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Red Beard, prior to last weeks game I still had full confidence in Deans but it was shaken by how lacklustre the Wobbs were in Wellington. I blame the players more than Deans for that, but I will be mighty pissed off if he is not reading the riot act and making some changes given that limp...

I hold out hope for Brown for next year, but he does need a break as otherwise his confidence would have been so shot he would never have been able to come back.

I agree, have an open invite to anyone interested in playing in a poss V prob game for free. Then pick the squad based on the players last performance, which will either be that rubbish served up in Wellington or the Poss V probs game depending on what each individual player want. Dean's might...

Scarfman, not sure if you are taking the piss or not but I reckon that was a big part of the problem in Sat's match and that why I am so annoyed. The players looked to be playing for themselves, particularly towards the end of the game, individually there was some good efforts but collectively...

Baxter was on Grandstand radio on the weekend. He still very much sees himself as part of the Wallaby plans and says he has been training very closely with the team. Interestingly, Al thought his game was down across the board this year and the scrum penalties were only one indicator. He was...

This was the worst Wallaby performance since 1997 Wbos V boks. We were terrible, shithouse, hopeless. We made this weak all Balck team look strong. The boks would have put 50 against either team tonight, and that would have been in the 1st half. Did I mention we were shite. Robbie Deans should...

A quote from green and gold rugby can also be found on the NZ herald site: World rugby critics: 'The All Blacks have lost their mojo' 12:27PM Friday Sep 18, 2009 Video We can bounce back, says McCaw (3:59) Video All Blacks: Donnelly ready to set-up (2:48) Video Hansen: All Blacks can't...

Very good. I also noticed their little dig in the description: "all the latest news from the fourth most popular sport in Australia"

I like it

Geez Shepherd looks like he has kegged up a bit.

What about the PIs?

Not saying that Steyn is a better player than Carter, only pointing out that Carter missed half the 3N and hasn't been back to his best yet in the 2 games he has played.

Congrats to the boks, its been a terrific year and I am glad you won the 3N as it wouldn't have felt right is the blacks had of stole it in the last 2 games. I think this is the first time in the modern era that there has been a clear gap between the boks and all blacks. The challenge for the...

I think Link (if confirmed) would allow Qld to recruit and retain better players. It's kind of presumptous to pencil in Link for this job though. He was born in Vic and I am sure that the prospect of being in charge of a start up team would be attractive to him. Who else would be a...

I see a big difference from a scrum being on roller skates vs a prop being elevated off the ground. But anyway I will pay more attention to see if I agree with our view on SA that the boks props rise under pressure.

Fatprop, prior to this year, when was the last time you saw an SA prop get pushed back over his second rower?

Being driven backwards or collapsing in the scrum can be caused by the weakenesses in the prop(s) or by the other members of the scrum (poor binds, poor body position, poor engagement, lack of weight etc.). However getting popped in a scrum is a sign of either technical weakenesses or lack of...

Fair enough, I just don't think that training on the warm and sunny gold coast in spring is good preparation for a night game of rugby in NZ, which will basically be in winter conditions (alteast by Aus/SA standards). It will be slippery underfoot and the ball will be greasy. PLus its a ground...

Will be a cracker of a game. I think the boks have made a big mistake in staying away from NZ until just before the game. I know it worked for the Perth game, but Perth is not a hostile venue for the boks - Hamilton is. I think a winter night game in NZ reduces the possibility of either team...

the pricing of the waratah games got out of hand in once we started making the finals regularly. the NSWRU decided to try and make hay while the sunshines, which is fair enough, but they also need to remember how fickle the Sydney sporting public are and bring the prices back down. While not...