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TMO - how do you get a gig like that? George seems to have permanently entrenched himself in that role. You can have a quiet snooze all through a game, then when the phone rings you can watch the replays a few times and then pontificate before nodding off again. I don't think they'd be able to...

Albert, obviously I'm not privy to Todd Louden's thinking but they both trialled well against Colleagues last weekend. I see Dave as coming back to where he started out. The fact that he is now back studying at Sydney Uni might have had some influence on his decision. They each have plenty of...

The Rebels used their links to Inman's Sydney University club - his brother Dane has club connections and Rebels assistant Damien Hill coached there - along with Inman's eastern seaboard family ties, to woo him. I would be astounded if Dane Inman would agree that he still has "connections"...

A huge ask, EandE, when you consider that there are 24 Uni players on full Super contracts plus those in academy programs. A number of these may be available while the Super 15 is still proceeding but it will be a major challenge to stay in touch, especially with the heavy recruitment and more...

"We're disappointed that the Force looked like they came out to give us a physical hard time," Plumtree said on Monday. PaarlBok, Blue, just what is going on in South African rugby? One of your coaches "disappointed" that the opposition "came out to give us a physical hard time"? I always...

I don't want to buy into discussions on the relative merits of particular players, but the photo TOCC has supplied here is clear evidence of a player committing two penalisable offences as he suggests. Alexander has his hand on the ground and his shoulders are very obviously below his hips. By...

I don't think that Jones was the only Wallaby coach that failed to appreciate Ella's genius, Hawko.

She's either a very long distance commuter or you two don't get together very often.

Could not agree more. My strategy going forward will be to keep an eye on Spiro and ignore everyone else on The Roar. If he writes nonsense then I think it is doing a public service to call him on it. I think he is getting lazy and pandering to the lowest common denominator element on his site...

Good call, Hawko. I note that you have been over at The Roar setting a few people straight. I used to be quite involved with their site but eventually found it to be totally unproductive posting there. Logical argument has no influence on the attitudes or opinions of many of their members. I...

I am suitably chastened, Hawko, and impressed by your erudition. Now that you have explained the logic of the "dicking around" strategy I have seen the light. Togetherness with our Kiwi cousins. Even I can remember how sociable and friendly Kiwi teams always were on the field - although thinking...

Thanks for picking me up on a major blunder, deefence. My apologies to the Colleagues Club who had some ex-Sydney Uni players turning out for them on Saturday. And having grown up in Wollongong I am very familiar with the Collegians Rugby League Club there. No excuses.

It's called style.

Fair call, Blue. There are any number of reasons I wouldn't want Bakkies in my mouth.

I'll bet you were tempted to slip Barnsey in there, Hodgo.

I like it, fp. "Dicking around at the back" is an excellent technical term for the modern practice of the 8 ponderously picking the ball up from the scrum and shovelling it on to the half back. Mowen's efforts on Friday could form the basis for an instructional DVD on the practice. In a less...

I like your subtlety, sevenpoint.

For some reason he seemed to think that adopting Superman style tackling, flying through the air, was the appropriate way to deal with the biggest centre pairing in the competition. It wasn't.

Presumably you would want to include at least one inside centre in the squad who actually plays the position on a regular basis. A few comparatives from the Foxsport stats of the Australian 12s from Round 3: Fainga'a made 19 tackles with 3 misses 19-3; Carter 15-0; Fairbanks 13-5; Huxley...

Good call.