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It surprises me that unions would be anti-gay marriage. Over here at least, unions are bastions of liberalism and inclusiveness, often pushing the boundaries in that direction.

Perhaps, but I wonder if the point of the tournament is less about combating discrimination and more about challenging stereotypes - specifically that gay men are not man enough to play contact sport. I think there have been very few top class rugby players who have publicly come out. Gareth...

What do you mean?

Alright and you have taken the view that the ARU obviously did. I just can't help but think that spending some money to get a competition off the ground is the purpose of a rugby union. Just as an aside, I'll bet you aren't aware of the clause in the NZRU constitution that says that they...

I don't really agree with the people who are asking "why did the ARC fail?" It didn't fail. The ARU cut it short after it had the inevitable loss in its teething years. AIUI, the competition lost $4.7m in the first year and projections were that it would lose another $3m in the next year...

I wouldn't want to be the new halfback for the Wallabies. The way the Pumas got into A Smith was impressive, and that was with a pretty good AB forward pack. If the Wallaby forwards don't muscle up whoever it is could be in for a torrid time. It hardly needs to be said that if they get into...

The real meat eaters are to come this week! If you've ever had an asado in Argentina you'll know what I mean.

Is there no truth to the rumour that part of the reason John Mitchell walked away from his Lions contract without a fight is because he and a certain administrator from a club I cannot name have been in discussion about a possible assistant job after The Rugby Championship. It makes sense...

I don't think that anyone should be at all surprised that we pull away in the last 20 minutes. We've been doing that to the lesser ranked teams for time immemorial. Teams like the Argies and Ireland and Wales often put up a really good fight for 60 minutes but they can't stay for the whole...

What is going on over there? So many injuries that I wonder if there is something going wrong with the preparation. All countries have injuries but it seems an epidemic at the moment.

And in real life he gets stretchered off the field after his first run into a big tackle. FFS stop sending players back too early. Let him get a proper recovery.

We had a big thread on this a couple of weeks ago. Collapsed mauls You aren't the first one to make this mistake.

Yeah. One knee hit the ground and when that happens the player has to reload - get to feet and let the player go before going back for it. He got to feet but never let go. Hard for the ref to see it though.

Are these commentators on crack or something. That was blatant obstruction, and furthermore there has been a real emphasis on that over the last couple of years. At the formation of a maul the ball carrier must be at the front, not hidden behind a blocker. I hate it when refs get it...

Obvious YC for mine.

Untrue. Let's discuss after the game.

Maul

If I was Deans I'd yank Sharpe right now. He is liable to spend time on the sideline, and in the mood he is in it might not be just 10 minutes.

Great minds think alike bro. Check out my post on the topic at TSF. So blatant, despite the IRB's clear instructions!

WTF is Sharpe doing. He got pinged for doing that last week too - by the same referee. Dumb stuff to do it again so blatantly.