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12 of those 40 points were with 13 men on the field. Then not having a lineout lead to the opposition having almost 70 percent territory because they couldn’t relieve pressure if they were awarded a penalty. The main line out option also went so the ability to put the opposition line out under...

The Aus teams have same cap to each spend on the playing budget, but the RA top ups are where it distorts things. You could have a rough guess to who receives more or less from RA, but there isn’t any real information out there to say what the differences are.

AFL has both a playing and off field salary cap. They found clubs were pumping so much money into non salary things to attract players that the competition started to become distorted. They even apply a cost of living tax by providing fractionally more money to the Swans because of the greater...

I think the multi-facet aspect of football helps drive attention. Relegation, multiple trophies, champ league qualification etc. means teams are consistently playing for something relevant. Are stories are consistently available. In my mind it needs to be extreme equalization rules like AFL...

Let’s hope the Wallabies only need to beat 2 top 10 nations to win a RWC

Conceding 12 points with 13 players on the field, playing 40mins without a hooker and a set piece or kicking out option to go for in the field of play, playing a prop 80mins without rotation, losing your lineout caller and disrupting your backrow and lock rotations isn’t throwing the towel in...

I personally don’t believe the Rebels would of won because there is a clear talent gap, but without the things I mentioned above, I could easily see this game been more a 30-24 type score where Rebs would of got a bonus point. Where the Rebels have been that’s a small win for the team progress...

Yes because some anonymous guy on a fan site will dictate what they achieve on the weekend. Haha

Losing 2 hookers in the first half, making a prop go 80, losing your lock rotation early, carrying an extra prop on field, a yellow and then a subsequent extra player off because of injuries might be the summary you are looking for. Rebels unlikely to win because of gulf in talent but this game...

There is a bit of Anthony Hardaway in Tate McDermott

That reds pack has plenty of club guys tho. Maybe I’m wrong and hope someone corrects me but Blyth and Nongoor from memory are the only ones in the front 5 that have been around since they essentially left school. I just think it’s character, they obviously aren’t at int level talent but surely...

But you can still be an ordinary scrummager but a nasty piece of work on the field that the opposition is going to know this is going to be super physical. Thats what they kinda were 5yrs ago. It feels the pack is all application but 0 presence.

What’s happened to the Reds, the first half of Thorns rein their pack was nasty and brutal. They were a cold hearted pack but had very little in the backline, now they have the backline but that pack would be close to the least bruising pack in the comp. There is nobody that’s capable of sitting...

McReight and Petaia both very good in an ordinary team performance. Tate with a solid game as well

Do they still have that chip in the ball that tracks ball speed etc. I swear a big difference in the width and speed on pass from 9 - 10 - outside backs between these two teams. The ball just seems to travel that little bit quicker allowing a spilt second more to make decisions. Maybe it’s my...

That’s a good Super Rugby level team from the Rebels, I don’t think it’s Blues quality and therefore won’t win but if they could get that team out more often than not then we would be a difficult fixture for most teams.

In all honesty if any other countries had to play NZ like we do over the last 20yrs and had their own ‘Bledisloe’, they would most likely have 0 ‘Bledisloe’ Cups with Ireland and RSA holding the cup once out of 20 attempts. NZ almost never lost back to back games in that period against the same...

In a bizarro world we could have White as captain (not that bizarre), Wilkin at 7, strangely Uelese as bench hooker for that explosive front row change, Vunivalu on the wing and Foley running at 10. 6 months ago you would of got long, long odds at a bookie for this. It’s shortening by the week...

Yep Philip is the type of player right up Eddie’s alley. He’s abrasive and a good lineout option.

Robertson a solid chance because of versatility, however Slipper and AAT been able to play both sides could count in Fa’amasuili favour.