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Ben Alexander joining team rehab I see. http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_8174430,00.html

I wasn't saying the kiwis will take a dead rubber any less seriously. I was referring to the way we seem to click and perform miles better than usual when there's no danger of collecting silverware. A bit like our propensity for late consolation tries after being drubbed for 75 mins. Although...

Anyone else think it must've been an interesting stint with Mitchell/Deans coaching the ABs together, given what Richie's said? Robbie "my way or the highway" Deans with John "my way or the motherf***ing highway you f***ing c***" Mitchell. Fly on the wall stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_rubber Unless there's a 4th match I'm unaware of.

It's a dead rubber, so it wouldn't surprise me. Well it would actually. It'd shock the hell out of me. I'm quietly resigned to having a lot of hell left in me at the final siren, but I'll still watch the full 80 (and not a second more). And I'll increasingly resent Tom Waterhouse's...

Can't disagree with you there, but I doubt the reaction would've been as over the top as it was if he'd done it to anyone else. It probably didn't help that it happened at the same time as us winning the game though. Insult atop injury.

It pisses me off more that some of our young stars are so unlikeable and up themselves. It feeds into the notion that Aussies are to kiwis what yanks are to Canadians. That's not a comparison I can stomach.

I think what tends to irritate Aussies isn't so much McCaw himself as the kiwi preciousness that surrounds him. eg they'll concede (smugly) in the vaguest possible terms that he "gets away with a lot" or "pushes the limits of the law likeanygoodsevendoes", but stridently deny any specific...

I wonder where that fear came from? Maybe here (4:14)?

JO'C looks like he's playing for the wrong super team if he wants to have a future at 10. I wonder if he's on the phone with Link?

Go back and re-read, son.

Even with that incentive they drop it less than the wallabies.

Apparently every Aussie athlete who can catch a high bomb is playing AFL.

Why are none of the people who want Hooper at 7 and Pocock at 8 suggesting the other way around? Hooper is a much better ball-runner, which you want in an 8.

The question is broader, but even if that were the question the answer isn't necessarily evident. Some players draw more press coverage than others. Some players just aren't news. Edit: "problem drinkers" is a vague and judgmental term. I guess I'm wondering how many players there are in the...

Is it a problem to know? Not like I'm asking about their sex life.

I'm interested in knowing who doesn't mind knocking a few back during the season. I know QC (Quade Cooper) and Beale especially have a reputation for getting on the piss. I also know that alcohol isn't great for high-performance athletes. So I guess I'm wondering if it's a wide-spread practice in the...

League would love to get him under these circumstances. It'd buy into their narrative of boring kick-clap yawnion vs brave, exciting, adventurous loig. They also know he isn't a player unwilling to bash his former code in comparisons. Plus they can mock his defensive frailties with "he...

Can we still play the "not enough set moves" card?

Same boat as Dan Palmer then? edit: and owen franks. Bloody hell they're everywhere.