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If you're counting Fainga'a as a world class hooker then I think you should change which column you put 'Hooker' in.

Just watched the Q&A program. David Pocock may become one of my favourite players just for what he does off the field. I understand he's a pretty committed christian - if only more of them thought like him......

The tour was 11 years ago and 3 years before he took over the ABs. If Henry was still the same coach in 2011 as he was in 2001 then I think the Lions Tour would be relevant. He wasn't though. Here is a coach who seems to have kept learning from his mistakes, kept honing his skills and at the...

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How did you guys miss Saia Fainga'a??? ;)

Great post and very hard-to-argue-against logic IMO. Don't know if it was good enough to read twice though ;)

Even as a die-hard AB fan I'd have to agree that there is some awesome talent in the Wallaby back-line. Australia just doesn't have the same depth to cover for those injuries or push players back into form. And then there's your forward pack....... I had to laugh when reading that Salesi...

I'm torn......I want to see a NZ team win it but I can't bear all the shit talking I'll hear from my wife's family who are all from the Tron (Hamilton). I mite have to stay off Facebook for about a month if they win......

And journalists/editors drumming up newspaper sales......

Apparently he did want to pursue in 2007 but the NZRFU basically shut him down - which he says was the right thing to do. He would never had got a second crack at the ABs if he had pushed this back then. Now, I'm not saying that I think there is match-fixing going on in rugby but why is an...

I have often stated here that KB (Kurtley Beale) is possibly the best 10 in Australia nd he's got the skills to be the best in the game. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) was making a pretty decent fist of FB back in 2009. This guy needs to play one position though and allowed to flourish in it. For KB (Kurtley Beale) to really be considered at 10...

Fair enough. Not restrained by being the All Black coach anymore has allowed him to speak his mind a bit more I think. To me, it hasn't come across bitter or sour but more like an un-emotional 'that's just how I see it' kind of remarks.' But I fully admit to being biased so I understand not...

I like Fotu. I think he is just the kind of hard-man, no nonsense, don't-get-in-my-way type of player the Wallabies need. Kinda like Siaone Lauaki was. Hopefully his head is in a better space than Lauaki's seemed to be.

Why does saying what you actually thought and felt 4 years ago make you sour and bitter? The guy wrote a book about his experiences - was he supposed to lie about it?

The old 'when the team wins it's beacuse of the players and when they lose it's because of the coach' huh? I suppose there were no great players in the 1998 All Black team that lost 5 straight Tri-Nations and Bledisloe games? Or the 5 years between 1998 - 2002 when we couldn't win the Bledisloe...

I don't know where 'up here' is but there must be like 3 of you there.

Agree that you can't compare the two teams (including coaches) but I don't let my in-law Chiefs-fans know that!! I just remind them of that score line every time they bag my beloved Blues.....lol

The Chiefs have great history with Super Rugby finals in SA....LOL

Is that cos they play him at 10? Watch Beale become the 1st choice 10 for the Rebs next year....

That makes it a bit easier 10-Cooper 11-Mitchell 12-McCabe/Faainga 13-Beale 14-Ioane 15-AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) ;)