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Rooting for the Wallabies has made it onto NZ TV. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sHZ54QJxlc&feature=youtube_gdata_player It's near the end, but the whole clip is gold

Murdock journalism. You know, class journalism :-) ...

Is this now the third game in a row he has put up an identical chip kick at exactly the same position, a meter in from the right touch and 20 meters out from the line. He should be renamed 'Mr Consistancy'

If I wasn't an ozzie, I'd actually take a punt on Ireland making the final at 10/1 odds. If they did actually beat us in the pool, then they have the same run to the finals. Having already beaten England in the 6 nations you'd say they were a good chance of progress past the semis.

I'll start this off by saying that given a 30/70 chance of winning the world cup or a 70/30 chance of making the final, I would completely go for winning the keep-sake. Two facts stand out. Firstly the winner of our pool has a quite easy run to the finals. The semi would be against either...

I was stuck in the middle of the English crowd (more fool me for buying tickets through Gullivers Travels in England) during the 2003 world cup. Too be honest, I came away with huge respect for the English rugby supporters. They were true gentlemen. Problem is just all the rest of scum who...

I haven't seen a lot of McCabe, so I definitely could be wrong on his passing game.

I haven't seen a lot of McCabe play, but I'd say passing is not his strength. He shuffles it on when necessary which shows good team awareness, but I've never seen him draw and pass or offload the ball. because of that I'd certainly rate a fit Horne higher. He combines McCabes tackling and power...

I agree with all of the above. Plus with PDV effectively turning this weekends game into an opposed back line practice for kiwis I'm sure Henry is opting to try out a few of the fringe players such as Jane (who is class I might add!)

I'm not sure if Steve Thomson on the right will still be playing in this world cup.

I'm not sure if Steve Thomson on the right is still playing in this world cup.

<Quote> Horne is a natural 13! He reads the game very well both in defnece and attack! Unfortunately he is under utilised in attack! I think Horne can own the 13 for the wallabies for a long time injury preventing! My backline is Genia, cooper, ioane, o'connor, horne, mitchell, beale with barnes...

I reckon Rocky has earnt his stripes just like every one else. There seems to be this assumption that he is resting on the laurels of being the the best player in the northern hemisphere (that other half of the world) a few years ago. This season he has been sidelined the whole season. As a...

Actually I'm getting wound up and angry now. Dell really was the worst player ever to lace up his boots for Australia. But after a generous million dollar poach by the ARU, they had no choice but play him, until he could be quietly dropped, without a loss of their own face (and slightly...

Come-on. No ghost writer would be that dishonest. Surely they just stuck to the script of him being every journalists wet dream and gloss over him being the ARU's greatest mistake ever.

Is Rocky one of those? I really enjoy when stats are thrown up on this site against conventional wisdom. The Tom Carter one was a classic. Stats will only ever tell half of the picture, but they can be very useful as objective evidence for or against a subjective position.

It was amusing when it was called. I had visions of Cowan trying to run the ball back from a Saffa kick chase... But with 5/2 reserves they didn't have a lot of choice.

Actually, disagree. Latham at fullback. Enough options there to kick for goal at a slightly lower percentage.

Agree. Although maybe not Mortlock.

Digby shouldn't be playing 13.