After half a packet of Tim Tams and five Rum and Cokes, I’ve done some data sets based on various criteria to see how each of the Australian provinces and individual Australian players are going thus far in the Super 14 for this year. Looking the above data, the thing that stands...

Incoming Wallaby skills coach, Richard Graham, has given his support to top line players taking short-term overseas contracts as a way of improving their skills and re-invigorating themselves. Graham took a longer term view about player development, distinctly opposed to the short term view recently put forward by former All Black, Christian...

He only played the first half due to a corked thigh, but great news for the Tahs and Wallabies rugby is that Luke Burgess seems to be hitting form again. It’s pretty fitting as it was against the Blues last year that the Burgwan first took his chance for stardom by turning...

From an Aussie perspective, last weekend’s super 14 was an unmitigated disaster. The Brumbies gave the Lions their 4th ever S14 win and both the Force and Tahs lost at home. Even worse was the error strewn manner in which all three teams gave away their matches. So what about this week?...

Based on the criteria below, I guess it’s down to Drew Mitchell, Diggers, Cliffy and David Pocock. Surprisingly for me is Scott Higginbotham, playing his first full season and featuring in both tables…onya Higgers!!! I love stats.

With the vultures now circling the Tahs season this year and the team showing no signs of...

NSW Waratahs 13 Crusaders 17 Full time 4 min – Tahs camped in saders 22. Last passes not sticking but ball being given width 7 min – Tahs scrum in own 22 smashes saders and Burgess forces turn over. Top kick from Beale Tahs looking to get ball to Tuqiri whenever possible...

This week has told you something about the Australian psyche. The Waratahs are literally coming first on the Super 14 ladder. And yet, from the bagging that they, and particularly the fly-half Kurtley Beale has been getting, you’d think they were coming ninth or tenth like the Force or Reds. I’m not...

1. Benn Robinson (Tahs) – Has gotten the better of his opposite numbers two weeks in a row and shown that he is the number one, no. 1 in the country. More often than not he was scrumming against two opponents, as George Smith would slide up along side the under pressure...

Below are the various video highlights from the Aussie Super 14 matches. Something to do at work on a Monday morning!

Fox won’t let me watch it in the UK, but I believe below are are tries of the week from round 5 Super 14 video highlights. Let me have any feedback about whether they’re working or not.

Full Time BRUMBIES 21 WARATAHS 11 Click read more for live plays.

This friday offers the next juicy Aussie derby and it gets more intriguing and less predictable as the days go by. How the mighty have fallen – in just two weeks. On the strength on one loss (albiet a dicking at home) and a week to stew on it, the Brumbies have...

While you begin the week still pissed off about the “free flowing” Reds getting clinically turned over by the almost “pommy-like” Tahs on Friday night, I wanted to give you a thought that’ll turn those frowns upside down, and actually help you rejoice in the fact that the cockroaches turned you over...

We are approximately a quarter of the way through the competition so it is timely to give Robbie Deans a hand and let him know what a Wallaby 22 would look like, based on this seasons’ form, if the Wallabies were playing a test match next week. 1. Benn Robinson (Tahs) –...

NSW Waratahs 15 – Queensland Reds 11 . As these types of fixtures go, last night’s game was pretty good. Although the scoreboard may not show it, there was a fair bit of attacking rugby played, only to be totally dominated by both team’s brutal defences. At times even the Tahs got...

No big freakin surprises that the annual “war of words” has “erupted” in the press. With guys saying hurtful things like “they’re boring”, “they haven’t won all their games” and “he’s a great mate off the field”, well what can you expect. And the fireworks will no doubt spill out onto the...

The Reds have the style, the Tahs have the substance, which is better is a matter of...