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They flocked to those games. My school chums and I got to the queue the night before; some folks got there mid-week. It wasn't much different for the Canterbury game. When I got to Auckland I watched the ABs train on the Thursday. In those days of over-the-top amateur rugby touring teams had a...

I was at that game in Christchurch. That tour produced the most momentous series in the history of rugby in NZ, as far as its effect on the country as a whole was concerned. The Rugby World Cup series are big things for them there, but nothing has compared to the Boks tour of NZ in 1956. NZ...

Wales v Springboks Wales tries a lineout five metres out from the Bok line and put everybody in: Eddie Butler: Here we go: 15-man lineout. Alex Cuthbert the six foot-six winger is coming across the field. All in !! Jiffy Davies: I hope they win it. .

We've all seen the hybrid pitches being used in test matches in NH during their season - at Twickenham, Millennium Stadium, Murrayfield and other places. They are typically 40% synthetic and 60% natural grass. But the Scotland v. Tonga test was played at Rugby Park in Kilmarnock, which has a...

Too many players do chose not to contest stuff and we moan in rugby forums when they don't, and they should. Nothing in the law book that stops them though - unfortunately, otherwise they may get their fingers out of you know what and get stuck in. .

Food for thought. Scotland v Tonga John Beattie (about scrums): You'll find teams now who are going forward who will deliberately collapse a scrum to get the penalty. .

The same way I archive all the games - just a wild guess. .

That never disqualified a fellow from drawing wages as a rugby commentator: Kafer, Martin, and Kearns must earn good coin, as did Mexted back in the day. .

I have just seen this. Are you saying that ESPN broadcast the Fra v Aus game? Obviously you saw this overseas because ESPN doesn't have the rights in Oz - nor in the UK where Sky Sports has them (I think). Maybe ESPN, where you are, used the Eurosports commentator Robbie Nock, who...

The definitions of "Flying Wedge" and the "Cavalry Charge" in the laws are imprecise and always have been. One wonders why the law makers, who seem conspicuously conscious of crossing the "ts" and dotting the "is", let such loosely worded terminology prevail in the laws. The terms are probably...

That's not going to make "news of the day" boyo.

And you duplicated your post too - you silly old bugger. Oops

There is no maul because it takes a defender (and at least two attackers) to participate in the movement for it to be become a maul. It doesn't have a name but let's call it the "Tank". There is no obstruction because you need a defender to attempt to stop the Tank and thus be obstructed. If...

^^^^^^^^ I take your point Sully, but how many times do we hear a ref say to the TMO to check "try or no try" when the attacker is over the goal line and may be held up—and he adds that if it's "no try" he's bringing play back to give a penalty to the attackers. Many times in such cases, if...

Carter should never have gone on tour. He was on a hiding to nothing. He should have been excused the tour and Slade included from the beginning. He would have been served better had he been required to stop playing after his injury in the Super Rugby final - and then proving himself anew in...

Geez guys - it was a joke - not a very good one apparently.

France v Italy Not enough advantage. At 82mins 36 secs referee George Clancy is obviously responding to an AR when he puts his arm out towards attackers, France, near the Argentina goal line. He asks, "Number?" (I think it was for off side, but that is not to any point.) Ten seconds...

Wales v All Blacks There's a shot of Dan Carter with his water-boy bib on. NZ is hitting their straps and Wales fading: Eddie Butler: Who needs Dan Carter? Brian Moore: England does. .

^^^^ Seems right to me. For those who don't know: JSRF10, Bardon and I have been doing a blog on the non-Wallabies test matches (only those with the TRC teams involved) every weekend. http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/spring-tour-tests-week-3/...

Get serious Biffo - how could you expect a guy like Karmichael Hunt, who played league for the Broncos and also in the AFL, for crying out loud, to be half-way decent in Super Rugby? And some are even suggesting that he could play for the Wallabies. … hang on .