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Bullrush "Yes, the All Blacks lack some depth 10 and 7 right now " 7 maybe yes - 10 - no way - After Carter - Slade, Cruden, Delaney then could go to Brett, up & comers Gareth Anscombe, Robbie Robertson. Possibly the best fetcher 7 in NZ is Braid, but one to watch Matt Todd

Of Course that explains why Giteau misses kicks! Because when he takes his headgear off, there is no one to tell him what to aim for.

I agree 100% with you on this. What most fans forget is that each test is a NEW game. Sure the AB's, Wobs, Boks et all approach each game expecting to win, but they never expect to win just becasue they won the last game. They put in the work, devise their tactics, train their guts out and on...

Scarfman - Top Marks for what is I think one of, if not the best Rugby Rugby Forum on the web. Like the other Kiwi posters here I find it refereshing to be able to engage in reasoned and thoughtful discussions without the jingoistic name calling that pervades just about every other forum...

Lets be clear about what Deans did or didnt do with the Crusaders. He took over from Wayne Smith in 2000 after they had 2 titles in the bag. At this stage he had , Marshall, Mehrts, Natson, Maugers Gibson, Thorne, Mayerhofler, Blackadder, Hewitt, Maxwell etc etc so the Dynasty had already begun...

Mitchell's record was P28 W23 D 1 L4

Meaning the comment went over your head was the inference - Take a listen to the 12th man sometime

I'm sure they do that already. The "Team of 3" approach is the way I understand they approach games these days. Invariably the one who was a Asst Ref one week is then the man in the middle next and vice versa. eg Allan Rolland this week has the whistle and Owens is one of the ARs

True but just because you interpretation is different to his doesnt mean that he was wrong either. As an example you mention that McCaw prevents Matfield from playing the ball after the "tackle" and should have been pinged for not releasing, but my interpretation was that Matfield was able to...

TH78 - Regardless, none of us were out on the field with a whistle. Nigel Owens was - he called Ruck - so that supercedes everything. law 6A4 (a) The referee is the sole judge of fact and of Law during a match.

Seconded - saw that and thought the same

What this shows is how difficult the breakdown is to rule on. I could see another 2 PK's at least - Spies on the wrong side making no attempt to roll clear, & entry from the side by bok prop? (cant see the number) Given that Owens has to make decisions at real time with only 2 eyes he didn't do...

There is No gate - As far as I can tell Owens must have judged it was a Ruck therefore McCaw only has to come in from behind last foot. The gate only applies to the tackle, not the Ruck or Maul. Here's a vid of the incident http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRlXOCCzFSw...

I had thought they were generally referring to the team in possesion, as the point Kaplan makes is that the IRB made the change to promote more attractive rugby. Gary Gold seems to agree with that sentiment.

Interesting video with Kaplan & Gary Gold asst SA coach -look at tackle / ruck / maul situations and how the change in interpretation has meant that in some situations, what was a pk for one side has changed to a pk for the other. Kaplan makes the point that part of change is now that the...

Scarfman - I hadn't realised that the Vid was your work when posting my comment on another thread. Congrats on the work. I do think however that the main point to be drawn from it is that interpretation at the breakdown is the most contentious area of the game. Sure there were instances where...

Yes, Woodcock should have been given a YC for what a cynical and dangerous "clean out" Also I thought he used his shoulder - no arms. Probably wasn't cited as seeing as it was only a "Yellow Card type" offence. I think Kaplan possibly "bottled" it - after all the media talk about soft...

No thats just an indicator that Paddy's predecessor never did anything other than swilling pink gins

It is pretty easy to watch any game and cherry pick the points you want to emphasize. For instance at 1.33 into the vid McCaw fields a kick, while the commentator makes the point that 3 boks are ready to tackle McCaw and that the retreating ABs never get on side, he completely ignores that...

Sure it aint paint by numbers but a nice colouring in job with his crayons.