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Ma'a Nonu will apparently play for the Highlanders next season, this is some recruiting drive. Despite the fact all these players are the wrong side of 30, they do bring a lot of class. I don't think we particularly needed Nonu to be honest. Assuming we still have Shaun Treeby, Tamati Ellison...

Mixed feelings about this I suppose. Sad that we need an irrelevant multi-national on the jersey but glad that it brings much needed financial benefit. It is 2012 after all, it's just the way it is, a necessity. AIG has an interesting past though, having to pull out of their Man United deal for...

lol. Rugby is funny sometimes. That yellow in the video is a direct result of the Force being so useless at getting to the ruck, it is the fact that the 11 comes in from the side to clean him out and then fails miserably that Richie falls to his feet. Still Richie's fault but one of those...

They probably don't need the extra income like Australia and especially NZ. Too be honest, I'd quite like the AB's to skip a European EOYT one year and do a Japan-Canada-USA or Italy-Romania/Georgia-Russia exhibition tour. And only have a maximum two Wallabies - AB matches a year, 3 is overkill...

^^^ I know and agree. It's been tough for him with the service he has had, he's missed the purple patch form of Quade and Will circa 2011 S15. That being said, it honestly seems like he is too bulky this year. Really he needs to be agile and deceptive and bust a fend like Cory Jane or Tamti...

It can be argued that Digby Ioane has had a less than stellar year all together. Sure he works hard and gains a few metres but he is the best of an average lot of options (currently). He is very rarely ever put in space and most defences have had him shackled comprehensively. Three tries all...

International rugby does not have dead rubbers. Too much at stake. Players have to play for their jerseys, they have to represent everyone who has worn it before them and everyone who has ever wanted to wear it. To think an All Black would not be want to batter those sunshine daisy wearing...

Well done eke.

Those first 20 minutes was just the All Blacks being ill disciplined and making mistakes, I don't think the South Africans were particularly good, just mistake free. I certainly don't think we lost the battle up front, our defence was downright brutal at times. Once we got our hands on the ball...

Well I picked against NZ, so if I had the choice of a shiny new tv or a win over the boks,,, let me get back to you on that one.

I was shamelessly flicking to the Wellington Pheonix - Sydney FC match. That was a bit more pleasing to the eye unfortunately.

13 players ahead of me so I've made some big calls going for South Africa and Argentina. I've shrugged off all of the tippers above me except for runningrugby, same pick for Argentina and a four point difference for the SA match. At least if SA get up and by a few I'll have hedged my bets...

Australia vs New Zealand schools rugby live on foxsports right now. Didn't think it was worth a new thread but some might be interested. Australia off to a good start.

Yep, sideline commentators are basically pointless and run through formalities. Kafe is down there far too often. We can only hope Foxsports decides to rustle some feathers to coincide with the ARU eventually doing it.

Goddam I'm nervous for this one, and pessimistic I might add. 50-50 for me at this stage. Only fair that we face the toughest test on this possible winning run (with bunnies to follow). ^^^ Good for SA to have an unchanged side. Did Kirchner get a brace of tries last week? He played pretty...

They really shouldn't have to defend it against Hawke's Bay. They've already made a challenge and failed this year.

Throwing in my support for Marshall, Kafe and Sumo (especially Sumo). Marshall tries to be balanced and he throws out some decent knowledge and experience occasionally, sometime's he's just wrong but most commentators are (along with rugby fans in general). I like Kafe as well because he tries...

I know exactly what you are referring to and noticed it this morning as well. The AB's are doing all of their ruck work past the ball, and subsequently past the supposed ruck itself. It's difficult to say which attempts are legal and which are not, considering there is an infringement at almost...

You should be right for that. There's only about two months to hang onto that for. Down to third after last night's game though.