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I'd still swap him for Anesi!

I was travelling to NZ for work regularly in the early 2000's and the general air of gloom when the subject of international rugby was raised was so deep you could physically touch it. I reckon about half the two islands were in a state of clinical depression for that wonderful period (for us)...

He was world class in the S14 this year till his injury. Since then he has come back to the field in a big way and looked to me to be playing injured in all the winter tests. He has not been as good as he can be in any of the 2010 tests and I think he has been over-played to his detriment...

We've got Bryce Lawrence. He is to Australia what Kaplan is to the Tahs and the only SH ref who doesn't understand "tackler roll away".

Get the Brumbies to do a deal with someone else, at the Tahs we don't want cast-offs. We've got Anesi, and that's enough.

Have a look at the Rebels thread (page 64 onwards, there's plenty of detailed comment on Blake)

I'm praying he does a hammy in the warm-up so Barnes has to take over.

There's something wrong but the coaches on tour can't seem to fix it. Our best hope is that he spends plenty of time under Foley before the S15 and plenty of time in the gym re-establishing his core strength (sorry Bruce, that's the best way I could find to express what I can see).

I believe it is Bryce Lawrence. By the end of the game the forum will be calling for the immediate return of Christophe Berdot as the referees messiah.

3. Rocky 2. Sharpe 1. McCalman I thought Hodgson was good off the bench and based on the rucks he hit I think Turner should also be considered as a 7. He certainly didn't get much opportunity to do anything else.

I wonder whether POB will be visiting the Wallaby dressing room to apologise for his ref allowing the Italian THP to bore in all game? For the record, was it Castro who did that to the AB's last year. If so, I am surprised any international ref would have missed it this year, considering the...

Sorry, he can't even hold down the spot for his province.

You're not the only one Langthorne, England certainly pushed me over the edge.

I must have missed that graph from before unless its just gone up. In commenting on it I think it shows up clearly some of the things we have been talking about on various threads: 1. Moore was significantly better in the 3N than Fainga'a and the gap has widened on tour. 2. McCalman's...

Some of your best writing, Bruce, well done.

I'd have liked for Sharpie and Pocock to have started from the bench so they both got a rest before France. Chis would then have been competing directly for his spot and Sharpie could have come on if the lineout went to custard. Hodgson would not look out of place in Pocock's spot, hope he...

Gee I hope that's Slipper, Sharpe and Simmons

Look at any Gnostic or Reds Happy post on the site, or go back onto the second or third page of threads and you'll find a mountain of stuff. Some of it I even contributed to.

That was the point of HJ's post. He expects England to dominate us at the Olympics.

Reckon you're wrong about Hodgson and Maafu but 100% right about the rest!