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The title of the thread is more than just getting your attention. It's about real concerns about the inconsistency of dealing with tackles and cleanouts that are achieved by forcibly grabbing and/or wrenching players around the neck and/or head. It's also a bit of a rant about what I...

G'day All Have just posted the latest Ruck Analysis including stats for the Force v Brumbies game on the Front Page. Some interesting comparisons btwn this game and the Round 1 Brumbies v Waratahs.

An incomprehensible, incompetent and inconsistent effort of rugby refereeing by Andrew Lees and total lack of meaningful input by his three assistants – Damien Mitchelmore, Michael Hogan and Ian Smith. I marvel at just how Force’s captain Matt Hodgson held things together – especially during...

Who'd want to be a Super Rugby Coach? If Foley makes no changes he gets bagged for not using his squad and giving others a run. When he does nothing more than shuffle the XXIII around to acknowledge effort off the bench and 6-day changeover he still gets bagged. Armchair/keyboard experts everywhere...

A more recent comparison:

Lineouts will be interesting with Coleman/Mafi/Cottrell up against Jones/McMahon/Thomson. As will Breakdowns. Pitty that McCalman wasn't back earlier. Starting Packs very even in weight, but Rebs a significant weight advantage with replacements. Sea of Blue may make the difference in this...

Colours are on, 2008 Scarpantoni McClaren Vale Shiraz primed for the opening whistle. Forget the history. Forget the recent record. Ready to rumble. Grasp the moment........GO YOU GOOD THINGS!!!!

Always amazes me how much crap players like Fardy have to wear and how good his contribution ALWAYS is for the Wallabies. Workrate and guts fly way above X-factor!

76:34 In the last 30 minutes McCalman has shown why he should have been there from the start.

You reckon Wales have figured out that we're carrying too high into contact? Many Wallabies have had no impact on this game up to half time. Wales playing a very negative game. Expect the Wallabies to settle and get on top in this game.

New Zealand v Tonga – What’s relevant to the Wallabies? An improved performance by the All Blacks. It’s difficult to criticise a 7 tries to nil result. However, I would expect the All Blacks to continue to build upon this effort. All Blacks gained this result with only 42-43% of...

RUCK STATS FOR WALES AGAINST FIJI (Don't know why the black background (??) but hope you can read OK. [Click on image will increase size.] Remember that Wales was coming off a 5-day break for this match. Wales had most of the Possession - 59% (68% in 1st half) and Territory - 67% (77% in 1st...

I suggest that the opposition is significantly better at Test level.

This half of the squad will benefit from the run but 19 Handling Errors really says it all. (4 x Forwards and 15 x Backs - Cooper, Mitchell, Speight and Tomane all 3 a piece). Enough has been said about QC (Quade Cooper)'s 45% conversion rate - very poor. Surprised that against this standard of opposition...

What an absolutely rucking great time by David Pocock! It was good to get the 28:13 win behind us. I was more impressed by the Fijiian effort than ours. We need to show some real improvement across the board to be real contenders. Remember: 1. Early means 1st or 2nd of player’s team AFTER...

What he said. But not in slow motion, just lots of use of pause/FF (Folau Fainga'a)/rewind. :) Started collecting ruck stats towards the end of TRC in 2014 as without some for of Ruck Stats what's available through SuperRugby or ESPN only tell part of the story. It's good to see that Vodacom is covering...

An entertaining game of rugby due to the commendable effort by the Pumas in the 1st half. Score at the break was Pumas 13:12 All Blacks, despite All Blacks having 53% Possession and 59% Territory. Pumas assisted by YCs to McCaw (30-40mins) and C Smith (36-40 mins). Pumas scored another penalty...

Starting Forward packs are even at 903kg. Wallabies gain 27kg with the replacement front rows. Another 20kg when Skelton comes on. Wallabies starting XV av 48 Tests v Fiji av 22 Tests. Average age of XXIII about the same (Fiji 28yo:27yo Wallabies)

It's of concern that Palu's ruck early arrivals were about the same as 2 Props (Slipper and Holmes). IMO it wasn't just Skelton's ruck stats. If he's ineffective at the LIne Out then we need more from him around the park than: 4 runs for 9m; 2 Def Beaten, 0 Clean Break, 0 Offloads 1 Line Out...

Murder on the Dance Floor Forwards Ruck Involvement Bled 2 in Auckland saw a total reversal in form by both sets of Forwards. Unfortunately, this meant that the Wallaby Forwards were generally outgunned by the All Black Forwards. In the first half the All Black Forwards were “flooding” the...