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Are you talking about this? http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-match-report/italy-stun-france-for-historic-win-20110313-1bsj0.html Congrats on their first major scalp after years of coming close to claiming one (unless you count Ireland, Scotland or Wales? as major scalps). FOr once the...

Pretty sure Bruce has admitted he was referring to Ryan Cross.

Lachlan Fear is off to Japan? From what I've heard in the past it wouldn't surprise me.

The only problem is He Of The Invisible Cloak would get away with not releasing the tackler and his teammates know that it is an 8 man effort.

Not just world cup but across all levels of pro rugby in Oz. The WC often highlights the issues.

I voted for breakdown as there are ways to overcome a weak scrum. A lot of the other problems with our rugby would be fixed with better application at the breakdown as it would draw more attackers and defenders in when we don't have the ball and allow quicker ball when we do have it if we got...

Watching Australian teams over the last few weeks has got me to thinking where our greatest weakness lies. Most would simply say the scrum as we always seem to be backpeddling, some will say defence (especially when Quade Cooper is involved), others will say handling as we drop plenty of pill...

What's Heyneke Meyer doing? He'd be a good get for the Brumbies. Having a look at the situation in Canberra you could argue that they need an external audit taken of the entire organisation. I'd suggest hire Crawford (the one who did the soccer audit) to look at the corporate governance and...

What's happened with Jono Lance? Injured or cut?

Brumbies 3 Moore 2 Vaea 1 McCabe Reds 3 Humphries 2 Robinson 1 Higginbotham

According to the Foxsports commentators Giteau had his best game of the season tonight. He must have been absolutely woeful in the others then. The Brumbies were lucky for not getting carded as it seemed every time the Reds got anywhere near the Brumbies 22 they gave away a penalty. Can...

I don't give them much chance. Their best chance was four years ago but they had the wrong coach. They're a bit old in the tooth now.

3 Burgess 2 Beale 1 Mowen

Can anyone clearly say what the 'tah tactics were in that game? The team seemed to be playing without a plan. Last year they tried some AFL-style kick-passes with some success early but in this game I can't remember them trying it on once. Their was a kick through for Mitchell late in the game...

Michael Foley and John Muggleton have a lot of work ahead of them after tonight's performance. After all the talk over the off-season about the 'tahs bulking up so that they were not outmuscled again it hasn't seem to have worked as the first time they have played a non-Oz team they have been...

[/pedant]So Horwill was fit to play but has been dropped? [pedant] What has happened to Ben Tapuai? I think the selection of Ben Lucas is a good idea as it will hopefully take pressure off Quade. Hopefully Aiden will get plenty of game time at the back end of the game.

Half the problem with the physicality against the likes of the Stormers is that it goes against how players are generally trained in Australia. Forwards are taught at a young age to stand off and look to get the next run or support the next run rather than go in and win the contest. It is a...

IMHO the Reds need a second playmaker at 15 to take some of the attention away from Quade. Worked a treat in the final game last year as well as with the Wallabies when paired with Gilbert.

I was there that night and it was rather symptomatic of that 'tahs season. They had the spectacular car crash of a loss against the Stormers (they were leading 24-0 after about 20 minutes only to lose 35-24 or something like that), the loss against the Reds where Wendell scored a double, the...

How was Quade's defence?