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I noticed that too, although I suggest that both teams got away with some pretty crooked throws right from the start. (One only tends to notice the other teams fouls - the show Re:Union commented on the plethora of crooked Aussie throws!) I don't think there was a single not straight call all...

And jibes about posters too. I'm beginning to wonder if this is actually planet rugby with the GaGR skin.

Well we don't have any decent referees either but it doesn't seem to do us any harm.

I don't know that Aussie teams in the ITM Cup are the way to go. The NRL, A-League and NBL are the premier club competitions in Australasia for their respective sports. As far as I know they are basically all commercial enterprises and are designed to make money. The ITM Cup on the other...

Fair enough. I guess the context of my comments came in the incessant screaming for Deans to be fired. Although I don't think all that much of Deans as a coach, I really wouldn't put much of the blame on him for last night. There aren't many Wallabies who outplayed their All Black opposites...

In the MacQueen era there were some very good Wallaby players and some average All Black ones. Historically that is the exception rather than the rule. In any case, I am not really saying that Deans is a great coach (I have said plenty of times that I have my doubts about him) just that I...

Everyone is getting a bit carried away. I thought Genia played pretty well. Ditto for Ioane and Sharpe. Your scrum went pretty well, Rolland was just playing turn and turn about with the penalties. Barnes went OK apart from a couple of brain farts early on. The breakdown was not pretty...

I'm not quite sure I understand all the fuss about Deans after that game. The result went pretty much as expected. Very few teams beat the All Blacks. Beale had a bad game, but generaly he is pretty good. I wouldn't touch Cooper with a barge pole, especially not against the All Blacks, and I...

Unless the IRB embraces SANZAR's "best referee for the job" policy this is unlikely. Rest easy my friend.

In answer to the original question, for quality sports journalism one can always turn to the twitter feed of renowned and award winning rugby journalist (as he likes to remind everyone who doubts him) Stephen Jones. https://twitter.com/stephenjones9 Currently he is on the peak of his form...

Can I also add that the 68 people who voted for Ali Williams at no. 2 might perhaps wish to reconsider since due to injury he is a possible starter for only the last two tests (and unlikely for even them). As Scoey mentions above, I don't think this is quite what SANZAR meant by the...

Growden has been writing about Radio for years, long before the Rebels ever existed.

To be fair it seems to be only speculation that it is the Tahs for now. I must admit when I heard the news I was sure it would have been the Reds, especially with the Genia saga and his last minute change of mind. Either way, Australia needs some kind of competition just up from club rugby...

I think this is right. The player will easily be able to argue that the payments he received from his club seemed natural and normal to him. It will be extremely difficult to prove that the player had actual knowledge of any wrongdoing. As you say if they couldn't get the Storm players for...

Both Mitchell and Deans strike me as the sort of coaches who think that a good court session will solve all ills. Maybe it did 20 years ago or in a "Senior Reserve B" side but these days it is inappropriate.

9 games seems a bit short to me. It's a reality of modern life I guess but 11 or 12 would allow the tour to build a bit of momentum. I also see that with the exception of a NSW Country side there aren't really any second grade teams for the midweek team to play. Its a shame that Australia...

And that it's OK to throw a rock to hit the ref on the head. Don't forget that he is also head of the Samoan Rugby Union. Seems like they do things strangely over there, here we try to stamp out referee abuse, but in Samoa it is encouraged at the very top levels.

Barnes is not a bad referee in general. I think he does a very good job normally, and deserves to be somewhere near the top tier of reffing .He suffers from one flaw that I have noticed and mentioned a few times to people around the place including fellow referees. Interestingly it is a flaw...

Nah, in 1991 we were unquestionably worse than the Wallabies. A case of holding on to players too long, picking co-coaches that refused to talk to each other, and some inept execution. Doubt you would find anyone in NZ who has any excuses about that one. Or 1999 or 2003 really. 1995 and...

Ah right like this Cheers