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Yeah agreed. Jeez in hindsight leaking the Genia recruitment was a watershed moment for the Force. I remember when Barnes left I thought the Reds were doomed for eternity but it had the opposite effect in the long term. When such a cornerstone player leaves it should provide the impetus...

To be fair: (a) the report I read (I think at stuff.co.nz) said that Henry initially considered whether there was match-fixing, but quickly dismissed it (b) I don't recall him kicking the shit out of the ref at the time (but maybe I was too distraught about Aus to care what he said). This is...

What exactly are you proposing? That there is a week's break between the semis and the final? There aren't exactly free weeks being thrown around in the rugby calendar and, if the Stormers had won, ANOTHER week off for them and the Chiefs would be a bit silly. If you want to avoid the travel...

Yes but what do people want the ARU to do? I'm not having a go - I genuinely don't understand what the ARU has the power to do apart from recruitment concessions.

Yeah the ARU helped us financially - that is absolutely true. The real issue with the Force is its management isn't it? I don't see how the ARU has the power to get involved in the management of a franchise though. I agree that the Force would benefit from some recruitment concessions but...

The system for voting is really unfair because it punishes players who are in good teams. In a good team, good players will effectively steal points off each other. In a weaker team, even an average player will dominate. The fact that Genia won even though he was playing in the Reds must mean...

Yeah agreed Braveheart, but I understood he was flying in for it. My guess is he's going to be there personally today so they can try and sort it out by mediation or something

Maybe because they didn't play a curtain raiser on it when the rain clouds were hovering?

We don't know anything about the context of the comments so it doesn't really tell us much

I had wondered what happened to Daruda. I thought he looked an interesting prospect when he briefly played for the Reds but then lost track of him. Anyone got an idea what he's like these days?

I know nothing about props etc but given Daley is only 24, isn't there a real prospect of his scrummaging getting a fair bit better over the next few years?

This will a very tough one. Highlanders are brutal. I'd be stoked with a win - not even considering bonus points at the moment. Sounds like CFS is out but Digby back and Taps on the bench?

Thought Harris had his most complete game at 12 - some good strong runs and offloads, the chip kick and regather

Rebs looking much better with Beale at 10

Shipperley looking infinitely better than Vuna but, to be fair, Reds have had a lot more ball

No. My understanding is that they are two separate issues. Usually you'd think if the appeal was successful he wouldn't have to pay costs but the story I read suggested there was something unique about the appeal that meant that he'd still pay the costs. Edit PS. I had originally assumed...

I'd love to hear a bit more detail on why the appeal was allowed. Anyone got any more info? I wonder if the "you can't prove I said that" defence is what got him over the line.

Not sure what the prices are in Melbourne but it was going to cost me $150/seat for the Wales game at Suncorp to sit in my usual seats. A bit bloody expensive if you ask me.

Wow that seems really, really low.

I agree it's a disappointing performance. To be fair though it's a bit hard to come up with a reliable ranking from the pool games alone. If, for example, you ranked the teams after the pool stage based on points at the 2011 RWC you'd have this: 1. New Zealand 2. England 3. South...