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Barry was regarded very highly at Uni in terms of strength and potential, lily. He could really shunt a scrum. The Club really did a lot to assist him when he came up from Melbourne and persevered with him, but in the end he was regarded as having a poor training ethic. It is not surprising that...

You should be able to get very attractive odds about us taking the All Blacks by 13+ on Saturday week, spikhaza.

That's correct, tranquility, although as mentioned above he is ineligible for this team on the grounds of age. He is not in any academy program.

I presume then, Scarfie, that you would rank our current status as the "less shit" phase of the performance cycle.

The very same.

I can't add anything to Keithy's comments, lily. My information on Saturday was that Penrith were forfeiting 3s, 4s and 3rd Colts. It's good that they want to play the Colts' game but I hope they don't declare uncontested scrums from the start as they did in the first round. I'm old school...

Scarfie was very definitely not one of the people I was referring to, Jnor. I don't necessarily agree with him that "Robbie Deans is crap". It's just that I've been around for long enough to realise that authority and wisdom are not necessarily bedfellows. Actually there is a lot about the...

Cunning as in "cunning stunt"? I envy the people who are able to divine so much cleverness and guile in even the most enigmatic of Deans's decisions. Given that he is so clever he must surely be the most unlucky of coaches not to have a better win-loss percentage.

It's a bit hard to fault the ref on the facts as presented. Even back in my playing days six uppercuts would have probably earned a red.

The 2007 Daily Telegraph article reproduced by TOCC should sound alarm bells: EXPECT a bigger, harder, stronger Wallaby forward pack next time around. The Wallabies will undergo an intense rebuilding stage to bring their strength and power up to that of rival nations by the 2011 World Cup...

Bugger the goals, DPK. That's not Burke's main role. If he's not on there none of the others could comprehend what's happening out on the field.

You can't read too much into club rugby games but his precise passing looks impressive in a team using a very flat alignment. He looked embarrassed when, after the bell, he very untypically spilt a pass with the line wide open. He could of course argue that he was caught unawares. Seven...

You might end up with egg on your face, Scarfie. The most highly paid and therefore wisest man in Australian rugby has wisely recognised that the second most highly paid man in Australian rugby has thus far made no discernible progress in building a consistently competitive team, and has...

As it turns out, lily, we will never know how this game would have gone. As I understand it Penrith have decided to forfeit 3rd Colts as well as 3rd and 4th Grades. The current regulations which require postponed games to be played within seven days create great difficulties in weather...

Now I see where you're coming from, Keithy. According to the table Penrith have won three and Uni have been beaten a couple of times recently. You could be right.

You do realise I suppose, Keithy, that Penrith does not have teams in Colts I or Colts II.

Five according to Wikipedia - 2 for West Tigers and 3 for St George Illawarra.

I would have thought that the myth of Leaguies being superior tacklers had been laid to rest long ago. Or perhaps it was just the inefficient tacklers who crossed over to our code.

Spot on, Gnostic, 21kg is bugger all, unless you're the poor bastard having to mark someone who is 25% heavier than you.

Thank you once again, Godfrey, for providing a critique of my posts. I am indebted to you. You have the advantage of me. You were apparently present when Deans was interviewed, I was not. What explanations Deans gave is totally irrelevant to my post. I was simply drawing attention to the...