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Kaplan won't be hospitalized on the way to the match by a freak whaling mishap. No way on earth. Never gonna happen.

Jeez rugby365 are really running with Scarf's video. They've included it yet again in another article: http://www.rugby365.com/tournaments/trinat/news/2570320.htm There's also apparently an oblique reference to it on the planetrugby Aus vs NZ preview...

Can someone remind me of what the Wallabies' record is under Kaplan? Can't find it.

I disagree with you Redshappy that Brisbane was a lower pressure, lower risk match. It was the highest pressure match of the tournament, since it was the one we were most expected to win. If we hadn't won that one we'd be staring down the barrel of a winless 3N and Robbie would almost...

The whole Barnes affair was out of Paddy's hands. It was a World Cup QF, with the eyes of the rugby world (and a chunk of the non-rugby world) watching and almost all of them thinking it was a great match. Given the distinct lack of non-NZ outrage over the outcome and the ref he would've been...

Could provide a useful marketing segue into Reds = Soviets. I've always thought the Reds supporters should play up the soviet angle as a theme. Those are some fine looking ballerinas btw. I'm sure they hardened up the players.

Well hypothetically speaking should the shoe ever be on the other foot I'm sure I'd find an appropriate way to deal with it. And we are speaking hypothetically.

I think the traditional route is to smirk a lot, say very little (unless the status quo is threatened), and enjoy the sight of opposition teams routinely grabbing their ankles and receiving an official shafting. Be Graham Henry in other words. ;) By the way I notice the word "propaganda" is...

If PDV is representative of the political appointments taking place in SA then no wonder so many saffas are jumping ship to Aus.

I notice your video has been doing the rounds of the rugby forums. First the BBC ones (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A72549444) and now rugby365 have included it in one of their articles (http://www.rugby365.com/tournaments/trinat/news/2567240.htm). It's hit the keo boards too, for what that's...

I'm a bad supporter, myself. I'm okay when the line-break happens, or when a try is on or scored, but other than that I don't know what I'm doing. Just randomly shouting seems annoying. I'd welcome some sort of song just so I can meaningfully contribute in those grey periods where a...

True he didn't actually give a card. I'm not likely to forget that. But if he says "I would've given a yellow card if I'd gotten the number" it should surely trigger the same post-match process as actually giving the card. Even more so as it wasn't punished during the match. I don't think it...

My guess would be that they're only using refs who have a chance of reffing the RWC.

It was a card though. He said it was a card. He just couldn't give it out because neither he nor Eagle-Eye-On-The-Aussies got the number. For which he bizarrely apologized to McCaw.

Completely agree the ARU needs to kick up a stink when this sort of thing happens. If we don't nobody else will. The saffas won't because he's (Kaplan) their ref and so they'll always back him. The kiwis won't because it benefited them. I like the idea of not whingeing but if everyone else...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP8c2iwr-u4 What a thug.

Well...Whitelock then. Unfortunately.