Jaymann comments

This is in extremely poor taste.

It was such a stunning display of power by NZ that day - more of the same please :)

Hard to decide who was worse. The utterly uninspiring Italians, the error-ridden second-stream AB side, or the appalling officials? All conspired to make this a dog of a game.

Great play by Ireland's kiwis. Three tries to their imports

Immediately showing that baldwin has a poor understanding of statistics

NZ are certainly the best team in world rugby right now

Oh please, they've lost 4 of their last 9 tests. NZ remains the team to beat

Ardern thereby confirming that she no idea what she is doing. The country has printed itself to a standstill, inflation is rising, democratic process is calmly disregarded by the labour government while the media (bailed out by the same government) keeps telling everyone the situation is all roses.

Just like her now infamous: "eliminate child poverty" promise/lie, so goes her elimination of covid 'strategy'.

This has been disastrous for NZ. The economy has been wrecked and despite our naturally small, isolated islands managing to delay the inevitable the endemic nature of the virus means this has been nothing more than an expensive exercise in futility. Ardern must be called to account for her incompetence.

Same as it ever was. I had predicted that NZ would return to #1 after their first meeting with SA post-RWC. It would have been in 2020 if not for covid. Who would have guessed it would happen before they even played.

sounds appallingly bad

and the first since both NZ and Japan pummelled them in the RWC

it's so sad that women's sport is being ruined by biological men, purely to appease the 'feels' of a tiny minority. As a NZer, I feel indifferent towards Hubbard's identity, he can call himself whatever she pleases. But for the poor women that must compete against him - it is just sad that sports' institutions accept this.

I for one am really happy to see Beta-males get their own pointless boy-band.

Slept through it...

Wow, looking at some of these posts it's like the North Korean justice system is better than Japan's. Like in Japan they force you to talk by pulling out fingernails and drilling into your kneecaps. And the US system is complicit in the torture of these fine people

Japan's justice system is full of documented physical and mental torture cases.

Tremendously sad news. Japan's highly flawed and racist justice system will ensure they are not given a just or civilised trial.

two of NZ's very worst parliamentarians arguing past each other in a complete bonfire of vanities. The moronic Mallard and the ultra-precious Waititi. Waititi continues his ranting of racist exceptionalism and Mallard just keeps being Mallard; now universally considered the worst Speaker in our history.

Neckties may well be anachronistic and silly - but parliament was surveyed, and voted in majority (across parties) to keep them. But, of course, a radical like Waititi wants to be seen as special. How far is he willing to go? Would he give up his huge taxpayer funded salary to quit in a principled stance? Or will he just whip out the tired, boorish old trope about maori exceptionalism? It's a trick question: he will do the latter.

A result that we can all get behind and enjoy

Congratulations America on ending racism ;)

Digital produces a purer sound. That is just a fact. People like analogue because of the imperfections in the recording medium

The climate is always changing. The extent to which humans can effect it is contentious at best. Our ability to change in ways we deem positive is almost entirely conjecture

Surely we all realise that this is not going ahead in 2021?

Why must we be equal? What does that even mean? Humans are different: the two genders are different, cultures are different, races are different. These are facts, confirmed by research and biology. Men are better at some things women are better at others. I haven't seen anyone complain or worry that women far outweigh men as nurses or school teachers. In western countries women far outnumber men in law and veterinary studies.... no one seems to want to""equalise"" those areas. This is just more neo-marxist, woke nonsense.

Time to let it go

whilst this was a masterclass in discipline and patience - really NZ should have scored 60 points. Argentina being prevented from their litany of cheap shots and off the ball play from the 1st test were too busy tackling to ever fire a shot.

She probably told Joe. "Well first you need a tiny country of 5 million people at the end of the world surrounded by a giant moat. Then, no public transport to speak of and an aversion to taking trains for travel. NZ was as much a beneficiary of its own isolation as anything else.

I really do enjoy how Cindy Ardern talks like a progressive and acts like a neo-liberal conservative. How long before her sycophantic followers wise-up. Japan of course are the exact opposite; free Trade is fine.... so long as all our major industries are protected with tariffs and subsidies.

It is hard to fathom why anyone would be interested in this insipid tasting wine.

NZ should just withdraw - they would have won it with ease anyway