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90 points in a test match??? When was the last time that happened between 2 first tier teams? I guess you wouldn't want it so high every game, but then the games were still physical, brutal encounters - not really basketball rugby at all.

1997 in Jo'berg was the greatest test I have ever seen. Unbelievable game of rugby. Fast, aggressive, close, feisty and with some memorable individual performances from both sides. Peter Marshall at his best as the ref as well. Definitely check it out if you can.

NZ v SA is the rugby equivalent of the Ashes.

That is true, of course. Still, the NZ rugby media is a bit sycophantic for my liking, until they lose a big game - and then they go into full borne meltdown and throw all objectivity out the window. It might be nice to smooth over both the peaks and the valleys.

Yeah I tend to agree with much of what Dan54 says. The guy is entitled to his opinion. His overarching point that there is a lack of critical analysis from NZ rugby media is not incorrect. There does tend to be a lack of analysis about the All Blacks when they are winning, which then all...

I agree with this last bit completely. When we lose to the boks, you kind of think "oh well you expect it and these things happen - they are a great rugby country after all". Losing to the Wallabies by comparison feels a bit embarrassing. It isn't entirely fair because Australia has a...

I think competitiveness is a very big part of it. NZ v the Boks has always been competitive at all times throughout its history. We have the slight edge on them recently, but not by all that much. Over history, they are the team that has given us the most trouble, and that has continued in...

Still the biggest rivalry for me. They were overtaken by the Wobs briefly in the early 2000's but not for long.

I'll take your word for it. Anyways I am out. See you next week for the Boks.

Actually IS, given that I believe we scored 3 tries under PK advantage last week, and 1 this week, you lot need to improve your cheating significantly. Even when you lot cheat we still sometimes score. :p I'm not one to make videos these days, but perhaps if you take a look at the first try...

I acknowledge the ref was poor. I don't accept the prevailing view around here that the Wallabies were any less cynical than the All Blacks. I saw an awful lot of offside play, infringing on the ground, not rolling aways etc etc from the Wallabies, some of which was picked up, much of which...

No way buddy. He is all yours. We have yet to choose our Champion but I suspect all he'll need is a sling and a couple of stones.

You mean like if the All Blacks had had a likely try disallowed for a dubious forward pass, or if the Wallabies had infringed every time the All Blacks got into the attacking zone, or if the Wallabies had given away 16 penalties, many of them cynical with no yellow cards or even a warning and...

:rolleyes: Rassie is your champion, huh. Interesting choice...

I have an alternate theory on the Moore decision. If you take a look at Peyper when he gives that decision, he is barely looking at he grounding and appears disinterested in it. I suspect that he went back to the PK because he got Gold 3 for sealing off at the prior breakdown. He was a bit...

Peyper had a game he would rather forget. I was not a fan of his until very recently, I thought he was prone to making decisions based purely on the flow of the game and not on the lawbook. The last half of Super Rugby I thought he was much better and looked like he had turned the corner, but...

That's a strange comment. Still, even if the crowd is a bit apathetic, you can't really blame them. No doubt this will be interpreted as arrogance in some quarters but holding onto the Bledisloe is a bit ho hum these days.

Crowds are always a lot lower for the ITM Cup. At the main centres people go to the Super Rugby, and at the smaller centres there are smaller numbers of people in the catchment pool. As for standard, I think it's about the same as always. You have to remember that 80+ of the players are just...

It must be said that I have looked for a direct link to this article at the Herald website and I have been unable to find it. A google search of some of the words takes me to a post I made at a rugby forum and where I got it from, which was a post at a different forum. I assumed that this...

That was Rattue himself. Late 2007, just after the decision to reinstate the 3 wise men was announced. It is one hell of a rant. Worthy of an internet rugby forum, but perhaps not for the national newspaper.