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Colby has has a series of unfortunate events hasn't he? Colby is in the same situation as Salvi always was when George Smith was in front of him. He's always going to be behind Pocock and who knows, maybe Jake will still have a thing for Vaea when he is back. Probably fed up, Salvi went...

Yeah, I thought the ref and his team had a pretty good game. The ref did better on debut than a lot of players do - but that one thing stuck out. As you indicate - it was regular, not just every now and then. My blog on the game is here: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/test-using-template/

But I trust that you are hydrating on some liquid.

Rebels - Lachie Mitchell wearing 11 jersey not 14 - Kingi wearing 14 jersey not 11. Tahs - as mentioned yesterday 19. Greg Peterson replaces S. Timani on the bench. Other players - as published.

It's stopped raining.

The curtain raiser has been cancelled.

I'm at the ground - it's drizzling - the rain is nowhere near as heavy as it was earlier where I live. Can we hope? .

That's what I thought when I booked my ticket for the Wallabies v Scotland game in Newcastle but when I got to the ground the rain was going sideways and I would have got soaked anyway. I retreated up the stand. Fortunately the wind changed just before the match and the poor bastards on the...

Still pissing down at 1.40pm. It's a pity because both sides like having a crack - and it will make for a small crowd. The referee tonight is interesting - Rohan Hoffman. Born in Brisbane, he played for Portugal for years. .

Folks should get to the ground early to watch some of these lads play and McCutcheon make his comeback. Most of the Tahs invited player group is in the squad plus a couple of country players and all the fit Tahs EPS and contracted players not needed in the Super Rugby match. Folks should not...

Lions v Southern Kings warm-up game Marius Jonker wasn't happy with Tomas Leonardi, the backrower who played for Argentina against the Wallabies last year, and is currently in the Southern Kings Super team. He called him over to give him a yellow card. Kings captain: “He's Spanish, he can't...

He was at it in the Glasgow v Ulster Rabo game too when the Glasgow scrummie, Matawalu, did a dive. Nige got him close in and almost whispered to him: "It's not a round ball; we don't dive for penalties, OK? If you're running and you can go through, go through; don't dive." Commentator...

That's exactly right as everybody would know after watching a few training sessions and believe me: they are not perfectly executed. He doesn't mind if they can't do things yet but is almost apoplectic sometimes if they don't understand what's required. Here's a quote (but changing the names)...

Take care enforcer else you attract the ire of Carter bashers who will think you are taking away their fair entitlement to 'Get Carter.' I also thought he played well. My main criticisms of him had always been that he took the ball into contact too often, and if he were in the gap or half...

He's at least a couple of weeks away from training properly I'd say - he hasn't trained flat out for weeks. Here is a photo of him running on Monday at about half rat power.

Prince Valiant Trinh-Duc of Montpellier in the new team jersey.

Not sure where to put this, but I'll put it here. I've just had a chance to look at the Lions v Southern Kings warm-up match which was played on the weekend before last in front over over 18,000 fans. The Lions are the team that have been relegated in favour of the Kings but they will have the...

He trained well in a long session this arvo (Monday). I'd expect him to start. Mitchell's back or hip seemed to be given him trouble after everybody was bashing each other today; so watch this space. Betham not running yet. Barnes no chance - running at half-rat power. McCutcheon running...

Will have a look-see at Tahs training this arvo.