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Because the SA reporter said is was racism. I can understand a possible argument that our police drug search and seizure laws are too liberal - not one that this person was targetted because of the colour of this skin.

Wow. I disagree with all of your points. If the police don't act they are in serious dereliction of their duty. Someone in the right location and matching the description of a reported drug dealer is obviously reasonable grounds for suspicion. It may be inconvenient to have to have you...

This is such a non-story. Being accused of racism for taking an action that is emphatically not racist is pretty outrageous. An apology had better be forthcoming.

Only if Argentina win with a bonus point against Georgia. This is likely I suppose, but not certain, particularly if the weather packs in.

The Welsh game was great as well. Skill-wise it might have been a little lacking, but I love these tough intense forward battles. I think I prefer tests like this to free flowing tests where the defence is poor and the forward battle less intense.

Great game. Game of the tournament so far.

It was a bit confusing, but I think AR was referring to the chat he had in the first half with the French against them pulling back on the engage. Although there is no law that specifically says it, we refs tend to take a dim view of teams that fold immediately on the hit. I'm not entirely...

And the crowd booed and booed. Like it or not, the haka is a big part of the attraction that crowds want to see. By the way it wasn't at the centenary game that there was the problem, we agreed to do it after the anthem one time, on the express condition that it was a one time thing. The...

Very good question. As much as I like Steve Walsh, he really shouldn't be reffing games involving either the AB's or the Wallabies. Harsh but fair.

Rugby's equivalent of Godwin's Law? http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fun:Paddy_O%27Brien%27s_Law

Meh, don't take it personally, we just couldn't stand the thought of Australia having 3 WC's and us only 1. South Africa getting 3 would be bad also, but I think we have a greater grudging respect for SA than for Aus, something about not winning a series against them for 30 odd years and not...

I have nightmares of a Toeava/Dagg centre pairing or some such bollocks. We have repeated the mistake twice already, lets not make it thrice

I go against the tide on the issue of box kicks. I think they are quite an effective weapon if executed properly. The key is to get the ball sufficiently high, travelling about 30-40 metres, to land within 5-10 metres of the sideline and to let all your team mates know the plan before the...

Well he is the most high profile person to say it, but I've heard it from a lot more than just him in comments sections about the place. Now I don't take anything said in (eg) the comments section of Youtube particularly seriously but if you look at any discussion on NZ rugby someone will...

I wonder if what riles some of us is the insinuation that its only McCaw that does it. Having watched that game last night there were plenty of people with gold jerseys coming in from the side etc not getting pinged. Add to this the continual allegations that Paddy O'Brian is somehow the...

As a Kiwi I fear I might be entering enemy territory somewhat. There is no doubt that that should have been a penalty to Australia, Sivi clearly played the ball on his knees and Mils dived on the ball sealing it off. Having said that, in rugby you make your own luck. The Wallabies should...