Search results

Bit of a tangent, but I reckon the real reason kiddies and other fans aren't usually allowed on the field right after the game for autographs is to give the players time to kick a few lockers and swear at the rugby gods a bit where needed. As good a PR exercise as signing autographs immediately...

Glancing at the penalties can only see one of the many opening ruck penalties against Pocock, so guess I'll have to look elsewhere for my conspiracy theories. ;)

Disclaimer: tenuous speculation ahead To be fair to the Force backrow Bryce clearly came into this game feeling he had a point to prove, which meant Pocock had to be damned careful at the ruck. Penalties to ruck turnovers ratio was always going to be skewed, so it wouldn't surprise me if he...

Snor as media liaison. Please.

According to the Brumbies stats Vaea (119kg) has 22kg on Hooper (97kg), as well as 5cm for what that's worth. Not hard to see how that would appeal to White. I'd expect him going by his Springbok selections to favour a pack who could win collisions and dominate lineouts. The latter possibly...

I missed the buildup to the match, but as soon as I saw 7. McCalman on the team sheet I knew we were in serious trouble. We're just not a counter-rucking side, which means we need a good fetcher to maintain parity at the breakdown. We're also a team at ourost dangerous from quick turnover ball...

Quade should grow a curly moustache he can twirl at the stands in NZ. He might as well.

Anyone else suspect that every team playing against us will enjoy the majority of the home-crowd support? That may be a factor in the close ones. Getting my excuses ready. ;)

Possibly a scrum thing? The only time our scrum has garnered international respect in recent times was with Horwill and Chisolm locking. Of course our lineout went to shit, but you can't argue that out scrum was much stronger. Chisolm didn't offer much else around the field, but was still...

When would they actually wear it? Only team I can think of who might clash are the argies. Possibly they're hoping to nail down the neutral support in a eng vs aus semi?

I'd rather piss off wales than nz this year. Wait, that's just not true.

Mank I guess I take it personally because I gre up in WA, which is an AFL stronghold. I didn't even know there were 2 codes to "rugby" until I watched my first game at the age of 20 with kind people who took me in and freed me from the bondage of my ignorance. Now I live in Darwin where people...

His loyalty to Ma'food is still looking pretty silly though. On the plus side at least we know absolutely for sure and without a doubt that he isn't up to it at the highest level.

PB, I admire your loyalty but you seem to be missing my point. My point being that SARU specifically promised they wouldnt conduct EXACTLY this kind of resting under EXACTLY these kinds of circumstances. They entered into a binding deal. They've now broken that deal and know it -- hence the...

Do we know much about the recent scrum camp? Which side did Alexander and Kepu spend the most time at? It's a bloody shame Slipper missed out on it, and it's also a shame fatcat got injured after rather tha before it, as that would've been useful info to have in deciding which side of the scrum...

The key difference here is that the ARU is under no obligation to play their best side against Samoa. Experimenting is the main point of these sorts of minnow games. In fact as far as I know the 3N is the ONLY set of tests where all three boards have undertaken a legal obligation to provide...

As for why the ARU make more noise than the NZRU, I think that's partly because their game is a bit safer than oz's, but mostly because they're content to let O'Neil play bad cop on their behalf.

It's probably true. I reckon the main reason is because the game is in such a parlous state financially in both oz and nz. Australia especially simply cannot afford their premier spectacle to be compromised if they want to compete with the other codes. SA doesn't have this problem, as weakened...

I like all this looking on the bright side, and will support his replacement heart and soul, but to my mind Benny was the difference between the scrum disadvantage against England being manageable or decisive. If nothing else his known strong scrummaging gave us a bit of credibility with the ref...

Mank, it may be speculation, but I don't think anyone on the planet believes all those players are genuinely injured to the point where they wouldnt be playing in a non-RWC year. As for SANZAR proclaiming themselves satisfied that all the injuries are legit, I'm pretty sure that's them realizing...