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Only one American from memory. I knew Spithall was an Aussie but I didn't realize anyone else was. I didn't pay much attention to it really.

"All the Aussies" How many were there? I suspect there were more Kiwis in Oracle than Aussies.

I don't agree with that. It has been a mixed bag in the ITM Cup. Whilst there have been some very poor scrum games, equally there have been plenty of very good ones. It seems to come down to whether the ref has been vigilant in ensuring a steady scrum pre feed, and requiring the packs to...

Well come on, someone had to say it. :p

McKenzie is about to be turfed out and White will take his place.

I remember that game. I was living in Auckland at the time and it was horrible to watch. I think the laws of the game in 1996-1997 were the best. They mucked everything up in 1998 by allowing less time to release the ball at a tackle which was balanced by introducing the gate at the tackle.

I can assure you that plenty of refs had a broad smile after Poite pinged the Saffers for that. For too long players have stood offside to the side of rucks where they have won the ball, and referees at the top level have ignored it. Poite did the right thing, he mentioned it to JDV the first...

Refereeing decisions aside, it was still a great game. I enjoyed it and look forward to the next one. SA played with a lot of heart and fire, but I thought some of their basic skills let them down a bit. I lost track of how many high balls they dropped and some of the passing along the...

OK, but only if they are actually obstructing. hanging around offside waiting for play to catch up with you after a kicking duel or a break for instance is not necessarily illegal. Take a look at 11.1 (or all of 11 for that matter). Anyways I think Cyclos's post above speaks for me, and I...

I would start off by looking for the law which makes this illegal before I spent too much time wading through videos looking for instances of it.

Yep well said. Can't add much to that, except that you don't need all your forwards to be mongrels, but do you need a few, and you need all of them to have that potential to go feral if the need should arise. Just look at a guy like Brodie Retallic. He's a guy you wouldn't mess with in a...

I thought about linking to that, but sheesh that is a complicated document. There is something wrong with the laws when you need a 19 page pamphlet just to describe when the ball is in or out. I know that no simple solution is perfect but the hodge podge we have at the moment is a mess.

Someone else has answered this, but I can confirm that the AR was correct. If the ball has crossed the plane of touch and a player jumps and knocks it back into the field of play and lands in touch then the ball is in touch (kicking team put it there). Where a player remains in the field of...

Amazing stuff. In 3 weekends we have broken over 150 years of Ranfurly Shield drought.

All 3. He has had a slight calf strain for a few weeks, he didn't play all that well last week, and its time to see if Saili can cut it.

Thread Rassied. :(

I have read your last post and it does not appear to relate to the issue I thought we were discussing.

I must confess that art doesn't really interest me - I'm a born Philistine in that regard unfortunately. Having said that, the painting below looks rather intriguing. I take it chaotic sprawling works are his forte? It's hard to see quite what is going on. Where is that painting located...

Yeah well, send it to the Pulitzer judges.

WTF Rassie. I'm not going to read all that. If you can't write your main points in 2-3 short paragraphs then forget it.