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Does that make Pocock the tomato sauce?

The Bosman ruling also allows players to negotiate and sign a pre-contract with other teams in the final 6 months of their current contract. Signing these contacts is not confined to transfer or registration windows.

It's a sensible move, but will it only apply to Aus players and only when moving between Aus franchises? I wonder if it will be open to legal challenge ala the Bosman ruling in soccer.

Didn't see this story mentioned anywhere on the site so apologies if it's been mentioned before:

Here's the Ireland squad for the tour of NZ. 4 spots are yet to be filled including one for POC if he recovers in time: Ireland squad: Forwards: Rory Best, Sean Cronin, Stephen Ferris, Declan Fitzpatrick, Cian Healy, Jamie Heaslip, Sean O'Brien, Donncha O'Callaghan, Peter O'Mahony, Mike...

Rob Kearney has been named European player of the year. Well deserved by Rob who had lost his way for a few seasons but really came back with a bang this year.

Personally my biggest problem isn't simply where the Tahs find themselves either on the overall ladder or in the Aus conference. Being a fan is about sticking with your team in good times and bad. However that doesn't mean that fans who hold opinions that are contrary to the official position...

It would certainly be a good move for Nonu, recently he's looked as if he's been taking advice from Weepu's dietician. Would be sad to see such a good player fade out of the game.

Don't they have a citing commissioner in super rugby with the power to report these incidents independently of the teams involved? Either way there's no legitimate reason for any rugby player to make contact with the face of another player with an open hand. Tuilagi's fist making contact with...

When an organisation brings in too many KPIs the ones that are truly important can be lost in all the noise. I think there are too many "positives" for the coaches and decision makers at the Tahs to cling to and this covers up the bad results. Obviously results are important. There are some...

I know it's not the case but at this stage of the season it feel like the Tahs backs selection is done by the process of Rock, Paper, Scissors until all positions 9-15 are filled. Then in the corner of the changing room in a board with the heading Game Pan with one word underneath "meh". All...

O'Brien still has a ways to go to be a true 7 but he's making progress. Also he offers so much more that it's hard to leave him out for Ireland and due to Fez being so good at 6, he'll be wear 7 for Ireland for a while yet. Paddy Jackson didn't have a good game at all yesterday and was rightly...

Bill McLaren was the God of rugby commentary he had that Morgan Freeman-esque quality to his voice that you could listen to for hours.

Another losing bonus point for the Tahs and I'm sure once again they'll focus on the positives. They need to think about why they always come out on the wrong side of these tight games.

Yeah not looking good for Mumm

So much kick tennis in this game please someone run the ball back.

After such an excellent HEC win by Leinster there's nothing like a Tahs game to bring me back down to earth. Come on the Tahs win a tight one for once!

Final score Leinster 42 Ulster 14. A bit of red mist from Terblanche, with 7 minutes to go, in the tackle saw him get a yellow card and Leinster get a penalty which Sexton slotted to put Leinster out beyond 2 scores. van der Merwe and Cronin went over for tries in the last few minutes to...

60 minutes gone Leinster 24 Ulster 14. Poor Paddy Jackson kicked out on the full after the ball had be knocked back into the 22. From the lineout Leinster rumble up to the line forcing Ulster to collapse, Nigel Owens awards a penalty try. Jackson is replaced by Humphreys right after the try...

Half time Leinster 14 Ulster 6. For their 2nd try Leinster won a scrum against the head on half way, then some dancing feet and a superb flicked inside pass from BOD sent O'Brien through a whole and he ran to 5 metres out, quick recycle and Healy crashed over. Sexton added the extras. Leinster...