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6th scrum. Result: reset and warning to Sio and Cole.

5th scrum, after reset. Result: penalty against Aus for illegal wheeling.

So the 4th scrum of the game (result: reset):

I'm going to move my image posting over to scrum talk (rugby discussion) so I don't break this thread.

Still working on the others, but Cole seems to be using his initial bind to stop Sio getting a higher bind which would provide better leverage off his back before sliding up to bind on the arm and push him down. With no hold on the back, just the shirt, Sio goes straight down. Again, from the...

The above was the second scrum, which led to a penalty against Sio. First scrum (after reset): Penalty against Cole for hinging. Sio's bind again looking shaky and Cole obviously helping him to the ground, although more with his arm than by hinging it looks to me.

I'll do the others as I get time

Having watched it again it looks like Sio got a bad bind which slipped and Cole turned him in. If you look at the difference between the pom LH's binding compared to Sio's it's pretty stark. Let me see if I can get a better pic of it.

Thumbnail attachments were an initial fail I can't seem to delete

Let's look at the scrums in the actual game rather than a different game. I'm not saying you're wrong, you obviously know a lot more about scrummaging than I do. But apples with apples. First scrum where Sio got pinged: No side view for that one I'm afraid. Have at it!

Playing with 14 men for 10 minutes certainly didn't help us. Although Ireland managed to make it look easy.

Agreed. I'll need to watch the replay to get a better idea, but from what I recall Cole would've needed a spine like an accordion to fade enough to pull Sio into the kind of overextension he was in.

I imagine that if it isn't compulsory there would some social stigma associated with playing down an age bracket. I'd think a lot of kids would rather quit than do it. And it doesn't help the bigger kids get any better.

What a performance from Ireland. You'd never guess they had less men on the field watching it. South Africa were well beaten in every department, and their fans can't even console themselves with outrage at the ref. Hard to see any positives to take away from it. Faf de Klerk looked good...

I'm not a prop, but in every replay of a collapse on Sio's side I saw he had his feet a long way back and didn't attempt to chase them forward. Seemed to me that Cole had him on the run through fair means and foul.

So he's like a Springbok flanker, but smaller?

Call me cynical, but I have a suspicion that a sufficiently sizeable administrative fee paid in US dollars might help the Fijian powers that be appreciate his 7s potential. At least as a squad member. If he qualifies.

George Smith voted RPA Player's Player of the year. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-3585784/George-Smith-named-Players-Player-Year-stunning-season-Wasps.html Wouldn't mind seeing his trophy room.

I'm referring to the source the Daily Telegraph used. I'm wondering if Jones agreed to a settlement under the condition that he make no comment to the media about anything, and after that agreement the board fed some pet journo a bogus story of Jones going after Moore and Fardy. He was then in...

I'd love to know what the source was about the Fardy/Moore story. Can't find anything in the Australian about it, and Moore has already denied knowing anything about it. As far as I can tell the Brumbies have only confirmed that an investigation isn't taking place, which isn't confirming that...