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Just to add to the air of pessimism, I have an awful feeling that the team will expect the lions to try and blow us off the park in the first 20'. So we'll come out all fire and brimstone, play some brutal rugby, and at least keep in touch for 60'. It's the last 20' that worries me. With our...

True, but the Reds again faded in the second half. While their rugby is a definite improvement on the last couple of seasons, their inability to play 80 mins +injury time is concerning.

^^I don't think that was ever really in doubt.

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Freakin' hell, I caught those last few minutes while walking past a pub. That was an absolute coach killer.

I wouldn't bet on anything that talked.

Have to agree, there are clear favourites, and the treatment of non-favourite 'depth players' is appalling. A good example is the speaker phone conversation between Michael O'Connor and Lote Tuqiri regarding Peter Hewat, for instance. On the other hand, Link had his hands tied in dealing with...

Like everyone on this forum, my views on the direction of Super Rugby relies heavily on historical context. I grew up going to Ballymore to watch the Super 8 and Super 10 matches. The Reds did quite well in those competitons in the 1990s, partly because of the outstanding talent in those...

You could well be right. I kind of hope so. As for the ERCC, the European club competitions in soccer also punctuate the domestic leagues. It avoids a prolonged 'dormant' period at the end of Premiership Rugby or LNR.

This was what SA originally did for the 1996 and 1997 super 12 - the top four teams from Currie Cup qualified for the next season's super 12. Trouble was that WP missed out on qualification in 1997. Wasn't such a good look.

Not 100% sure of the wisdom of the 3 x 6 system - what about the people that the kiwi teams bring through the turnstiles?

Aww I feel like such a bastard getting between a JAFA and a Cantab now. Sad Face. Feel free to continue the vendetta with WO, DP. For what it's worth, I was offering the following, glittering prize package: For the supporter thingy in the top right, those traditional rugby football...

I'll take you up on that DP. You never specified which team in the upper right hand corner.

^^^ This. We need to devlop footballing brains. Especially in defence and at the breakdown. We don't seem to be able to cope with jailbreak rugby. Which is what makes NZ teams so good. They have the basics down pat, but they also know how to keep their shape in chaos.

Sully, what part did you play in this?

Ok. So. Basic things are basic. Breakdown. Fucking pathetic. If one was coaching an under 12 team, this would be the game to show them: Body height, entering through the gate, protecting the pill. The backline: what have they spent the fucking summer doing? When you play behind your...

I dunno, you'd probably need to ask the players. Would they identify as being from VIC/WA/ACT? Kind of dilutes the concept of 'origin'. WRT to RL state of origin (which it borrowed from Australian rules), I always find it amusing that the state with the largest playing pool complains when...

Best scones ever. Made with Turkish Hashish* *phenergen and vegemite

Julian Huxley? *spills beer*

And of course they only smoke the best durries: