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I dunno if it's just my bias here (and it probably is) but did anyone else think Joubert was pretty inconsistent in his ruling as to what constituted an early engage in the scrums and what didn't? Seems to me that he was doing his damndest to give the Stormers the hit every time. He was also...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt4x6wJCEG4&feature=player_embedded Doesn't look disrespectful to me. I can't tell if the NZRU are being overly precious or cynically money-grabbing when it comes to their haka. ETA: The quoted article came from stuff.co.nz. I thought I'd included the link but...

The way the refs are handling the scrums is pissing me off. "Crouch. Touch, pause...............................................eng- PEEEEEP!!"

I really couldn't say. I want to give Phil Waugh some votes for being the avatar of my rage, but he should've been roughing up his own side.

Geez, this is ugly.

You can't give the Saffa media the slightest opening when it comes to their precious rugby players. eg Will Genia: "Yeah Victor Matfield won man of the match, and FdP was the second best player out there." Headline: "GENIA: FDP NOT THE BEST!!!!"

The kiwis on other boards are starting to talk about how we stole him from them in the first place, so he must be doing well.

AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) you idiot! You're right, but why say it? http://www.supersport.com/Rugby/article.aspx?headline=%60Dumb%60%20Ashley-Cooper%20out%20of%20line%20-%20Giteau&id=333810

It's a day for surprises.

Must be some pay-back involved behind the scenes somewhere.

Looks like the best we can hope for from the Force is not to concede the bonus point.

I hope these new interpretations don't lead to the kind of rugby played by Munster in the 2008 HC final, which by all accounts was ugly ugly rugby. I haven't seen the match myself, but apparently they got themselves a lead and then wore the clock down with endless pick-and-gos by large pods of...

Trust the Bulls to find the least attractive way to exploit new rule changes. :fishing

A shame for the Brumbies that they had to get the Bulls so early, and away. Not an ideal match for Gits and Rocky to get first up after their injury lay-offs, and with the team still getting used to each other as a unit. If the Brumbies win this one their confidence will be sky-high, but I...

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What do you make of this witch-hunt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH0coXd2K2c ?

That kind of cleaning out should be reserved for that afro-haired All Black who kept loitering on the wrong side of our rucks last year. Instead they let him stand there getting in the way and doing whatever else he wanted.

The word from up North is that Sam Norton-Knight was so terrible at 10 for his teams (Blues?) that he virtually single-handedly cost them a spot in the HC playoffs. He was shunted to 15 amid universal ridicule. I haven't seen any of those matches so I don't know, but they were heaping it on him...

I'm worried about our sides watching this match, after having seen the crusaders vs highlanders match. I think the new tackle interpretations will favour the kiwis more than us. And all the kiwi matches have seen far fewer scrum resets than our matches, which means we'll probably be fingered by...

I'm gutted that Ben Alexander has gone back to loosehead. Tighthead is a very technical position and how is he meant to grow into it if he spends most of his season playing a different position? Fair enough if he were a bench player for the Wallabies, but he's the starting tighthead ffs! He...