Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: Interesting conversations https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124528#post124528 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124528#post124528 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:58:28 +1200 Paul Rowe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124364#post124364 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124364#post124364 I've defended the AB coaches here this season, and still disagree with the "anyone but Henry" crowd, but after watching the buffonery on show by the ABs in Durban, I'm starting to wonder...

The All Blacks are facing a crisis, playing just about the stupidest rugby imaginable,

This is just…

]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:31:52 +1200 Daniel Wilton https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124359#post124359 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124359#post124359 Uniform question

How come the Warriors does not have the stitching in the same way that the lions jersey does. It has the same panel lay out but not the stitching.

I personally think that this would further enhance what is the best thing about the warriors this season. Their…

]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:21:17 +1200 Tom Semmens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124293#post124293 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124293#post124293

No doubts the NZRU will be sending him oversees very shortly in that case :)

Hawkes Bay has the best coach in the competition. Once upon a time, that would have got you the All Black's job automatically. Now, you have to be on the inside with the professional haves…

]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:35:38 +1200 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124260#post124260 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124260#post124260 "just hope for the best" is part of the captain's game plan. ]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:05:46 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124258#post124258 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124258#post124258 Can anyone seriously doubt Peter Russell is rocketing towards contention as a possible Super 14 coaching – even eventually All Black – role? His players seem to have a brain, they play sensibly when sensibleness is the order of the day, and they play expansively when they sense opportunities, and… ]]> Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:53:17 +1200 Tom Semmens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124159#post124159 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124159#post124159 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:50:49 +1200 Tony Parker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124156#post124156 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124156#post124156 ZOMG! Hawke's Bay THRASHED Auckland 47-13! And they did by playing rugby, as opposed to whatever variant rugby league it is that Auckland insists on playing. The Magpies are just so jolly well drilled. They play a simple game called "rugby" where you plan to play in the other team's… ]]> Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:23:12 +1200 Tom Semmens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124139#post124139 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124139#post124139 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:28:04 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124104#post124104 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124104#post124104

Which is nowhere near as crazy as the fact that recently-convicted murderer Clayton Weatherston was the person "inside" the Shaq outfit for some years.

The coaches mentioned that, paused, then said "don't put that on the blog". Weatherston though was not the person inside the Shaq outfit who was fired…

]]> Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:34:45 +1200 Allan Moyle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124086#post124086 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124086#post124086 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:32:00 +1200 Grant McDougall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124044#post124044 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124044#post124044

Did you know Otago's mascot is Shaq the Cat? And that he was stolen from the Otago Nuggets basketball team? Crazy.

Which is nowhere near as crazy as the fact that recently-convicted murderer Clayton Weatherston was the person "inside" the Shaq outfit for some years.

As a long-suffering Otago supporter,…

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:34:06 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124027#post124027 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124027#post124027

Firstly we have a chance to win back the Raeburn Shield that we lost to them last week. No I hadn't heard of it either until I was emailed the website by Randall Munro this week.

Wow, that's a really dumb 'shield'.

I want to see handover footage for this…

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:55:51 +1200 Jo S https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124007#post124007 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124007#post124007 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:03:15 +1200 Jo S https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124006#post124006 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124006#post124006

No, it's best all round if we forget that Thursday match happened (not that I imagine anyone watched it).

Hey I watched the second half does that count?
Wasn't terribly impressed, but I did watch ...

My Fiancee is hanging out for Otago to take the sheild off Wellington, so…

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:02:18 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124005#post124005 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124005#post124005 I got to pick up the Shield a month or so ago. It does feel pretty cool for some reason.

In the meantime the giant inflatable version decided to crush someone (don't worry they were ok).

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:57:14 +1200 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124003#post124003 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124003#post124003 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:46:31 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124002#post124002 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-interesting-conversations/?p=124002#post124002 Discussion from blog post.

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