affliction the world suffers from. If your baby refuses a meal, you must take her to a dietician. If you toddler throws a tantrum, you must book him into therapy. If your teenager is caught smoking you’ve probably already lost him to the world, and if you have an argument with your wife, you’d better get some marriage counseling before you hit the skids. We’ve been duped by Oprah Wifrey and self-help books into thinking everything is a disease, disorder or disaster. So a guy gets plastered and makes him name tottie in a pub, and suddenly he is sick and we all must pour out our sympathies for him.
Fok dit.
15 Nov 2011, 14:23 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-98:
lekker ou skool.
fuckdrphil
smaak it
15 Nov 2011, 14:40 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-98:
true…
and if your dog craps in the house you have pay for a ‘whisperer’ to anal-ise your mutt and find out what psychological trauma or emotional deprivation caused it to squat on your pillow…
15 Nov 2011, 14:40 pm
ProZac Guildford…
15 Nov 2011, 14:43 pm
If a 60year old man gave him a run for his money then the chances are very good that bin williams will ask him to be his next oponent in his next fight.
15 Nov 2011, 14:49 pm
@ufo(ufo)-100: is that before or after kicking the dog?
15 Nov 2011, 14:52 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-103:
hopefully the whisperer gets to the bottom of it…
15 Nov 2011, 15:35 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-98: I know i find it boggleing, how did humanity survive for so long.
We did crazy things that when i think back give me the krills (whatever the word is) jumping off Uvongo gorge one of them and impaling a cop car a with a spear from a speargun at a party (ok that wasnt me) but still when very young you do crazy things and mostly have a lot of fun and then most people mature
and become dull.
Wonder if guys still stick there bums out the window and moon the world when driving in convoy to rugby matches lolol that was funny.
15 Nov 2011, 15:53 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-105: Eish, Uvongo… I rate that as one of the stupidest drunk things I’ve ever done. Matric holiday, smashed, and convinced that leaping 20 odd meters into a lagoon is somehow a good idea. I’m not a big fan of heights and would not do it sober.
15 Nov 2011, 16:01 pm
Yea getting hammered and streaking is one thing…hell who hasn’t…but then you start assaulting senior citizens and harassing women, it takes a more serious turn…sounds like a World(Wanker)Champion to me…..
15 Nov 2011, 16:02 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-105: I dived off there once, felt like I’d been hit in the head with a sledgehammer, had a headache for 2 days….never did that again!!
15 Nov 2011, 16:20 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-106:
Also did it dronk,too scared of heights aswell.
15 Nov 2011, 16:27 pm
Just get right for next years S15 – SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADERS
15 Nov 2011, 16:30 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-106: We were mostly sober, hurt like hell.
@Atreides(Atreides)-108: Jeez you crazy to dive of there, jumping was scarey enough, but when you have guys daring you and saying you a ninny
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-109: its seems i am not a ninny after all, considering the weaker s*x needs booze to do it
15 Nov 2011, 16:32 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-111:
Mate’s boet did a swallow dive.
Atleast I did it.
15 Nov 2011, 16:37 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-111: 2 things…a few drinks make you brave, and did some diving at school…..but 5 meters doesn’t prepare you for that height!!
15 Nov 2011, 16:46 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-111: I’ve done the jump, stone cold sober. Absolutely frightening. It has been banned for a few years now after someone got killed. He landed on a rock as far as I can remember.
15 Nov 2011, 20:33 pm
WOW you Saffers just take the cake, nothing but a bunch of bleating moaning hypocrites. At least Zac takes or over indulges in a substance that is legal – alcohol – unlike your rugby players who take steroids et al. Get over yourselves dipsticks. And keep haranguing NZ like you do, who would want to live in SA if your house has to come with moat, machine guns, barbed wire, electronic surveillance etc etc etc. Jeez must be a great place to live…NOT. And to the twit who tried to disparage the NZ dollar – your rand wouldnt be worth toilet paper – so go figure. Here in the paradise of NZ we a bathing in the after glow of the RWC and enjoy to constant harping coming out of SA…I think the whole nation there needs prozac…
15 Nov 2011, 20:41 pm
oh go away ! ! feeble creature.
15 Nov 2011, 20:55 pm
@JohnPaul(JohnPaul)-115: You’re not the brightest Kiwi out there, are you?
15 Nov 2011, 21:30 pm
If you were a male and had to face NZ women on a daily basis you would also be on the turps. Most of them would be ugly even if they were blokes.
15 Nov 2011, 23:37 pm
@petoors(petoors)-118: those were blokes u slept with. u and zac need to lay off the booze
16 Nov 2011, 00:56 am
@JohnPaul(JohnPaul)-115:
Go f uk some sheep or something you one eye piece of sheepturd. Take a good look at your ownback yard and it ain’t clean.
*** starved drunen louts honing in on inocent ladies out for a run, probably also on P or roids………….
Is the after glow a reflection on the loss you made or the drunks who were born?
16 Nov 2011, 00:59 am
drunken
16 Nov 2011, 01:49 am
@JohnPaul(JohnPaul)-115:
Yup, you got it bro. In the past 12 months, John Mitchell gets stabbed in his home, Bees Roux beats a policeman to death, is convicted of culpable homicide but doesnt even go to prison and now Solly is murdered whilst trying to enjoy a quiet bear at a local tavern……. yet the self-deluded Bokke fanboys want to write disparaging comments about NZ as if their $hit dont stink. Sheeesh, Zacs an idiot, but a drunk and lewd rugby boofhead is always preferable to a stabbed, murdered or cop killing rugby player/coach.
16 Nov 2011, 02:01 am
This is for Katman, Petoors, Whatever, Treehugger et al…wonderful and very intellectual comments people. I am inclined to agree with Nuk3Fr33k1w1…what a great place to live is SA…NOT. Yes we have idiots here who drink too much a la Zac and company but hey drunks are just that drunks. And WHATEVER you go wondering around your farm animals mate you may get lucky, what a sorry example of Bokke manhood you are…I dont think so….keep up the moaning people, it suits you. NZ is doing just fine thank you.
16 Nov 2011, 04:51 am
“A former All Black may seek diversion after being arrested on assault and drug charges.
The 45-year-old is charged with assault on a female, common assault, resisting police, possessing cannabis and possessing drug utensils.
His name has been suppressed, the Stuff website reported.
The man is likely to ask for police diversion, Judge Bruce Davidson was told.
Diversion allows charges to be withdrawn if offenders fulfil certain conditions.”
It seems that drinking/drugs, wife beating and being a thug have been part of the AB “culture” for a long time – Zac just following the example of those who went before him?
16 Nov 2011, 06:26 am
“Honest Brycie” pooping his pants on officiating in South Africa:
“In all honesty, I’m not going to go over there if there’s any personal threat or I have concerns about my safety because, in the end, it’s a job. I know that and also it’s just a sport so I’m not going to put myself at risk.”
Lawrence said he had thought about his performance in the quarter-final every day since the match and accepts he made errors.
“My quarter-final performance created a lot of negative reaction in South Africa, pretty hostile, very personal, very harsh,” he said. “Also, on the flipside of that, I got a lot of really strong positive support from rugby people in New Zealand and around the world who probably know me a little bit more than the people in South Africa and were feeling for me during that time.
“… I was disappointed with some aspects in my own performance that day after refereeing four really pretty strong games in pool play. I’m not blaming anyone for the quarter-final refereeing display apart from myself. I didn’t referee as well as I could.”
Lawrence said he recognised he would be punished for his performance.
“Look, there has been some pretty clear consequences from my quarter-final display,” he said. “I’m not going to be refereeing Six Nations next year.
“They can say that means I’m rested but, in reality, I accept that one of the consequences of my performance is that I’m not going to be doing Six Nations.”
Why does he keep “thinking” about his performance every day since the game? Guilty conscience perhaps.
16 Nov 2011, 08:51 am
@JohnPaul(JohnPaul)-123: Drunks are just drunks…so beating up a 60 year old and sexually harassing a lone woman is all good clean fun in your book? Says a lot….
16 Nov 2011, 10:30 am
@petoors(petoors)-125:
When you get death threats because of your supposed bias and/or incompetance, weird things like continually analysing your own job performance in minute detail might be a starter.
16 Nov 2011, 10:37 am
@Atreides(Atreides)-126:
Guildford was out of line.
If he thinks he has gotten away from Raro without a charge, he should remember he was still under NZ laws and charges may still come a calling..
Folk go to the Cook’s for a relaxing holiday, not to get embroiled in the outfall of his lack of character.
16 Nov 2011, 12:12 pm
@Brads(Brads)-128: Yea for sure. I’ve got no problem with somebody getting help or counselling for a problem. However, there should be punishment for this type of trangression first, then address the issue. It’s not right that someone walks off scot-free like that, whoever they may be, just because they are “high profile”
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