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That report is rubbish. It reads like a guy from SANZAR sticking his finger in the air and picking some weeks, then feeling like he should add some or subtract some based on the past and how he feels today. Bad luck if he is having trouble passing a large dump today. To make matters worse...

The whole system is broken. Just because a ref doesn't produce the white card on foul play, doesn't mean it shouldn't be looked at. I don't see how people can defend anything to do with the SANZAR system. It's been criticised on here for years for being a joke.

So an incident 4 years ago means double or quadruple the suspension? Come on, Strauss dropped the guy on his head, in Ioane's tackle the guy landed on his shoulder, barely past the horizontal. There's a big difference in how dangerous each tackle ended up. And the less dangerous gets a bigger...

For comparison, I have added the Strauss tackle.

Still struggling to see how Strauss got two weeks for dropping on a guy on his head, and Ioane gets 8 for dropping someone basically on their back.

No, but the NRL grading system is light years ahead of the rubbish from SANZAR. For example, they have gradings for different sets of foul play, and points for each grade, where 100 points = 1 game. The NRL has loadings, carry over points, and bonuses for early pleas. SANZAR merely seems to...

What a load of rubbish, in the NRL in Aus this tackle would've barely been the lowest grade as it hovered around the horizontal. Strauss' tackle from the Cheetahs that got 2 weeks was worse than Ioane's. I'd be careful complaining about how Saffa players are harshly treated from now on, PB...

13 was Gerrard.

To be fair, Palu's was well past by his Waratahs days.

You got it 100% right on Taumalolo, though. Wish I had chosen him instead of Kepu. I picked SBW for captain, and he was OK at 28 points. The playere that let me down were Harris, Thomson, and Mogg. Horwill and Alexander were very averageat 16 and 18 respectively, and the rest of my team...

Dell's cocaine positive - slipped my mind, although, strictly speaking, it wasn't the police that busted him. That positive ruined the Tahs that year - amazing the importance that a starting winger can have in a team so close to the finals. But jeez, if you have a coke problem (or even just a...

Well, it was reported (reliably at the time, I thought) that his partner was suffering from depression, hence why I would rather not make a judgement without all the information. Depression is a real problem and I hope they are not using it merely as an excuse. I can see how you might...

Cam Shepherd was the last starting player from my memory, arrested for public drunkeness and jumping up and down on parked cars. Although the caveat is, my memory is not fantastic these days. But, using players not getting in trouble with the law isn't particularly the strongest argument...

Off the top of my head: Overs line - Run straight, then close to the line/receiving a pass change direction as if taking an outside break, or away from the ball carrier Unders - Opposite of overs, run straight, then close to the line/receiving a pass change direction back towards the ball...

The "g" is pronounced with an "n" sound for Pacific Islander names, which is why they do it.

Damn it, picking Mogg and leaving Kingston on the bench looks a mistake.

I thought the Syd Uni link to the Rebels was the ex-Uni coach there. Nothing more, nothing less. Happy to be corrected (by Brucie, I bet :)) if wrong.

The recurring injury crocks are probably a big risk this year unless you have enough to afford a good reserve. Would be careful of Beale until his hamstring settles, which may not be until next year.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/beale-out-cipriani-doubtful-for-rebels-20120316-1v9ce.html Cipriani in doubt along with Beale and Inman gone, but he's on the bench with J'OC at 10. Anyone else think the Rebels are going to struggle now in this game? Consider last week's...

In that same comp, Sam Norton-Knight looked a world beater at 10. It was also played under different rules, which favoured players like Beale who love unstructured evironments in games. The ARC (or MARC) had potential, but it is hard to make a call on the standouts in that one year, as some...