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Crusaders v Hurricanes On the commentary: "I think we can let you into a little secret here about referee Byrce Lawrence. It's a free for all, you'll be able to get away with anything for the next few minutes as he's forgotten his cards." This was about 5 minutes into the 2nd half and...

Two good results for the Reds. They really did their bit with the bonus point win and the Chiefs result helps them out a little too. For the moment they're in the play-off spots. If the Saders and Chiefs finish strongly and pull away from the other NZ teams there could be two Aus teams in the top 6.

London Welsh won their appeal against the RFUs decision. So Newcastle are relegated to the championship. Very happy for London Welsh and hope they do well and manage to stay up after all the effort to get to the Premiership. Looks like this ruling puts an end to the ring fencing of the...

This thread is probably the one time that Dingo will actually follow something posted on GAGR.

Extra player should be a front rower as it is in other competitions that already have 23 players in match day squads. Agree with this wholeheartedly. Until the scrum is sorted out then the last thing we need is more scrums. The move to widen the scope of the TMO is an excellent move and as...

I think this one is a must win for the Brumbies. Depending on results this round the only route into the finals for an Aus team might be by winning the conference and they don't want to give the Reds even a sniff of that. If the Reds smell blood in the water the Brumbies could be left with...

Delve is not only a great player but also an excellent ambassador for the Rebels and IMHO he should be allowed to play for the Rebels as long as he wants to. Yes he potentially might be taking a spot of an Aus qualified player but no one else has done more to enhance the reputation of the Rebels...

The hats are a good idea as people will keep them and bring them to future games. Cards are OK for a pre-game show but tend to be tossed, folded up etc. after that. Flags are a great way to create colour throughout the game. But I've never brought my Leinster ones back to a subsequent game. I...

Good point Lee. One thing I would say though is that the ARU have managed to increase their future revenue streams with the deal with the IRB relating to WRC revenue. However I don't imagine for one second that any of that future revenue is ring fenced for the U20s or youth development in...

I would say that for Aus the Pro12 & HEC model probably would have been a better fit for the playing numbers. It would mean players could be blooded in the league comp and the top players rested during the season. But you've got the S15 format and you've got to work with what's there. I'm sure...

There have been a lot of positives for Aus from this series and those shouldn't just be dismissed. Pack went well the entire series including the loss to Scotland. For large parts of that game the pack put you in the right area of the field and it was poor captaincy and then a poor kick that put...

Welcome on board for this years TRC Dai and if you can try to catch the end of the S15 season which starts up again next weekend, Sky Sports show most of the games live and they're well worth getting up early for.

I think in this years championship, for a lot of teams, we've seen players that we'll be talking about in a few years time as starters for their national side and possible world stars from then on. Bit of a pity for Aus that they had a poor tournament but it's fine margins. One thing I don't...

BOD was out for most of the season due to his operation, only played the tail end of the club season for Leinster. He'll have plenty in the tank for next year and has a preseason coming up to get back to full fitness for the first time in a long time. Given that he was playing with one shoulder...

Great news for the Rebels and good decision by Gareth.

Guscott based his selection largely on one set of games, the first set of SANZAR tests against Ireland, England & Wales. He's known up north for changing his mind pretty frequently and if you asked him now he's probably change over half of the team. Ask him again in October and there'll be more...

SA 9 Eng 8 at half time. Good try taken by Care for England. SA have been the better team but England have done well to keep them out.

4 years of winners and the best of a team that made this years final is still a hell of a pool of talent to bring through.

All Blacks were excellent tonight and if I were a NZ fan I wouldn't be worried about the future when Richie & Co hang up their boots.

Head coach of any other Tier 1 nation would be sacked before they got on the plane after that display. But I expect Deccie to survive at least another 6Ns.