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Yep same as NZ. Most of them are all 20 years old by tournament start (well about half). NZ also prioritises older players because they only want each player going to the tournament once, to expose as many players as possible to the experience each year. I noticed both NZ and SA both only have...

Whatever, Richie cops some sort of foul play almost every single week. I'm pretty sure he doesn't care so why should we.

He's always been a hard trainer, he'll surely have to wind his training back and manage himself from now on. Check out this vid from 2009, not surprising to see all the old guys dominating, or who's left last.

And doesn't when he has a penalty, again. His kicking has let him down a bit. 4 mistakes in this half.

Jeez, Latu infringes more often than McCaw, no mean feat.

France behind by 1 point and 1 man and decide to go for touch, I pity the fool. The maul got pulled out by that guy on the side, totally offside. lol. The first one I mean.

Very good try. Two cruel bounces of the rugby ball at the end there.

Just started watching. I can't believe they even kept Godwin at 10 after the first match, terrible goal kicker. Such incredibly poor technique guaranteeing that hook. His confidence must be pretty low so that can't help. Hope he has a good moment in open play to build himself up.

Yes, well done Australia. A good maul to finish but to be quite frank, they didn't really show that much composure in the preceding 5 minutes. All those silly pop passes were unnecessary and Wales should never have kicked the ball back to them. But they took their chance I suppose and that's all...

Pretty damn lucky. Wouldn't mind seeing that last maul again, they were halted. Don't know why they'd pull it down.

As a staunch All Blacks supporter it is always gut wrenching to watch Brian O'Driscoll with that all too familiar look of disappointment. Tonight's made ever worse by the fact that Ireland were perhaps the more deserving of victory. I can never understand the foolishness of so many people...

They're playing shamefully. Spreading it wing to wing without earning any go forward ball. Fiji are committing no one to the rucks which is why the have the width of the field defended. The forward pack look like they've never played together before (and they may well not have).

Wow! Why did Australia not take the 3??? Turn it over and the French score a superb length of the field counter attacking try. Typical France, and at the moment, typical poor Australian leadership.

McCaw has a vast catalogue of dodgy manoeuvres, which are coming out to play more often now that he's slowing down. I've also noticed the Reds 'taking up space' very often, Beau Robinson is one of the more blatant ones. The Highlanders do it a little bit but in our case it's more that we just...

Find the man that taught Ma'a Nonu how to pass and pay him whatever it takes, promise him the moon or something sweet like an iceberg. You need some centres that can pass. Keep McCabe as long as he can make runs like that, I don't think A. Fainga'a offers much more than Rob Horne does. Still a...

A very good performance first up. The debutantes stepped up and played well. Retallick worked hard, Smith proved his service is second to none, albeit he disregarded the back line a couple of times, and Savea, well he scored 3 tries in 60 minutes. Ireland competed well at the breakdown and got...

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Don't think Australia will be getting the 4th seed fella's. NZ should, I repeat should scrape through as the fourth seed given we're on 6 points and should pick up 5 against Fiji. Given all the possible scenarios, I think it's still in NZ's hands with the positive points difference. We were...

Yep, agreed. Some poor options at times from the 9 and 10, our kicking execution was woeful. Wales put an up-and-under up every single possession and most of them were very contestable. Eade played terrible, no doubt about it. He is good enough to be an ITM Cup squad member (for Southland at...