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The appeal hearing on this was due to happen on Thursday but it's been put back a week until the 28th. So another week of uncertainty for players from London Welsh and Newcastle.

Completely agree on the need for a top rated backs/attack coach. Currently we in Ireland don't have anyone to fill this position either. Although I'd be firmly in the camp that argue we're better having none to the position we were in when Alan Gaffney filled the role. Still I'd like to see an...

One of the big problems in picking an Aus backline is that you have so many good players who don't have a permanent home in the backline. If AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and JOC (James O'Connor) moved around from position to position so much in the "real world" then they'd be the kind of guys who've tried their hands at a whole bunch of...

I bet as soon as he read that Cooper posted on JOC (James O'Connor)'s FB wall suggesting they go out on the lash and put his liver through it's paces.

Looks like Waldrom gets to go for the record of fattest slowest No. 8 instead as Ben Morgan has been shifted to the midweek team and Waldrom rested. Still Waldrom did more good when he come off the bench on Saturday than the entire England back row had done in the match up to that point. The...

Robshaw is out of the final test with a cracked thumb, would expect Waldrom to replace him. Dylan Hartley will take over the captaincy, at least it will mean that when there's any serious foul play the Ref will likely only have to speak to one guy with the dual hats of captain and perpetrator.

Well done all! Looks like we've already settled this issue by consensus. Taking the alternating between NH & SH into account 2023 will be in Italy and 2027 in Argentina, with USA & Canada penciled in for 2031. Now that we've solved that for the IRB all the money that was to go on getting bids...

Priestland was in horrible form coming into these tests and hasn't discovered it so far through the series. If Biggar wasn't such a dick then Priestland would be fighting for a place on the bench rather than starting. It certainly would be true to form for RDs Wallabies to end the series on a...

In fairness other than the scorelines being tight they were 2 very different test matches. It's very rare to see an AB side clinging on and being the 2nd best team for much of the game. While with Aus I never really had that sense that Wales were dominating at any period during the game. Yes...

Agree Ireland would struggle financially to put on any kind tournament. But if we did it would be just like when your parents, or in some cases your gandparents, had important visitors and the best china was brought out. Once it was awarded everything would be done to make it the best we could...

With the advancement of age such activities tend to involve increasing more crawling and a lot less pub-ing until such time that a few drinks with the lunch is enough, due to doctors orders, whether such official orders exist or not.

For as much as Hooper looked good and had an impact when he came on in Test 1 I thought in Test 2 he looked just what he is, a kid who will take some time before he's comfortable and performing consistently well in a gold jumper.

Usually I don't comment on refs in a bad way, but with so much experience of Poite I can't help but groan anytime I find out he's appointed to an Ireland game. To put it diplomatically his style of referring doesn't suit the Irish style of play. There's much head scratching at many of his...

Can't understand why there isn't an U20s The Rugby Championship (or U20 TriNations in previous years). There's an U20 6Ns and it would make sense to reflect the senior comp in the SH. It would even provide a testing ground for changes to the format of it's big brother, including potential...

I think the quality of kicking for the posts in the tournament as a whole has been pretty poor. This makes Bowside and Redshappy's point even more relevant as decent kickers would have as much of a positive impact as poor kickers at full test level have a negative impact.

Watching live I could definitely see the case for a red against Vuna as it was a very dangerous thing. However I think it was more through stupidity on his part as opposed to intent to take Halfpenny out, his stupidity was compounded by the act of patting Halfpenny on his head, which he had just...

No place in this game for gouging and I've said before there's no reason for anyone's open hand to be in contact with someones face. IF proved he should get a lengthy ban and to me the victim is Irrelevant as no one deserved to be gouged and potentially blinded no matter their reputation or...

SA turned a 22-0 half time lead into a 35-3 final score. They cut through Argentina at will in the backs and drove through them in the forwards. Argentina had too many ordinary players and no real answers for SAs power and accuracy. SA v NZ final should be a cracker, hopefully SA can stay close...

Ben Youngs is out of the third test. Dickson will probably start with Danny Care on the bench. Dickson hasn't impressed too much so it's going to be a big challenge for him. By the way who is likely to start instead of Francois Steyn, Olivier?

On McCaw I definitely think he's been noticeably less effective this year than last. How much of that is down to him getting close to the end of his test career and how much to the injury and lack of game time with the Crusaders this year only time will tell. If it is the beginning of his...