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Yes. By holding him round the head and pulling, causing his neck to twist. That's dangerous. I can see how he got himself into that situation, but when he got into that position he had to release his head. Etsebeth has been to the Bismark school of maul play. In SA that type of play is...

That was Qwerty's question. Ash's point was that you could ask the same question about all our potential 10's. English comprehension 101.

We get this. But there are contracts and there are contracts. Genia, McCabe, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Ioane, JOC (James O'Connor), KB (Kurtley Beale), Barnes, Tapuai are all on contracts paying the magic $13K per game plus an agreed fixed payment, in some cases very significant (ie. six figures), and Cooper is expected to play alongside these...

From the Stuff.co.nz (online version of Fairfax NZ) an article on the new Crusader backline coaches has this quote: "Following the recent and sudden resignation of former backs coach Daryl Gibson, who had been demoted to a defensive role because Blackadder was unhappy with the backline's...

There was a lot of talk on the forum several months ago that Lane had a clause in his contract that allowed him to return to QLD if Quade was no longer in the squad. Whether that is true we do not know, these contracts seem to be kept very secret so that other players don't get upset when...

Neville I understand. Mitch Inman??????? I'll have to sit in a corner and try to develop some sort of theory...

I guess its just my opinion, but I think that inconsistency, right across the board in judicial citing and hearings, is one of THE major issues confronting international rugby. The lack of a fair, open process that has clear guidelines on severity of sentence and when players should be cited...

Interesting to see the NZ team selected this week, something like fourteen! changes only three of which were due to injuries. One team understands about rotation, why its needed and how to do it - the other hasn't got a clue. When we play Italy next week I don't think we could make 14 changes...

I think you've nailed it. Maybe there is some logic to Deans' policy on selection. Me, I would have dropped Dennis for Samo and brought Dennis and Gill on when Samo and Palu ran out of puff. I think 60 minutes from those two might improve our physical presence at the beginning of the game...

We now have three backs on the bench. The possible reason for this is that there are doubts over Ioane and Deans wants Mitchell in reserve. But another possible theory is that the eight man bench with only seven changes allowed last week meant that one bench player could not go on. As the props...

Wish what you said was true, but for me Stirzacker is miles ahead of him and Kingi would be if he could just stay away from the injury box. My ranking of scrum halves in Australia would have about 10 others in front of him. I reckon the order of merit looks something like this: Genia White...

In your dreams. It took him way past the ninety and drove him into the turf with Simmons shoulder acting as a piledriver. It was the type of offence that the IRU told the refs they HAD to issue red cards for. I thought that refs were going to be allowed to use the TMO to clarify if they were...

3. Douglas 2. Cummings 1. Moore

Damn you Major, keeping my hopes up, just when I was resigning myself to the inevitable.

Maybe with some of the talent you have coming through, a strategy of not kicking away the ball at every opportunity might have some merit.

Like just wasn't enough! As Lee would say, this post is GOLD.

This supposedly new initiative is just way, way too late. The problem has been evident at international level for at least 12 months and if you look at the Waratah history 2-3 years. Only now are the ARU starting to consider what might be done. As with all bad management, they are constantly...

Maybe you're right, but IMO the Frogs have better players overall, have been playing the better football recently and are only impeded by their lack of recent international games. If they can shake the rust out quickly they will give us a hell of a hard game. If we are going to lose one game...

If I count right, there are 20 games that score and Hooper played in 6 or 7. Even if he gets the max in every game, and he definitely won't in the last game after his brain snap, he still won't score enough. Pocock had 14 games and did have a few totally dominant games in that lot so he is a...

Volavola was playing 15 for Southern, I think, but I would assume that with the surfeit of wingers and fullbacks they might have bought him to bolster 12? This decision has a touch of the "Robbie Deans" - picking players not for the position required.