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How rated was the Munster scrum though? I know the Irish scrum is widely considered the weakest of the 6N scrums by a distance.

Glad I missed this one. Maybe we should have our blokes do their training camps in southern Tasmania? The weather and punitive heritage would be far more appropriate, and they don't have the internet down there for distracting tweets.

It's gotta suck for the guys either side of him in defense. There they are with the opposition running at them, thinking "yep, good spacing, we've got this guy covered. wait...oh fuck! that's Quade 'The Camouflaged Overlap' Cooper next to me! I have to cover for him too!" Then you have...

The good thing about living in a state where nobody gives a toss about rugby is that after a loss like that you can pretend it never happened for as long as you like. All you have to do is avoid the tiny portion of the internet devoted to the sport.

The problem with some of the passes Quade throws is they're so amazing that they surprise the intended recipient just as much as the opposition. Which results in a knock-on as often as not.

Like they'd advertised on craigslist for the privilege.

Bit of a slap in the face for Turner if JO'C flies around the world during the week and still doesn't get rested against Italy. Maybe the plan is to keep him on the bench just in case a little game-saving cameo is needed at the end like last year.

I'm just sick of watching the Wallabies consistently lose the collisions and get beaten in the ruck every time a team with a decent set of forwards turns up in a certain mood. And England are usually in a certain mood during World Cups. Our pigs aren't small -- they're similarly sized to their...

Any word on how the conditions are?

I reckon if someone made a decent YouTube clip on the top 20 sneaky scrum tricks and/or tactics, with footage of said tricks/tactics in action, they'd get 20k+ views in short order. People want to understand what goes on in scrums, but whenever props are interviewed it doesn't take them long to...

TPN would still be jetlagged, surely?

"You don't need to see his identification. This isn't the headbutter you're looking for. Move along."

I'm not quite sure what his 2 week ban is ostensibly for then. Reckless play?

His suspension was reduced to 2 weeks. Crazy stuff. Saffers are gonna go apeshit. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/nov/12/keven-mealamu-new-zealand-headbutt

He's very nearly won me over.

57 "ah"s in that clip, you'll be ecstatic to know.

We have to wait for the idea to emanate from England first, or find a way to fool them into thinking it was their idea. Ideally we would then protest stridently yet ineffectually. Otherwise we'll just get more of this "TRYING TO TURN UNION INTO LEAGUE!!!!11!!!1" rubbish.

I didn't realize Dan Palmer was so highly rated as a scrummager. Looks like from both lists so far 3 of our top 5 scrummaging THPs are either non-starters or non-THPs at S15 level. That's assuming Weeks would start behind Somerville? Edit: care to hazard a guess where Rodzilla might fit in?

I'm particularly ignorant of the dark arts, so I was wondering if the more knowledgeable people here could rank the Aussie props in terms of pure scrummaging ability (particularly those starting for their S15 sides). Please keep your looseheads and tightheads separate. If they play both sides...