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I thought it was crazy the moment I saw it. I still reckon, andf I haven't seen a replay, that the ball was already at the back and the maul was stationary when Latu charged into it.

I reckon after he gets over the all too familiar (to us) bias of the referees against the Wallabies, Rennie will be the right man to start getting the dumbness out of our players and their play. Despite the results of the EOYT there has been significant improvement in the talent available to the...

For the record, Latu was responsible for the first Welsh try. Two Aussie players down and Wales have a lineout about 5m out. Latu is positioned as the only defender on the sideline. Tha Welsh win the ball and form a maul with the ball at the back. The maul is stationary as the Welsh clearly...

A strong squad. Will compete with the Reds and Brumbies for top Aussie dog I reckon.

Iirc also towelled up by Japan and Fiji.

JB you are just like a broken record about Jordan. Repetitious and a little annoying. Give it a rest until he can string a few games together, please.

Have to say I see Bell's development along similar lines to you Drew. His form in the U20s against players his own age was almost entirely a reflection of his ball carrying and defensive skills, extra good as they were. His scrummaging was quite poor.

I refer you to my post 2716 on the previous page.

3. Paisami 2. Samu 1. Leota

The thing iks, that had he called it a knock on immediately, there would have been no dispute from any of the players on both sides, including quite clearly the try scorer who thought he had knocked on.

It has to be intentional, and part of the game plan. Allows quick ball for White (and Tate) a little further away from the sideline so that they can get a more effective clearing/box kick in. I am also nervous that it will bring a penalty against us at a crucial time in a crucial match at some time.

If this refers to Beale's knockdown, then the blame (cause if you like) has to be put at JOC (James O'Connor)'s feet. Too slow to make what should have been a simple side-on tackle so that Beale then had two players running at him. JOC (James O'Connor) makes the tackle, Beale isn't even involved in the play.

It was a genuine accidental head clash in my view. Valetini used both arms in the tackle and both were well and truly below the shoulder. No 8 on Lock, a head clash certainly indicates that the Lock was running in a bent position or was lowering his body as the tackle was made. Absolutely...

Don't think JOC (James O'Connor) really played significantly better than the past couple of weeks. Kellaway's try came from a grubber from Paisami. It looked to me that JOC (James O'Connor) was still playing deep while Paisami offered another first receiver option by playing shallow. The ball went to Paisami when most of the...

I reckon Paisami answered a few of his critics last night. Back to how he looked in his earlier No 12 days. Paisami and Ikitau are looking the goods as a centre pairing. Defensively good, and complementary attacking skills. Should only be broken when Kerevi is available.

Like you KOB I stood beside him paying for petrol. He was surprisingly tall. He never had an ounce of fat on him but he was genuinely quite a bit bigger than most of the potential 10s going around in Aussie rugby today.

And backline players were generally smaller back in the day. We had some big bodies and big hitters at the time we were on top of the world, Mortlock, Roff, Burke, Tuqueri, et al. And Larkham wasn't small as a No 10. In their time, Horan and Jason Little were not little either by then current...

Will is 1.78cm and 83kg. Noah is 1.8m and I can't find his weight but probably around 85 - 88kg. Much too small a combination for my liking at test rugby level. Carter Gordon is 1.89cm and 93kg, and Bayley Kuenzle is 1.86cm and 92 kg. Hopefully one of these or both start to come through the...

Egon Seconds should be retired poste haste and never allowed near an officiating position in rugby again. Beyond that, I reckon WR (World Rugby) or whomever should never pair a Saffa on field referee with a Saffa TMO ever. The combination is poison. I am not a fan of Nick Berry. I think he makes too many...

I'd like to see him go on at the 1st. That is, the first opportunity to catch a train out of St Pancreas (do they still leave there?) to Paris.