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Agree. I'm comparing the player and styles. You can't argue that spencer was a liability despite how amazing he was. Cooper can be the same. of course he's got a long way to go. Spencer played a lot more rugby than 23 year old cooper! I think the better comparison is cooper and sonny bill.

Not much in journalism I find more annoying than Growdens stupid comments like that above. I am assuming you just pulled that from one of his articles.

very much so. I think the bottom line is that pocock aside, the forwards were not up to grade across the board.

I'd like to see Higgers be put to work at 8 for the Reds this upcoming season. If he can get consistent time there and get better at the base of the scrum, I think he has the workings to be an excellent number 8. Great hands, pace, mobility and strong into contact. If that gets done, just...

Really? I didn't rate vickerman for at least his first two games. Penalty count and poor in the line out. doesnt matter if you're hard if you give away possession and points. Pocock easily the best followed by Moore and then reluctantly horwill (reluctantly cause none of the others were very...

you could almost guarantee it will be Gatland unless he coaches the all blacks.

Based on that line up for the lions and the two years they've got to improve, I'd be backing the lions for that. What a team!

Good - yes Great - no. He has become more and more like spencer. He can light the world on fire against lesser quality opposition, but against the top teams his plays and decision making become more risky. I found it absurd that only a few months ago australian commentators and some...

ya. not to mention the fact they are slowly starting to get more and more of all australian sports. AFL is pretty much a foxtel sport. who wants to watch the games on 1.5 hour delays.....

ya. time zones. SA is basically the same timezone as Europe. works well for north america and south america too. bit less ideal for australia, but as the soccer world cup showed, it wasn't horrendous.

It'll just get closer to the UK model where Pay Tv is cheaper and everyone has it. Give it time, but if subscriptions for foxtel go up enough the price will come down (sounds contrary i know but the more people subscribe the more they can afford to cut the price...they did this i the UK...

Surely Jim Williams and Nucifora are out. They should be. Who comes in as Forwards coach then? Deans needs an assistant backs coach to support him in that role.

aimless kicks. a few games ago Marshall called it that Genia telegraphs when he is going to do a box kick. he takes a big look up way in advance and players have caught on to that so that they know when to apply pressure. the problem is he doesn't change tactic nor does he more subtly look up...

Off the most recent train of thoughts in this thread... Have a look when you can the the current welsh squad and their ages. Provided they can adequately replace phillips and adam jones, this entire welsh team has at least one more world cup in them (when they'll still be late 20's) and a near...

It was a foolish decision to play the ARU like that and then sign for 1 year. very short sighted of cooper and his management team. The ARU originallly were unwilling to sign him up for the big dough until he was proven against the all blacks and against the best. now he's had a very poor world...

They should get Adam Freier and Matt Burke to call the games. Both good clear speakers, know the backs and the forwards and are funny (enough)

Agree. despite the man love for Samo, you don't have a quality 8 man. One amazing game against the all blacks in brisbane doesn't make him world class 8. Rocky is patchy. he can be exceptional and he can be quite average.

was that a more junior competition to the ARC? non-professional?

What's the ARS?

I think italy is a great chance. they would make an absolute bag at that as well. that said - can't see italy paying the circa $200m fee anytime in the near future. while i'd love to see it in North America (it s a great middle point for Pacific and Europe) the area is so damn big that it...