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Ricky who? I'm not sure there's even anyone of that name in this country. Any more. I wasn't referring to any specific examples......

I just don't see how this cuts the mustard. Surely making the barkeeps life easier through self-serve is virtually unreportable compared to doing blow with a 17 yr old character assassin or throwing your wang out as a tasty treat and photographing it. Just when you think rugby can compete with...

I for one don't want to see any shit balls from anyone. Thats not rugby.

Houston did not cover himself in glory. He appears to have a serious case of Meercat-itis in the scrums, including on the reds feed, and he was seen in a couple of collisions but had nowhere near the involvement needed. The courier is reporting that Liam Gill is lining up tonight against...

How ironic :). Once again we're wanging on to outside backs, when the contest will be pretty much decided by the performance of 1-8 and 9/10 as combinations and as individuals. No disrespect to the jackhammer fists of Rod Davies and the sublime broken play kicking of Lachie Turner.

TPN will have little direct impact on the Reds throws, but I'll grant you that his throwing has improved over the years from the pies he used to toss and now he throws as well as Fainga'a. I have NFI about scrums but I have this preconception that there are 8 players from each side packing in...

What - in the scrum or the lineout?

TPN is a weapon, no question, but Waugh/Dennis/Mowen is the problem for the Reds. I think that Link is trying to find an answer, but what has he got to work with? The Reds front and second row can battle it out fine.

There is no doubt the Reds have to step up a long way, but I'm enjoying the confidence of the Tah supporters (and camp?) after a single round in which they were 'tested' by the Rabbles. Whereas the Reds have had an enormous kick in the backside at just the right time, and no cost. The Tahs...

Sure, but don't get caught. You just look naive and unprofessional, and it could have really cost the reds. Have to agree that he played well. Defense was a pleasant surprise - robust and proactive.

He needs to keep his dukes down. Cost him any points from me.

Yeah, I wondered why there was less hit and more engagement from the 1st few scrums. The Reds in particular seemed to have less velocity at engage early on and I wonder if it was because he sorted out Slipper and by extension the Reds 1st, then did so with the Force. The scrums pretty much...

Force 3. James O'Connor - brilliant 2. Nathan Sharpe - did a great job of lying around to slow the game down with the albino medico tending him. 1. Ben McCalman - Coin toss with Pocock, Brown, but favoured because he smashed a few more reds. They were great. Reds: no one in light years of...

They came, they saw, they.... well they didn't conquer.

He was pedantic, but fairly random.

Whoa up. Give the force some credit, and don't give too much to the Rabbles. No denying the Reds were half-arsed, but the Force did a great job of being in their faces ESP via the backrow, Sheehan and JOC (James O'Connor). Looking forward to next weekend and seeing how they go at it.

Moral victory for the Reds. Talk about scratchy. Will give Link some ammunition for the week.

Me too. His depth was better (ie not ridiculous). He did seem to have two options - drift sideways and pass, or bolt and try and beat defenders drifting around the edge of the ruck. Though that middle ground of 1) creating uncertainty and committing defenders then 2) finding his backline seems...

Yup. He looked sparky when he had a go, and drifted sideways whenever he was passing. If playing 10 is about trying to get through half-gaps around the edge of the ruck, he certainly gave it a shake::). 3. Moore 2. McCabe 1. Coleman

Both final outcomes appear inevitable, mainly because both are fragile (in Mortlocks case, at the fragile end of his career). I hope for both their sakes that they can stay on the field.