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Further to this post and qwerty's too, these may be the table as to points but the top three places are reserved; one for each conference. So in Light's case the order is 1. Blues 2. Reds 3. Stormers 4. Crusaders 5. Waratahs 6. Sharks (Bloody pedant, should have been drowned at birth)

In the NZ and Oz conferences I think you've got the right two, but the SA conference could be anything. Stormers will probably get there but I think the Lions might surprise to take out the Sharks and the real smokey are the Cheetahs, who will have Brussouw and maybe Juan Smith all this year...

When Bryce Lawrence refs you never know who is going to benefit or why.

Muscle soreness! I get that after 50k on the bike. Its gone by 24-72 hours depending on how hard I've gone. Wish they'd be more honest about injury reporting. Last year TPN was struggling from about game 3 with injury and his performance went downhill to such an extent that without the...

We haven't got a lock in the EPS - one LHP, 2 backrowers, 1 half, 1 winger/fullback. So who might we bring in to replace Vickerman? Who's around that might make the grade at Super level? Have the Rebels signed the Manly lock/ex rower? In this discussion I would ask that there be no mention of...

You'd have to say that Michael Hooper would seriously have his nose out of joint. If White doesn't pick a genuine fetcher soon you can bet he'll be off to another province next year.

LG's coverage was better than ANY other coverage I saw in the media and I think I saw everything, I certainly went looking.

I know Paarl, but they still have to play away in that jersey.

Or perhaps the claw hold that that very nice wrestler Killer Kowalski put on that lanky yank tonight show host Don Lane. Sure sorted his ego problem for a while.

Stade Francais eat your heart out!! I expect one or two of the players from the other SA franchises might have some idle comments to make in passing as to the Bulls players' feminine side coming out. Interesting times, especially as the Bulls squad is rebuilding and they will not be very...

Yes, he played well by all reports in the first trial.

You'd have to think that the team for the first half will be the team for round one. Its not a bad looking pack! Looks like McCutcheon has nailed the 7 jersey barring a poor performance this week. If Foley goes for a 5:2 split then I think the bench for the Reds will be Fitzpatrick, Ryan...

Given that Rebels marquee imports are restricted to two year contracts, doesn't that mean that all the marquee players will finish up this year and that the Rebels will need a new batch (four less if I understand it right) next year?? We know Delve is going and the others have to go too, so why...

And if you maul it at pace you allow the team defending to enter from only one side (except for the winger). But its number one value is to allow a free run to the line a la Dave Dennis last year - admittedly against a very weak defensive formation. :)

As I was saying about our depth at wing......Mitchell, Pakalani, Turner are now all (still) injured. One more trial disaster and we'll be starting with Trist and Betham against the Reds. Still, I would rather do that than have someone like Mitchell come back too soon and stuff himself up.

Heaps of talk on here about how well the Queensland backs will go in the two games this year. But apart from one moment of Cooper brilliance last year the games were primarily forward dominated. In the first one the Waratahs totally dominated the Reds pack, in the second it was a forward battle...

If that's the best the rednecks can do thank goodness for Lee Grant!

From Lee's reports of last night's trial, it appears that one of the potential holes might be patched. Our backrow stocks looked thin for a running 8 who can cause mayhem. Dennis backs up Rocky solidly, but what to do if Cliffy's hammy is slow to recover full strength? It appears that Lopeti...

So glad I got my last year's version at the sale. Even at $120, expecting most Tah supporters to wear it to the matches is just too much. I can lament the lack of Tah colours in the stadium all I like, but at these prices its only for the rich.

Thanks heaps Lee. My lousy night just cheered up completely reading your posts. Not happy about Lachy, two weeks to fix a hammy is not enough and we are skinny on the wings with Mitchell and Pakalani still down. Great to hear Lopeti is looking good.