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Just watching a replay now, finally. Mitch Inman is absolutely eating people in defence, love a bit of that.

It hangs on Sopoaga for mine. I rate him, and hope/think he has overcome some of the nerves that caused his random stuff-ups last year, so I think Highlanders by <7.

He's a Hurricane these days, and talented. Otherwise the resemblance is uncanny.

I'll be there, and I'm pretty pumped. I think I'm the only person who actually started to like the Waratahs over the past few years, so this could be pretty bitter-sweet. Keep an eye out for a prematurely balding bloke in Crusaders kit.

I was just coming here to post that - beat me to it. I think that's a really interesting idea. His footwork suggests he'd be an excellent 13, and his defence seems like it would hold up - but it would be a pretty significant waste of his kicking game. I also have an instinctive...

Good game though, if anyone is interested in watching a youtube highlights video of an Italy-France game from a few years back? (And how confusingly labelled does this video want to be? )

Wait - I'm totally watching the wrong thing...

Just watching a replay of Italy-France now. How come Chabal was playing? What happened to that animal number 8 the French had against the Wallabies? I can't imagine he's injured, since he seems basically carved from rock.

Further, he scored two tries that game and made his all black debut later that year. The greatest high of his life was concurrent with the deepest low, that's too much for a young bloke to take. There's a lot of tolerance for him and his brother (who has the same issue) in the NZ rugby...

Bugger. I've always had a soft spot for Guildford after what happened with his dad. I really hope this turns out to be nothing. Maybe he should switch franchises. Clearly he has an unhelpful group of mates In Christchurch.

They were shockers, but you can put them down to uncertainty in the position. I've never seen anything to suggest that JOC (James O'Connor) is a weak front on tackler (that hit on Matfield suggests the contrary) and he's too smart a footballer not to be able to learn the position. So there's no physical or...

Ah bugger. Bob, I wish you a recovery as quick as your desired realignment.

This is a bit different to a lot of the funny anecdotes etc. in this thread, but I didn't know where else to put it. I've been on a wee bit of a world tour for the last six months, and - to the eternal consternation of my girlfriend - whenever we meet someone I inevitably bring up rugby. This...

Your one's a piss-take, ours is just regularly annoying.

I'm pretty unhappy with New Zealand's pool - makes me think of 2007 all over again. Hope the Argies keep coming or we could be badly underdone.

But in a nutshell, $400,000 for the first bit of good rugby news in NSW in ages was a bargain, and will continue to be one as Israel continues to attract positive attention. Particularly when the ARU need to stir up enthusiasm in a Lions tour year.

So, I've been away from the internet or any source of news for a week... What. The. Fuck. Just. Happened.

Yep, if Wales are third tier there could be a very very interesting pool next tournament. Geez, already looking forward to it.

Farrell, Michalak and Carter are all weird inclusions. Did the five-eighths guild bribe the panel or something?

It's an interesting dynamic in rugby. All AB front-rowers have an enforcer portfolio, and that can lead to them being thugs - from this incident, to Woodcock v Fainga'a, to Mealamu on O'Driscoll, to the Franks brothers' lead-with-the-forehead tackles, to Fitzpatrick's and Loe's entire careers...