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Moment of heresy? Apologies in advance. I know there is a heated division amongst Tahs' fans as to whether any non-NSW and (worse!) non-union players should ever be recruited to the Tahs, but, as I've said prior, I tend to agree with Barbarian that the notion of recruiting a couple of good...

Agree, I thought we was excellent in all departments v Chiefs. (Another credit to Link and his team of coaches: of the core Reds' players for 2011, other than Chambers and perhaps S Fainga'a, v 2010 it's hard to think of a Reds player that has not improved their core skills and/or general...

Thanks again TOCC - your regular 'hard data drops' are invaluable to assessing where the Aus rugby is sitting in a business and competitive context with other codes, etc. If Aus rugby TV 'crowds' are well up overall (or is it just for Reds' games?) in 2011 v 2010, that'll be a very good thing.

And, lo and behold, they are selling Gold tickets again! I did a mock buy at 12:10, 2 in Section 721 available. The poor punters.

What a joke Ticketek's transaction processing systems are: one minute 'allocation exhausted' for _all_ seats, 30 mins later 'limited availability' for Gold and Silver but, just as you say vidiot, once you choose even a 1 seat selection, they then have a message in red stating that effectively...

Just got 4 Silvers on line for my wife and kids et al in a reasonable section. At 9:12, all but single Golds and Plats had gone (though Members seats are biased to these categories).

The notion that 'this site' paid no attention to compliment and admire the many excellent aspects of Cru play v Stormers - and credit the Cru's play quality in that match just as much if not more than a critique of the Stormers - is manifestly factually incorrect. A cursory examination of a...

MR, I doubt a read of the following will change your (IMO pretty over-brutal) assessment of QC (Quade Cooper)'s life and loyalties, but at the very least the anecdotes, family difficulties (why his Dad came to Aus looking for work, etc) and chequered path he's been down as a young footballer star, surely shows...

tl12, of course, you're so right to add this perspective, and we Reds' fans have lived with and through that all year. At every competitive juncture there has been an impressive counter analysis v Reds listing in detail all the reasons why the Reds likely could not beat XX, as XX possessed...

Kiwi bookmakers favouring Cru. And the NZ TAB spokesman leaves little doubt as to his conclusions: http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-news/bookies-backing-cantabs-win-4285849

The Reds defence was generally very good in 2011. But, just as per the 40 min mark v Blues and near identically v Bulls, it has quite serious lapses in moments of foot-off-the-pedal over-confidence and (eg v Brumbies at home) when the team as a whole is off-colour. So, a quite a nice defence...

It's the ultimate non-PC selection comment, but I had a dream recently wherein the best 2011 NSW forwards combined solely with the best 2011 QLD backs, each group was optimal for task, best in class and was used to their respective combinations, and, low and behold, we were winning all Test...

Some well set out and summarised key stats from last weekend's SFs: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10736269

...plus some of the Comments under the article are highly amusing. It is fascinating how virtually no credit is given to the Reds for beating the Blues, it's overwhelmingly 'those badly coached, idiot Blues, with many poor players, cocked it up'.

Mate, I agree with you on most things. (In fact, I have been somewhat concerned at your relatively low profile on these boards of late. As the Reds' success has grown in 2011, you seem to have become more subdued, in contrast to your most notable and distinguished 2010 persona which I recall as...

No excuses for you either, DPK? A hangover after GAGR's Sydney drinks on Friday has no place in the excuses roster, btw.

matty_k. Have just seen your home location as Yamba, from there (with the improved roads of recent times), a pleasant drive north to Brisbane! Re affording both. SOO III July 6 is a sell-out. We'll soon know re July 9.

From Abu Dhabi no less!! Now that's commitment. Bloody well done OzSash.

I know they can be relied upon to do their sacred duty, so no need. Will we see you up here on Saturday, #1 Tah?

daz, are you catching the early flight out of Perth on Saturday morning for the Sunshine State?