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Yeah, but John Story was the Chairman, Larry Mullin is the CEO (he'll be on his way out too). Regardless, this is still a move that bodes ill for the governance of the game.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/echo-war-stirs-old-rivalries-20120611-2064y.html You mean this one? It doesn't say he's the CEO. If he is that's absolutely outrageous.

Wouldn't know, we're Irish. Which probably explains it even further.

I blame my Invercargill blood. We're a very genuine bunch.

Fair point, though I'm not sure if you were being sarcastic. The three main Southern Hemisphere countries are in the interesting position of having the bulk of the talent, but a minority of the votes at all relevant levels of the IRB. If there's any chance of turning this gratitude into...

I actually think Cooper would have been good last night. I read an article by Spiro today that said a lot of Australian players hold the misconception that wet weather rugby requires extremely tight attacking lines, when really it doesn't (he didn't expand on what he thinks it does require...

And great crowd. Good from Newcastle.

How about that Scotland hooker? The lunchtime pub-goers back in Edinburgh would have been spitting chips in the last 20 minutes.

Interesting take on Owen Franks at the bottom there - I hadn't got that vibe at all (probably because I don't want to admit it).

Weepu over Ellis. What the fuck.

Good team, but I'm confused about why you (and I think others have done this as well) have picked Ben Franks ahead of Owen Franks. It's pretty accepted over in NZ that Owen is the better player, but Ben is good for his utility value.

Blackadder's not tactically astute - "I'm going to pick McCaw, Carter, Read, the Franks bros, the Whitelock bros, Donnelly, Guildford, Maitland, Dagg and Fruean... aaaaaaaaaand go."

I've wondered Bruce, how does that tailored Uni training-style impact on recruitment? Presumably, with such an emphasis on bulk in the forwards, it greatly reduces the field of players from which to select. For instance, I note that the old West Harbour 7, who was a good first grader, has...

My understanding of it is/was (and this is fairly limited as I'm not involved with the club) that Uni has heavily cut down on the amount of cardio done relative to other grade sides. Maybe that's part of the experiment.

Do the Rebs have any marquee spots left? Or do they get unlimited spots because they're new(ish)? It would be great if they could pick up a real rockstar of an international front rower. Ged Robinson is a pretty reasonable player (and Adam Freier might still be around?), so I don't think they...

The Rebels need to stop recruiting backs and start recruiting front rowers.

Random question: how were the assistant refs? My mate was on debut, but I didn't get to watch the game.

That's the big point for me. If Bryce is a gamble, I for one know whether I'd rather him pay off in a final or a round-robin game.

Fair bit of ref-whinging going on here, but I really didn't think either side got away with too much. I think that mccaw obstruction could have been given, but that didn't lead to any points anyway. And ben franks did drop the hand at least once before half-time. The reds also got a...

I liked how hard he celebrated after Delve's try. He's one of those young, super-talented guys who it's pretty easy to be cynical about, but he clearly cares.