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Great preview from Reddit: http://eachvideo.com/watch?v=ihKbc7XDJys Painfully reminded about Wilkinson's drop goal and Itoje's lineout clapping / shouting from last year. The latter is one of those things where you go "yeah well fair play for taking any edge you can get" but also want to see...

Well fuck. Enever has to be industrious and accurate, and Kepu, Sio, TPN, Ala'alatoa, McMahon and Hooper have to lift their workrate in carrying the ball if we're going to be successful tonight. Who else is staying up for it? I have exams on Monday and don't know if I'll be better prepared by...

He's played an unbelievable amount of rugby for Saracens. Similar to Foley and Hooper, but England's decided the best route was to rest him last game and ease him off the bench for this one. He's popped out of the starting XV but he certainly hasn't been dropped.

As an Australian Rugby fan I'd really like to see that. It'd mean that at the Tahs we'd have Foley-Beale as our dual playmakers, Brumbies would have Lealifano-Hawera, Reds would have Cooper-Paiaua'a and the Rebels would have Lance-Hodge. If we're all building from the same blueprint that means...

<b>On the Locks</b> I'd take Coleman over Launchbury or Lawes, but tbh I'd take Lawes, Launchbury, Kruis or Itoje in a heartbeat over Simmons, Arnold, Tui, Rodda etc. Englands depth at lock is phenomenal. I think Itoje is world class and Lawes has the potential to be. Lawes has always been a...

But thats the point - it doesn't matter if Rugby is a niche sport in Australia if we host the pinnacle of the global game. Imagine the hordes of Kiwis and Brits that would travel to see it. The England world cup sold 2.47 million tickets, 460,000 fans came from overseas to attend, the final...

Aren't these figures guaranteed by the government, not the union in question? In that case, Australia could certainly afford to bid. It brings 20 teams to Australia, with ~30 players per squad and ~10 staff per squad. That's 800 people already who need food, services and accommodation before...

The real winner here is the Melbourne club rugby comp. They're about to get a pretty sizeable influx of quality players playing week-in-week-out. Hopefully they'll be evenly distributed.

Jeeeeeesus the Rebels are assembling a stacked team. 1 Ainsley 2 Uelese 3 Weeks 4 Parling 5 Coleman 6 Timani 7 Hardwick 8 Mafi 9 Genia 10 Lance 11 Koroibete 12 Hodge 13 Meakes 14 Naivalu 15 DHP 16 Faulkner 17 Hanson 18 Talakai 19 Phillip 20 Fainga'a 21 Stirzacker 22 Adams 23 Maddocks With...

In highschool our star fullback was out for two months with a crook thumb and he was one of the toughest players in the team. Believe it or not, injuries in that part of the hand can actually be pretty complicated. It's not like any other finger which you can just strap up and play on with...

Pretty unhappy with the nominations this year. Barrett and Farrell simply haven't played well enough in their test matches this year to warrant being nominated (both were average in the Lion's series). Rieko Ioane, whilst a talent, I don't think has done enough to be nominated either. I'm also...

Good point over in the Brumbies thread - in the frenzy to sign Coleman, Phillips and RHP from the Force we all forgot one pretty impressive player: Ritchie Arnold! He had a great NRC and would be a fantastic pick up for the Tahs. Any news on where he's heading?

Swintons the real deal IMO. Not sure about the other ex-u20 recruits. I saw Lalaki play at school, Manly and u20 level - he was electric. Then he signed for the Rebels before playing in France and falling off the radar entirely. Will be interesting to see how he goes. Maybe his confidence...

Also while we're at it: this EARU nonsense is utter bullshit. I live in the Eastern States. I have nothing to do with this - stop tarring us all with the same brush. I'm actually very sympathetic to the cause but combative attitudes from Western Australian against Eastern Australian fans only...

From the front page: "My take is that Cheika is building depth in tactics as well as players." An interesting thought. A good team should find a way to win with different weapons and strategies. What if we don't have Folau as a strike runner and a bomb diffuser? What if we need two...

The things that have come out of this inquiry are mind blowing and, frankly, I don't think they're getting enough coverage on this site. Ignore the Force logo - I updated that out of solidarity with the Force fans - I've been a Tahs fan my entire life and I think that the Australian rugby...

Ned Hanigan. *sighs* Otherwise I like the team. Gives Hunt a bit of time to get used to playing more high level footy, tests the bash-brothers in the centres and the bench is pretty damn strong. RIP Wales (famous last words).

Good question. If the world world smells like shit perhaps its time to check your shoes.

What about the game this year where NZ should have lost to us? Bledisloe 2? Reid knocked it on within the regather that lead to them winning the match? If you want to look at where teams "should have lost" due to refereeing calls then the All Blacks dominance of the last four years doesn't...

One thing that's remarkable about Hodge's kicking in general play is that he punts the ball whilst standing still and doesn't utilise the 2-3 steps of run-up favoured by all other kickers. It's amazing considering that he can kick the ball so far without the momentum offered by a run up, but...