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The ref asked if there was no reason not to award the try. When he watched the replay he seemed to have forgotten what question he asked as he looked to be about to say that the hand under the ball created doubt about the grounding. By the sudden change in his tone it would seem that the TMO...

Thanks for the vote of confidence Lee, means a lot coming from such a respected member of the forum; however I don't think that my writing nor my knowledge are up to scratch to do the teams justice.

Some very tough pools in the Champions Cup especially pool 1. Glasgow have to fancy themselves given the recent European record of Toulouse and Montpellier added to the fact that Bath aren't regular qualifiers. Pool 5 offers the opportunity for at least 1 team who wouldn't have qualified for a...

I would include tickets to the Wales v Play Off Winner game on the 20th of September. Aus are in town 3 days later to kick off their campaign so why not arrive a few days earlier and watch Wales play in the Millenium stadium. That's something that's got to be on every true Rugby fans bucket...

I agree, actually I'd go step further and say that rather than a decrease in demand we might see it increase with teams like Biarritz and Perpignan being relegated. The Top 14 is becoming more and more like the English Premiership and Championship in football. Rather than spending big money to...

Great result for Ireland to make the Semi Finals. We took a bit of a thumping from England in the U20 6 Nations so I'm hoping we can at least make a game of it. Sport is a funny thing. Wales beat France and NZ are saved any finger pointing for not making the Semi Finals. Now they've got a...

Refs have rightly given up on the dead-centre feed which is fine. Allowing the scrumhalf to move off centre and feed in straight is good. But many scrumhalves are going back to just feeding crooked and aren't being pulled up for it. There wasn't too much hooking going on during the weekends...

There was a lot of dropped ball in the earlier game and the quality wasn't great, but I still found it far more exciting than the Wobs game.

3 Folau 2 Hooper 1 To'omua

Aus were excellent, France were atrocious. Aus set piece went well, scrum did very well until late on and had the best. Lineout was solid. Attacking patterns and broken field running were excellent.Clinical finishing and overall a lot for McKenzie to be happy about. Couple of worries around...

The scrum has definitely improved IMO. There are more contests than under the previous sequence. As TOCC says it makes collapsing the scrum more difficult, it also makes it more obvious when a team does collapse on purpose. I'd still like refs to be as hot on the crooked feed as they were when...

Looks a good team for development purposes. Good to see the new midfield pairing in Cave and Marshall. They should have a good understanding from Ulster. Also great to see Zebo back in the fold and with Trimble having finally become comfortable in green our wings looks more threatening than they...

Good win for Leinster in the Pro12 final. First half was pretty close with a 14-12 lead. BOD's final game only lasted 9 minutes but overall he's had a pretty satisfying final season. I thought that the subs really helped us to kick on in the second half. I'm still unconvinced by our attacking...

I'm a bit conflicted on the Aus U-20s this year. It's great to see some optimism about the place for the U-20 team and it seems they've been prepared very well. I hope they have a good tournament. It shows what a little focus and organisation can do in a short time. Where the conflict comes in...

It's more likely that if Genia went that people would remember how inconsistent he's been in the past few seasons. I don't think it would matter if he moved, rediscovered his form and actually improved as a player in Europe. There just aren't enough of the SH public/press that pay attention to...

Very exciting ending to that one Saints with the try at the death to win it 24-20. Not been a great week for Sarries.

He dislocated his shoulder in September against Ulster and wasn't expected to play again this season. Leinster are understandably taking a cautious approach to his re-introduction with him restricted to a bench spot. The backrow is probably one of the strongest areas in the Leinster squad with...

It's going to be fun in a few years if he breaks into the Ireland squad and plays alongside his namesake at test level. On his U-20 promise that's likely but not everyone who shines at U-20 goes on to make it at pro level. It's a pity he's injured as the experience would have stood him in good...

Interview with Nigel Owens where he talks about the NRC, overuse of the TMO, Scrums, pundits lack of knowledge of the laws, refs making mistakes, the advantage law and concussion. http://www.rte.ie/sport/player/734/617362/ It's a very good listen.

Here's the announced Ireland squad for the U20 RWC. Ireland U-20 squad: Max Abbott, Rory Burke, David Busby, Ross Byrne, Denis Coulson, William Dardis, Diarmaid Dee, Dylan Donnellan, Peter Dooley, Ryan Foley, Ciaran Gaffney, Stephen Gardiner, Dan Goggin, Cian Kelleher, John Madigan, Nick...