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Let me say that ss the son of a 5th gen Kiwi the ABs are always a close second to the Wallabies for me. Having said that as far as I, am concerned there is only two tournaments they didn't choke, 87 and that game where 8 had food poisoning and Goldie was puking on the ground. If it's any...

Correct. Not sure it helps us, but can't fault the logic. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

BBBT is two years older than Matfield and at that stage of a career that's an eon in elite sports, but agree totally that Matfield is a great of the game.

Samo!

With regards OC vs IC defensive difficulty, I don't think there is much in it. Some players had better completion rates in super rugby at IC, others OC. Fainga'a for example has 84% at OC, 79% at IC. Tom Carter 100% at OC (and thats for 43 tackles...) vs 90% IC (186 tackles). Others (Benson...

Fair points PB but prolly worth noting that BBBT is a pretty heavy skew on the AB age avg, and the man is a bloody legend.

Cant see O'Connor missing out myself, we need to give him every opportunity to get his kicking stable. Frustrating to see Mitchell miss a shot at returning to form but kicking is critical and its not gonna be Digby who comes off. Mitchell, Barnes are injury cover, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Ant is tougher, reckon...

All Blacks - the Stephen Donalds of RWC rugby.

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Worlds full of experts, 2 semis in 3 years is a lot better than most coaches have achieved. It's easy to take cheap shots, but that's all they are, cheap shots from backseat drivers. GL CH. I for one admired your game.

This kind of post is just inflammatory drivel. Why are the mods putting up with this kind of insulting post about former Wallabies?

Hard to pass Genia and Pocock but for me it's Horwill, might struggle without eoyt points 8/

Great player but I'd have Pocock every time thanks. Besides there's something special about beating Richie.

Thanks for that RH, great to hear. While I wish he'd quit the girl niggle love affair he seems to have with McCaw, a player I genuinely believe Quade recognises as a superb player, I must admit I got endless delight reading the incredible worked up fervour of hatred many kiwis mustered on the...

Did this a whiles back for those who care. Fair warning to delicate Kiwis - Quade Cooper wasn't the worst test level tackler to play 1st five this year. I don't think the player in question is missed overly so no doubt you'll live. worst-tacklers-in-the-s15

At the end of the day a contract is a voluntary agreement between two consenting parties. If they don't consent no contract. NZRU is entitled to ask all blicks to wear pink frilly shorts if they want to. Doesn't mean they will get signed.

Stubborn, loyal, self belief. Deans got where he is by being committed to what he believes in imo. I rate Elsom as a Captain myself and think he's copped a lot of unfair criticism as player and as Captain. But Horwill has shone as a Captain pretty much since Phil appointed him and is a...

Respectfully disagree Scotty, even completion rates are up for debate if you are comparing 12 vs 13 vs 14. You can't expect a winger to achieve the same completion rates an inside centre does imo! But I do think its fair to say that 18 completed tackles is pretty impressive vs Ant's 10...

Yeah enjoyed his game a lot, it has been great to see Nonu play so well after a rubbish year under Hammett. I'm just surprised SBW didn't push his own wheelbarrow more vs Boks in SA.

Hope the Kiwis don't totally buy into the media frenzy that is gonna surround this. I for one don't for a second think he is expecting or demanding a jersey. Mundine on the other hand is, to hijack a phrase used on TSF, a piston-wristed gibbon. And yeah, none of this is lost on us re Quade...