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I find it strange that he gets so much grief from the Aussies. Richie is quite clear in what he does. He has spoken to the media numerous times. He pushes each ref to see just what he can get away with. Then proceeds to play a balancing act. It is easy for armchair warriors to call him a...

Well, considering that we were playing France, not second tier team like Georgia or Canada, I am pretty happy with the way it is going. I think the Franks' boys learned a bit last night. Looked like the French LH had a couple of good goes boring in on them. Less impressed with Woodcock. He was...

Yeah, but we also have a solid core of players coming through the ranks to replace the old warhorses. Guys like Ben Smith, who we are going to see a lot more of. Hosea Gear, Matt Todd, Braid and more. Even Hoeta has potential with a bit more experience. I am picking a cracking Super 15 from him...

The guy was knocked out cold. I would doubt very much that he will be playing again soon. If he is rushed back into the squad and plays in 2 weeks then I will be very surprised, and horrified. I just cannot see how he can some out that with such a mild concussion that he will pass the...

His world cup is over. It was quite clearly a severe knock and IRB rules are clear cut. 10.1.1 A Player who has suffered concussion shall not participate in any Match or training session for a minimum period of three weeks from the time of injury, and may then only do so when symptom...

Great sportsmanship from the yanks. Kicking the ball out rather than run at an injury depleted Australian team.

Apparently the ground announcers asked the crowd not to be so unsporting towards Australia, pretty much guarranteeing the crowd is going to make as much noise as they can. The yanks were always going to have massive support, we have been supporting the underdogs at every game.

Now why are the Yanks kicking at away? They just don't have the defensive ability in their backs to contain Australia.

I bet the Americans are regretting starting a B team now. They are still going to lose, but they are going to put the shits up the opposition at times.

You have a lot of players. Why do you not expect your team to dominate? According to the IRB your 153 000 registered players is more than NZ's 137 000. You have around 25500 senior men, we have around 27500 senior men, Aussie has 39980. Its not merely a numbers game.

Stu Wilson has been talking just for the sake of hearing his own voice. In the same way some of ex wallaby comments as newsbites or game commentary are pure shite, and don't often reflect an accurate reflection of the true state of affairs. Prize jewel? FFS. AS far as boorish behaviour at...

Funny you should say that. We were watching the teams warm up before the England - Georgia game. My wife wanted to know why the player on the sideline was spending so much time doing calf stretches and why did he have different coloured socks. It was Walsh.

In the Canterbury schoolboys competition, if you turn up to the semis and finals without a front row and reserves, it is an automatic forfeit (or so I have been told). down here in Otago I am pushing for that, mainly because we got jumped in the quarter finals by a school that turned up with a...

Getting rid of the power hit is easy. Just get the scrums packing closer. You will see some scrums where there is enough gap between the front rows for the ref to walk thru. Others where the opposing front rows heads are overlapping. You don't get the big hit. I teach my boys that when they are...

Yeah, but his upper arms are locked against his body. He made no attempt at tackling, it was a shoulder charge. At no point does it look like he is going to be able to hold on and drive him back. If you are trying to clean someout out, you have to at lease spread your arms wide so you can hold...

I just stole that photo from some random website. I would guess that the blue loosehead smashed the TH in green. He has a perfect body position. He is driving forward, and in towards the hooker. The green TH is going up and most probably backwards. Thats my opinion and I am sticking to it. I...

As a prop of 17 seasons senior rugby, both sides of the scrum, now coach, I feel qualified to stick my oar in. One of the things a Loosehead should be doing, in my opinion, is getting their left arm more out stretched then you see currently. This binding onto the shoulder or armpit thing is...

Yeah but we wouldn't have enough black jerseys. We would have to borrow Englands away kit.

They don't need an excuse. I don't think there are any couches left in North Dunedin. Just charred patches on the road.

No team is going to throw a game. How can you ask your senior players to lose on purpose? They didn't get to represent their country without a burning will to win.