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I don't think he will of course, but I'd be interested in knowing the official rationale for not doing so. It'd already been judged at the time as a card-worthy dangerous tip tackle by the AR who saw it (and from memory Joubert said he saw it too and likewise deemed it dangerous, but also...

Will McCaw get cited/suspended for the reported tip-tackle? Joubert said he would have carded the player responsible if they'd gotten the number. Surely going by recent precedents that's enough for a ban, and more so given that the player responsible wasn't even punished onfield like the...

Does a cap count in disqualifying you from playing for any other international team if you got it sitting on the bench? That's the only reason I can think of for a 3min cap, unless Deans sent him on with instructions to go for the bp try at all costs.

That's exactly what caused the kiwis to sook and do their haka in the change sheds in Wales. The Welsh wanted to do the anthems after the haka and the kiwis spat the dummy. Personally I wouldn't have a problem with not seeing the haka, but I think the Welsh team got reamed onfield for their...

We lost to England at Sydney. Lest we forget.

To be fair to Rocky, he hasn't had a lot of experience as a captain. Didn't captain the Tahs, didn't captain Leinster, doesn't captain the Brumbies. He should've had the chance to make these basic captaining mistakes at a lower level where it wouldn't have such a big impact. Or he shouldn't...

Too autocratic a style and the players sook. Too macro-managerial and they don't make an effort. Buggered if I'd want the job. I agree though that a good alternative would be to get a couple of drillmaster hard-bastard assistant coaches in. I dunno who they'd be. Maybe a couple of Argies...

If Elsom's to be a good test captain he should at least captain at s14 level.

12 pages of hope, come to this.

ABs desperately trying to play down their "favourites" tag.

Genia won't be able to dither a bit at the ruck like he did in the last match. If he does he'll get swamped by the quick numbers the ABs always seem to get to the breakdown and turnovers will ensue. A good ball-in-hand game requires good ball-security, which I'm not sure we'll have. Hope I'm...

The joke doesn't work then.

I'm not disputing that. I'm a big fan of the site and the writer. Just pointing out a recurring homophone error. Call me a homophobe.

Re the preview: it's "sewn up" not "sown up", Lance. Wouldn't normally point it out except that it's the second time I've seen it on the front page. :thumb

One short article and they manage to mention that he was born in NZ 3 times. What's up with that?

Look at this rubbish: http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_6281956,00.html And this piffle: http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_6281221,00.html McCaw knows full well that Pocock is years away from nearing his own lofty heights. He'll step up this Saturday and put...

Yeah, the All Blacks are too well-prepared for major injuries. Dan Carter's achilles tendon is looking especially supple and well-conditioned. Like a willow-branch wearing a russian leotard.

How good is this All Blacks team looking? Hungry, skillful, fit and lucky with the refs. I really can't see them dropping a match this 3N. Probably not this year. Certainly not to us. Their lineout is solid, their scrum excellent and their work at the breakdown exemplary. Their defence is...

I reckon Burger owes Kearnsy a beer. If Kearns hadn't immediately proclaimed there to be "nothing in it" re the possible gouge I reckon a lot more would've been made of it, resulting in a lengthy lay-off for Burger. As it was he nipped it in the bud before the other commentators could build up...

I can't see the severity of the ban being reduced at all. Maybe I'm letting Saffa paranoia infect me but I reckon this will be used as a way of placating the Saffas over their bans. "That's just the way these things go, no matter who it is or how many games it means missing. Count yourself...