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I'd like to see a breakdown of that 120 million figure. Seems a bit too good to be true. I think from memory that the 2011 final was watched by around 30 million. A couple of years ago the UEFA Champions League final had 150 million viewers globally and that's popular in a lot more places than...

I think it was. That was arguably the biggest result in rugby world cup history. That match will go down as one of the most memorable ever and the major highlight of this world cup. If they'd rested their best players and been beaten by 30, then managed to qualify by beating Scotland, I don't...

Possibly. Fair bit of talk about the residency requirement changing to 5 or 6 years.

The 'check check' calls have been from the TMOs and have resulted in the referee blowing his whistle mid play to look at something they previously missed. They haven't just been interrupting after another stoppage. In this case it wasn't something Owens missed, he asked for it to be checked -...

Same thing has been happening all tournament with refs communicating during play to the TMO (or the opposite with the 'check check' calls). Anyway, guess we don't know what happened as we can't hear what all the AR's etc are saying. May well have been called high by a touchie or the TMO after...

Yeah the high tackle on Pocock was a weird one because Owens actually asked the TMO to look at it immediately while play continued. I don't know how the TMO could look at that and not make a call. My mate suggested that he possibly said it was high and that Owens was playing advantage (and then...

No, I just try to look at things objectively, not with one golden eye. Rugby is always down to interpretations and I suggest you should have more respect for those that differ to your own. I think it's just bad sportsmanship to complain so thoroughly about every 50/50 call and minor...

Yeah alright, you know better than all the refereeing adjudicators and commentators who believe Owens is the best ref in the world. A lot of the best test matches of the past few years have been played under Owens. That's no coincidence - he communicates well and favours the attacking team...

Rubbish, momentum works when you're going forward, they were going forward at a reasonable pace. Please. It didn't stop anyone from being able to get to the ruck. Watch it again, it's the most minor knock into your own player you'll see and the tackle was made basically simultaneously. It...

The ref bashing is a bit embarrassing. A handful of fairly minor calls went against us in that first half. They weren't calls that led directly to points. Every ref makes similar calls and similar mistakes in every single game of rugby ever played. For mine: Forward pass - looked forward...

Wouldn't need to happen in 2016, but I wonder if Fardy might move into the row at some stage in the 2-3 years in an effort to make 2019. He's tall enough, and would only really need to put on another handful of kg's. He's a young 31 in rugby terms so could potentially make it. Lock might be more...

If there's not at least one player from both teams competing over the ball then it's not a ruck. All Blacks don't have a player committed over the ball, just a tackler on the ground. It's definitely interpretable as not being a ruck. And actually this situation happens all the time, and...

Those images look like tackle only situations to me. If there's no ruck, there's no offside line.

Every single time Australia loses there's always complaining about the ref. When we win and get the rub of the green we say 'stop whinging about the ref.' To be fair to Owens, he asked Barnes - who was in a better position whether it was a forward pass and Barnes said no. To say stuff like...

He's 29. And he's played a fair bit communicating with English speaking players (that don't speak Japanese). He's also got a few months to improve his English.

Lacey is terrible. Don't know how he got this match, thought he was one of the worst refs during the pool stage.

Major difference was the yellow card period. Thought the yellow was harsh as he barely even slowed Pienaar's momentum. Anyway, Springboks are probably too far in front now. It's interesting that they're playing with a lot more width in this game now that there's not much on the line. I think...

Huge forward pass missed in the build up there.

Thankfully Genia got away with that last week without getting a yellow.

Well it might do. His current understudy (Hiwasa) will presumably be starting all season in Super Rugby and may well overtake him!