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I'm really miffed at this pay tv farce going on with the rugby. Basically you have to buy 3 packages to see a bare smattering of matches, which is especially irritating given that I only got Austar in the first place for the rugby. Am I right btw in thinking that King George doesn't seem to be...

Bruce, have you looked into kettle-bell training at all? It seems to be the next big thing in the core-strength training world. Seems like something that'd really suit rugby players. It kept the Russians on top of the olympic wrestling heap for decades.

It's a shame the dinosaurs have retired, they'd make a great forward pack. And velociraptors on the wings (since we know how they feel about attacking from the flanks).

Possibly a dumb question, but I take nothing for granted given Robbie's form. Did he happen to mention where he's planning to play Ben Alexander?

I guess I've come to believe that our ability to lose adapts to both the level of our opponents and the talent of our squad. Sometimes we need to play brilliantly to just lose. Sometimes we need to play absolutely crap to just lose. Either way we manage more often than not. This trinations...

Re injuries. We had Horwill, Palu, TPN, Alexander, Smith and Hynes last year and still came last, even with NZ in a slump. We had arguably the best scrum in the world and still came last. We even managed to lose to Scotland and draw with Ireland. The only thing we have now that we didn't...

Yeah I noticed that last week the same rater blamed Genia for the pass Beale threw back over the dead ball line.

Still not a farken word about the match after the preview on rugby365. Poor form.

Nothing post-match has been put up on rugby365 I note with amusement. No match report, no captains' speeches, no player ratings. They're taking this badly. I imagine they had to rewrite their articles a few times over the course of that match, but they always seem to manage it when their boys...

Some people seem down on Vicks, but I'm pretty bloody happy. A tighthead lock who's top drawer at set-pieces, and a known non-seaguller at the breakdown. Just what we've been asking for. Him and Horwill will make an excellent physical 2nd row, and with Sharpe on the bench our locking stocks...

A tally of 'final' warnings per country could be fun.

No great surprises there, gagger. So does Paddy have his position for life? Is there any light at the end of the tunnel? The only extenuating circumstance I can put forward is that NZ have played most of their matches at home, where you typically get the rub of the green from refs. Not that...

Have to agree with MR, unfortunately. Not as bad as I first thought, though still clearly worth a yellow. I'm sure Paddy had a few not-that-serious words with Kaplan afterwards. Maybe something like "Yeah, I know I told you not to give out any yellow cards for that game unless they were red...

If he passes it too far in front of the forward he's aiming for he's probably worried said forward will let it go right by him. I saw at least one forward do exactly that last night (Sharpe or Elsom IIRC) with the result that the ball went into touch.

JOC (James O'Connor) looks more like an inside centre with his quick stepping and good acceleration. He's looking much better at getting through traffic these days than Gits, though that isn't saying much. Personally I think Rod Davies should be brought into the squad as a winger for his pure pace. He's fit...

Maybe he's heard all this talk about what a "calm" player he is and decided that means he can take his time. He isn't dawdling, he's being calm.

What's going on, G&GR staff? Too depressed to do a match preview?

He has The Taint. The pommie taint. Too personal?

We'll be crushed by wet-weather tactics. Moore should really be starting, with Fainga'a coming on 50-60 mins in. Our scrum will crumple. They may even throw in some embarrassingly effective mauls. One player will be sent off for ruck vigilanteism and probably another one for scrum...