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The NSW Under 20s had a good hit out at Moore Park this afternoon. Some of the boys were guilty of making calls to be passed the ball from old school chums (or school opponents, but they knew the nicknames) who were playing for the other side, but the players got wise soon enough. As usual...

Clermont are the best European team to watch because they run with the ball - it's like watching the Waratahs play sometimes, but they have some of their negatives too. They nearly always start the season well, as they are doing this year, but they seem to fade away towards the end. This year...

He hasn't played a lot in the Top14 because of injury (three times since the end of September). He has played in the Challenge Cup (the poor relation of the Championship Cup - the old Heineken Cup) but they don't really signify because some teams play a lot of scrubbers, and I don't watch it...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Anybody know if Nucifora or Pilz are back at school in 2015? They were handy scrumhalves for Queensland at the nationals this year. .

AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) has already declared he will leave after the RWC, his preference being Toulon, where his old mates Mitchell and Giteau are at, but he said there were other clubs who were interested. Toulon score more tries than anybody else, by some margin, but he would like Clermont also: they play like...

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I may do interviews with new guys Andrew Kellaway and Sam Lousi in the next couple of days. The questions I'll ask will be as boring as bat shit so if anybody has any interesting questions (not smart-arsey) please post a few here. Thanks .

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There were only about 25 U20s there today; so obviously there were a lot missing. They had a lot more there last year at this time. It's hard to comment on who was there or not there without having a list to tick people off. Cheika came over to me today and said G'day - I was...

I heard they wouldn't accept your application Pfitzy - geez that's tough especially as Lindommer was accepted and he was as much to blame as you were. Was at Tahs training today. Willie Skelton must be keen - he's already fronted up. The other Wallabies won't get back until the New Year...

The Kings 2nd XV scrumhalf or the Australian 1st XV scrumhalf? I would have a strong tendency to perhaps favour Goddard. .

You'll keep Reg :)

^^^^^^^^^^ Fou - good runner, poor hands, decent engine - you never know, though we'd have to see him in an NRC team first playing against one of the few teams who can defend well. I imagine that many good Sevens fliers will be challenged in XVs because there are not so many spaces; and they...

Also Sean McMahon - I'm picking that he will be seconded to the Rio Sevens team and am thinking that James O'Connor would be good back in Sevens for Rio - it should help the brand too. My smokey for Rio is Henry Hutchison - though maybe four years later. .

I see that Adrian Thompson has been re-appointed as the Aussie Under 20s head coach. People may ask why he is still in charge when his team improved from just 7th to 5th this year, but folks should realise that the playing field is not as level as it was a few years ago when our results were...

Your points quoted, and the ones not, are taken. But there is a new paradigm, just as there was when one-day matches and 20/20 matches were introduced into cricket. They ARE part of cricket now despite the fact that many of us think that test cricket is the real cricket. Likewise Sevens...

That would be good but no doubt the automatic qualifiers would get the favourable seedings for the draw; and if Australia is going to have a shot at the semis (after which anything could happen) then a good draw will help. Was just looking at the current standings of 2014-15 after three...

Leinster v Harlequins ERCC Quins' fullback Mike Brown fielded a ball kicked through by Luke Fitzgerald. He turned around and cleared the ball but he had placed a foot in touch beforehand. The crowd roared. Nick Mullins: 40,000 Leinster fans spotted the heels of Mike Brown going into...

World Series table after Rd 3: South Africa - 59 Fiji - 51 NZ - 47 Australia - 46 Argentina - 40 England - 37 Samoa - 29 It looks more and more like the mission of the Aussies is to stay ahead of the Argentines and England for Olympic top four automatic qualifying. All three teams will be...

The team seems to have more depth now; whether that is from better selections or better coaching I don't know. The Aussies still caused some disappointment compared to what might have been against South Africa, who looked a bit nervous in front of their home crowd in the semis and were down...

I have added interest in the Sevens series because I am looking at the results of the other teams more closely now. If Aus have to be in the top four by the end of the series to get automatic entry into the Olympics (and they were in the four after Dubai) we can watch the other teams and try...