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Cipriani cultivating a mild (ie marketable) "bad boy" celebrity image is sadly probably the best way to get the young ladies interested in the sport, short of turning him into a vampire. Young ladies interested in the sport leads to young men interested in playing the sport. It's a bit low but...

That was like watching a WWF matchup between Hulk Hogan and Bob "the nickname" Smith.

Sounds like he's suffered a rotation of the Grahamhenrius. A recurring injury for poor Ruchie, last suffered in 2007 iirc.

Understood, LG. But I guess my real question is: is he playing up to his usual standards? This ongoing lack of a mention in Toulon match reports (the ones I know he played in) is a little disappointing.

So he's not injured, just not making the news? Is he having much of an impact on the games he plays?

What's going on with George Smith in Toulon? Is he injured? I've barely heard a word spoken about him since his transfer there. It can't just be due to his side or due to the fact that he isn't qualified to play in the 6N, because I've heard plenty about his fellow Toulon backrower Joe Van...

Pocock sitting Burger on his ass in that near-gouge episode would be a good one. And in the middle of a bunch of big hits make sure you include this monster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP8c2iwr-u4

If that's the case (and it may well be, like I said I didn't see the full match) then it looks like the "can't scrum" reputation is definitely settling back in for Aussie tight 5 judging by articles like this: http://www.rugby365.com/all_news/sa/news/2670482.htm

I was gonna suggest Horwill but if he really had mongrel he wouldn't have taken these licks as tamely as he did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOVlXr0pS_w And then penalized for it to add insult to injury, while the surrendermonkey got off scot free. I'm still burning over that one a bit.

I've heard it said in other contexts that you get better results taming a bronco than you do attempting to gee up a mule. I think that's what's behind the obsession with 'mongrel'. Trite, I know.

It's a nice thought having our forwards trained up in SA and our backs in Canterbury. More likely our backs would go to SA and our forwards would stay right where they are.

The ratings all suggest Moore had a bad game, can anyone confirm or deny that? He'd already been subbed off by the time I started watching.

It's a shame we don't have the money to poach Van Zyl. The Boks would be far and away the toughest lineup in world rugby to break into for an up-and-coming lock, but you can be sure the Bok coaching staff will get a retainer cap on him ASAP unless someone can make him a better offer. I bet his...

The home nations are all whinging about the lack of NH representation again.

I suspect that if he'd been dropped on form a year ago he would've immediately buggered off to France. Now the world cup is close enough that he'll probably stick around for it. He seems to respond far better to carrots than to sticks these days, and the WC and (vice) captaincy are really the...

Anyone else notice that 2 major pommy news-sites (telegraph + independent) haven't bothered to produce a match report for the France vs Wallabies match, despite managing one for Scotland vs Samoa? What's up with that?

I'm as happy with this result as anyone, but a bit of rain and it probably would've been a different story. I suspect the frogs were banking on that. With good cause given the forecasts. But I'll enjoy the win and spend the next week trying to scrounge up a replay.

I don't think anyone thought Gits was gonna stick around after the WC anyway. The question was if he'd return to form in time for us to get a bit more use out of him until then, and maybe even a world cup. Increasingly it's looking like the answer to that will be "no", so if he chooses to...

If we really wanted to fix the scrum we'd ban props from touching the ball for a couple of years.

"sitting him on the bench for midweek games is hardly the way to treat one of the country's senior stars." Has this Weidler guy been following the rugby this year? Or is he just best mates with Git's agent? What a dickhead, just encouraging unaccountability for poor form.