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I suspect you don't realise what you are missing Mutton, Aussie has some truly incredible scenery, but as a very large country who doesn't push tourism the way NZ does, I doubt many people - even Aussies - realise the staggering variety of wilderness here.

I had this discussion with my Dad a few weeks back. He's a Kiwi and doesn't think much of him. Poor defender, has brain fades, stupid crap re McCaw, Carlos Spencer, etc, etc, etc. I put in his skills are superb, he's a smart guy, and he's starting to show some generalship etc etc. I say he...

Barbar, we all know there's no happily ever after with the Wallabies! It's like being in relationship with a high maintenance girlfriend. You love their looks, the good days are intoxicating, the bad days make you wonder what you ever saw in them, and the make up sex can sometimes be so wild...

Barbar's letter certainly reflected how I felt, other than the Irish part which was unfair to the Irish team's superb game and their standing in world rugby. Having said that in my heart I agreed with the synthesis of it. If the Wallabies were the all conquering team we hoped and believed they...

Tourism is a big deal for the kiwis, while various people make excuses you can be sure management types in NZ worry about this. Hopefully we will here too, because it's not in anyone's interests for the lowest common denominators to put people off wanting to visit a country. Aussie wants...

True MT but it wouldn't have changed much, not when the game winner goes ahead in the case of a pool points draw. We had run close a couple of times, a try would also have yielded a bonus point, and a much more respectable scoreline. And a small moral victory of 1 try to nil. Now I have my...

That's very true BH, it does. As you can see, for myself I don't see BB repping McCabe in the QFs, not with no form. Do see him being used as a sub tho in the coming two games - but it could be at Quade's expense, esp if he's playing flakeball. Also looking for Drew, Palu, TPN and Higgers to...

Time to drop it I think. Mutton and WJ have, I am sure I can :) Back to fruitless debate about how we need to change the whole team and throw the bath out with the babywater.. er you know what I mean.

Muttonbird If someone pulled that crap around female friends of mine I would indeed harden up. It's juvenile, and it's never smart to bait people when you don't know them. Meanwhile, we are on an internet board. We can all contribute as civilly as we want, or be as keyboard warrior as we...

Only person in Super Rugby who matched McCabe for tackle completions was Tom Carter, both around 92% - a benchmark McCabe has maintained at test level. Even Conrad Smith wasn't close, and Smith is the most complete Centre in SH rugby, though I'm starting to think Fourie is something to behold...

We'll all find out what Robbie wants to do soon enough, and definitely the next two games is the only chance he is going to get for Barnes and Horne to get decent runs, Drew too, so it's on the cards those guys will play. On the whole I don't think Robbie is so desperate for bonus points he will...

It's a fair question, other than observing the Wallabies have perhaps also won matches on days of brilliance that they didn't merit. It's character to win in the last 20 I consider a sign of a great team. Certainly something the ABs have done many times. The patience and determination to win...

I'm ignorant in the ways of scrums, but bio-mechanics I get, and that picture tells a big story Teach, thanks for posting it. I made a little diagram on it, hope you don't mind, the angles might be off a little? Please post more stuff like this Teach, I love reading insights about the...

I hear he's Chuck Norris' understudy.

Hear hear. I have already given myself one.

Actually didn't think our scrum was that bad, Ireland were better certainly. I know it's poor form but I have grave misgivings about how Lawrence handled the game, to the point I wondered if he had an agenda going into the game. His policing of offside and rucks had me utterly perplexed...

Full kudos to Ireland but Wallaby supporters are right to be furious. We played juvenile tactics in the face of an amped opposition and lost at penaltyball in one of the most crucial games of four bloody years. Where was the cool leadership? Wtf was Cooper thinking with his forced passes and...

Think in cool reflection (is that possible?) many will agree McCabe had a good game other than the two held up in maul calls and a bounced tackle that came to nothing. He stepped up in a tough game again and was there for some might have been runs. Against a defensive side we needed to move...

It's O'Connor ffs!