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Lovely story.

He might be worth keeping so you have him against the Brumbies. Coleman did OK against Nonu in the trial but I'm not sure he mightn't get smashed that week.

There must be someone else. He and Cowan, for different reasons, are two players I just cannot bring myself to pick.

Just rewatched the Fox 90 minute version of the Tahs/Reds game (this is starting to become an addiction, watching the Reds get smashed). Carter is putting people into space more and more. The Burgo, Carter, Beale episode in the second half included a nice soft pass from Carter that Beale...

Jerry's first hit-out? What price a Jerry-Moore-Palmer front row before the season ends? It would be the only front row in Oz that could give the Tahs a working over.

Also rugby is littered with players who went on to have high level professional careers, who could have been successful coaches. For AFL, where less players have Uni courses on the go and fewer post game options, coaching is an easy way in to life after playing.

They will both be enthralling but for different reasons: Can Kepu match up to Franks or will Fat Cat have to come on early? vs Will Palmer/Moore turn Daley/Fainga'a inside out in the first scrum or the second?

Isn't Fourie injured?

After this game the Reds have a bye and two weeks to get their head on straight and their crocks back before the big block of games, including three big games against the saffers two of which are away. If the pack does not perform this week I forsee radical surgery over the fortnight. Samo...

Looking at the way the team has been selected I think this (and Mealamu/Ranger at least) is more a planned rotation against a weaker team. The Blues don't have a bye week till round 8, so some rotation would keep the squad fresh for later. They probably picked the wrong team to do it against...

If Mike Delaney wants a chance at higher honours he needs to move franchises. I thought he looked OK against the Highlanders but Foster seems to be picking from the squad list with a pin.

This game is all about the "don't knows": if the Force backrow can disrupt the Sharks power at the breakdown enough to turn the game? if the Shark tight five can dominate the set piece and either make significant progress or generate penalties from that? if the Shark backline can be...

Worse than that, Paarl, the Crusaders are almost at impossible odds to make 1 or 2 if they lose and in this comp if you are not first or second at the end you are probably no chance due to the likely travel impact over the finals series. So they will be absolutely desperate because lose this...

Just read the article, I missed it earlier. I agree with everything he said about the Tahs, especially the comments about Carter. The Larry Gomes analogy is spot on.

Sidey's dumbo dive was probably the worst example but there were lots of others. Given the Tahs kicking stats so far I don't understand why it hasn't already been hammered in at practise. The Finger one is a case where Turner was sliding for the line. I want to see every time that a Tah...

Looking forward to seeing Vinnie Munro ref this week. IMO he's the best Kiwi ref by miles, but this is not an opinion shared by the appointments board.

I expect the Bulls will top the SA conference, they've got a pretty good draw with most of the other conference top teams at home. I'm picking them to be 1st or 2nd on the ladder but I think the battle with the Stormers will be ferocious. Looking forward to the first Bulls/Stormers derby...

The reverse to Kurtley who started his Super career at 10 and moved to 15. If he's half as good as KB (Kurtley Beale) you guys are in luck. I've had him on the bench for my Fantasy team ready for the big bye round when he'll be playing the Highlanders, so I hope you're right.

Fatprop posted something a day or two ago about the Waratahs needing to improve greatly their accuracy at the ruck. It didn't excite much comment at the time, but its been gnawing away at me for a while. I want to pose the question "Why weren't the Waratahs 30 points up at half time?" I think...

One area that the Tahs could improve upon is their propensity to flop over the line near the corner rather than try to advance the ball around towards the posts. Its been a problem for several years. I cannot ever remember a Tahs player being pushed over the dead ball line or held up as a...