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I hope so but given the latitude that Deans has given him previously, I think this prediction is a very long shot.

I need a translation, this one is all swahili to me.

I am starting to believe that there is a serious problem with the attrition rate of our top players. Our number one Aussie pack has been decimated, now Baxtah, Hangers and Phil are crocked and Vickerman too. Your news on Caldwell is scary, he's the sort of tough nut every pack needs. Does...

That is priceless

I guess that being a WB supporter is not the most depressing thing in world rugby at the moment. Supporting France is an even worse nightmare.

Its a cheap shot I know, but Dud Roodt was an appallingly bad choice to poach for the Waratahs. How do we guarantee that we don't do that again?

Maybe its the rose coloured glasses of time, but I still remember with great fondness the commentary of Cyril Towers on the ABC in the 60's and 70's. I think that's why the commentators now disappoint me so much. He was light years better than Kafer, who people seem to think is the best of the...

Cross's best games this year were at 12. He was an unexpected (to me) revelation in that position. IMO he has probably been recruited as a 12 who can back up for Horne at 13 if Horne gets injured. I think he's a good signing as its a one-year contract and one of Sidey, Bennetts and Mitchell...

Chisolm. God help us, he'll drop 50% of his passes.

Its not just the world cup. Its how our team will be in 2014 to 2016. The baby blacks have won for the last three years. That's 66 squad members who have played (or at least been on the sheet) and won a world cup. Does anyone seriously think that they won't get a really good 22 from those...

This morning has put paid to that hope I think.

Not sure you'd want to see it, for fans waiting for the Bledisloe to come back it was pretty depressing watching. It did prove the absolute necessity for a forward coaching academy if we want to get our standards up to the AB level.

Well, by my calculations that means the Bledisloe is probably staying over the ditch till at least 2015. The only good news is that our developing junior talent is second best in the world, but so far behind the kiwi's that its not much comfort. If only all the talent in the southern states...

3. Pocock - Played with some intensity 2. Cooper - Controlled the game well and was creative throughout 1. Brown - Played with everything he had. Others with more talent didn't Front row deserved some plaudits, though still outpointed on the night overall. The pack has got no mongrel.

Holmes would offer something but Palmer is just too green (and I'm a Palmer fan for the future, see old Waratah posts). The problem with the TPN disaster is that it was completely avoidable. Had Deans put TPN in cotton wool till Saturday he would have got 60 good minutes with Saia coming off...

Dunning was poor this S14 and does not deserve a recall. But Baxter was outstanding - he had one bad game (Crusaders) and his work in tight and in the scrum was usually unnoticed by the scribes but he was generally outstanding, and the best Australian S14 prop by a country mile. He deserved...

It pains me that the question even arises. Last Saturday we saw what happens when you send out boys against men. There should be a law that says squad members of the front row should be 22 or more and 24 or more to be selected in a full test. It just occurred to me that enforcer might have...

3. Cooper. Masterclass display 2. Burgess. Now will the critics please desist 1. O'Connor. Classy display, especially first half.

Sorry, 2003

Watched the opening ceremony for 1993 world cup yesterday (am converting my videos to DVD) and that anthem gave me goosebumps. Would like something similar please.