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Sorry to be such a killjoy Cyclo:)

Consider this scenario (which is a common one) - Player #1 makes no tackle bust or offload but takes the ball to the line, draws in two defenders and puts Player #2 into a hole with a pass just prior to contact - Player #2 doesn't have to change direction to get into that hole. One of the...

I don't believe you can judge players by statistics alone - they are only the quantitative side of judging a player but you also need to look at the qualitative side as well.

Genuine pushing, yes - appeared to be no change. Hooking contests - what are they? No- haven't seen one of those since 2010.

I've been watching the application of the variations to the scrum hit in the Pacific Rugby Cup. Let's not forget that the variations are being trialled as a result of the IRB study showing 58% of catastrophic injuries in rugby come from the scrum hit. From a pure legal liability point of view...

I saw Gill out at Ballymore tonight for the QLD A game - he had an elastic bandage on his knee - no brace and was walking quite freely - I'd be surprised if he doesn't play this weekend.

No - he has an U/20 camp this week so couldn't play but will be available next week

Pretty good summary TD. Tigerland12 - it was certainly a good defensive battle. We had 13 out of our pre-season squad of 35 unavailable so we got to see what sort of depth we'll have this year. Reserve Grade to Wests 22-7 so overall we were pleased with how the day went. 2nd grade to Wests -...

Easts up 12-0

Qwerty - who should be let go? Or who should be retained?

Isn't that classic!

Finally, we can play some rugby! Our first trial for Wests tomorrow against Easts with our final trial against Norths last week. Like all clubs the lack of field training time has been a pain in the neck - hopefully the rain gods will give us all a break now. Some good news this week for...

Those Kooga website sales are good - picked up a Wallaby jersey (2011 RWC version) for $40 at Christmas

They're looking pretty good - numbers at training support two teams. As everyone knows a club has to have good Colts feeding through into grades and that's been a weakness at Wests for some time. As part of changes at Wests this year, Colts have been working very closely with the Premier...

Yep, Easts can only use the main field this week due to the last round of cricket fixtures so to fit all the games in they start at 7.55am and keep on rolling throughout the day. Going to make it a very long day considering I'll be going straight from Easts to Suncorp for the Reds game.

Team lists for today's matches: National Academy (Brisbane) v Junior Japan Name Club 1 Sef Faagase - Wests 2 Mitch Wade - Wests 3 Phil Kite - GPS 4 Alex Toolis - GPS 5 Michael Stolberg - Easts 6 Ben Toolis - GPS 7 Conor Mitchell - University of Queensland 8 Ted Postal - University of...

You could defend that way as the laws only specify a minimum of two defenders in the lineout so the rest could stand 5 metres back on the goal line and could move forward once the ball has been advanced over the line down the middle of the lineout. But why would you want to give them a 5 metre...

Drew Mitchell just seems to be off the pace this season. Understandable given the injuries but it must be just about time to move on. I think Lucas showed when he came on against the Brumbies that he would be a massive improvement over McKibbon.

Whilst Tapaui's footwork was good, that was poor footwork from Mitchell - he had his feet too far apart to start with and planted them in a wide stance. He made that mistake before Tapaui stepped. Even if he didn't slip he was going to be beaten because he couldn't change direction with such a...

YMS, knowing the laws is easy - you can study those without the pressure of a match. Once under the pressure of a match, it's so easy to miss lots and even though I may know the laws I find it's easier to just let the game flow. Having done a foundation course it didn't help me - some people...