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It's great that BOD is going for one more year. The way Kidney was picking his teams none of the new generation of centres got to have any extended time learning from BOD. Hopefully Schmidt will rotate better and give some of the young talent a chance to claim a regular starting spot for next...

I think for the foreseeable future Link will be mentioned with regard to every top International or club job that comes up until his future is sorted out. Add in the Scotland statement and it just made it doubly likely he'd be mentioned. At this stage every SH coach who's ever heard of Scotland...

If you know anyone who didn't enjoy that 2nd test from 2009 (SA v Lions) the best thing you could do for them is give them an NRL brochure as maybe Rugby isn't for them.

This is correct. Every team or athlete has to qualify for the Olympics based on performances between Olympic games. The specific method of qualifying is up to the governing body of each sport. Some events have A and B standard. B being the minimum required to qualify, while A indicates a...

I know this is supposed to be an antagonistic thread, but I'm not that kind of guy. Anyway just wanted to say can't understand the need to print out or learn, encourage other members of the crowd to sing. I also don't get this thing of asking the ARU to bring back Waltzing Matilda, if you want...

Dates and local times are as follows: 2nd November TBA - England v Australia 9th November TBA - Italy v Australia 16th November 17:45 - Ireland v Australia 23rd November 18:00 - Scotland v Australia

I bet that new name was one of those automatic suggestions youtube makes when it thinks your channel name is too long.

It's a very interesting concept but I'm not sure how much appetite there would be for the game up here. Playing the game around the time that JON is suggesting would yield at team of equal quality to that that played for the NH team in 2005 and no where near a full strength BIL team. If that was...

It's certainly a step in the right direction. My two concerns would be, will the straight feed actually be enforced. My second is that the best scrum coaches in the world will be working very hard to get the absolute most out of the reduced hit and and as a consequence reduce the effectiveness...

It seems that the only thing that is saving KB (Kurtley Beale) at the moment is his talent and previous exploits on the rugby field. I think a less talented or less experienced squad player would have been cut adrift by now. I don't think KB (Kurtley Beale) should be cut adrift nor would I advocate it in the case of a fringe...

It really is great to see things starting to click for the Tahs. People can talk about poor defence from the Kings and they may have a point. However the Tahs had the running lines and support numbers to create and exploit the gaps in the defence. No one can tell me that last years' Tahs would...

Here are some contribution from Ireland over the last couple of years: Great individual effort from Craig Gilroy for Ulster against Munster in the HEC That flick by Zebo in the lead up to Healy's try vs Wales in this years' 6Ns Great interplay from Leinster last year. A move who's...

Competition for places is never a bad thing, discourages complacency, provides injury cover and gives Cheika options to tweak the game plan for certain opposition. I guess Cheika is trying to put next phase in place so that the Tahs don't fall apart, like last year, during an injury crisis.

Personally I don't think the Lions pack will steamroller the Aussies, as from watching S15 I know there are some damn fine forwards available to RD. However I do think the Lions have an edge in that department, it's not a gulf by any means. In the backs Australia have the edge but they're not...

If you're an England fan or the BBC the omission of Robshaw is a controversial choice. Actually if you're the BBC it seems that the omission of just about any English player is a controversial choice and the inclusion of Stevens and Hartley are master-strokes.

James Hook, Sergio Parisse, Imanol Harinordoquy and Kahn Fotuali'i all confirmed for the Baa Baa's squad to face England and the Lions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/22378536

I guess I could try to give a little history to the Lions for you, although I doubt this is going to be brief. A lot of this is from memory of watching many Lions specials and reading books etc. so if I get any details wrong I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can correct me. Origins The...

Have a look through The plastic paddy's posting history in this thread, the 6Ns and HEC ones. He's completely against the modern version of the Lions as he feels that it's too commercial and a money making exercise for Rupert Murdoch. From his previous posts he would like to see no Irish players...

As a Lions fan let me be the first to apologies in advance for whatever deplorable act Dylan Hartley commits on the tour. He may be wearing red this summer but he doesn't represent us fans and the majority of us will be just as disgusted as you guys. Hartley may actually behave himself on the...

Tour manager Andy Irvine has said that in a phone conversation with WG, Wilkinson ruled himself out of contention for the Lions. He said that his body wasn't up to such a grueling tour and that he had to put his club first.