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If you agree with the requirements for a world class 8 that some on this site would want, then you'd put him straight into the Wallabies. He's tall and big, so he must be a good 8. I myself want to see him demonstrate the necessary football skills. Forgetting the arguments about numbers on...

Absolutely amazing how people can say Kieran Read is the best no. 8 in the world! The man is not tall enough and not heavy enough to be world class like Houston and Timani are. No wonder NZ are such a dreck rugby team.

Sorry to burst the bubble, but Caucau at the Blues was better than Lomu, Campese and anyone else you'd like to mention. After he went to France, stopped training and put on 20kg, he was still the best winger in French domestic rugby. If you're comparing him with the French version then maybe the...

The Rams defensive strategy seems to be to make sure that they are at least two players short when the ball is spread wide. That and Asquith mean that the Rams will take the wooden spoon unless Muggleton makes some changes.

502 has a NZ game and a replay on my set in SA. Given that the match is a double-header, it would have been a no-brainer to televise both games. But it seems nobody thought of it.

My bad, I forgot him! Bet the Rebels wished they hadn't ditched him!

Looking at the player rosters, I think the Reds should finish first in the conference with the Tahs second and the Rebels and Brumbies fighting it out for third. There are not too many apparent weaknesses across the park - although an injury to Cooper would see McIntyre totally stuff up the...

I would have expected Rebels fans to have expunged Round 12 from the memory banks forever, just like we Waratah fans have forgotten a bunch of black and red bastards putting 96 points on us all those years ago.

Idris: Mr Wiki says he played all his junior football in league and that he's a centre not a forward.

Irony gets lost on the internet. I'm sure Sully was tongue-in-cheek. Browning is an interesting case study that's still a work in process. He was destined to be a Wallaby on the back of his U-20's play (and captaincy) but fell in a hole when he went to the next level up because his genetics...

Given that he is playing the tight fetcher role so well, and Hooper is playing the wide attacker/defender so well, why is everybody so utterly obsessed with what number he is wearing on his shirt? If you can find a big-bopper runner who is also fast to the breakdown and is a quality jumper...

Yes, instead we will see them play the NZ conference. For the Sunwolves: be afraid, be very afraid.

As long as he's 2.1 m +, I'm good with it.

One point in our favour: Round three we play the Sharks at Durban BUT it will be after they have flown back from Australia, having just played the Reds and Brumbies. Hopefully we'll have some travel fatigue advantage.

I understood that Foley was playing two years in Japan, but I have been wrong before.

Having early byes can help. Remember that the international window in June is a de facto bye, so you've got byes at rounds 3, 7 and 14. That is an excruciatingly tough early draw. I expect you'll be 0 and 5 with the Brumbies game your first win. If you win 3 from 5 then you'll be playing well...

2017 draw is out and its done us no favours at all. We've got a very hard first half and conceivably could be out of the finals by the halfway point. Start with the Force at home, bank that one I think. We play the Lions and Sharks away (early) and could lose both those games; certainly the...

Would you rather have Perrett or Poite as your test referee?

There are different sorts of missed tackles though. One of Simmons' misses was where he dashed up trying to put the full-back on his arse and got stepped. The next two tacklers got up and knocked the ball carrier down. Yeah he missed a tackle but in doing so he closed down a kick and slowed down...

Cheika/Gibson thought Horwitz would develop into something special and so let Lance go. It was a bloody awful decision at the time and one that time has already proved was a turkey. This year at Super level Lance looked a cut above every other Australian 10, although he was surrounded by some...