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interesting on Barnes and McKibben realising their connection was off and focusing on fixing it during the bye week http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/making-a-connection-how-mckibbin-and-barnes-became-partners-in-halves-20120415-1x1li.html

You've got to have some gravy, otherwise it's just meat and potatoes

scrums are funny things - it's not always about the best front row, but often about the best second row as well, all 5 working together. Kane Douglas in this regard is a bit of an unsung hero of the tahs pack. that said, this is about front rows. I like the way palmer scrums, but he is purely...

I am happy with Foley at 15 - he has great feet, is quick enough and from the limited amount i've seen is good at running in broken field play. The tweak the tahs should make (were I coach this week) is to focus on getting more players behind the ball on kick return and having a real crack the...

and what if foley isn't up to it? How long do you give him? as you say, there's a lot riding on the next 5 games - is it worth going from predictable yet experienced to completely unknown?

How good is it to see an Australian rugby team generating supporters that will travel to watch their team. Well done

On a related matter, why is the guy in the chiefs logo holding a violin?

I wonder if Richard Grahams comments on palu being the most important key for the tahs went to his head? He had some good carries, but turned over about 4-5 times? The loss off the back of the scrum before half Time was unforgivable. I hope he picks up his game next week, and then again v the...

What is he on about, the australian conference is easily the toughest, evidenced by the fact all the teams are beating each other. Thats why the aus teams arent faring well. Frankly I can't wait to move on to some of the easier SA and NZ teams so we can start moving up the ladder :)

hard gritty forward play isn't boring, kicking the ball away to try to force errors is boring.

that is (potentially) a piece of good news. It's great to have mre options, but I thought he was a bit hit an miss last year, and meanwhile Kingston has been one of more penetrative backs (has great footwork). Would you start Paka over Kingston given full fitness? (based on last year's Paka...

on a straight table standing we sit at 10th. not sure how many losses we can have and still compete, but we have now got to rely on beating all the other aussie teams, as well as picking up all our home games (including a few tough ones v bulls and saders) and trying to pick up some wins on the...

since my chance of being even mildly competative in any league this year is out the window, I have decided to use Fantasy rugby as a way to assit the tahs. Since anyone I transfer into my team has a sudden but magnificent form slump, I will be stacking my team with the opposition's finest...

wow, so I'm halfway to being a powerlifter? just gotta work on that cutting part...

although it's an away game for the stormers they will have the benefit of a full weeks training and no travel. They looked bloody tough last week, and I'm not going to be tipping against them again this week.

my backrow is currently pockock, Coetzee, higgers and messam. It seems wrong not to fit thompson in there but who do i swap out? higgers?

I love it when a saga never dies http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/byrnes-faces-sanction-over-carter-blast-20120404-1wd7e.html Byrnes faces sanction over Carter blast April 5, 2012 SUPER RUGBY'S governing body is considering sanctioning Rebels lock Adam Byrnes over comments he...

Excellent. I shall follow you in anticipation of an increased output. I can only suggest after a short while you will develop a list of followers who you will have an affinity with so one liners are perfectly acceptable. There are other options as well, such as twit longer (allowing a few more...

I'd like to get Bruce on twitter. Can we all chip in and buy him a smartphone?

interesting to note from the injury wiki that the aus super squads have a higher than average number of injuries, with only the highlanders and lions really at the same level of players out. What is striking though is the injuries to the tahs and reds in partiicular seem to be to top line...