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I think there could be some merit in exploring a further variant in what is being considered with respect to the scrum, namely: If each prop is already touching "the point of the opposing prop’s outside shoulder" when the call "set" is made it is very easy for them to move their hand to take...

Whatever the actual question the answer would be no. Spiro stopped thinking coherently about rugby a long while ago. .

"Presided" over it? You orchestrated it, Lindommer. And then it turns out what you told me about LG wasn't true anyway. He didn't use his Rugby Press Pass to get into the Sexpo for free. He lined up and paid like everyone else. .

60 seconds rather than 90.

I think they've got enough on their plate at present, IS, in distancing themselves from the HSU to worry about juniors. .

In the main the Law variations being trialled meet the very important criterion of not making the game even more complex to referee. I would like to have seen some attempt at simplifying the Laws but we all have our dreams that will never be fulfilled. I note that: "5. A conversion kick must...

I don't blame Gaffney, I blame LG for misleading us. .

Does Leinster actually come up against defence as abysmal as that of the Cardiff Blues "week in week out"? Having said that, they certainly display vastly more creativity than what us long suffering 'Tahs supporters have learnt to endure "week in week out". .

You may well be giving them too much credit, TRB. "Reactive" still suggests that they are responsive to a stimulus. As I see it, if it were a medical situation, the doctors would be starting to think about harvesting organs. .

There may well be merit in this particular piece of madness, IS. It's about time our coaches indulged in a bit of lateral thinking. Lord knows they're not having much success with direct thinking. I reckon the Saffa wingers would think twice about tackling him low. .

Another gem for the anthology. .

In talking about Sydney Uni-developed players at the Waratahs, one thing that is completely unrecognised is the diametrically opposed systems of physical training at the two locations. Uni players from Colts onward do very heavy strength training year-round, including crucially right throughout...

If you take the ticket do you have to go? Just joking, I'll be going myself. No matter how much they disappoint us they're still our team. .

All is not lost, CWA. It is true that Totality Tony did decline the Force head coaching role, but it is insulting to suggest that he was being "considered for the Force job". The truth is that he received in the post a contract pre-signed by CEO Vern Reid which had the contract amount...

Thanks for the update, WCR. It is illustrative of my mellowing that while I am obviously pleased by the result I am less so by the margin. Illawarra Rugby needs both the Vikings and the Shamrocks to be strong. It is the great traditional rivalry in the Illawarra. Back when I was President of...

"Bungles and brain snaps cost dearly, says Gaffney" And that's just among the coaches and selectors. "We can't go through a game playing with gay abandon," Gaffney said yesterday. The Waratahs have been guilty of most things you can do wrong on a rugby field but old Gaff is the first one to...

Can anyone explain to me why Carter is being positioned on the wing in defence? What do they hope to achieve by this?

It has taken me a few decades to get over my loathing of the Vikings but I am mellowing with age. Up the Shamrocks! Thanks for your offer to post updates, WCR. .

The wisdom of Tony Shelton "We have got to a lot of finals but we have not won them all," says Andy Shelton, the Tigers' coach in charge of sports science, strength and conditioning. "We have also been in the Heineken Cup final a number of times but not won since 2001. Our problem is that we...

Paddy? Seamus? Kieran? .