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Which way would you fall? 1. Hopefully Crockett is fit, but I'm fine with Ben Franks. I actually quite like his game - he's not as strong a scrummager, but everything else is good. 13. Not sure I want Fekitoa in a Bledisloe just yet. Smith might be a little under-cooked after his thumb...

Breaking the drought with a kiwi beer - I'm taking that as some sort of good omen.

Bit off topic, but Clyde Rathbone's brother Dayne is a (very weird) stand up comedian. He's pretty funny, if you're sufficiently open-minded. Anyway, they made a youtube doco about him, which is interesting in its own right, but also gives you a bit of a look at Clyde (and the circumstances...

Crusaders have: - Left/right-footed 10/12 kickers; - Dominant lineout; - Probably an edge in the scrum; - Read and Nadolo roaming out wide. Tahs: - Probably the more abrasive tight-loose play (which will gradually take the sting out of the Crusaders' set-piece advantage); - More ability to...

Yeah definitely. There's some strange pessimism floating about. That press release says that by 2pm today they were up to 38,000. Maybe that includes stadium members with guaranteed seats, but from the wording of the various press releases I don't think so. In the hours after that calculation...

I really doubt that. With 18 hours left in the pre-sale period, they'd sold 22,000, not including stadium memberships.

That was by 8pm yesterday - I'll be really interested to hear how many they shipped in the pre-sale all up. It must be around 30k.

I just bought 20 this morning. The bandwagon is in full flight - there are kids wearing jerseys down at the park and heaps of watercooler chat. I haven't seen a buzz like this around the Tahs, ever.

Came across a spanish-language rugby facebook page. There's a great photo of some big lads knocking each other over on an absolutely rubbish pitch (I think they are Guatemalan), with the caption: "si fuera facil se llamaria futbol". "If it was easy, they'd call it football."...

Mine weren't working, but just started working then. So maybe worth trying again.

Morning all, UN Women is the United Nations body dedicated to guarding the interests of women. They do great work, and their Australian arm is an active and successful fundraiser for a lot of their overseas efforts. They are having a coin donation drive at the Sydney Bledisloe (16 August...

This is a good point. I made other plans months ago (the ice hockey) without even checking whether there could be a rugby clash, because I thought "it's late July, how could there possibly still be rugby in Sydney?". Idiot.

I can barely function under the prospect of a Tahs-Saders grand final in Sydney. It would be the best possible decider. Honestly don't even know who I'd support. I'm going to split my jerseys in half and sew them together, and then cry for the entirety of the game.

God almighty I hope it's the Friday. I have tickets to the USA v Canada ice hockey on the Saturday and it would be a shame to see them go to waste.

I don't know much about the guys who got picked, but I'm surprised a couple more Cranbrook guys didn't get a look in (particularly 8. Makas, and potentially the loosehead and one of the wingers). The proof's in the pudding, some of those guys can play a bit of footy. Can't pick everyone...

Fantastic debut.

Easts streamlining the recruitment process.

Was that when Batman was at 15?

I think he is a very strong player, but I wonder how much of his dominance at this level is to do with his development. He's bloody well built for an 18(?) year old - eventually others will catch up on that front. But his physicality is still very promising. Whatever - he's a hell of a lot...

Also, despite what I said about the rucks being dominated by Cranbrook, the Trinity 7 seems a good and willing player.