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I'm saying that many Saffas (especially their rugby news websites) and some kiwis are on a bit of a warpath at the moment about Australian refs. Specifically, they believe that Aussie refs are both incompetent and favour the Aussie sides. Ever since Paul Marks' non-penalty try it's been a...

If the ref for this match is an Aussie he should be bloody nervous, because every call (or lack thereof) will be presumed biased until proven innocent. Heaven help him if the Stormers lose!

Yet more accusations of bias towards Aussie refs and Paul Marks in particular, this time from Kiwis. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=10635248

Great, we get Loftus. All the Springbok home matches will be played at altitude I see.

Seriously, did nobody else think that repeated hand all over Sharpe's face (and especially at his eyes) during the maul was cite-worthy? It wasn't just a one-off, he kept putting it back there every time Sharpe managed to get rid of it. I had the commentary off so I didn't hear what they had to...

I didn't see all of the match, but it's possible they're tackling a bit high in an attempt to keep the ball off the deck to give themselves a chance to wrestle the ball away from the carrier. As soon as the tackled player hits the deck the tackler has to release, but if they can keep them up...

Take his Xbox off him for a week. You have to hit him where it hurts.

They kept the Bulls from getting a bonus point. That's a bit of a win for them.

Was that an eye-gouge on sharpie in that maul?

That was the most pissweak kick-chase I've ever seen there by the force. They could've hammered the receiver like the bulls have been doing to them.

BASTARDS!! HURRY UP AND LOSE!! Stop toying with me like this with your lead and resolute defence! The Smirkinator misses! Dammit!

I'm almost starting to hope. It's too cruel.

The problem is that the Bulls will have extra fitness from having lived/played so much at altitude. So they shouldn't fade.

Tripping seems to be the new gouging. Funny how that works. There were 2 tripping cases during the 6N, JdP and now Quade.

They introduced the new interpretations to the 6 nations midway through the tournament. There was a bit of a stink kicked up about that by the coaches, understandably. They brought in some SH refs to handle the transition. I dunno whether they'll be able to make it stick with the clubs, but...

Always wondered how Mumm would do at 8. Seems to me that we need to beef up our pack under the new interps. That's fine while Cliffy is there, but if he goes you wouldn't want to see a lighter Richard Brown type player replace him. They might make the tackles but they'd be making them in a...

The verdict from the Leicester Tigers fans is that he was a model professional and valuable recruitment for them during his stint. Had a bit of a slow start apparently but was really showing some class by the end. They're sorry to see him go.

Not sure who Dell is, but it's a bit different with Tuqiri. Lote was booted out of the side in disgrace. He didn't want to be out of the wallabies. He was devastated by it, or so he told us. Hayman on the other hand is rejecting the overtures of the All Blacks of his own free will out of fiscal...

Is anybody else watching this little drama with as much interest and schadenfreude as I am? It's looking increasingly likely that he won't come back to restore the AB scrum to the overweening dominance of former years. In France and England his defection to Toulon is being written about in the...

I imagine the Georgians would love any sport which allowed them to battle the Russians on an equal footing. It'd be like a rugby match between China and Taiwan. Except that China hasn't invaded Taiwan recently. A quick wiki trawl informs me that rugby is the official sport of the Chinese...