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Hookers are on the wing a bit, especially when a lineout has happened on that side of the field and they have stayed there anticipating a switch of play back. This is politely known as "seagulling". I asked Latu about that try (which I thought was at the end of the game, which proves how dud...

You can't tell about Latu at his age. It was a huge call for Cheika to give a full contract to a 20 year old. But he was an Invited Player 12 months ago, and since then he had his second trip to the IRB JWC (Under 20s) playing LHP, proved himself as first grade hooker for Sydney Uni (and...

They had the cattle to run the ARC in 2007 when they produced eight teams without players quarantined for the Wallabies squad. It was a decent enough standard with a few strong teams and a few weak ones. There is no reason to suppose that it can't be the same seven years later. (And not to...

Thanks for posting that matty_k. I missed the TV broadcast. It was interesting to see him playing for Joeys again. I saw nearly all of his games in the three years he was in the 1st XV. I had first seen him in a trial for the 13As and was flabbergasted. I showed up to watch him the following...

Exactly. I suspect that many people will be harping on negatives such as: why should the rich clubs get the benefit of getting a gig because they can afford to run a team. But hey, the funding problem was the root cause of the failure of the 2007 ARC and that should help to stop that...

What I meant HJ is that the Oz Under 20 teams in the past have been plagued by wrong selections because they haven't had the avenues of assessment as they have, for example, in England. There they have a 6N Under 20 comp and their team would have a core of players from youth comps in previous...

As I posted somewhere last week, this was the indication that folks at the Tahs got wind of some weeks ago, and it was because Foxsports didn't have a lot of product for Thursday. in 2006 The ARU could get no TV broadcaster interested in the ARC starting in 2007, and had to pay the ABC to show...

Bruce Let me know in future if you need to find the smiley icon. .

Thanks for providing those updates HJ. You must have had a busy night with reporting on the Sevens and the schools stuff—and we appreciate the work. I looked at the Scotland Rugby website whilst I was watching the Sevens and before I went to bed but there was no live feed as for the Pom...

HJ It's frustrating how the details are leaking out and then reading the tea leaves about what they mean, isn't it? But it looks as though there will be a National Under 20 Championship and the games will be de facto trials for the Oz Under 20 squad to compete in the IRB Junior World Cup...

Bowl final Oz and England score a try each in first possessions to make it 7-7. Walker gets good bounce of ball and under the posts for his second. 14-7 Oz at oranges. Poms score with 1st possession after the break and 14-14. Asquith in at the corner post after taking the blind from a...

It's probably just Cheika throwing mud at a wall and seeing what sticks.

Hawko - who knows? Probably Cheika doesn't.

Samoa beat Fiji 28-12 in the Cup QF.

Cheika said that he had only one EPS spot open and one contract spot and that most likely one would be a prop and the other a hooker; but don't bother asking him who exactly is in the EPS at the moment—he's keeping everybody on their toes. Roach has been training with the Tahs. There are no...

Yeah—Í think they will all be starting, and AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) also. And Betham was already back at training last Thursday and I think he will start. Crawford still hasn't done anything at training but run in a straight line, with Jed Holloway; so we'll have to see how he is when they come back in January...

For domestic rugby the age grade of young England players is determined by their age at midnight on 31st August at the beginning of each season. But at the U/17 and U/18 elite level, only, the player's age grade is determined by their age at midnight on 31st December. Thus the England lads...

They left school in May so they would have been full-time since then. At the same time as the Pom boys were in the gym or on the training paddock our lads (NSW at least) were studying for their HSC (mixed with their rugby stuff). But it's not only the period since May that is relevant. Had...

Kellaway was OK—they just didn't want him to play the whole match after his groin niggle. Here's a quote from someone who was at the England game: The size difference in the fwds was very noticeable………that 6 months or so of Academy S&C obviously makes a huge difference. It's not just the 6...

No mention by Pom commentators that the semi-pro England Academy players were playing schoolboys who have yet to get to their clubs. A good effort by the Oz boys in those circumstances and had a good third quarter of the game .