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I'm surprised by the 3 metres stat. I remember him making some decent runs off the back of the scrum. I agree that he doesn't make too many turnovers these days, he's just a huge nuisance to the opposition and slows everything down. That's the thing Richie's still really got over Cane - he's...

Some of the depth of knowledge on this site is incredible.

So in conclusion, Ewen McKenzie should keep his job.

All the points you make are right Terry, but the conclusion that I would reach would be different. Also, I live in Sydney now - I'm not just some super-keen Australian state government infrastructure enthusiast. Taking the freeway example, say the government builds a freeway, and say it costs...

All I know is he played for USyd Law against UQ Law. That was actually a ripping game.

I think Ewen was considered a good coach at the Reds less because of consistent good results (although a title and couple of finals appearances isn't half bad) but because you could frequently see the game plan being adapted week to week depending on the opposition, and throughout the season as...

He's big enough, and has a bit of aggression. I can kind of see it working, but my jaw just dropped when I saw it.

I work in construction litigation, and it's really rare that anyone wants to know about what I do, so I'm going to seize this opportunity despite the total irrelevance of what I'm about to write to rugby. As regards your first point, obviously you're right that you can (usually) cancel a...

Or do you mean BMO Field? That's 20-odd thousand. That would be incredible.

Is that at Lamport stadium? I'm just looking it up, and it says that's got a capacity of 9600. That's a decent crowd for a team that's not exactly a massive drawcard. You'd mainly be getting people who are actually interested in rugby along to that.

Could anyone who watched the game enlighten me - the highlights make it look like Robbie Robinson had a blinder. Is that true of the whole game? I've rated him very highly since U20s, and been disappointed that he hasn't had some of the opportunities that other guys have had. His first 10/15...

Lochore was mainly an 8 though, so they probably don't really count as a great locking combo. Meads' brother Stanley was involved too. Stanley was a 6'3" packet of hate who punched his fair share of Springboks for his country, but by virtue of his older brother he was never even the best lock...

Brian Lochore sometimes. I want to say Tiny White, but they might have missed each other.

I know you're right, but I find that a little bit of my brain really wants to see him out of the picture. Seeing somebody quite casually toss-up whether to get paid well to easily do something that I would gladly sacrifice a nut for and do for free is kind of annoying.

This is bang on IS. There are easier games to support, but man... when rugby gets it right...

He needs to go to France. Learn the language, drink wine instead of smirnoff double blacks, and get his eyes opened to just how little the world cares about one footballer in Australia.

I think that's a year-by-year thing; for instance, in 2011 Australia was definitely the team everyone was most worried about. It's probably fair to say that South Africa at altitude is still the game that the kiwi public is most ok with losing, but I really don't think people are all that...

Bit of a late chime-in from me, but what a great thread. I can't split them. Sort of depends on whoever has the better team at the time (so turn of the century it was Australia, before that it was the boks... now it's... ???). Playing the boks is huge, and I probably enjoy watching it more...

Chris Rattue is comfortably the worst rugby writer on either side of the Tasman. If I wanted to constantly hear about how great the Warriors are, I'd go be one of the 30,000 people in South Auckland who actually give a fuck.

Robinson Moore (Who is the shortest THP? We'll probably start Crockett, and he's a big lanky bastard for these new laws) Horwill Douglas (we'll pick Romano to stay out in the midfield again, so we could be vulnerable to big body shifters) Kimlin (see above) Gill (strong on the ball against an...