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It is a fair point, although it needs to be tempered slightly by the fact that the Crusaders looked good in their first game back after the break against the Highlanders, and then in their second game back looked awesome against the Chiefs. I think if there is a will there is a way.

I didn't see it live but looking at it on the replay, the White 8 dove over the ruck and held onto one of the boots of the Red 5 whilst on the ground. Red 5 lashed out with his other boot and hit the White 8 on about the upper arm/shoulder. As a former player I 'd say that both players were...

I assure you that there isn't a non-Aussie reading this thread that wasn't thinking it. Besides, the lead isn't insurmountable yet. Still plenty of life in it.

Chin up mate. There's always the Ashes.

Nah. Unless you deem Heinz action to be foul play then you go back for the first offence, which was a white knock on. (Law 8.5)

Largely because it wasn't touched by a Crusader hand I would imagine.

Booing a bit poor, but then you get that with those northerners up there. Fortunately there is enough good rugby being played by the Crusaders to take away attention from that. The swarm of red forwards that hit three successive breakdowns to earn that PK in front was positively orgasmic...

Not the game or the year mixed up, but perhaps we are looking at it through different coloured lenses. Anyway, moving on. I would think that Link will be a much better fit for this Wallaby team, but you never really know until he takes over. What has worked for him at the Reds may be...

We played fairly well in that game, though it was a bit rusty at times. If I recall correctly we scored two masterful set piece tries and got bitten by a few refereeing decisions that were not necessarily wrong, but different to what we were used to (where we drove past the ball at a ruck so...

Not buying much of that. 1st and 3rd tests against Ireland, 1st and second Bledisloe tests, and the tests away to SA and Argentina were the equal of any All Black side from 2004-2011. There was an alarming downward spiral on the EOYT, starting with the draw in the final Bledisloe Test, but it...

Last year he did both SA v Argentina games. That is about as good as it could get for him in the RC I'm afraid.

Oh right. Done those sorts of drills. Appropriate name.

Circle of pain? That's a new one on me. What does it involve?

Henry was, I'm not sure about White (I'll take your word for it) but Hansen wasn't. He was a cop.

I don't think you would get the support you think you will. The ARU would look foolish, exactly the same way that the SARU looked like fools when they did their Justice4 armbands campaign. Refusing to play a game unless you get the decision you want would be seen by everyone concerned as...

I hope the ARU has plenty of white armbands at the ready. That would stir things up a bit.

Bit cryptic there IS. What is your opinion on all of this? I presume you have at least glanced at the judgment from Hampton. I'm no barrister, but I reckon there are at least a couple of appealable points arising from it. The standard of proof seems to be all over the place (even if...

I reckon they have been told to sit this one out so the selectors can see how Ranger and Barrett (on the bench again) go. I don't think it is a reflection on their form at all, and I haven't heard about any injury concerns.

Well, there is the Richie McCaw Certainty Principle, a close cousin of Godwin's law: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fun:Paddy_O%27Brien%27s_Law

On a slightly lighter note, I'll bet when Barnes went over a tape of the game he paused and gave a silent thanks to god that the Frenchman dropped the ball with the line in sight. Had he caught the ball and France gone on to win, Barnes would have had to endure 6 more years of replays of the...