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I'm not averse to making the odd big call myself from time to time, but this one is stratospheric. If you turn out to be right, Reddy, you will be able to dine out on it indefinitely.

The varied personae of fatprop as revealed by his frequently changing avatars are beginning to worry me. Counselling perhaps if it's not too far advanced.

Albert, I'll try to answer your question in the same spirit in which it is written. At present Uni has 25 of its players on full contracts with the franchises although it is rumoured that a couple may sign for other Sydney clubs. In addition there are Uni players on Academy or Sevens...

In general the forwards in the Australian franchises are certainly not undersized. Whether they have adequate strength is another matter. I have previously written at length criticising the lack of a heavy strength focus in the Wallabies' training programs. Anecdotal evidence suggests that a...

New Age or not, I'd just like him to be in a position to truthfully say that his players "owned the breakdown". That's where games are really won and lost.

Yes, NS, David Hickey is injured. Another player who is missing from the team because of injury is the loose head, Alasdair King.

"Facts" might just be acceptable, TH. So long as you don't use statistics - they are not "reality-based".

I don't want to buy into the debate over Ashley Cooper, but I'm with barbar on this. Fruean appears to be freakishly quick for a huge man. On the evidence of that run I doubt there are many, if any, centres who could outpace him. He may slow down over the years but he seems to be an...

Blue, I am aware of the general South African tendency to pair a leaper and a bruiser in the second row. Let me pose a hypothetical question: If Victor Matfield had had an identical twin would you and most South Africans have opposed picking both twins in the same team when they were at their...

It may have been just a typo, wj, or alternatively a clever coinage.

The alternative approach, Shiggins, is to cry "Dopey bastard!" at the player.

I'm not sure a win in the Laffan Cup would be a reliable form indicator for the John I Dent Cup, tf. I understand that players in the Laffan had to comply with the eligibility criteria for Australian Universities selection, i.e., be a currently enrolled student at that university or a graduate...

I may have missed "WJ's previous suggestion" on this, Rob, but I have only ever seen the concept of rating players in "Tom Carters" used as a form of ridicule on this site, as in "Nathan Grey was 3 Tom Carters" and "Grey was just like Carter, but worth about 1.4 Carters". Not surprisingly, I...

Westcombe, try the thread "Buildcorp Australian Club Championships - Qld Uni vs Sydney".

I don't think it's a requirement for Australian rugby journalists, cyclo. Some do their best work observing the game through the bottom of a glass.

After a number of us had produced stats to refute his diatribe the previous week this was Spiro's latest effort: I’ve gone on earlier this season about why I think Tom Carter shouldn’t be at inside centre. The Waratahs coaching staff keep on producing statistics to show that he makes more...

The rest of the forum can do what they like, Bradley, but there is no way I'll "lighten up" on an issue like this. It's like all the "abo" jokes I grew up with, no harm meant, just a joke mate. and the indigenous people as with homosexuals now were expected to just laugh along with it. I'm...