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Rod Kafer commenting on Country's options when they had a penalty 5 metres out from the Lions' line, advocated they should just tap and go: "You're a 50-50 chance to score." And he's supposed to be the bright one in the commentary team. .

Judging by his photo, sauli, your nephew was born to play front row, although he looks as if he belongs more on the other side of the scrum. After seeing him for the first time I'll bet his parents were relieved to be told he wasn't a girl. .

We see what we choose to see.

Yet another year of triumph for centralised professionalised administration. Would it really have been so hard to put a well-tuned match-ready team on the park for our first pool game against Ireland? Let's accept the fact that the ARU has limited funding available and that we face the tyranny...

On first reading, Dan, I thought you were being ironic but then I noticed you are a Kiwi. .

I honestly have absolutely no idea, TBH. In the case of the Rebels, Damien Hill was appointed to the new Rebels franchise under Rod Macqueen while Louden was still coaching Ricoh in Japan. Now that the Head Coach's position has been thrown open it will be interesting to see whether Louden gets a...

As I understand it, before Foley was appointed Todd Louden was interviewed by the then Force CEO, but was left in no doubt that it was only intended as a formality to satisfy one of the Directors as the decision on the Head Coach had already been made. Presumably the same CEO persuaded his...

Touché, Charger, you got me. .

"Chubby around the quads"!! "Isn't all muscle"?? In losing 31% of your body mass, Pfitzy, how much was due to losing chubbiness around the thighs as opposed to losing it from your belly, pectorals and arse? You could be onto something significant. I am unaware of any studies that have yet been...

Probably the main reasons why "Foley never picked him while Tahs coach" was that for most of the 2012 season he was only 19 and also that he was only in the NSW National Academy. He didn't join the Waratahs Extended Playing Squad until three months ago. The Body Mass Index is almost...

Have you actually had a look at the young bloke? He's 135 lean and there would be few players who work as hard as him on his fitness. Presumably something else was distracting you while the game was going on. .

On reflection I think that the Pulveriser may be onto something in shortening games to 50 minutes. Had Rugby-Lite been played throughout the Deans era our record against the All Blacks would have almost looked respectable. It was the last 30 minutes that was so frequently our downfall. Our new...

Physical imposition. Love it.

Normally I'm more than happy to believe anything negative about the mental giants at Driver Avenue, but we're straying into wakky baccy territory here. My mail was that the ARU had them cold on rorting via ground rental but for some inexplicable reason never went on with it. I think Folau...

I think I missed the bit where you said "the system works", IS. .

Great individual try. Why didn't the dopey bastards reach agreement to have the Lions play in red shorts and the Reds in white? .

Virtually explicit in the Pulver Pronouncement is the idea that Australian Rugby is incapable of producing sufficient players of international standard; evidenced by the stipulation that the additional import positions are to be restricted to those "who will eventually become eligible to play...

pulverise (iz), v. 1. v.t. Reduce to powder or dust; (fig.) demolish, crush, smash. 2. v.i. Crumble to dust. {ME, f. LL pulverizare] Rebels, Force granted foreign recruit concession BY:BRET HARRIS From:The Australian June 08, 2013 12:00AM THE ARU has granted Super Rugby expansion...

Me? Totally relaxed. .

The pillorification of the coach-we-used-to-have should not be dependent on the result of a particular match, IS. .