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Because the two have very little correlation. Otago provides very few Highlanders and Waikato very few Chiefs.

Yeah but even so there are still more Aussie rugby players than Kiwis (twice as many according to wiki ) . Either way it is kind of a dull argument. Perhaps best to just stick to the rugby. This 'per capita' and/or 'how many people care about the sport' is incredibly pointless especially when...

Is Rattue worse than the Walrus? I think he would give him a good run for his money:

Besides, it is far too early to make a forecast for Wellington. Let me know at 7pm on Saturday what the weather is doing and then we might have an idea what is going to happen. Everything else is like throwing a dart against a wall.

Speed is important, but only to an extent. Guys like Dagg, Ben Smith and Corey Jane are not slouches, but they are hardly out and out speedsters either. When you come in further, Nonu and Conrad Smith are not particularly fast at all, not these days anyway. The only really fast guys we...

We all are quick to see the offences of the opposition and very slow to see our own offences. It is an effect of a mixture of confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance. Happens in every walk of life where there is an in-group and an out-group, whether it is politics, religion, race and in...

Who did you have in mind Rassie?

Mate, with all due respect it's no surprise people misunderstand your posts, they are all over the place, with appalling spelling and grammar that makes everything you say ambiguous. This isn't English class and spelling and grammar mistakes happen, but perhaps you could take the time to check...

Yeah, its pretty much just you. Virtually every time the All Blacks had an opportunity to score a try they did. I don't know how you could say they didn't have good attacking play or flair. Whatever else may be said about this All Black team, they attack better than any other. In fact I would...

Sheesh. Only just though.

^^^I think Brian "Aussie" McClean's nickname is just a bit of a jibe. He was born in Victoria, but was brought up in Wellington and has done all of his coaching in NZ. He has been in and around the NZ top level scene for 20 years, starting out as assistant coach for Canterbury in 1993 then...

Cruden and Barrett both out. Yikes. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11111418 No liking this post.

Sir Richard Hadlee said it at a school assembly when I was in primary school. Damn plagiarist. ;)

Simmons would win that one I'd say. Whitelock had an off night. Gave away 2 PK's and couldn't catch a thing in the lineouts. A bit odd because Whitelock had been excellent in general this year.

Yes and if you watch that clip it is a very good example of the AB's focus on the little things. Remember it came from a penalty kick that Barrett was a little ambitious on and failed to find touch. There was an excellent chase from the whole team in a line across the field just for this...

I don't see how you could apply a regimented system to the advantage law. Tactical advantage is defined as "freedom to play the ball as one wishes" and I don't know how you could put a time limit or a particular line on the field on whether a team has secured this freedom or not. Even...

Slightly off topic, but the "number of registered rugby players a country has" is about as reliable an indication of the performance of their test team as the possession stats in a game are an indication of the likely winner that game. Bugger all. It's quality, not quantity that counts...

It hasn't been too bad really. Dwyer had a good go as he always does, but even his effort was poor for his usual lofty standards. None of the knowledgeable posters have made much noise about him though. The main reason for that is that Joubert was actually very good. He got both sides when...

Yeah IIRC they booed and booed. The NH journalists may have celebrated but that was the end of that idea.

:D You are a funny guy IS. 20.3(g)