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I can almost see them trying to put that logo across the whole field, using the real goalposts as in the logo. Not sure if it's logistically possible though.

Who came up with the Southern Hemisphere International Tests? I love it. I can see the headlines now: Wallabies fly into AB SHIT storm Springboks SHIT champions O'Connor plays 4th SHIT match The possibilities are endless. :D

I'd like to see a return eventually (not just for the spring tour) to picking players on form, not on potential or the ubiquitous "development" side. My major problem with a focus on youth as a policy is that I believe that being selected to represent your country should be a reward for being...

I have pressed "agree" to this statement but would like to add an emphatic HELL YES. Anyone watching Holmes in the last few weeks of the Premier Rugby season would be left in little doubt that one of Australia's best scrummagers was left at home for the World Cup. I've been a fan of his since he...

I've said it before somewhere on these forums, but I've got nothing but good things to say about the guy. He came to play a club game this year (first in 10 years) and in stark contrast to the other *ahem* rock star from a few weeks earlier, he was immense. He arrived at training early, made the...

I have sketchy match reports coming in: the Cambridge game was, from all accounts, the best of the tour. Yes, hard fought, but the combinations started to gel. It's easy to forget that although they come from the same club the touring party came from all 4 grades and Colts players. Of these...

The Premier rugby comp does have one loophole: 19yo Premier grade players can move between Grades & Colts at will, without affecting their eligibility for finals. In all other grades if you play say, 2nd grade all year, you can't be "dropped" to 3rd grade if they make it and 2nd grade doesn't...

Thank you so much for this. I only get "match reports" from The Church (if you get my drift). All the same, I can see the standard of my match reports next year will need to be better...;) I understand they won in Hong Kong too and Cambridge is in a couple of days?

That was exactly the point I was trying to make: O'Connor & Beale will wake up tomorrow, in the eyes of their Super contracts, Rebels. As has been pointed out since, there are actually MANY Rebels preceding Phipps. If they're meaning that Phipps will be the first Rebel who has already played...

Haha - I'm actually ok with that. I don't really care about grammar on forums or from non-journos (more interested in what they say than how they say it), but the ARU Media Unit employ (and pay someone well) to write these and it shits me that they are so bad!

I'm at it again... Wallabies named to play Russia 9/29/2011 By ARU Media Unit The selection of regular No 8 Radike Samo on the wing is the most notable among a number of changes made to the Wallabies side announced today for Saturday’s historic first ever clash against Russia. Here we go...

I'm confident Austin has the inside word at Wests. Returning for lifestyle reasons perhaps?

Uni got up in 4 of 5 GFs. I understand that a season is judged on the performance of its Premier side, but after the floods took Uni's fields for 3 months (we trained in the caprark, on surrounding roads, occasionally Wests 2, sometimes Kenmore, and sometimes Ballymore) and the tragedy at GPS...

I may have my years mixed up (apologies if so) but didn't Souths lose their Premier Coach at the end of last season, along with a chunk of players who followed him, and his replacement only a week or two before this season began? I'd challenge any club, irrespective of financial status, to...

I never thought of that- there's only 1 exception: Uni 4th grade went down last weekend and snuck the win on Saturday.

The club champs points are a sum of all points accumulated during the season (eg- win with a bonus point=5 points, lose with a bonus point=1 point etc). The total for the club is added up. Because it's at the end of the regular season, and rightly or wrongly Uni finished minor premiers in...

Gold. Well played sir.