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France fluff the kickoff, knock on and an offside prop grabs it. Cruden misses the kick from out wide. 7 - 0, 12 gone.

France in! Nice set move and through the All Black backline.

For starters, a 60 - 11 pantsing of a bad bad bad Baabaas side does not count. That leaves the Wales game. A game two years ago, at the end of a very, very, very long season against two weakened teams, one of which was our bunny in recent times. Secondly, as I said, Deans said after those...

One against a woeful Baabaas. Once against a Welsh side who were also weighed down with injuries, and were then our bunnies effectively. JOC (James O'Connor) didn't exactly orchestrate that Welsh win, either. That was at the end of a long, long season for both teams, particularly the Welsh. Not exactly...

You and I have differing views of above average. If you think JOC (James O'Connor) has shown he's an international level flyhalf, then I think you are a bit of a JOC (James O'Connor) fanboy. He needs to do a hell of a lot more than he has done now. edit: to be fair to you, even Deans said JOC (James O'Connor) wasn't a flyhalf after those...

Without a doubt, this thread will be kicked into the thread in front of it, resulting in a meltdown somewhere along the line.

My response was more that you queried JOC (James O'Connor) not being an international flyhalf on those characteristics. Sure, JOC (James O'Connor) can do those things, but those things don't make an international flyhalf. Hopefully JOC (James O'Connor) shows he is an international level flyhalf in this series, but he hasn't shown he is one...

If those are your primary requirements for a 10 of international standard, then boy, Mortlock must have been one of the greatest Australian 10s in history. Myself, I prefer talents like creating opportunities for your backline, taking the right options, making the guys outside of you look...

Bah, a few injuries last week means that I am only running with 14 instead of 15. I had it all planned nicely too, unless guys like Saffy, Pyle, etc ruined my cunning plan. I thought I had two spare transfers, but miscounted and had just one. Wild card to be played after this week. Here's...

You simply need to look at how much Kahui has played over his professional rugby career. The colloquial NZ term is "food bill". Kahui is a walking injury, sadly. His body can't take the way he plays. If you want an Australian example, think Hugh McMeniman.

That might explain a bit. The Reds team should have done better than they did in 2001. The Reds did the worst of the three provincial teams at the time, despite not being far off the Brumbies. The weakened Tahs in 2001 did better than the Reds, and both played sides close to the Lions' main...

I reckon it'll be a great effort if the Reds are even within 20 of the Lions. I remember the 2001 Reds team, which was quite a good team, being given a nice hiding. I think that the 2001 Reds team, on paper, is better than that team named - although the Reds team named is not too bad.

In a way I am sad that he is gone - not for the ridiculous claims of Glenn Jackson cheating, but my posts about it to Redsman seem to be the only way to get my like count up!

Cross and Vuna never even came close to playing for Australia in League. Cross at least came relatively close to playing SOO, Cooper Vuna was never even close. Tahu was different, played a few times for the Kangaroos, and quite a few SOO games. Tahu was never the best League centre though...

Gina Rhinehart as face of the Force! If that doesn't get the supporters in, nothing will.....

I reckon that beating the Lions would generate a LOT more publicity than winning a Super Rugby game. It'd be a massive upset (even more so for the bottom ranked team) and get a lot more press time. Of course, no matter what team the Force field they will be rank outsiders. In the end, that pack is...

What about Fardy, Carter or White?

With falling commodity prices and the capex boom peaked, it's likely that most mining companies won't be interested in splashing huge amounts of cash for sponsorships anway. The majors like BHP or Rio may be an exception, maybe.

Two, both a month to two ago. And he wasn't particularly impressive in either. TBH, I was going on what the French supporters have been saying about him as much as anything. There's even been some french supporters in here who posted that Burgess is no big loss to Toulouse. Are you going to...

This is getting tiresome. There is little correlation from Super rugby to national teams. That has been done to death. Secondly, yes Jackson screwed up in favour of the Crusaders in that second half. Without argument. However, he didn't score the tries or beat the tackles, and he didn't...