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Please don't tell me you are seriously trying to put John Smit in the same category as Quade Cooper in regards to leadership!?!?! Smit has more Test Caps than any other Springbok forward in history and his leadership qualities are often cited as a key to the Sprinboks recent successes - most...

What you call cynicism, I call reality. You're talking about a country who ranks 8th in the world putting up the same number of players as the countries who rank 1, 2 and 3. The NZ Maori would regularly beat the Pumas - a team which is selected from the players left over after the All Blacks...

Guarantee that all the team you've mentioned would be better than the bottom 3 from Argentina

No doubt. I wasn't trying to give a definitive list of qualities that equate to leadership. You'd have to admit though that players of the Pocock standard are in rare supply (ouch). Again, we're talking about Test match leaders - not Super rugby. And most people would probably agree that...

Yes, yes and yes. Debateable...and yes. Bollocks...and no, he is not. Correct. Not to mention he can't tackle for shit. You're kidding yourself is you don't think that age and experience are big factors in leadership. Have you ever seen a player debut as a captain of the team...

5th place....wow. Do you get a certificate for 5th place?? I said that Genia had an average international season because I thought we were discussing the decline of "Test match leaders." Do I even bother addressing what performance has to do with leadership? Hmmmmm......nah.

Palu?? Really?? Here are his G&GR rating against NZ and SA in the last 2-3 years: There were a couple of games with no comments or ratings so maybe he played blinders in those games but off just these ratings, Palu averages 5.1 against SH teams. But he seems to have blinders against...

Genia was average at best the whole 2010 International Season. He's had one strong season in 2009 and an average one last year....not sure why he would be considered a 'leader' yet. Robbie Deans seems to have a way with the senior players in teams that he hasn't brought up through the ranks...

The AUssies can afford to look forward to a longer Super tournament but it's tougher for SA and NZ who have proper domestic comps. Ideally, I'd love to see the ITM Cup (with less teams perhaps), the Currie Cup and an Australian domestic copm all being played at the same time. The Top 4 of...

Thanks mate...appreciate it :)

I played 5th grade out at the Viking towards the end of last season mainly cos I hadn't played in almost 2 seasons - since moving to Aussie - and fitness was pretty disgusting. My cuzz was playing for the 2nd grade I think so that's why I went out there. This year we have another cuzzy moving...

LMAO.....yeah, there's definitely room on the 'Blame Bench' for him too....lol

It'll be my first full season playing in Canberra so I'm looking forward to it. Not in any of the top sides or anything but if I can get the fitness back up then it should be fun. A big pre-season is in order...correction a MAMMOTH pre-season...lol

The 2003 RWC All Black loss should sit pretty well at his and Robbie Deans' feet.

While guys may have the bodies and physical attributes to play gridiron, the games are sooooo different I think it'll be a long time before anyone successfully makes that cross-over if ever. Look at how difficult it can be for players to switch between rugby and league. Having played all 3...

Sorry....this was posted while I was writing my reply. While I hope they don't fall to a 'lesser' opponent, this kiwi is still too emotionally scarred by previous World Cups to start calling the ABs champs yet. ;) If Ali Williams comes back fit and close to the form he was at 2 yrs ago...

Re-noun??? Are you internationally re-naming something???? Paddy publicly supported Barnes after his RWC disgrace and he is now probably in the top 5 or so refs in the world. Funny way to 'ramp it up.' The yellow cards don't come out as the All Blacks and it's players aren't as renown for...

What a load of bullshit. McCaw was the captain in 2007 and Paddy was the Chief of refs. Still didn't stop the ABs getting knocked out in the quarters with some of the most questionable officiating seen in a RWC. And Mealamu is the closest thing you'll ever see to sainthood when it comes to...

Even less of a reason to select Sharpe then.

The difference in this comparison is that Pocock was so outstandingly brilliant despite even when the Wallaby pack was outplayed at the breakdown. One of the key roles of any player in the tight five is the scrum. The Wallabies were so totally dominated in this area all year that to my mind...