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The performance by the Aussies against Argentina was inept, and disappointing to me; notwithstanding that the other side played some brilliant Sevens' rugby and deserved the win. I suppose that there are only so many games the Oz mob can make a comeback in, and pull out a win from their...

The Pom commentators went ape-shit every time Sam Burgess did something for Bath last night. In truth he is doing pretty well and if there's one area that England needs a bit of zing, it's in the midfield. We Aussies hardly ever want Poms to do well in any sport but Burgess is a good lad...

There were a couple of rugby quotes relating to horse racing in recent weeks: Toulon v Clermont The commentators were discussing the absence of the injured Matt Giteau and the talk about rushing him back into the Toulon team. But it was a long season and Morgan Turinui said: You don't...

When asked by Shane Warne if he was comfortable under the catch hit by Kohli, Mitchell Marsh (who did everything wrong, but nevertheless took the catch) said: I'd be lying if I said I was - I pretty much shat myself. This is the rugby quotes thread? Excuuuuuuse me - carry on. .

Agree - I am reminded of what Talleyrand said: If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another. ..

There is the nub of the matter: when a new thing has different purposes, one or more aims may be served well and one or more, not. In my view the principle purposes of the NRC for players are to develop them in an environment they will be in should they progress further, and to assess them for...

We have different opinions on a few of the law variations and the scoring changes in particular - and it is well that we do: what would we be without these divergent views, validly held, as we see the validity? In the blog I referred to earlier, I mentioned the likelihood of a change being...

Harrison Goddard and Jack McGregor would be a dynamite halves pairing. .

Probably Jamie Cudmore. .

The game of the round for me. Munster were not at their best but you can pull something out of your backside to win games at the death only so many times, and Munster can't complain with their success rate in that department over the years. Munster will play a lot better than that but they...

Definitely yes: http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/14/07/20/bt-murrayfield-pitch-perfect-champions-league Same for Millennium: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-29886074 Twickenham is in it's third season with the same type of hybrid pitch. The improvement in the...

The hybrid pitch at Millennium was used for the first time in November when Wales played Australia - so it has been refreshed. It certainly worked a treat compared to the same match last year when the pitch looked like a potato field after some scrums. Murrayfield is also a lot better than...

Ulster v Scarlets ERCC There is a scrum just before half-time and referee Luke Pearce free kicks Ulster. He says: Only front row can hook the ball, not the flanker. A commentator laughs: You learn something new every day; so the front row are the only ones who can hook it back? It was...

Montpellier v Bath - ERCC The local crowd was not happy with referee Ian Davies on Friday night as their team was getting toweled by visitors Bath in the mud. Montpellier was down 0-30 and hadn't scored a point until they went over for a try in the 68th minute after winning a five-metre...

In what position? .

He's one of the few schoolboy tighthead props I was fairly certain would make a good professional player. I haven't thought that about anyone since, though Allan A came closest. It's a pity he decided to go overseas but it is what it is. .

I loved the NRC and got some connection with my Rays team by the end of the comp as mentioned earlier in the thread. I thought I had detailed in this thread what I didn't like about the NRC: some of the trial law changes; but I didn't. I had interwoven them in a blog I did nearly at the...

Not to the point, and pardon my ignorance, but is the GAA still amateur?

It was a great first half from the girls in the final and they got a big lead but the Kiwis looked a bit fitter and won in the last play of the game. Geez they're not far away, and in the Olympics were next year they would be medal contenders. But it was a case of yet another Kiwi rugby team...

No more guys - thank you.