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I believe the trend is steadily up since the early 90s, not in the period 04-present. I don't think there's huge cause for concern about rugby's state in this country and the Super 15 with the more local focus next year should really help broaden the appeal. Hopefully this will lead to an FTA...

enjoy getting to post the longest response in the world twice, Paarl? :)

The fact that Bam is good at defence and turnovers according to you would seem to be more than one dimensional to me. And I do rate him with ball in hand as well, which you seem to have missed. I think Smith and McCaw all up are/were about equal, McCaw certainly has the leadership aspect over...

Ok I'll bite. Calling Pocock one-dimensional is a bit rich. He might not be KB (Kurtley Beale) running the ball, but he always makes yards through determination if nothing else. Same in defence. Apart from the couple of times he's been caught over-reading the defence he never gives up on a tackle and brings the...

lol nice try. If you could just go back and edit the game so the Gold came out above the dark side then I'd be a bit more impressed...

can we have an update on the old penalties conceded v. yellow cards graph? just out of interest's sake....

ZING!!!...er

Agreed. Also think he was a tad harsh on Sharpe too. The rest of his ratings are pretty good too; I always like to see what the neutrals have to say after a game - wheres PB and Blue? Although saying Cooper is "not as suspect in defence as people may think" is downright weird. Cooper's...

Hasn't been covered. I saw it too and thought it was pretty poor. Nonu was rattled and didn't have much of an impact, he fired up an McCalman after getting cleared out from a ruck at some point too. I think I can safely speak for pretty much everyone here in saying I'll be very, very...

3. Beale/KB (Kurtley Beale)/Gilbert/Sugar Ray - always looks like he has so much time, a sign of some of the best 2. Pocock - does anyone have more guts and determination? 1. McCalman - a few more like that and he's a chance of keeping no.8 when Palu gets back. Hounourable mention to Turner; completely...

I would have just clicked agree, Gnostic, but I have to state that I think what you've said there is 100% correct. Yes we need to close out the big games, and that will come (one day) but in the mean time, when you're playing the best in the world you need a little bit of luck, the rub of the...

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

Just my 2c on the issue. I went to Fort St and my year was probably 60-65% Asian of different ilk (East and South-East). We had a team in which 3 of us, including me, weren't Asian. As a team we were tiny and never had any real training or continuous, well-structured competition to play in but...

would've agreed but I think 15 YCs per team is much more likely. In all seriousness I think it'll be close but ABs to prevail 35-28. Heart says Wobs 143-0 (to beat the RWC record against Namibia)

sorry DPK, I was being just a bit tongue-in-cheek with it. shoulda put a smiley with it or something. But I still hate Kaplan ;)

Thanks for the vid enforcer, it just makes me want to see Palu back in the team asap. All we can really do is hold out and wait with no real alternatives springing directly out of the woodwork. I couldn't believe that was a YC, but then I looked and saw it was Kaplan.

maybe something official regarding the Anzac murmurings? I agree that it's got to be something positive, and obviously pretty big by the looks of things. I guess we'll know pretty soon anyway

I'm pretty sure an Anzac team would be able to do that without the help of either SA or the Argies. Come to think of it the ABs could probably make a decent fist of it without help from anyone. The idea of an Anzac, or SANZAR or SAANZAR test against the NH teams in a baabaas style is very...

Especially cos every game that's played here is essentially half a home crowd for the ABs anyway, and there's usually about 8 aussies in the crowd when we play over there. Damn immigints!

:'(