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The obvious candidate post Johnny is Toby Flood in the short term. In the medium term, England have great prospects in Owen Farrell and Billy Twelvetrees. Add into the mix that I think Danny Cipriani will give serious consideration to returning to the UK should Johnson resign or be fired. I...

as terrible as the coverage has been, i have to at least say I've thoroughly enjoyed justin marshall's commentary. ditto the kiwi commentators for the aus/sa game. prefer it so much more to the boring predictable, biased, hyperbolic commentary of greg martin et al.

call me crazy but I could see Aus and NZ beating the F**k out of eachother in this game, in a manner similar to the two games yesterday, leaving the door open for a less injury depleted Wales to take the cake. (yes i think wales will be france) Starting to very seriously envy a guy i know who...

i'd be willing to bet if mccabe gets a jersey this weekend, nonu's quad will pop that shoulder out again. twice in what, 3 weeks? not a sign of a stable shoulder.

I thought patrick lambie was great for the boks. great boot, level head and good attack at times. look forward to his future duels with beale/JOC (James O'Connor) big collective sigh of relief when it was morne steyn and not frans steyn taking that penalty from 55m

Who are top potential replacements for PDV? is Meyer still in the running? Would mallet ever get a go again?

love picture number 7. sums him up. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby-world-cup-2011/news/image.cfm?c_id=522&gal_cid=522&gallery_id=122033#8137081

Genia would probably be the only one who has played more! could be taking a toll on him. he's still a youngin.

thanks. was a typo....would be a bad pick up if it was rico! re dagg at 10 - I wasn't suggesting starting him, but in the event something happened to cruden during the game, he could be a good option although this is obvioulsy something that should have been trialled or at least worked on...

Rico not a bad pick up.......same not to be said for donald. I wonder why not Brett? How would issy dagg go in a 10 jersey.......I don't reckon he'd be too out of place.

I hope Cruden stretches his groin like a mad man all week. Unlucky for colin, but he just seemed a bit out of sorts. He was also out of first receiver a fair bit. I'm not sure the tactic there, but his confidence seemed a bit low after he dropped that pass. I read that Dan Carter is...

Forecast is for showers/rain in auckland. It will be interesting to see if QC (Quade Cooper) can rediscover his form which has been lacking this tournament, especially in the wet and wind of Auckland. On form, is cruden gets the start, I see the contest of the 10's being even. If beale is out, I think...

Say it ain't so, joe.

that is an outstanding bench for the boks. particularly in the forwards. I'd say Butch, Hougaard and Aplon all add more than the wallabies back subs (barnes excluded of course). I'd agree that the physicality brought by BDP, Alberts and Louw will be immediately effective. I'm going go...

I'd be happy with that if he actually gets on at 30 minutes. He could make a big difference then and really throw the boks game plan into disarray but interrupting their line out work. the question is....will he get on with enough time?

that would be the only way to do it. a one off game v Heineken Cup winner and Super Rugby final winner. held in dubai for time travel and tv scheduling. with some minor rescheduling, as a one off game, i am sure they could do this.

Ireland by 7 Boks by 4 France by 5 All Blacks by 18

very true. but he's bloody good over 80 as well!

I would not like seeing cruden come on with 10-20 left if I were on the opposite team. He can be a maestro.

......but he's on the bench! the little dwarf could light the game up if he gets on in the final 10-15