Search results

Genia was better, against a very poor local side whose defense was routinely sleepwalking. His kicking quality ratio of good/awful returned to a least a 1:1, but not much more. If we continue with Morahan's and Genia's poorly executed kicks v Cru, we will pay heavily.

Umm, smatterings of Red. Don't think you'll see me on Fox Sports tonight, though the inquiry is much appreciated!

Conditions here in Auckland good for rugby so far - dry, mostly overcast, around 20 deg, little wind. Potential for showers forecast for 7pm, but nothing too wet. Aucklanders are hard fans, they're all very, very unhappy with their 2012 Blues, that's for sure. Many with vivid memories of their...

Yes, I'd argue he'll be 'very missed'. Quite a unique person and skill set, from all I've heard. Departed over a disagreement regarding a 'player review'. The team falls into a hole, a shadow of 2011, Tatsy goes, sudden new big role for Link that must be announced mid season, RG ('the...

"Reds lose their brilliant mind" Now the pieces in this complex inner puzzle mount, there is more to all this than it's easy for us to know. Fowler was a major contributor to the Reds behind the scenes, in a number of dimensions...

I try to be ever the factualist. Like you, am a committed fan, but after 9 Rnds the jury's coming in now on this year's team's actual delivery capability and I am not in the business of raw optimism if IMO the facts, on balance, are against it. I'll worship the skill and well-structured play...

The Reds major 2012 problems can be summed up pretty simply, can't they? - our attack consistently yields too little - we are struggling to score 2 (sometimes any) tries a game and - ditto defence, from OK, to poor to truly dreadful - hence high points yield against us then our tiny losing...

The exposing players for us are unfortunately 4, 11, and 15 and Genia's very poor kicking. They've proven it in spades this season (and I hope Harris is more settled at 12 than he appeared last week but allowing for his long injury period that contributed). They'll be targeted. Back row now back...

Blues team announced, some interesting developments: http://www.theblues.co.nz/Draw-And-Results/Players/2012-04-27.aspx

Latest Betfair odds: Blues 1.44 Reds 3.3

I think it was a major error to start Samo last game. This is not 20/20, he has been playing softly all 2012, and his defence has been awfully uneven. Vs the Stormers, asking for (big) trouble. Same re Beau and Liam, both should have started vs a team of that strength. Whatever, we let in 2...

We need to set the context here: what has just happened with the ARU driving the wholesale sackings of a national coach's support team on the obvious (though unstated) basis of years of disappointing results, retaining only the national coach who appointed the just-sacked lot, then wholesale...

A number of us said it at the time, then said it again, and say it now (in support of Waylon above): the '30 man squad' ARU imposition was simply stupidity of the highest order and would have as it principal consequences (a) the hindering of Aus S15 teams' ability to enhance the development and...

Just a snippet as to what Cricket Australia is about to embark upon, given its antiquated structure that the recent comprehensive Argus (ex-Chairman BHP, NAB, etc) review recommended move to an Independent Commission-like structure to better run the national game in the interests of all...

tl12 does have a good point though. Diggers is rightly highly rated as a superb line breaker and gap reader and then penetrator, but he's overrated as: reading the right time to pass (instead of holding 5-15 secs too long), ball security-fiend (he can more than occasionally lapse into dropsies...

Absolutely, and our Aus competitors are consistently having 'higher quality losses' than we are. So their accretion of bps is way ahead.

Not nearly as simple as that. Once a team is well behind in points - as we are now - as much depends on the future outcomes for your best competitor teams as it does on our own work. We now have to perform significantly better for many weeks on end in our hardest games, than the Tahs and Brums...

SANZAR CEO states clearly it's highly unlikely changes to the current S15 format will take place before 2016, so can the tedious whinging threads now be dismantled until then: http://m.news24.com/sport24/Rugby/Super15/SA-can-forget-six-Super-teams-20120424?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

I told him to say it.

Whatever structures we put in place, the long term outcome will heavily depend upon the calibre, vision, experience, drive and integrity of the persons that sit at the top tier of the game's governance. I'm sorry but ex-Wallabies, old school rugby networkers, mates of the local RUs, "bloody...