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Theres a small amount of history being written after the fact in the doco most surprising of which was that Read was rated as highly as McCaw in 2011. Kaino was by far and away the most outstanding All Black forward during 2011 but his departure looks like he dead to the coaches now. I was...

Fair enough. Who knows what French team will turn up for pool play. I hope that Ireland has managed to find a good first five by then.

Really you want the All Blacks in the 1/4ers assuming you come second in your pool?

England were magnificent Ashton aside and richly deserved their victory. Perhaps Farrell is in fact their new jesus. Watching the game Carter looked out of sorts and I suspect his injury had not fully healed. Corey Jane is a genius and his touches throughout the game were critical in keeping the...

Gatland is only saying Robbie's job is safe so he gets to have the Lions go up against him.

I thought the Saffers looked tired more than anything else. Seemed to me, just like the Argies, that it was one game too many. At least they held on to win it. Hopefully the same thing doesn't happen to NZ or Aus this weekend.

Looks like Argentina played one test too many this year. I suspect that earlier in the season they would have knocked the Irish off rather than the weak display in the weekend. South Africa looked similarly tired against England in my opinion but got over the poms with quite a bit of luck and...

That looks ugly rather than perhaps actually being ugly in reality. The problem for Etzebeth is that the judiciary are going to see him as a repeat offender. I suspect he might get a reasonable break from rugby as a result. Someone needs to take him aside and tell him that getting a reputation...

Aside from the obvious eng v aus game, I think the match with the most potential to be awesome this week is fra v arg. I'd love the South Americans to beat France again. It would just confirm how good the TRC is. sa v sco I suspect is going to be pretty one sided. I imagine the Scots used up...

Where it does get entertaining is at world cups. One side gets designated as the home side and wears their alternate strip. eg NZ v Sco at 1995 WC featured NZ in white.

Heres a lovely photo

I vote No. What would you forumites have to complain about if he was not there.

They may not have been great but they were much much better than Wales who looked awful. Argentina are certainly great front runners, they TRC looks like it might improve them with respect to the rest of the world in a big hurry. South Africa appeared to be asleep or at least completely...

I'm quite nervous about this match as a NZ supporter. The AB's have at times had issues getting themselves up for the dead rubber in a Bledisloe and playing at suncorp is a non-trivial exercise. I'm expecting Beale to turn on a big performance if his forwards can consistently get some go...

I stand corrected.

Unless they changed as a result of the weekend its actually 1 v 3. But it is 1st v 2nd in 4N.

Great game from the All Blacks. That was a game that could easily have got away from them after the start by the Bokke. I am always amazed that the superior fitness level of the Blacks seems to negate the advantage that SA has with playing at altitude. Kirean Read is playing out of his skin...

One of my fondest rugby memories was being the only All Blacks supporter on a train carriage after the 2nd Lions test in 05. Dan Carter has just announced his arrival onto the world stage with that staggering performance at 10, Umaga had scored in front of his home crowd to put the FU up the...

Well I'm pleased that I was dead wrong on this one. The all blacks were superb. The coaching staff must have spent the last two weeks going through game tape to come up with plan of attack. Or maybe argentina have peaked a bit with four games against the big boys under their belts. At any rate...

Whatever would Steve Waugh think about those comments.