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That's because SA kick the ball away when they have it and the AB's are not looking after their own ball at ruck time. Dagg has been good, Nonu okay. He missed an opportunity to put Smith through a gap and then threw the ball out of the ruck when he tried to place it. We're just not securing the...

Sweet, I'll be doing a bit of flicking between games then. No surprises about the weather, looks to be raining in New Plymouth and reports from Dunedin have said it's been miserable weather there all week. Oh the joys of having a roof over your pitch. My sister was in the hospital because of...

Counties were just too bloody good. Excellent defensive system and they make all their important tackles. Otago weren't even that bad and we got smashed. The Ranfurley Shield is on RIGHT NOW! 12.30pm Taranaki vs Canterbury. Go the Naki! 2.35pm Wellington vs Waikato 5.35pm All Blacks...

Well I don't care what anyone says. For the Highlanders, Woodcock and Ben Franks would both be HUGE improvements on last years props. Then we'd only need our locks to stop being idiots and we're good for a finals spot, and I do mean idiots, Jared Hoeata spends half the match looking for someone...

Heard that they switched Ben Smith out for Ellison because he can cover 12 as well, since Carter is out, + there are too many Smith's in the team, we'll turn into Wales if we're not careful. Can't go wrong with either one really. Not too fussed about Aaron Smith being dropped to the bench, I...

Yes as far as I know. Hasn't quite lived up to his potential yet, still a good option to start on the wing or the bench. Siale Piutau is another.

I was quite surprised when they got asked what their wallaby numbers were, Marto didn't know and Kafe said he had no idea. Either they're pretending not to know to seem laid back (which is bad) or worse yet they actually don't know (very bad). Players (current ones at least) should be well aware...

We don't really need one, we just had about three open side flankers out injured or suspended last year (Hardie, Crosswell, Haskell, Boys all out at the same time). A shame we lost Nick Crosswell though. Imagine if we picked up Ben Franks as well, an All Black front row right there (old but...

Same, I was two off in both. Two points under the end result courtesy of two ridiculous touchline conversions. One in windy Wellington and one where Berrick somehow injured himself kicking at goal. I wish they had a slightly more active (or accurate) "points off" system, rather than just being...

Brian Stoddart - http://theconversation.edu.au/rugby-world-cup-are-cheats-prospering-3416 I think everyone cringes when they hear 'their own' portraying obvious bias. You basically need someone to call the action, they have to be brief and succinct whilst not simply relaying what we can...

Much better play, front foot ball does wonders. First Shipperly then Sharpe made good metres. A bad missed tackle and in you go. Gonna have to say, still no organization in phase play (coaches problem, not so much quade or berrick). The whole team was bunched within 30 metres of each other.

Too many times you're getting slow ball waiting to "set up", not even because of a battle at the ruck. If you are going to slow it and set up it can only be for tight forward play, not for sending pods of forwards into the midfield.

The comment (from a commentator) at the end of the half was that the "kicking is certainly a tactic", implying Robbie Deans told them to put these grubbers on. No coach in the world would tell his players to grubber kick when the Wallabies are doing it. He may have told them to put it in the...

That's just your perception and it might be right if you are conversing with idiots. Rugby fans are well aware of what Richie McCaw gets up to, the problem lies in that he gets singled out because he's always on the winning side. No one would have cared about Pocock if the Wallabies lost their...

"I'm not an alcoholic, I only drink when Nathan Sharpe is offside." "What a cheat." "The Western Force are the biggest cheats in Super Rugby history."

Agreed Dan and Tordah. Argies were very good while the AB's continued to make unnecessary errors. A. Smith was a bit sloppy and it took Piri to come on and tighten things up a bit to help us along. Messam proved he shouldn't have been dropped from the 15. Conrad Smith provided a touch of class...

12:30pm Auckland vs Waikato 2:30pm Canterbury vs Wellington 5:30pm The Darkness vs los Pumas 8:30pm Criminal Element vs Meat Eaters The game played in heaven because we're already there.

Hawke's Bay deserved a negative score for that performance. Taranaki were marginally better and finally put them to the sword in the second. Thus ending Otago's hopes of taking the shield, screw you hawke's bay.

Yeah, a great pick up for the ITM Cup. Not sure who the Highlanders have to line up behind Aaron Smith next year but he would be a good addition to the squad. The Stags were plagued by the usual culprits making multiple errors, Jamie Mackintosh and Josh Bekhuis. God I hope the Highlanders...

Just thought I'd let everyone know in case they missed it (not that anyone would miss this match, pffff), that Otago beat Southland 15 - 10. Ranfurley Shield on tonight, Taranaki v Hawke's Bay. It's an early game as well. Oh and Otago beat Southland.