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Won't happen. By Deans definition, Holmes is too old to be a good prop. Doesn't matter if its nonsense, Deans controls the selection panel.

That is not a very nice thing to say about Samo. Fair? maybe, nice, no.

Yeah. But Deans has always been a believer in the "play every test till you're broken" theory.

Too true. After the first twenty minutes our scrum started to really dominate. Several times we pushed Wales backwards significantly, without much reward. I liked how Barnes tried to ref each scrum on its merits - Maafu was penalised early but as he established dominance that situation was...

I agree with the rest of your post but on the forward passes I have a different spin. Poite was clearly at fault in allowing the try, he was right in line, Barnes was behind. I think Barnes realised there was something wrong and maybe peeked a look at the big screen replay. Being human, and...

I have always loved the way Burgo plays; he is always looking for a way to be positive and his defence is awesome. But he can't go any further with his rugby career if he stays - he'll always be behind Genia no matter how well he plays and Dingo never uses his bench properly. If he stayed he...

Did all right against a bigger one Friday night. Didn't help my fantasy team one bit that he cut Roberts down early. 3. Barnes 2. Pocock 1. JOC (James O'Connor)

Great line!

I agree, but as I posted on another thread ...... WHY? Is he injured, depressed, what? Something is clearly very wrong. He's a brutal scrummager, and earlier in the year there was furious discussion over who would get the 2 jersey. No one is even mentioning the possibility now. I want to...

I more than agree with this. When you have a young/inexperienced team the VERY FIRST thing you have to do is set out a series of guidelines and limits so that youthful exhuberance does not run away with the show. That was the basis for the Reds win in the Super comp this year. There was clear...

Why go fishing? What you wrote was arrant nonsense. Any idea how badly the scrum would have been monstered if Fainga'a had been hooker? He can't push bread on butter. As for the comment on Burgess: Unlike the Queenslander, he has played very well with extremely limited opportunities. Why...

I used to go on the Roar full time but I gave it up when I found G&GR, mainly because I found Spiro's articles to be running a separate agenda. He doesn't like the Tahs however they play, he doesn't rate teams who build their game on a tight five who do set a platform (except NZ) and he is so...

Growden has written this so often that you could be accused of plagiarism. :)

You're right Blue, we'll need to be playing way better than we are now just to stay within 20 points of them. If Deans doesn't learn how to coach soon it could be so one-sided that future Lions tours will be in jeopardy. PS. Love your new signature. If Gatland had been coaching the Boks the...

Is it just me, or is Paul Cully starting to sound like a real rugby journalist? Greg Growden wouldn't have even known the names of half those players. I know he has written some crap too, but even Shakespeare wrote some less than printable work. He does seem to be well ahead of Pandaram and...

They also have a crap coach.

Of course you are. Do you not understand that the NZ supercoach can sense ability that no one else can see? The ability to rise to the top as shown by the Reds and Waratahs had nothing to do with their ability, nor their desire. It was all a matter of pure luck. And of course the results our...

This is one of the most appalling pieces of boardroom bastardry you'd ever want to see. JON has totally circled the wagons and prevented any real review of what has gone on. David Nucifora to critique his own appalling forwards coaching. All the results of the review hidden behind board...

Langthorne, Kindly keep the truth to yourself! At first I laughed at your "joke" and then I realised you are almost certainly right. At this point the tears began to flow....

Barnes would have been a far better choice this tournament than either Gits or Cooper. Gits doesn't have the skills of a 10, but he is a great 12. Truly great. Cooper is like a Carlos Spencer clone. Can do things with a football and backline that no human being should be able to. But...