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Yes, Lindommer, and he'll probably play for the Septics in the World Cup. You may be right about this lessening the possibility of him picking up a contract.

Dave McDuling and Sam Carter, a pair of outstanding young second rowers for Sydney Uni, are ready to step up. As is winger Nick Edwards.

Interesting point, although not true if the prop on the deck has lost his footing.

Thanks, Amanda, the technical standard of the players looks quite impressive. Women's rugby is emerging as a serious sport in its own right.

Could the Stormers miss the semis? With only one round remaining in the 2010 Super 14 there is still considerable uncertainty about three of the semi-final positions. The Bulls are certain to finish on top but there are five teams vying for the remaining three positions. Intriguingly each of...

The problem, James, is that we are looking at short term relocation during a term or semester. It is very different if the players were transferred for the whole of the Super 15 competition, but as I read it this is not what is likely to occur.

An important issue ignored by this proposal is that a large proportion of those emerging players would be interrupting some form of tertiary study.

Re: Oz U20 squad He was a backrower at Eastwood before switching to Uni where he started playing prop.

Re: Cheifs V Waratahs, Hamilton I concur with the gambler and Hawko in their suggestion that we don't pursue this side issue to the thread any further. The problems with the franchise that we support are so deep seated and so pervasive top to bottom that nothing is to be gained by ridiculing a...

Re: Cheifs V Waratahs, Hamilton "When Barnes has had Horne outside him he has largely passed it to him." Has he? One of us has a very defective memory. "Barnes trying to get Carter to run different lines and the dazed oblivious look on Carter's face as he gets there an hour too late" And we...

And would either of you like to tell us exactly how many times the ball was passed from 12 to 13 last week? Or comment on how often the ball has gone through the hands to the wingers this season? And the jersey number of the player overwhelmingly responsible for the ball not getting wide other...

The essential point here is the need to change one's mindset. Instead of thinking of the bloke with the whistle as the "ref", it is much more sensible to view him as the "RDG" - as in "Random Decision Generator". This is particularly so with regard to scrums but applies more generally; given...

I think that Alex is, at this stage of his career, a specialist winger. His selections at 15 and 12 would probably be due to the large number of Uni players who are involved in Super 14 or recovering from injury. He is very talented and runs low to the ground with a great swerve, a bit like the...

Re: 2010 NSW Club Rugby I really don't know what to make of this. Lindommer coming to the defence of Uni - sort of. "Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth." By the way, I think Luke played at least two seasons with Easts.

It is interesting to observe that my non-original method and Lee's very original one have produced exactly the same ordering of the teams.

It must be an army thing, Ash. Almost forty years ago, my then club Woonona Shamrocks was playing a game in the Illawarra competition. In our team was a Viet vet playing in the centres. Suddenly, without warning or provocation, he let out a primal scream and launched himself in a flying drop...

Why, rw? Did you expect - or hope - that the Cheetahs would continually run through him, which is the only conceivable way that his presence on the field could have turned the result around in the last 13 minutes? At some point commonsense should kick in over preconception.

Re: Why can't we maul? I agree with you, JJJ. My article was about what makes sense biomechanically rather than what teams are actually doing. Despite my best endeavours people ignore my sage advice. It's been the story of my life. It would be most instructive to see what would happen if a...

Re: Why can't we maul? I think this is an important issue to raise, JJJ, in the context of the next World Cup. One of my enduring impressions of the last such event was the ferocity of the Northern Hemisphere teams at the breakdown. I fear we will be again caught short in this department this...

Have a look at the article by Doug McClymont, "Single Leg Lifting in the Lineout", at coachesinfo.com, specifically http://coachesinfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77:rugby-lifting-in-the-lineout&catid=47:rugby-general&Itemid=77. McClymont mentions: "At the beginning of the...