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Derpus, the lineout would probably be one situation where all things are mostly equal. Same thrower, same calls, same jumpers except for the two locks being compared. It seems to me that it is all pretty much a matter of judgement by one caller against the other's. Experience would be a...

RN, I hardly think the majority of Brumbies' fans would be ok with that. The sponsors certainly would have a big say in that happening or not.

The Brumbies' pack will be a test for the Tahs. In the past two weeks they have got the better of both the Hurricanes and the Chiefs in the set piece so the Tahs will get a very good idea of what they'll be up against in the finals series. While I agree that the Tahs should win on the strength...

He does favour Rodda, and so he should. Rodda has also been in excellent form. I'd personally go with Arnold and Rodda with a bit of effort being put into the calling. All of the forwards know the calls, so it's seems to me to just be a judgement about which call to make in which situation...

McMahon > Arnold. Apples and oranges JW, unless you mean one is more valuable to the team than the other. I would dispute that. Arnold has been consistently over the duration of the Super Rugby season, one of the best performing locks in the country. In Arnold, Coleman and Rodda, we have three of the...

Allan Ala'alatoa again showed his class yesterday. Just back from injury and put in a non-stop effort for something like 65 - 70 minutes. I still maintain he and Tupou are the way forward to the RWC at THP. Kepu is and has been great but the younger ones are probably now a little superior.

Being serious for a moment Dan, I think the outcry about TMO interventions is more about the amount of time they take with repeated replays from every angle available (or at least that they want to show). Most posters would like to see incidents reviewed but one or two replays at most would...

Yep BH, but compare with Evans' hit on Pocock last week. A neck roll above the horizontal (YC) and driven head first with force into the ground (RC). Just a penalty. Rubbish inconsistency.

Not even checked if it involved a NZ player.:(

And just on the forwards, how good are the bench props for the Brumbies? Mayhew had an outstanding game today and Makin has never let the side down when he comes on. I would say that the scrum, including the bench players, is stronger than the much lauded Reds scrum. I just hope all of the...

Shiggins is not too far off the mark with some of his calls tonight, but even allowing for that the Brumbies lost the game with all their turnovers in the first half. Woeful. However, it was very harsh on them to be denied the last gasp chance of a win with the missed knock on. Still, a bonus...

No irony at all when the clearly deficient decision goes against the team I support Dan.

WOB, Laumape had a field day running at Reiko's inside shoulder. Why would he want to change?

Haven't been to the NI but the area around Nelson/Picton is sensational. Worth a visit to the Harrington (?) Brewery at Richmond where they made the beer used for Lord of the Rings.

And Roffy, FF (Folau Fainga'a) is fast joining that elite grouping too.

Right on cue Dan. You never disappoint. How about you just look at the incident in isolation and maybe have the good grace to call it for what it was, hey?

His defense, as in one on one tackling is very iffy since his illness. Fell off a lot of tackles today. Actually, Hawera looked a lot more threatening in attack when he came on.

Looked a bit like an elbow to Fainga'a's jaw area. Like you, I'm still in the dark as to why his try was disallowed. Looked fine to me. What about the shoulder charge to Pocock's head while he was on the ground? On the ground and out of the ruck he should have been protected from that sort of...

And I didn't see the Rebels going down to the Reds. The Sharks now have a better chance of leapfrogging them into the 8.

Captained the 2011 U20s which include among many, one Michael Hooper.