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My thoughts on the British & Irish Lions so far on this tour has been that they are a formiddable, but not unbeatable team. I have been most impressed with their outside backs, and was mortified last Saturday to find even the Tahs being found wanting out-wide, with Wings, F/B and O/C being caugt...

Haha... I could be wrong, but if I am, the worst that will happen in my Universe, is the loss of a second bottle of Margaret River Cab Sav...

True enough... The standard of refereeing at schools will never be what it could be - its not the nature of the beast, and it will remain a voluntary pass-time for a long time to come yet. I imagine that CHS must be even harder hit in this regard, given all the rules & regs relating to what...

Not really - an opinion on an internet forum is not a selection in a Test Team... the point being that unless the Australian Selectors suddenly start changing Gill for Hooper and the like, then your point really has no point at all... The other point is that I nor anyone else in the context of...

I would completely re-assert what I have said. I am well aware of who is in the squad, and I have watched Fa'aingaa for years - if he is really still our number 2 Hooker, then we are likely to be found in some trouble in that position this year - and this tour. As to what is 'coming out of the...

Not much point really - I am a long way away from you, and to be honest... I have never felt any great compulsion to re-inforce my own opinion with a wager.

Well, on the One hand, You are talking about actual All Black Selectors, and on the other hand, You are talking about some Mung on an internet forum - origins and IQ unknown... I really don't get you guys.

In my humble opinion, I think there is zero chance of Folau being chosen on the wing, and If Fa'aingaa is our 2nd Best Hooker, then we will have big problems in that Department.

I don't think I accused anyone of Ref bashing - in fact I had largely in mind a prior post which said words to the effect of "Load of Rubbish, Pats should have won"... Not exactly an analytical opinion. No harm in pointing out controversial decisions, but 'shoulda' 'woulda' & 'coulda' were...

One thing i would MORE THAN LIKE to see a crackdown on this weekend (apart from the list that Bob Dwyer kindly provided) - is all this talking to the ref and having mid-pitch discussions by those other than the Captains... WAYYYYY to much chatter going on in Southern Hemisphere Rugby this...

This thread makes edifying reading... For all the problems in Oz Rugby, it only took a short-trawl through here to make me Thank God I live in Australia.... What a place.

that is piss weak. even for humour.

Well, for what it is worth, ARU and NZRU people are not talking about it as an 'if' but as a 'when'... apparently talks were also held by the US Rugby Bods with Northern Hemisphere Competitions, and it was decided that they could not expand their current structures, so... It is unlikely you...

I did not see the game, and so do not wish to comment on it only to respond to a couple of earlier posts to this effect; It has never been part of the Rugby Culture at Strathfield to bleat about the Result, or blame the Ref - (no matter how justified or unjustified such blame may be) - rather...

I am not doubting you - but how does a clique survive?

if their rugby programme is non-existent, what do they concentrate on? its an honest question - i know almost nothing about them.

Ahhh.. i see - almost $13 M NZ Dollars... a bit less than the predicted $20 M - but I certainly don't see Oz being able to host again any time soon... We ran the 2003 RWC at a good profit - about $35 M- but I understand the IRB Fee is now what? - $20M - plus up-front? Some are saying 2027...

Well, its a little unrealistic to have nothing to say about a result like that - particularly against an Oakhill Team that was supposed to be pretty good... Obviously St. Augustines played well, but what about the other side of the coin - any Oakhill old boys on here? were there injuries...

any other schools results coming in?

I am not particularly ofey on the competitions but; Matraville Boys Sports High. (Waratah Shield Winners) Patrician Brothers Fairfield. Holy Cross College, North Ryde. Fort Street High School. Christian Brothers, Lewisham. Marist High, Parramatta. Marist North Shore. Patrician Brothers...