ABs set for Read boost
10 Aug 2012
Kieran Read is confident that he’ll recover from his rib injury in time for the All Blacks’ Rugby Championship opener against the Wallabies next Saturday.
The No 8 missed the Crusaders’ final three matches of their Super Rugby campaign because rib damaged cartilage. However, he confirmed that he should be fit as he joined his All Black team-mates at training in Waitakere on Friday.
‘They’re [the ribs] feeling really good, I haven’t pushed them yet and not a lot of contact, so I’ll just have to see how they pull up next week but feeling really good at the moment,’ Read told the media.
Lock Luke Romano is still an injury concern as he hurt his shoulder in the Super Rugby semi-final. Head coach Steve Hansen will be hoping the second-rower will recover in time as he is the third specialist lock in the squad.
Meanwhile, the All Blacks are yet to confirm Sonny Bill Williams’ availability for selection. The NZRU are trying to sort out a short-term deal with his new Japanese club Panasonic Wild Knights, which will allow him to play in Sydney and the return match against the Wallabies in Auckland a week later.
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10 Aug 2012, 15:26 pm
@>^..^< katman-198:
I think we have a canoeing one, and a couple in BMX. I have missed all todays so i am not sure if these are over or not.
But we have 4 golds now, won the sailing.
10 Aug 2012, 15:26 pm
@>^..^< katman-189:
Point 1:
Only a seriously faulty baton change can cost the Jamaicans Gold.
So yes, they will…………………………convincingly.
Point 2:
Casta………………………….depends if she has been taking her medicine.
Point 3;
NZ is running out of options.
But Our Girlies won a Yacthing Gold today, so we are on 4 Golds.
10 Aug 2012, 15:27 pm
@>^..^< katman-198: Can’t beleive our Javelin hopes were dashed.
10 Aug 2012, 15:28 pm
@sharks_lover-193:
@Transformation-196:
i will restrain my annoyance in response, transie
yes, maybe i do moan a lot. can you blame me.
but rest assured, i am through with super rugby and will not be around this blog much longer.
except for the cc threads.
10 Aug 2012, 15:30 pm
I am glad the Ozzies have stepped it up and started to win some golds.
I was sick and tired of our media giving them a hard time about not winning.
Embarrasing, i hope the Ozzies rub it back in our faces. Sick of our media making us
at times look like fools, even though majority of NZ hate what they say and do.
10 Aug 2012, 15:30 pm
@cane-202: Is four golds good for you guys? How do you usually do int he Olympics?
10 Aug 2012, 15:30 pm
@cane-202:
well that sucks
i was hoping we could go one up on you with an extra gold
so much for that
10 Aug 2012, 15:30 pm
@wait for it, wait for it…-204: We’ve heard plenty of your moaning about the dirty kiwis. I’d like to hear what you think of the French – are they worse? Even their basketball team enjoy the low blows
http://deadspin.com/5932963/nic-batum-delivered-a-mighty-nutshot-to-juan-carlos-navarro-in-the-closing-moments-of-todays-france+spain-game
10 Aug 2012, 15:32 pm
@Skeppie-194: did you see tanerau latimer peel off a scrum to block both kanko and daniels from tackling kane thompson before the 8th man crashed over for the chiefs 2nd try?
even a youngster like brody retallick is in on the act as seen when he cleanly tackled michalak without the ball @ the ruck before nanai-williams
try.
the chiefs got away with it as the sharks got away with a lot of their guys standing offside the whole game…
10 Aug 2012, 15:32 pm
@Skeppie-206:
i understand they have a relatively big olympic squad so i would think no, its not?
but i dont know their success history
10 Aug 2012, 15:32 pm
@cane-202: Casta’s cool. You need not worry. It’s your girlies that really raise the eyebrows. Beyond medicine, some of them.
What were your 4 golds in?
10 Aug 2012, 15:35 pm
@Skeppie-206:
4 is above average Skeppie.
But the “4″ have only been across two sports.
Without Our Rowers,
things would not be so grand.
10 Aug 2012, 15:35 pm
@Transformation-209: Look I have the utmost respect for the kiwi’s, there is just something ingrained in me to respect our old rivals but I must admit it does seem like it’s a coached thing, the whole grab onto “pillar” defenders close to the breakdown etc. I dont for a second think they are dirtier than anyone else but they do seem to have a lot of tricks up their sleeves.
10 Aug 2012, 15:36 pm
@cane-212:
Aotearowers
10 Aug 2012, 15:37 pm
@gonzo-208:
if its a player acting individually its bad and should rightly be punished.
if its a team acting in collective unison under coaching supervision its that mch worse i feel. the punishment should fit the crime.
if an individual cheats he is punished as an individual, so if a team cheats it should be punished as a collective.
10 Aug 2012, 15:37 pm
@wait for it, wait for it…-204: we all see it but i don’t think it is worth carrying on about elke fo.kken dag…
10 Aug 2012, 15:38 pm
Ah, rowing a boat, sailing a boat and riding a horse.
The shot put bronze the only real sport medal then?
10 Aug 2012, 15:39 pm
@cane-212: Yeah well in 2008 we only got one medal full stop so right there with you. Although with your small population four golds is brilliant…I can’t help wondering why with our demographic we cannot do better.
10 Aug 2012, 15:39 pm
@Hurricane-214:
ama waka waka’s
10 Aug 2012, 15:39 pm
@wait for it, wait for it…-210:
You have to win other events to get to the Olympics.
Us having a big squad means we did better than others to get to the Olympics.
But this has been a good haul for us.
10 Aug 2012, 15:40 pm
@>^..^< katman-211:
Golds: 3 Rowing and 1 Yachting.
With Silvers and Bronzes in:
Track and Field,
Equestrian,
Rowing,
Yachting.
10 Aug 2012, 15:40 pm
@wait for it, wait for it…-219:
Come on give us more Maori, you must be fluent in 3 languages now
10 Aug 2012, 15:43 pm
@Skeppie-218:
RSA doing much better these Olympic’s Skeppie.
I have noticed a lot of Saffas in finals.
10 Aug 2012, 15:45 pm
@cane-223: Yeah we are doing much better than 2008 but still not great bearing our population and sporting culture in mind.
10 Aug 2012, 15:45 pm
@Skeppie-218:
bear in mind our squad is about 120 in total to nz’s 200.
10 Aug 2012, 15:47 pm
@wait for it, wait for it…-215: Are you are saying you are more comfortable with individual violence that comes naturally to some players than holding jerseys and slowing opposition ball down, which may be coached?
10 Aug 2012, 15:47 pm
If we didn’t insist on about 3 “administrators” to every athlete, we could also send a proper team over.
But they must have it, of course.
10 Aug 2012, 15:49 pm
@>^..^< katman-217:
My ranking of medals:
1: Athletics. (worth at least twice that any other).
2: Swimming.
3:Then the rest.
10 Aug 2012, 15:52 pm
@Hurricane-222:
its vernacular parlance and is a sort of term of endearance type nicknaming convention for south african national teams. to put the ama in front and to double up the name.i.e:
ama boko boko (springboks)
ama glug glug (u23 football)
bafana bafana (football national team)
banyana banyana (women football team)
10 Aug 2012, 15:54 pm
@Hurricane-220:
really?
are you sure it works that way?
10 Aug 2012, 15:54 pm
@wait for it, wait for it…-229:
aagghh right.
I like the ama glug glug.
Sounds like a skulling contest at the local bar.
10 Aug 2012, 15:55 pm
@wait for it, wait for it…-230:
Yeah i believe so. If not you might see me in next Olympics
Sure Cane will back me up.
10 Aug 2012, 16:06 pm
@wait for it, wait for it…-230:
Hurricane is right Bakkies, (You thick prick).
For example:
For a Hockey Team to qualify for The Olympic’s, they must be ranked in the top 12 teams on the Planet.
10 Aug 2012, 16:09 pm
@gonzo-226:
no, either should be punished.
besides, kiwi teams do far more than just hold onto jerseys and slow down opposition ball. there is a lot of dangerous tackle and other type dangerous play which is clearly not dealt with appropriately.
taimefuna to cite but one of many instances.
also laughable is the leniency of punishments meted out. he got a measy one week suspension. on this subject, the mystery of the nothing to cite white card incident in the chiefs semi.
and while we’re on the subject, the despicable cover up of the sharks player bottling incident by the blues stadium management and nzru.
when the same thing happened here we had the perpetrator arrested, sought criminal charges, banned him for life and made a full apology to the team and individual player affected.
your culture around rugby stinks at the moment and you need to fix it.
10 Aug 2012, 16:15 pm
@Hurricane-231: I thought amagluglug was an advert for petrol! maybe they used it for the football team because they’re also going down the tubes…
10 Aug 2012, 16:15 pm
@Hurricane-231:
yip
so your olympic rowing squad gets to be ‘ama waka waka’
@cane-233:
in other words, its not rock science..?..
ok
10 Aug 2012, 16:54 pm
@cane-233:
I don’t think it’s the same for all events. There’ve been a number of lost causes of Eric the Eel type entrants. Apparently the ***** single scull guy, practised in a rowing boat.
10 Aug 2012, 17:18 pm
That was N I G E R. Damn this censorship software doesn’t even have its own spellchecker.
10 Aug 2012, 18:11 pm
Fecking nic stealers.
10 Aug 2012, 18:17 pm
@David-238: I think it intuitively counts on most racists to be poor spellers.
10 Aug 2012, 18:51 pm
@Dawn-239:
Dawn, just come back from watching the Bob Marley documentry at Cinema Nouveau.
They redigitised old interviews so the picture and the sound quality is excellent.
Also some unseen footage.
10 Aug 2012, 18:55 pm
@Jeraldjay-241:
How many stars?
10 Aug 2012, 19:05 pm
@Robzim-242:
Haven’t seen any critical reviews yet but I’m a huge fan and thought it was excellent.
They interviewed people close to Bob like his wife and all the living ex- Wailers, so you really got understand who the man behind the legend was.
10 Aug 2012, 19:13 pm
@Jeraldjay-243:
OK, thanks…
i saw a review in a morning paper today – they gave it 4/5 and thought it was very good as the filmmaker did not “force ” his will on the audience but allow them to come to their own conclusions based on the interviews- very much in line to what you are saying.
I will try and catch it next week- also quite a fan.
10 Aug 2012, 19:28 pm
@Robzim-244:
It’s a must see for any Bob fan.
Those Jamaican men really love their women…. Bob had 11 children from 7 different females.
10 Aug 2012, 19:37 pm
@Jeraldjay-245:
So it is not only raggae and sprinting…..
And then some people in Pretoria think Steve Mofmeyer is a stud, lol.
10 Aug 2012, 19:50 pm
@Robzim-246:
Yes, Jamaican men have such atitude coupled with confidence.
Bob, Chris Gayle, Bolt, etc are perfect examples.
10 Aug 2012, 19:52 pm
Yummie yum yum
10 Aug 2012, 19:53 pm
What’s movie called?
10 Aug 2012, 20:01 pm
@Dawn-249:
Marley.
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