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"Could" based on what exactly? Sonny Bill could. Nonu could given he played half a club rugby game at 10 a few weeks back. I just love how some throw blanket statements out there when the cartel have shown very little if any interest in doing just that.

Sorry should have been more clear, at test level. So are you seriously hanging your hat on a single match (Munster) of him being an AB 12? Because that is the only match he has played at 12. He has never played there off the bench or been reshuffled there. And he has never played 10. A...

And yet the cartel have never played him at 10 or 12. Also has not played center for the ABs for some time. It seems he is only seen as a winger now, where as the cartel are leading more towards Kahui covering centre/wing and Dagg covering wing/FB.

Lindo - he might have been born in Namibia but he is officially a Sth African representative referee to the best of my knowledge and has been refereeing CC/super games as a Sth African rep for some time. My take on the Henry public comments is that for PR purposes he doesn't want a public...

And I agree entirely that playing the whistle is important, but isn't playing the whistle sort of redundant in such a situation because the TMO should be offering advice that a forward pass has been made, so the laws can be enforced correctly. Let's say the defending team keeps playing, but...

But " playing the whistle" shouldn't matter if a forward pass has been thrown because the ref should consult the TMO and the TMO should offer the advice that a pass was forward in the play directly before the try was scored. Isn't that what should happen to get the "right" outcome and decision?

Stick around and post Groucho, its pretty good. But every site has its extreme elements but Barbarian, cyclo, Nick and fern favorite Newter :) hold their own.

Here's a scenario, a team on attack down the right flank 30-40m out with an overlap player x makes a pass to player y on the wing that looks forward, the defending team stops chasing thinking the ref should blow his whistle, the ref doesn't, player y goes in and scores a pie. But the ref...

Why is Phibbs lucky? There really isn't anyone else (that's not really down to luck) and Phibbs at least had a good Super season and is one for the future.

Thomson was my MOTM in the first two AB tests this year and had an excellent S15. I think he's alot stronger over the ball this season and it's very noticeable. Quite concerned about Woodcock and Messam.

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I think the individual player talent and ability for the Wallabies is fine in the tight 5. What is lacking from my armchair view is a very hit and miss approach to attacking the breakdown as a "pack". There doesn't seem to be a consistency in cohesion amongst the players. I know there have...

I thought Kepu showed considerable improvement in this years S15 with better technique at scrum time and an increased accuracy in the tackle. There were times last year that he struggled with the pace of the game, but it looks now that he can go the 80 at test level.

Just watched it a few times, and I think the clean out is fine. If you are within the 1m radius of the ruck area then you risk getting cleaned out. Ali did hold on to his legs which if any of the refs were concentrating on could have been penalised. But let me say this that there is plenty of...

"ABs concerned that they were unable to steamroll..." What is that based on? I think the ABs are mainly concerned about winning test matches. They want to play well, yes, and I'm sure the forwards want to do all they can to provide the best opportunities available for their attack, but I highly...

I find this an extremely strange post Charger. The "nasty" haka? It's just a different haka to Ka Mate, that's all. And subservience seems a bit OTT. And on Cooper, he played schoolboys for OZ against NZ several times, played age group for OZ, plays for an OZ provincial side that has a rich...

The tackler has "rights" meaning that a ref will give the tackler the opportunity to get to his feet and play to get the ball. However when a ruck is formed/called, the tackler no longer can play the ball with his hands and in most occasions the tackler is blown off his feet anyway so will...

Agree Slim. IMO people shouldn't really be overly surprised by some of the misfired passes, poor kicks because those things were seen in Coopers game during this years S15 and even in the test vs the Boks. Its what appears to come as part of the package. I certainly don't mind Coopers game and...

Bump...... :) These threads (regardless of who wins/loses) are always a good read. I think Happy's score prediction was the closest, but just the wrong team

The height of his hit did not look good. But I thought he was massive on defence tonight. The guy seems to hit extremely hard in the tackle. Scrambled well and made at least 2 cover tackles/hits that I recall