Darren Reed

This kid is exactly what you want in rugby. Super confident without being arrogant. Ultra talented. Athletic. Good looking rooster. Marketable. Seems smart and right on that edge between adventure and recklessness in how he plays. Dont need him to be a "game manager" in the traditional sense. He can let Krappies manage things, he just sits back, waits for the right picture then takes the line super direct our out the back of shape. Generational talent at 10 for the Boks. If rugby needs personalities it needs more SFMs and less Pollock's in my mind. #Springboks #SARugby

Classic Dunning-Kruger effect from Bok fans. britannica.com/science/Dunni… Oom is right. Pretty sure Bok management would have sat down with RWC27 in mind, planned out who needs to be where by then, would likely have the Test teams for November pre-picked (pending injuries) to give the players what they need in terms of exposure/game time etc. We are in full blown RWC prep now. Just let the boys cook.

Commentators are all "Wallabies need to do this, Wallabies need to do that". Mate. They can't. They do not have the cattle. It's like getting upset at your dog for not being able to talk. #AUSvNZL #BledisloeCup

These new hip drop laws are going to be an absolute disaster. TMO involvements are going to explode. There will be mass confusion over what even counts as a hip drop. Player simulation and faking injuries will go through the roof. And fans saying "just don't make the tackle" or "if you're in a bad spot just let him score" are going to drive everyone insane. Rugby League already went down this path. And they are already starting to question things. After Nathan Cleary's compound fracture against the Knights a few weeks ago Cleary himself said there's no intent. It's an accident. The game is made of micro-moments and some of them go wrong. youtu.be/m38abRFgvdY?si=IzKn… We're trying so hard to pretend rugby isn't a game of physical confrontation where people get hurt. We litigate every single scenario. We complain the game is too complex, too much referee intervention, too much TMO. Then we write rules for every little thing. The worst part is we're asking players to do something that's basically impossible. Make the perfect decision in a microsecond, every single time. Think of that Bobby V tackle. He got his hands on Carter when Carter was still 6 or 7 metres out. You can't tell him in that moment to just not compete because there's a chance it goes wrong. There are too many variables at play. It depends on how his boots grip the ground, whether the field is wet or dry, and how dense the grass is. Does Carter keep driving his legs? Do other players arrive and change the angle? Exactly where does he grab him? All of that decides the physics of the collision, and he has to process it in a split second. You're either telling him he just can't tackle someone from behind, which is ridiculous. You can't ban tackling from behind in rugby. Or you're telling Carter that the second he feels contact from behind he has to stop driving and go to ground, which is also ridiculous. Or you're telling Bobby he has to take every variable he doesn't fully know, work out the percentage chance it goes wrong, and decide in that microsecond what to do. It makes no sense. There are rugby incidents where both players do everything right and it still goes wrong. We just refuse to accept that. #NZLvAUS #BledisloeCup #Rugby #NRL

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MLB are running NASA level tech every game to track homers and we cant get the refs walkie talkies working! 🤣

I dont think SFM is the best rugby player in the world just yet. This is probably a little overzealousness from @Zels77 and @mark_keohane because they are knowledgeable about rugby and understand what SFM CAN become. SFM is a legit Test 10. Amazing competitor and difference maker on the field. Already. And I think he is at 30-40% of his capacity. And has hopefully 10 years left in his Bok career. Nowhere even close to his ceiling. Thats the exciting bit.

Farnham, footy, mateship and having a good time. All the things the world loves about the Lucky Country. And all the things the woke left hates and is trying to drive us away from.

The mystery I really want answered. Is @Oldmangaming4u " 1) A Saffa living in NZ who migrated and doesnt like it there and is super salty about it? 2) A Kiwi troll conducting a massive psy-op? 3) Some oke in Varkiesfontein in SA using a VPN via NZ for some reason? 4) Keo's brother in NZ backchanneling stuff from inside the Bok camp? One of rugbys great mysteries! Cant doubt the guys dedication though! I wonder if he will maintain the pace into the end of year Tests? #RGR #SAvNZ #AllBlacks #Springboks

Can the @AllBlacks high octane attack get better? Absolutely. Equally, can the @Springboks defence get way better (particularly if JN comes back). Absolutely. #RGR #RSAvNZL #Springboks #AllBlacks

I don't buy this "we won the SA series 2-1" stuff. Before and after Test 1 the Bok camp was claiming this is a 4 match series and they were approaching it that way. Massive psychological stakes at play for Game 4. A 2-2 series result will be a huge moral win for the ABs

The Springboks - All Blacks rivalry is special. The RGR tour has confirmed this is a relationship that is the envy of the Rugby world. Lets pay it the respect it deserves.

"Rugby needs to simplify the game to appeal to more fans!" Nah. Rugbys beauty is in its complexity. The NFL makes no apologies for itself. If you want to be a nause and dive into the intricacies of it, they will provide content for you to do so. If you want to just enjoy the spectacle and spot celebs in the crowd, they got you too. But they dont change the essence of the game. NFL media rights alone are about six to eight times bigger than all professional rugby union AT EVERY LEVEL GLOBALLY, including media rights, tickets, sponsors, everything #NFL #NFLFans #Rugby #RugbyUnion

Every man and his dog is taking still shots of high tackles, cleanouts from the side, what they feel are poor refereeing decisions. He did that, oh but he did this. What about this? Yeah the All Blacks did this but the Springboks did that. It's pathetic. #RGR #SAvNZ

We've had times in the past decade where we've been terrible. So both sides have a lot of emotional investment here. But the amount of ridiculous mudslinging back and forth on socials is just pitiful. It is swallowing what this whole tour is actually supposed to be about. #RGR