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Statisics! I posted in the Super XV post, querying how Giteau was ranked so highly in Fox Fantasy Points, vs SBW, Nonu weren't. To my mind the inside/outside centre roles will prove critical in the coming 3N and RWC for the Wallabies. Well I played some more with the stats, only to be a...

This highlights how poor the FF (Folau Fainga'a) points calculations are imho. SBW and Nonu should be at the top of that list by any read of the FF (Folau Fainga'a) stats. Granted I am a big believer in the Frank Bunce style of Centre, but Giteau's tackling has been limited at best this year, and for a centre tackling is 50%...

I'd go the win-win. Huge week for Rugby, 2 Immense Games etc. '300' undertones, the whole bit. The cliche'd approach would be to use an Anzac theme, but any angle that hypes both will, to my (ex)marketing mind, work far better than a divisive message. If you are playing Devil's advocate...

Maybe Nonu wants to be a winger!

Much as I'd love to see him at Rebels, Chiefs would be a far better option for him surely. The prospect of Phipps, Cipriani, Nonu, Beale, and JOC (James O'Connor) is sweet but I'd have thought JOC (James O'Connor) was seeking a 12 slot rather than wing, and presumably Rebels aren't looking to discard Mortlock or Vuna.

Having done a similar stats analysis to Bruce last week, In coming to this board two things, well three things struck me; 1 - until Bruce posted these stats TC was not taken seriously 2 - there is a lot more focus on offense than defense, particularly with general opinion, 'gut feel' 3 - there...