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For me, they are quite different players. Different enough to play both together. Out of interest, I was just watching some of their highlight clips on youtube and it's pretty interesting - many of Hoopers highlights are line-breaks and his running, Pocock is mostly breakdowns and pilfers. If...

Fixed. When you have kiwis - full-on, passionate, staunch All Black fans - starting to concede that someone is a better 7 than McCaw, that is saying something. It's not a criticism of Hooper I just don't think we see him as much of a threat as what Pocock was. Prehaps that's not how it should...

This piece in the NZ Herald is a pretty good insight into what I've been trying to say for the last couple of posts: All Blacks: Pack 'went to a dark place'

The problem for Pocock is obviously the length of time he's had out. Not only in terms of just straight up game time but he's had less chance to adapt to new rules and still be effective eg. McCaw. If he physically comes back as good as he was in 2011, I think he can make the necessary changes...

@Pfitzy - I'm not looking to start an argument and I appreciate your point about making assumptions based on my own experiences from NZ so I'll just make a couple of points and move on: Palu - just go back the last 4 or 5 years and have a look at how you guys have rated him against SA & NZ. He...

If they didn't know before Saturday night then they're in trouble. I knew, like most punters did, that the ABs were going to pick up their physicality massively after what they would have felt was a poor performance in Sydney. It's not a criticism of Hooper. It's just understanding that what...

Watching that game last night and then reading the comments here, I feel like nothing has really changed since I first starting coming here 3 or 4 years ago. I have no idea what it is but there just doesn't seem to be any old-fashioned hard-man edge to the Wallaby pack. Forget Palu....I've...

Rugby is just a game. This prick is fucking over our whole country and doing it with a fucken smile and a wave.

looks about da right size.... :) Sent from my iPhone

Fuck that a long way to say "1. He's lost 1"

Who has the trophy? That's all that matters....

Hahahahaha...good point!

Do you know how many games we've lost since Paddy O'Brien was released by the IRB...any idea of what our record is now that he's gone?

Fuck you BH....as a Blues fan till I die...fuck you ;)

And how many games has Hansen lost in 2yrs even with this supposed 'wising' up?

Oh shit...who is the last NZ coach to win multiple trophies internationally including against Australia?!?! Where the fuck could someone like that be?!?

Actually, you guys STILL beat him to it....people here were complaining about the ref days out from the start of last weeks Test. And you're doing it again now. At least Hansen waits for the ref to fuck it up first :)

It starts again....blaming the ref before the game has even kicked off. Ah well....maybe it worked OK for you last week huh? Keep looking to the ref to save you then.

Oh...a sheep reference! Well done :) Quite original...zzzzzzzzzzzz

Skelton is hardly an anomaly in NZ.....we've been running against and tackling big island boys every week since we were 7. 3x per week after about 12 :)