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Consistent with the high standards usually maintained on this forum, I think we should avoid having digs at individuals' sexuality.

What intriques me is on what basis Dunnman has apparently concluded that the photo shows an imbalance between biceps and triceps development. The biceps are being contracted with the dumbbell curl which means that the antagonist muscle group, the triceps, is relaxed. There would seem to be...

Are you serious, Lindommer, or just trying to stir? "did nothing out of the ordinary": Let's look at the FoxSports stats. With the predictable exception of the fullback with 14, he had 9 runs, more than anyone else in the team. Typically forwards make more runs than backs, but the highest...

Thank you, cyclo. The problem probably arose because in pre-metric times feet and inches always went together, not yards and inches.

On 22 May 1943 Fred Hughson established the official and recognised world record for a drop kick at 89 yards 11 inches (81.66m) at the halftime interval of a VFL game against South Melbourne at the Brunswick Street Oval. Obviously, E'nE, that was with a Kick-It-To-Me football but I think it...

1. Carter 2. Burgess 3. Beale

In a word, waves, torrid. Scrums and lineouts were fairly well matched, but Uni were very aggressive at the breakdown, frequently forcing Eastwood back behind the advantage line. I was told that Alcock did play.

Only two grades played with no Colts, waves, apparently because of ground conditions. Only 30 minute halves. Seconds, 2 tries each I think. Eastwood declared uncontested scrums from the start. Firsts, 21-12 to Uni. Good physical game.

We look forward to reading your thoughts on the game with considerable anticipation, wj.

I think you are being a little uncharitable to Spiro, fp. Amongst the excrement there are a few nuggets shining brightly. One of them was his suggestion that Tony Rea should follow the example of Marc Lievremont: "This is exactly what a coach has to do when his team reaches an unacceptable...

No, he is required to play with a Brisbane club, so he will be playing club rugby for UQ.

One for next year if he keeps developing - in terms of rugby skills rather than getting bigger - would be Will Skelton. I posted this photo of him playing against Tuggeranong in the Grass Roots section but it got buried under other threads:

In fairness, Cutter, I also should acknowledge that the contempt that was generally felt for the "king hit merchant" up until the past half century basically related to the environment of the pub rather than the football field. There was a code or convention relating to pub or street fighting...

Thanks, Moses.

If the ARU were really serious about player development they could look over the fence and learn from the breakaway code. But there is no need to put young players on contracts only to discard 95% of them after a year or two with their only option being to go off and pick up beer money playing...

We are in agreement, Cutter, other than on two points. The first is whether the breaking of Graham Price's jaw - which I assume is what you are referring to - was the result of a king hit. The second is a correction. Finnane never played against the Lions. Until the mid-1970s home nation...

Here's a sample of what we both missed seeing, LG.

A great line, Moses, with probably more than an element of truth.

Attitudes change over time. If you go back a couple of generations an exponent of the king hit wouldn't have been thought of as a hard man.

I think either of your two explanations are plausible, Hawko, or perhaps an amalgam of the two. I continue to be surprised how little attention is given to joint angles in scrummaging, particularly with respect to second and backrowers. The foundation of the very powerful Argentinian bajadita...