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@Braveheart81. It was a long post to get all the magic words from the RWC process on the table, so that everyone had the same hymn sheet in front of them. 1. You may get cited by the Citing bloke even if the act of foul play isn't deemed worthy of a red card. 2. If the act cited fails to meet...

If Wallaby Team A and Team B were so widely known, with who was going to play what game, then how has the "Wallaby 31 players for 2015 RWC" thread accumulated 12 pages of posts since September 10? It can't all be injury What-Ifs.

Not entirely sure about that. The RWC 2015 Disciplinary Process guide says this under Citing Process: A Citing Commissioner from a neutral country will be appointed for each of the 48 Matches in the Tournament. The Citing Commissioner will review the Match live and from recordings. He will...

Full Presser from the RWC Web site here: http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/105943

Funnier things have happened @Wamberal. Previous Diveball World Cup's have had fairly impressive viewing figures even though they have been in the middle of the night, or wee small hours. That has been helped by the games being rather heavily promoted, and being shown live on FTA by a...

^^ Not just last weeks instance but TGC has been announcing nearly every variation possible for his bench this year, both for the Men in Gold and the Mighty Waratahs. Whether is is due to mind games, concerns for injury, genuinely "not sure", or a combination of all of the above may never be...

Pretty sure that @RugbyReg is away "off the grid". Any starters for TOTW? At the risk of offending any sensitivities, I reiterate a previous post of mine but this time insert "Brisbane City" for "Canberra Vikings" You'd have to think it TOTW will be mostly Vikings and City folk with the...

Concur. It is worthy of an entry on the Blog Front page under http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/?p=87415

So which Coach is going to be the first to blink and formally announce their Squad? I'm tipping Cheika to be last, and to name 11 on the bench with a "three to be omitted" caveat. By RWC rules, when is the cut off for the teams to announce their squads?

Sheesh. It's pool play. The W is important. Even so, teams still make the RWC Final having lost a game in pool play. Teams not getting 2 x W in pool play pack their bags. Anything can and will happen in knockout play, and from week to week. NZL was woeful in Bledisloe 1. In Bledisloe...

^^^ I think you'll find all teams apart from Vikings and City will be ruing something. Stars ruing the loss to NSW Country. Rams ruing all their close losses, and the lack of a reliable place kicker. Rays ruing the player exodus and the inability to replicate their Perth performance. Qld...

Not Robinson Crusoe there. That is a story that has been repeated time and again since Our Lord was the halfback for Jerusalem Old Boys. The injustices suffered by all forwards worldwide as the Rugby Players do all the donkey work, only to have one of the Hairdressers make them start it all...

I think you'll find that it is something to do with a line drawn on a map.

Only 187k on FTA? As Henry V said "And people in 'Straya who were-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not watching live, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That watched it live with us upon this glorious day."

There we go. James Horwill escaped sanction (IIRC) a year or two back, after two hearings, and England flanker Woods gets some stern words spoken to him for lashing out at a players melon meanwhile this poor bugger gets 10 weeks. Old Man Jarse used to say "Only get upset about things that you...

He wasn't sanctioned, just spoken to ... ... ... and that was after 3 (in Poite's own words) occurrences of not packing straight. Cynical repeat offending anyone? Players from many other nations doing the same sort of cynical illegal activities would have been carded, often without warning...

May have injured himself doing the Chris FIGJAM Ashton "look at me" swan dive for his meat pie after the shoulder charge.

The W is important. The margin and BP allocation less so. Avoiding injuries to key players and subsequent selection into Team Rehab is vital. Eyes on the prize. Just ask NZL. They have played some of the most sublime rugby in pool stages and most QF & SF's at previous RWC's for what results?

The Referees have been a little inconsistent haven't they. If you think that is bad, how about what has been happening at Judiciary? It seems the book gets thrown at players from all the non-European Minnow nations while Quarter Finalists and European Minnow nations seem to get thrashed with a...

Round 8 Fixtures: vs Melbourne Rising vs NSW Country Eagles, Simonds Stadium, Geelong, Thursday 8 October, 7:30 pm AEDT, LIVE Fox Sports Channel 502 Referee: Matt O'Brien Assistant Referees: Shannon McLachlan, Daniel Coelho TMO: Oli Kellett vs UC Vikings vs Brisbane City, Viking Park...