With the comp drawing to a very congested end, it is interesting to look at a range of stats and line it up against the respective team’s positions on the ladder. What I find surprising is the lowly ‘line-out win %’ of the NZ teams, I guess they aren’t really blessed with...

Here we are with 2 to go. I’ve kicked the Force and the Blues out of contention,...

Cheetahs 10 – Tahs 18   Basically the whole pack had a blinder, destroying the Cheetahs in...

Monday What a bloody weekend! Losing was bad enough, but having that chrome domed kiwi laughing about...

Earlier this week I stuck up some footage of Ben Alexander tearing it up running ball in hand vs the Bulls. Well here’s a little montage of the incumbent Wallaby number 1 Benn Robinson. It’s just from his first 20 minutes on the park vs the Force last Sat. To my count...

Last weekend’s results have changed things somewhat. Previous to round 10 I had reasonably thought that around...

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Check out the training move in the background – they’re practicing dropping it for sucks fake!

There was some confusion earlier for Bakkies Botha’s stray elbow into Phil Waugh’s head that earnt him a 3 week suspension, here’s the real footage. They tacked on some ‘highlights’ of a Romanian rugby brawl so I included this in the footage as well… surely one of the most brutal fights to...

A fascinating clash is brewing on Saturday night and already the mind games (or are they brain farts?) have started. What we should have is a classic case of ‘rugby good’ vs ‘rugby evil’, just like the Wallabies vs England. In the ‘good’ corner is the Force. Full of speed and guile...

When I’m sat in my chair dreaming of yesteryear, when the Wallabies and the states were once successful (OK, a while back), there was a key facet of the game that I thought we were pretty damn good at; support play. In my minds eye I can see Larkham having “ghosted” through...

1. Ben Alexander (Brumbies) – Superb performance with his workrate and willingness to truck the ball-up, just what was needed on a night where the conditions were appalling. 2. Squeeky Moore (Brumbies) – Lead the Brumbies front row which dominated the Stormers pack. Had a pretty solid night with his line-out work...

After another horrendous weekend of swearing at the TV screen while watching Australian teams repeatedly lose, some while be-smirching the name of rugby, I’ve decided enough is enough. It’s time to open Dr Gagger’s S14 Rugby Surgery. Let’s review our case-load. THE WESTERN FORCE Presentation: The Force can play some belting rugby...

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Tahs 6 – Bulls 20 Full time Live commentary below:

In the last few weeks I’ve done an analysis of the best attacking Australian players in the Super 14, this week, I finally found some reliable defensive stats and I’ve done the numbers – the results are below. As a minimum, forwards must have attempted more than 30 tackles and backs more...

With the teams now rounding the bend and about to enter the home straight of this year’s Super 14, I thought it timely to have a look at the run home of the three Australian finals contenders. It is interesting the three teams at the head of the table are yet to...

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As the weeks roll on, it becomes increasingly foolish to tip against the Tahs. Love em or hate ’em, they’re showing a quality missing in the rest of the Aussie sides at the moment, and that’s the ability to win. I sense the tide of opinion may have turned a little, from...