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Carter is the best 12 in Australia. Tonight he dominated JOC (James O'Connor) in class, effectiveness and workrate, yet the average fan will focus on Carter's rare mistakes and ignore JOC (James O'Connor)'s many. Carter outplays his opponents 99% of the time but many of the comments on this site relate to his personality...

Coogee used for cricket till 10 March.

Deans often gets criticised for not using his bench but I would like to add a perspective to this policy. As a long-time coach I hated to replace players towards the end of a game unless we were winning or losing by an unbeatable score or someone was very distressed. The likelihood of a...

I've heard nothing of Inman. Did he trial? Where will he be playing? He is too good to be playing 3rd reserve centre.

Where is the players' association? The ARU is like Chairman Mao announcing another ludicrous 5 year plan. Everyone else is fucked while they retreat to a luxurious oblivion, counting all the money. They may want to, but no Super coach will rest a test player if they are struggling to make...

I am surprised that link isn't there. Bruce. I know of several research areas at the Cumberland campus that would be very beneficial to all sport's teams. Maybe that is the nature of researchers; print and move on to the next. Some of the facilities that Uni rugby do enjoy are the gyms...

This is a very smart partnership. UC offers some excellent courses in the sporting areas of science, media, law, coaching and nutrition. The Brumbies and AIS will promote these and if the uni gets another 40 students they will recoup their sponsorship money. Apart from the money the...

I agree with FP that depth is a major problem for Deans. When the drop in class between the first and second chosen is substantial, the constant pressure on the best player to improve and perform is not as great. This leads to complacency, inconsistent performance and eventually a poor...

My feeling is that the skills issue goes further than the S15/Test nexus. I have observed 20 year old union and league players and both the skill sets and physical development of the league boys is far superior. While a rugby club may have several skilled and super fit players, the league...

It was the hit on Rocky Elsom by Keiran Read in the first half that made me realise the Wallabies forwards were in big trouble. Elsom, despite his wretched season and advancing years is still one of the hard men of international rugby, but Read thumped him with a tackle of immense speed, skill...

I'm with you FF (Folau Fainga'a). The irony is that with professionalism the game is developing into a clone of 1960's unlimited tackle rugby league. I would like defences back an extra five metres and an automatic 5 minute sin bin for penalties by defenders in their own goal line quarter.

Cooper is a unique talent and talk of ditching him puzzles me. My observation is that he has a comparably slight physique for a modern day full time professional. Given that the midfield is awash with 100-120kg forwards these days, I credit him with a large amount of courage when he takes on...

Shadenfreude- is that you Graham Henry?

Congratulations ABs. We were seriously outskilled in both set and open plays. The forwards looked fatigued and struggled to dominate the physical contests in the scrums and rucks and therefore our backs were feeding off scraps all game. Lineouts were good. With Cooper spooked we had no mid...

There will be more skittish decisions by the refs in the next 2 matches. They must be wound up after what has happened to Bryce. I think Rolland should have discussed the tackle with his assistants, it all happened too quickly for such an important decision. The winger Clerc took a very...

Henry is smart. Directing all the attention towards McCaw's foot has left Cruden out of the spotlight. McCaw can cope. Meanwhile the pressure continues to mount on our Quade. Can he cope?

pete88, the other arm wrapping around Habana appears to be white. It may not belong to Samo.

The thing about eye gouging is that it is such a deliberate act. You really have to focus on getting those fingers in there. Says a lot about the gouger.

McCabe was fearless. The Boks aim a lot of their attack, using their big guys, at the opposing 12 and yesterday McCabe smashed them and drove them back. You could see the disbelief in the Boks' eyes. In contrast AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) was a ghost. I saw him with the ball once.

3 Pocock 2 McCabe 1 Horwill