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Re: 2010 NSW Club Rugby gee08, I don't think that the Uni vs. Souths result could possibly be right. I didn't hear an actual score but I heard that Uni got touched up. Given the number of players they have unavailable at present I don't believe they could walk through a side like Souths.

I agree entirely that Adam deserves praise, en_force_er, if your assumption is correct, but on what basis are you sure that he is "clearly writing his own articles"? The usual practice is for a sports star to use a ghost writer. Sometimes the thoughts are those of the sportsman and sometimes the...

Now that's what I call a really authoritative source. Still it's good to see that they cater for grown-up rugby as well

I think it's going to be a difficult position to fill, Scotty. I can't see any possibility that Turinui would be in contention and I suspect that Mortlock is getting past it. I don't believe that Cross offers anything more than Carter at 13. Horne seems to be the name on everyone's lips but...

Yes, farva, we all know how hopeless Carter is, and this year's Super 14 is really making that obvious. After four rounds we can look at the stats from rugbystats.com.au to compare him to the other centres playing for the four Australian franchises: On tackles, Carter has made 28 and missed 4...

Could I suggest you start wearing a hat, Godfrey?

What "haughty tone", Scarfman? I grew up in Wollongong. There was nothing haughty about Happy Valley when I was wandering around there bare footed. I would not have a clue as to how to teach the place kick. Most of what has been written in this thread, including your own contributions, seem to...

I'll drink to that, Sull.

I looked and couldn't find any contribution by Gagger to this thread. I also read through Scotty's comments and can find no basis for paraphrasing him as saying: "the only thing that determines direction of the ball is the direction the foot is travelling at point of contact". There is not...

So what you're telling us, Seb, is that his defence used to be even more inadequate. You may well be right, as when I first watched the lad, I was totally preoccupied with trying to work out what useful purpose was served by him jumping in the air, offering himself as a stationary target to be...

You are talking about a coach who doesn't believe that the No. 8 should push in the scrum. You are talking about a coach whose pack raided the opposition try line with a two man advantage and turned the ball over. You are talking about a coach whose forwards haven't yet got around to...

There seems to be a huge amount of angst over the ref's call very late in the game. Referees' decisions over the entire 80 minutes have a bearing on the outcome although as in this game they tend to broadly balance out. Debating the effect of just one key decision in the dying minutes seems a...

I didn't see it as clear-cut, Ash. What I did see was Weeks having to readjust the position of his feet after engagement because the Reds pack was giving ground. As I have said before, I think that some of their forwards were focussed on something other than scrummaging. They may have been...

Sorry to break up a very entertaining exchange of pleasantries, boys. Why don't we just look at the facts? I realise, of course, that that is not usual protocol on this forum. I went to the 2006 Census and extracted data for the collection districts of Bondi, Bondi Beach, Bondi Junction and...

"Started flirting and following the waitress" did he, Scotty? I hope you're not too disappointed that you've bred a back. Now if he'd wandered into a pub ...

I don't recall saying I was surprised, Lindommer, but as far as giving credit to Wests Junior Rugby I have absolutely no quarrel with that. Kids who make it in elite sport have usually had a great deal of often unrecognised support and encouragement in their early years. Such support should be...

I have been a huge wrap for Laurie Weeks since I first saw him hidden away for some inexplicable reason in Seconds Colts. Soon after that I started telling any one who would listen, and more than a few who wouldn't, that the kid would play 50 tests. I am more convinced than ever in that...

Tommy's quite all right where he is, Lindommer. In fact I think he'd probably be distracted if the bagging stopped. Your offer to lay off slagging Uni is appreciated but I really don't think you should bother. Presumably you feel there is more to be gained by trying to knee-cap Uni than putting...

1. Weeks 2. Baxter 3. Alexander 4. Kepu

I had a fair idea of the basis for your award. The point I was making, apart from his very limited time involvement in the game, was that when he started his run he was unmarked. Being in the clear he was then able to position himself to outmanoeuvre the covering defence. Still an impressive run...