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The future of Argentine Rugby looks good if this team is anything to go by. Did anyone watch them scrummage against Australia? They just smashed us to pieces, pushed through us like they were on rollerskates. It was incredible to watch. ARG v RSA on the weekend should be worth a look. I'd...

ban the croc roll clean out ? Don't be stupid. Like everything else in contact it just needs to be done correctly. Even when it is done properly, if it is quick it often just looks like the head is being used when it is not. George Smith was a master at it and low and behold he even has an...

I am sure if you search you will find relevant peer reviewed scientific publications. Growing up above 1400mts and cross country skiing for over 40 years, I could speak directly from personal experience about cold and altitude training, however it would be shot down as subjective and not...

Who cares what Wallabies players are doing in bars, it is what is going to happen on ground with Wales that is the real concern. Anti-pc/nanny/softcock brigade for me; and darcy looked kool with guns, let them have their fun ffs.

no probs... call me old fashioned but I am still one of the breed that believes when you play or coach for YOUR country, you do so with more ticker when it actually IS your country, so in my mind it does matter a lot that Deans is not Australian. You might not give a rats arse which countries...

OK, So now that I have established that you are not really interested in cold weather training for elite athletes, please excuse me I am off to talk to some grown ups.

If you are *really* interested do some reading up on Nordic Military Training and/or long distance ski biathlon.

Deans is a kiwi; FACT. Did I rant on about any conspiracy; NO. So as you don't know my position on this I best make myself perfectly clear less you jump to conclusions again. I do not think, nor is there any evidence to suggest that Deans is a good International Rugby coach FOR ANY NATION. Do/...

Rugby is basically a cold season sport. If we want to play to win in NZ, RSA and now Argentina in winter we have to train for cold and wet, as we should for northern tours. We should also do altitude training as this improves fitness levels when you then compete at sea level. A good example of...

Yes. reported by Growden in SMH "Pocock, unable to attend the after-match media conference as he was suffering from hypothermia, Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/pocock-rues-litany-of-missed-opportunities-20120606-1zwr8.html#ixzz1x9ozLEXu"

There are LOTS of things you can do to toughen up for really cold weather. You have to adjust your natural thermostat or hypothalamus. It does not take a full season to do so either. For an event you can get a start in 4-7 days. Snow skiers and mountain climbers do it all the time. It is...

Yes I had to stop reading Jiggles comment. Nel is talking from a perspective that this other fatman can not objectively consider. Brenden Nel here is touching on the sensitive subject of money being more important to the sport than the men and about JON treating rugby like a 'product'. It is an...

ummmm.... which part of South Africa's Rugby World Champions did you not understand during the years 2007 to 2011? Personally I got sick to death of hearing it, but it did not make it untrue.

totally agree with "John O’Neill, the ultimate commercial spin-doctor, has spun the web so well that team success and player welfare are a secondary consideration." It is a shame to see a great rugby nation like RSA not have a seat at the table of world rugby. Shame this writer has to finish his...

YES YES YES ! Sometimes it is about the plan but it is mostly about the condition of the cattle. (which is the coaches responsibility!) These boys have to toughen up they have gotten too soft. My lad grew up in the Snowy Mountains. bus loads of players from up north used to show up in Jindabyne...

Then I guess given his performances at an international level last year that his name would have also been in this poll.

Excuse me but I am still stunned after this loss and just read this, and did I get this right; it sounds like Pocock is blaming the wind and the fact the scots didn't miss tackles. It is bloody rugby, not golf! About time Camp Wallaby moved moved from the holiday resort weather of Coffs and...

That is it. Enough is enough and losing to Scotland, who had their last internatinal win against Georgia (?) is hard to cope with. Especially so for rugby fans such as myself who have never warmed to the Deans Experiment. How low do our Wallabies have to go before this All Black hearted kiwi...

EXciting finish that is for sure, which saved the day as both teams looked like they were stuck in second gear. While the Brumbies v Force match had all the intensity of a tractor pull comp. But, it is only the start of the season, and we have all been spoilt watching gr8 RWC games last year...

www.uar.com.ar/ is useful if you can translate. Rugby in Sth America is already hot stuff and the Argies are leading the way, yay!