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Steyne? Pinnear?

Maybe 15 should be his position, less traffic & more room plus there is a position vacant at the tahs

Whether true or not, the discussion about why league is worth less than AFL due to the more natural ad breaks in AFL plus the longer duration of each claim is quite interesting and seems to make some sort of sense. How many viewers begrudge the station for cutting to an ad after a goal (which...

Does anyone seriously expect that Barnes is likely to be playing again next season? The latest articles on CTE are very worrying so I would be thinking long and hard if I were Berrick.

I demand a recount, as Rocky and Sitaleki' stats are too awful to be true. What the hell were they doing? I guess Sita spent some time knocking the ball on. I don't understand the reluctance to Higgers, I am no reds fan but I thought he was strong this year.

its bucketing down here Paarl and forecast to continue raining until the weekend so it could be low scoring/scrappy game. I don't think this is Deans' best 22 just yet as I think Sharpe will be in the starting 15 and Giteau will be on the bench for a 5/2 split (he can cover everywhere in the...

This is why I think the blacks will win the RWC this year. Henry will know that he only has to do a few small things differently to win, another coach would probablly have started again which would have sent the all balcks backwards before they started going forwards again.

I am not excusing the loss, quite the opposite in fact. It's Deans job to put 15 players on the field with a game plan to win games and Elsom to right the ship once it starts going pear shaped on the field. The 15 players selected were good enough to beat Samoa but there had to be...

How would cooper have made much difference today? We got smashed at the breakdown and first phase play (yet again) and Quades not known for his breakdown play.

Lets face it, we underestimated the Samoans. We thought we could throw together a team of debutants, players returning from long layoffs and other players (who we wanted to test again at this level or test in new positions) a few days before the game and expect to win. No real game plan and no...

Did we?

Well done Samoa. You turned up to play a test match today and were deserving winners. The greasy conditions suited the big boys as they were able to keep the ball in front of them for most of the game. I am ropeable about the wobbs performance.

I can’t think of a single reason why Gas would go back to rugby now. He is already walking away from a big league contract that would probably be on par with the best he would achieve in Aus rugby (unless he because a real superstar). Plus rugby involves a lot more travel, unless he doesn’t...

3 Horwill 2 Robinson (might have ahd 3 if he stayed on the whole game, but gill was good) 1 Genia (the try was worth points is nothing else was). Diggers would have got points if he hadn't of duffed that opportunity in the first half.

For completeness, I note Stirling Mortlock wasn't naamed in the extended squad. Disappointed and confused that MAfu was named, but I see its been discussed in detail elsewhere. All in all seems like a good squad to me, best we have had for a few years now.

Congrats to the reds, well deserved and its been a pleasure to be a watcher of the "journey". Was an absorbing game, the crusaders dominated the breakdown (and scrum), but the price they paid was that they struggled to do alot with it and couldn't go too wide due to the numbers they were...

Certain clubs used to be renown for hard/dirty play in subbies rugby and it was usual for confrontations on the field to lead to the same on the sidelines during or after the game when playing at their home grounds. We always struggled playing these teams as, frankly, the intimidation factor...

I concur. Burgess and BArnes/Hangers were a combo that would always keep us there or there abouts but arn't going to win us the comp. Plus they still have their 1-2 games a year that they lose to teams they should beat, home finals are the key to winning this comp. The draw also makes more...

Reds, besides the fact that they are from Aus I really like Link as a coach and would love to see him have this success. In saying that, my money is on the stormers.

This will be one hell of a game given the Reds will be playing 3 teams at once. Can't wait to see how Cooper finds his way through 45 defenders.