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Taranaki v Tasman was a great game to watch as long as you could ignore the poor defence on both sides. Very entertaining, thought Tasman's poor decision making cost them a chance of winning. Especially the quick tap when they had a penalty in the Taranaki half.

How about the boxing wallaby in a rocky outfit with the tag line "DOWN BUT NOT OUT" to reflect the renewed optimism that will be flowing around G&GR once Deans' departure is announced?

It was very interesting to see Conor O'Shea, former Ireland international and current Quins director of Rugby, has been announced as part of a panel to review the performance of British swimming at the Olympics. Would be interesting to see a similar review of Australian rugby conducted by a...

IF he's gone will it be with immediate effect or at the end of the RC? Won't see spring tour suggests he'll step down after the tournament. In that case other 4 games would be a write-off with a lame duck coach in charge. Probably wouldn't get a replacement in before spring tour anyway but a...

Always sad to see someone who gave their all to our sport at the highest level retire due to injury. Was a great player who emptied the tank every time he played.

Just read the Drew Mitchell said he could be out for up to a year. Feel really sorry for the guy, very unlucky with injuries.

I have to say I actually think one of the many advantages that NZ have over other nations is their selection policy. To my mind there are 3 main ways to pick a national team/squad be it individually or in combinations. They would be 1) Coaches favourites: Coach has a liking for particular...

My take on if Deans will go now or later is that IF the ARU feel that he's no longer up for the task then they need to let him go now. Yes it will mean a caretaker coach for the rest of the RC but no matter if it's RD or a caretaker in charge I don't think anyone is going to judge this RC as a...

3 Hooper 2 Timani 1 Ioane

Seems appropriate that it's the first time that NZ kept Australia scoreless at Eden park and 1st time anywhere in 50 years. A performance as bad as the Wallabiles in the 2nd half should be marked in some way.

One of NZ's best attacking weapons tonight has been the Wallabies kicking.

Comment from my brother "A lot of the Australian players just look like passengers".

Have to say up to and including last week I hadn't been impressed with Timani in the green and gold. The first 40 is the first time he's really looked like a Wallaby to me, going well so far. For the second 40 Aus need to play a bit more territory. They've gone a hell of a lot better than last...

Can't believe Barnes actually put the ball into the scrum straight. Not having a go at him as he's not a scrumhalf. Someone should have told him you can put the ball in as crooked as you like as long as you don't feed it directly under the No. 8's legs. Looked like Moore went to hook it and then...

Really enjoying this one so far. 0-0 after 24 minutes would have you imagining 2 packs rolling around in the muck like a drove of pigs. But it's been 2 teams playing much better than last week and some good attack cut out by good defence on both sides. Aus pack are going well thus far and it's...

I must admit I have a bit of a problem. Tonight I have some family over for a bit of a party, nothing big but it will finish late. So I just checked what time the coverage of this game starts tomorrow. When I say it was 8am here I thought that'll be a little early after the exploits of the...

Gatland comes out with this kind of crap all the time. In 2009 he said that the the Welsh players all hated the Irish just before a grand slam showdown game in Cardiff. Declan Kidney had no need for a rousing team talk after that and Ireland went on to win the game and clinch the grand slam...

Thanks Qwerty

IS there any further news on Steffon Armitage's failed drugs test? Last I saw he was provisionally suspended and was to appear in front of the French anti doping commission yesterday. Haven't seen any reports on how that went though.

First off this post is going to be long and probably an incoherent mess as this stuff has been whirling around in my head for a few hours. It definitely won’t be one for the faint of heart or for those who like to see more than 1 post at a time on their screen. Some of it might sit better in...