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If he isn't he will be soon. The Highlanders are looking for some outside backs ...

And they certainly are - 37 -16 with 20 to go. Some great tries and skills on display from both teams, but particularly Tasman. The new scrums really do give an advantage to the dominant scrum, which is good.

Waikato are kak this year. They will do well to avoid relegation I'd say. Next game should be a beauty.

Tasman to beat Otago and Southland to beat Waikato would be my picks. The first game will be better viewing than the latter. Actually it's Southland v Waikato first.

No kidding. Rassie's habit of writing great swathes of text full of hyperbole, half-truths and vitriol distract from any valid points he might have had. Others have described his posting style as a form of Gish Galloping, and I am inclined to agree. As for this point itself, it reminds me...

Yes, it is a touch unfair, I admit. Still, I think we have to maintain a position of agnosticism - at the very least - on whether O'Connor would have been able to stop Ranger had he been in Kirchner's place above.

hmmm. I'm not too sure about that...

Whatever. Do you have a source for this revelation? You should go and convince wikipedia to alter their articles on the subject.

Meh. I think it has been fairly well documented that the All Blacks were requested not to bring any Maori's or other players of colour on tours from 1921-1960. It was pretty shabby stuff all round and no amount of sophistry is going to change that.

I think that people commenting on refereeing decisions are often far too harsh when dealing with the requirement for the tackler to release immediately. For me, I think the requirement only kicks in once the ball carrier has been brought to a stop, otherwise the ball carrier will often just get...

That is a plausible theory but actually the PK was for Ben Smith getting held back earlier on. (But that is beside the point) I think in the BOD one, it is more the fact that a tackle was completed in the field of plae and he has come in the side. I would not like to see this sort of thing...

Mainly due to the fact that "a tackle can only take place in the field of play" - which does not include the in-goal (15.1)

It is an interesting decision alright, and has the potential to set a precedent. It isn't a wrong decision but it may have long lasting ramifications. How many of you would like to see PT's awarded in these two situations? And no doubt many many others.

No worries. It was actually threatening to devolve into apartheid apologism so you have done well to distract from that. ;)

I think you might be right there. His story is very plausible and understandable. Young lad from Mosgiel grows up dreaming to play for the All Blacks. Probably had never heard of league or the Kiwis or the Kangaroos (not an exaggeration by the way for a kid from Mosgiel in those days). Family...

Counties in with a decent shot this weekend I reckon. Tana can get them up for a one-off game I think. Imagine that, Shield goes to a team that hasn't had it in 57 years to a team without it for 44 years to a team that has never had it. All in 3 weekends.

I wonder if we really need to veer into the racial aspects of the history. I think fault can be found on all sides. It is my experience that whenever race and rugby history is discussed it often degenerates far off course and ends up dominating the subject matter. I think it would be a...

I think you are overstating the case. The odd tighthead and the odd time where a team is pushed off their ball is not a bad thing.

Some silly stuff from Cockerill there. If anything the new scrum laws have made the scrum more competitive rather than less so. Far from being a Southern Hemisphere conspiracy to depower the scrum, I think early indications are that fielding a weakened scrum with glorified flankers as props...

I think you have to do a box kick occasionally. Flinging it back to a guy in the in-goal under massive pressure is sometimes a recipe for disaster. Genia is just too slow to execute the kick, its too obvious that's what he's doing, and his kicks go too low. Basically he isn't very good at them.