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I thought the defence of both teams was outstanding. The size of the players at this age now, and the intensity of the hits, must impact on the length of their future rugby careers. The NZ attack won them the game. They were dangerous right across the park and continually asked questions of...

Do we not have another 10?

Why can't the assistant referees get more involved. If you have an official on both sides of the scrum, they will be a lot more stable. Is there anything worse than seeing a prop bore in on the other side of the scrum to the ref right in front of the AR and nothing happens. We must...

The French defence was the difference for me. Their aggression turned over lots of our ball in the forwards and the backs were bustled and bashed. Our 10 was very poor. Too many slow hospital passes to his outside man which meant that the ball rarely got passed mid field to our quick outside...

Given Bruce's stats, anyone who criticises Carter's defense is just taking the piss or trolling.

how accurate are these figures. The Tahs vs Landers official crowd was 13,000+ but was probably less than 8,000.

As a keen supporter of TC, I am often puzzled at the persistent personal attacks that deflect from the value of his contribution to club and super rugby. I've never heard anyone comment that TPN should miss the RWC because of his fro. His rise from Eddie reject to Super 15 regular is a...

It is good to finally hear that Eddie managed to motivate someone.

This is how Carter is used in the Waratahs. Carter is used as a quick passer or a crash baller who sets up the next phase. This is the reason that his try assists are low. His strength always gets him over the advantage line and he presents the ball to the following forwards on a platter...

1. Baxter 2. TPN 3. Carter

The Tahs' defense was very good all night and not only on their own line. It won them the game and totally frustrated the Otago boys. The forwards won't get the glory but I thought they were the stars last night. Carter as usual had a very busy game last night, and was rewarded with three...

From their financial report last year the Waratahs had revenue of about $18 million. If we use Cricket Australia's formula of about 25% of revenue to players then we get a figure of $4.5 million to be shared amongst the players. This gives an average wage of approx. $129,000 for 35 contracted...

The FoxSports commentator who described Digby Ioane as "involuntary planking' after Vaea's hit must get points for being topical.

You misunderstood what I'm saying light. These 1500 kids are located in the Pacific, Africa, India, South America and Asia and their schools are reliant on funds from Australian and other countries' wealthy schools. The Headmaster was intimating that the $40,000 spent on one Samoan border...

There are schools that don't give scholarships for the specific reason of helping their affiliated schools in poorer parts of the world. Justifying his abhorence of sporting scholarships, a CAS headmaster told a group of parents that every $20K that the school could give to the head office...

Don't put it past JOC (James O'Connor)'s managers contacting the consortium and leaking the story.

Sydney uni are a very slick team. Interesting comments Jayson about some players being unhappy. Competition for spots is always an incentive to play well, but playing oz schoolboys in 2nd grade colts is bad for everyone. It will be interesting to see if Talakai will return to colts when they get...

Yet another backline combination. Barnes was able to avoid contact against the Lions but he will get a bit more traffic at 12. With that bench I hope he is ok.

Saffer perception of leniency in Australia comes from way back when Bet Tune basically got away with what looked like proven steroid use, Moot point Blue. What's their perceptoin of Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson. I think it is essential we get respected ex players alongside the...

I think the critical point that needs to be addressed when considering the no.12 is the nature of the defensive line at the breakdown. Statistics show that there are around 110 to 120 breakdowns per S15 game, so up to 120 times per game there is a defensive line of as many as 15 players...