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Maybe @Waiopehu Old Boy, or one of our NZL readers may have some mates still left in Levin that can get along to the game and either do a match report and/or take some photos for G&GR?

^^ What are the cumulative figures for Australia? Germany's ratings must have gone close to those of some of the Tier 1 Countries figures.

^^^^ Not many mobs have won a World Cup with a bunch of Youngsters. Someone did something for the front page blog (I think) and nearly all RWC Winning Teams have had an average age of late 20's - around 27 IIRC. Never underestimate the native cunning that comes with experience. It beats...

Invaders Interrupting the game are fair game: Although strangely, the courts dealt with the offenders differently in NZ. From an earlier, more simple age: Sometimes the pitch invader starts a little more action than simply gaining the attention of security: Not suggesting that Under...

2015 NRC Team of the Year http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/nrc-2015-team-of-the-tournament/ 1. Allan Ala'alatoa (UC Vikings) Shadow: Haydn HIRSIMACKI (QLD Country) 2. Robbie ABEL (UC Vikings) Shadow: Heath TESSMAN (Perth Spirit) 3. Sam TALAKAI (Brisbane City) Shadow: Sef FA’AGASE (QLD Country)...

Hookers Stephen Moore - Brisbane Grammar School - QLD GPS Tatafu Polota-Nau - Granville South High School - NSW CHS - 2002/03 Schoolboy James Hanson St Joseph's Gregory Terrace - QLD GPS - 2005 Schoolboy Props Greg Holmes - Downlands College - QLD Sekope Kepu - Wesley College - NZ Scott...

Yep. Here is the RWC15 Security Guard Training Video. Too good to have in just one thread.:) "Release the Tiger"

Be as cynical as you want about the actions of SBW, or the dastardly evil intentions of the kid, who was later found not to have any pointed sticks, bananas or raspberries with which he could attach his targets. Go to 24-28 seconds in this clip. That is how Security could have dealt with...

Sort of the same point of Izzy Folau going to Uni. Any Wallaby player never plays for their Club. Has Izzy attended any Club training sessions on No 1 Oval, or been to any Uni Gymnasium or S&C sessions? Full Contract Waratah Players are lucky to play any more than one or two games per...

Consolidation of previous figures: Rd 1 BRI vs PER: 2698 NHR vs SYD: 2000 GSR vs NSW: 1200 QLD vs MEL: 1700 Rd 2 SYD vs QLD: 500? MEL vs BRI: 750 NSW vs CAN: 2623 PER vs NHR: 2000? Rd 3 NHR vs MEL: 1,200 CAN vs GSR: 2,178 SYD vs PER: 750 QLC vs BRI: 2,204 Rd 4 BRI vs NHR: 2,000 NSW vs...

2015 NRC Ball in Play Watch Round 1 Brisbane City v Perth Spirit - 41:14 minutes - New Record* North Harbour Rays v Sydney Stars - 34:58 minutes Greater Sydney Rams v NSW Country Eagles - 37:25 minutes Queensland Country v Melbourne Rising - 34:19 minutes Round 2 Sydney Stars v QLD Country -...

To get back to the game, I've just read @Force Fan's Ruck and Maul stats from the blog front page. http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/rwc-final-ruck-analysis-all-blacks-v-wallabies/ Sir Richie GOAT was involved in an insane number of 55 Rucks/Mauls. The next best was Bordie Retallick on a...

So that is about 100 Australians playing more or less professionally in Japan, France, UK, Italy, Ireland, to go along with the approx 150 contracted players in the 5 Australian Super Franchises.

Pro 12 (Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Italy) Scarlets Dylan Evans Jack Payne Munster Sean Doyle Mark Chisholm Glascow Sam Johnson Taqele Naiyaravoro Zebre Luke Burgess Benneton Salesi Manu England Premiership Bath Leroy Houston Exeter Mitch Lees Julian Salvi Ben White Gloucester Bill...

And the exodus in French Div 2 from Wikipedia (and a couple of lads not listed in Wikipedia) Bezieres Joshua Valentine Phoenix Battye Lyon Damien Fitzpatrick Aurillac Lotu Taukeiaho Albi Christopher Seuteni Afusipa Taumoepeau Narbonne Huia Edmonds Thomas Boidin Alexander Noel Holmes...

From Wikipedia, these are the Australians in French Top 14 squads. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_14. There are probably a fair few more in the Div 2 teams Clermont Brock James John Ulugia Bordeaux Blair Connor Sekope Kepu Adam Ashley-Cooper Brive Poutasi Luafatu Alfie Mafi Chris...

^^ I'm not all that familiar with Ballymore layout, but I think you are saying that the broadcast was from the "camera unfriendly" side. That would explain why the colour was a bit washed out, and the field markings didn't really stand out like we are used to seeing. Seems to be damned if we...

I think that the 2011 RWC final would have been in "unfriendly" TV hours for many parts of the world, whereas the 2015 event would have been played at a time that suited many European, African and American sets of eyes, and lets face it there are a lot of sets of eyes there, compared to here.

We just got second in the Rugby World Cup. Pubs and Clubs were filled around the country, and the Wallabies were front page news across the country (for a day or two). We haven't had a decent controversy in Wallaby rugby for a long while (if you discount Richard Graham's 2015 performance and...

^^ Yeah. I meant Folau Fainga'a (2015 U20 Hooker). It is such a "well connected" name for Aust Rugby isn't it. :) OP edited.