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To'omua and Cooper is probably the toughest call in the back line, IMO. They are very different players. Watching To'omua against the Bulls reminded me a lot of Dan Carter. Strong in all aspects of the game, but selective in attacking the line directly. IMO, provincial combinations shouldn't...

What a fantastic pair of Super Rugby semis. I'm stoked for the Brumbies and their fans, and in awe of George Smith. He's nothing short of incredible. The commentators talked about his 141 Super caps and 111 test caps. They didn't even mention all the games in France and Japan. To dominate a...

Wow. What a game. True grit from the Chiefs to hold on and win that one. Poor execution by the Crusaders in the last 5 minutes.

Apart from when he has to kick restarts.

Dingoooooooooooooone! Finally, the ARU shows some spine and makes the right decision for the game.

Good topic. I read things much the same way, although I feel Douglas may be dropped, and deservingly so. Simmons or even Pyle might be preferred. The Gill-Hooper debate needs to be had too. I'm a huge Hooper fan, but I'd like to see the Wallabies put more focus into bossing the breakdown and...

It's possible that Folau is the domino yet to fall in all this. If he re-signs, surely JOC (James O'Connor) is off the cards.

Forget the last 25. Benny A is going to have a hard time coming back from those first 24 minutes.

Clearly you have never been at one of the Amigos' FIFA tournament pajama parties.

Lots of people have highlighted the scrum, breakdown and kicking (bar Mogg) as keys to the loss. I would add the tendency of both Beale and O'Connor to take away space from the men outside them. The contrast with Halfpenny was startling. He always straightens or veers inside just enough to pull...

Except for that game against the Brumbies that he, you know, was pivotal in winning.

i.e. exactly not like Deans.

3. Mowen 2. Palu 1. Mogg

So true! And then in 2015, after our second Dingo Cup, it'll only be one year until the next Bledisloe! And then it'll only be 3 years to the next RWC! Deans4evah!

Will post when sober. Ps. Well done Lions. Comprehensively better and fantastic fans. Best (and most painful) sporting event I've ever attended. PPs. Whisky seems appropriate.

I hope you never meet a sorcerer with a rope bridge.

Which probably makes sense a fair amount of the time. But it does mean that when the IRB does something like this re Horwill, it opens a massive can of worms. When you throw in top lawyers making the case and international media scrutiny, there is a distinct whiff of kangaroo.

I feel like I'm talking in circles. Of course it's not a court of law. A court of law is part of the judicial system -- one of the branches of government. And of course they all have different rules. Numerous posters on this thread have been raising principles of law that apply to the court...

Nor are they perpendicular to touch, which is what's actually needed. But they do show Lydiate to be onside, you have to give them that. o_O

I don't think you've understood my post. Obviously the tribunal is "subject to the law". It was a question about the tribunal itself and whether it actually has the institutional rules and apparatus of a court. I suspect that it does not. Probably one of the reasons it becomes a lottery...