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And didn't they both go well against the bloke I was thinking of?

This is the era of the 100kg+ inside centre with players like Hape of England, Jauzion of France, Sgarbi of Italy, Nonu and Williams of New Zealand, Morrison of Scotland and de Villiers of South Africa. I'll go out on a limb and say it. We need a big workhorse 12 in the Wallaby squad and...

Unfortunately, ilmf, I wasn't able to get to the ground in time to watch the Colts trials, but apparently everything went well. There were no real injury concerns and in the first trial the Club gave a few of its juniors, 16 and 17-year-olds a taste of Colts level rugby. In the main Grade trial...

Exactly, TK. A talented young bloke whose potential will probably not be realised because of injury. That's always good for a chuckle.

That's right, TK. I watched it again on replay.

Wasn't it Burgess?

My mail is that it was his knee. Horne's was his elbow. Not good in either case.

Thanks, qwerty. Let's do a few comparatives from the same source: Carter made 15 tackles with no misses 15-0; Dennis 15-4; Mumm 13-0; Mowen 11-1; Mitchell 11-1; Beale 9-1; Baxter 9-2; Douglas 9-3; Kepu 8-0; Burgess 8-2; Polota-Nau 6-1; Turner 6-1; Waugh 6-4; Horne 6-4; Halangahu 5-4 Runs...

A big call but not necessarily a wrong call for the reasons I stated.

Did Carter miss a tackle, BG? Did Williams and Fruen make breaks through Carter? On a night of Waratah mistakes what mistakes did Carter make? I'd be very interested to see Carter's involvement stats - an extremely high work rate sustained for the whole game. But we all see what we choose to see.

3. Burgess 2. Carter 1. Beale

Of course, lincoln.

Scotty, I do not have any set criteria for "outstanding backline player", or for anything else for that matter. Of course I wouldn't limit the category to players as remarkable as Ella and Campese. Clearly Wilkinson would fit as would Larkham. However, I do not really remember any of Woodward's...

Cutter, on what basis do my two posts above lead you to conclude that I "have it in for Larkham"? When I asked those two questions I was thinking particularly of two players, Mark Ella and David Campese. I regard Ella as the most creative player I have ever seen and Campese was an attacking...

I see I have competition in the sarcasm stakes.

It's not a game I follow or even take much interest in, Lincoln, but my understanding has been that it is virtually impossible to get a gig as an AFL head coach unless you have been a recognised senior player. A lot of our coaches, by contrast, come through by serving an apprenticeship coaching...

There you go, ilmf: Club trials commence this weekend On Saturday all players will be given an opportunity to engage in a game situation with a host of trials planned. The trials will be held at the National Indigenous Centre of Excellence, Redfern due to St John's Oval being unavailable...

Sam has been really working on his strength and fitness this off-season, LG. Apparently he scrummaged very well for Uni against the Victorian state side last weekend. Our hooker Benny Roberts who is a hard marker has big wraps on him. I thought he should have been playing 1st Colts through...

What worries me is trying to think of any really gifted intuitive players who have been able to successfully impart knowledge to other players after they have retired.

Sir Clive - 23 caps for England and the British Lions. After retiring he coached at Henley, London Irish and was an assistant at Bath. Robbie Deans - 5 caps then coached Canterbury NPC for one year then two years as manager, not coach, of the Crusaders before taking over as coach. Bob Dwyer...