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Tell me the away leg features close to PdV's best side. That's what they promised they would send. That's what they signed on. This means that the 3N, CONTRACTUALLY, is not a place for experimental B sides, unlike any other test matches.

At least you admit it's wrong, which is a rare perspective among saffer fans from what I've seen. They all seem to be taking the "RWC comes first" and "SUCKIT JON, WATCHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT??" view. The fact is though that the tv rights deal they shook hands on specifically sought and...

Next world cup year I hope they schedule the first matches of the trinations to be played in RSA. If their own gate-takings looked like taking a hit from fielding an understrength side I bet SARU wouldn't be so keen to pull this kind of stunt again. The problem is they know they can get away...

I'd like to know if he makes any kiwis or saffers nervous when he gets the ball. I'm betting he doesn't. That's what it takes at international level.

Penalizing Richie? If Stuey doesn't watch himself he won't be allowed to ref at the world cup.

Going by last year's super rugby the Aussie conference was looking ok. Reds, Tahs and Brumbies finished pretty well and the Force were good enough to beat the Crusaders and Stormers, despite a horror run with injuries. The Rebels didn't poach any stars from those teams, so you wouldn't think...

JdP better watch himself at the rematch.

Apparently the reports of a SANZAR investigation were false. Not surprised. http://www.rugby365.com/tournaments/super14/news/2702604.htm

I'm pretty confident Pocock wouldn't have sat down for a cold one after the game with the guy who put him out for 4-6 weeks through an act of illegal thuggery, in a world cup year. The very fact that he tweeted what he did suggests he didn't think it was cool, unless you choose not to read any...

According Pocock he did: http://twitter.com/pocockdavid (march 5th)

Sounds like they tried to do just that. Was the spear tackle before or after Bam's injury? Haven't seen the match, but I'm guessing it came after.

Source? ETA: found it, nvm

FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK!!! If this is a bad injury to Bam we can kiss the WC goodbye now. I just read the match report which tells me the Force were particularly "nasty" and "spiteful". I wonder how much of that started after Pocock's injury?

Unhappy camps seem to follow Giteau around. Poor bloke.

I'd like to think that most kiwis wouldn't reach straight for the juvenile sarcasm and the straw-man building kit. Although I guess I do think they would, going by my "you kiwis" comment. Happy to be proven wrong though, by another kiwi.

There's a bit of a difference between a one-off dead-rubber match between two teams who have nothing whatsoever to do with Japanese rugby and the hype of a rugby world cup in which their national team is competing. If you held a one-off bledisloe cup match at twickenham I'm sure the stadium...

Not really trolling, although some light baiting may have taken place. Japan would've produced great atmosphere I'm sure given the population and money there, and would hopefully have grown the game. It's nothing against NZ: I'd feel the same way if the RWC were being held exclusively in...

I say let them have all of it, even if it's a flop. It's almost certainly the last RWC NZ will have. It should've gone to Japan really, but since it didn't we might as well get full value for the mistake by letting it be as big a mistake as possible. ;)

IIRC the same thing happened last week against the force. Palmer on: marked brumbies scrum dominance. Palmer off: brumbies scrum no better than parity. I hope Noriega is watching closely.

I'm talking about young women, MrMouse, not sensible women.