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Grounds for the semis were allocated a few weeks ago. The SRU then allocates games to the most relevant grounds, which can cause unfair home ground advantage but I guess they see that as better than having, say, Manly vs Uni out at Concord or Milner.

Re: scrum penalties. No penalties coming from a scrum should be full arms. Especially not in the case of crooked feeds etc where they are a short arm the first offence and then a full arm from the second offence onwards. Just make them all free kicks, and if you want to go a step further, make...

All I want is the ABC Shute Shield combo of Robilliard/Papworth with a bit of Sumo Stevenson and Justin Marshall on the side. Now that is well and truly in my dreams.

The Kearns/Martin attitude is rubbish. 'Crap defence' is not an excuse, Kearns.

Gee McCaw had a great game for someone who according to the media all week was old and underdone. Speaking of, I think Michael Hooper has nicked McCaw's invisibility cloak, he came in from the side so many times and never got pinged. He was the Wallabies best around the park though. Nonu...

Uni 78-0 over Randwick at Coogee. Wow. Great news about Granville Oval though, well done to the Parra club in general, well deserved.

Poppy the goat back on board for Counties in the opening game. Wellington looking ominous so far.

I sincerely hope that in a few years time the Gordon club as a whole can look back on this day and see it as a bit of a turning point as they celebrate a premiership or a club championship. Going to take a very good performance from someone to beat Uni with that sort of lineup though...

To give a Uni player some credit, one of the best exponents of the draw and pass in recent years has been Tom Carter. He gets plenty of chances to practice it in games and I can't recall him ever buggering one up.

What injury did he get? Quality player from what I've seen.

Interesting to read Grant Fox's comments in the SMH yesterday that the ABs want to play a wider, faster game in this comp which is part of the reason that Piri Weepu wasn't picked, because he's not as suited to that (plus he needed a break). It'd be nice to see selectors/coaches being this...

They do that everywhere, especially after the NRL GF, where they also boo the prime minister and any other political figures on stage.

Yes but in Europe they're called clubs. I figured 'provinces' was most appropriate when talking about both hemispheres.

Best provincial team i.e. best team in S15 or Europe. Can't really say best club team because club rugby is different in the Southern Hemisphere.

Fitting final, great contest. Big effort Brumbies, but the Chiefs played all the rugby and deserved to win. Best provincial rugby team in the world.

Not over yet, nailbiter to finish the season.

That really should've been a card, Brums lucky.

Immense scrum from the Chiefs for that try.

Dunno about that penalty, 3 pretty important points from a very much 50/50 call.

So far it looks like an intercept is about the only way the Brums will score a try. Still counts the same though.