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Anyone staying/getting up to watch this match? I'm pretty excited about it myself. I'm not sure what to expect, though if NZ lose it will probably be considered an upset. A lot will depend on how much fuel the saffa contingent have left in their tanks. The ABs will be desperate to keep their NH...

Fantastic that he finally achieved it before his career inevitably begins to wind down. Actually, it's possible he may retire now. It's all downhill from here after all. BTW Gagger I'd be interested to know who let go of the plate first after the pose in your avatar. Was there a tussle?

Going off British tabloids and the widespread attitude of posters on British rugby forums/boards. With the B&I Lions tour and its controversies (eg Justice4Bakkies, Schalk's gouging), the resentment of Bok fans' crowing over their success in 2009, PdV's media conferences and then the game vs...

Why on earth would they pick Morne Steyn at 10 for the barbarians? Isn't the concept of the baa-baas all about promoting adventurous, running rugby? Morne Steyn? And, come to think of it, Nick Mallet as coach? Really? Also I'm not sure the selectors have read the current mood of the british...

In terms of developing leadership it's a bit of a worry that so many of our "leaders" are going to be playing for the same team (ie the brumbies) next season. Rocky, Mortlock, Gits, Smith. And there's the incumbent captain there whose name eludes me, so none of them will even get to be captain...

Put that down to the fact I visit the Keo boards from time to time. You should've seen the glee over there when Australia drew with Ireland, thus losing our chance at a Grand Slam. "Suck it wallabies, no grand slam for you HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!111eleven1!!!!" and words to that effect.

I also saw one where (from memory) Smith hovered over the tackled player but held off and waited for him to try a quick offload, and then intercepted it. Seems that Pocock's main strategy is to go for the penalty for holding on by being impossible to dislodge, whereas Smith uses a lot of little...

The feel-good factor of this win combined with the Springbok's poor tour should keep me going over the off season. I'm especially enjoying the welsh reaction to the loss, which could be characterized in many places with words such as "shrill", "flabbergasted", "dismayed", "disbelieving" and...

As far as I'm concerned what we needed from this tour was to develop some confidence through winning which would translate into more consistent efforts in the next 3N. A Grand Slam might've been enough. It didn't happen. Sure, they can win the odd one when the criticism builds to the point that...

I can't believe I missed this game. That's what I get for shunning all rugby websites for a few days. :angryfire:

Re: How good is our scrum? I just imagined Robinson getting injured. :o Drinking heavily now.

Re: How good is our scrum? Maybe he needs to shift to the Tahs then, since Big Al's career is winding down? It's handy to have a prop who can play both sides, but you'd want your THP to be a specialist. Props who can play both sides are really more something you'd want on the bench. Seems a bit...

Re: How good is our scrum? I'm worried though about Ben Alexander. He looks like he can do the job and will only get better with age and experience, but surely he has to play THP for the Brumbies? Isn't he still slated to play loosehead? It's also a shame he won't be able to benefit from...

This thread started as "How good is our scrum?" but another post about scrums has been started so they have been merged - LG As a Wallabies supporter scrums have been of special interest to me for years since we've been so terrible at them, and lost some huge matches because of it. There's no...

Haven't seen it mentioned, but 3 games in 3 weeks in HK, Twickers and Croke Park must surely have had an effect on us in the final 20 mins. Irish supporters keep banging on about how rusty they were (which is fair enough) but we could've been fresher even if you discount that this is the end of...

Not sure where they got this from.

A probables vs possibles match would've been great for the game here. I'd want to watch it for sure. Who do you reckon would be in the Possibles 22? Personally I'd love to see a front row of Robinson/TPN/Alexander square up to Cowan/Moore/Baxter, though I realize all those guys barring Baxter...

Who's our forwards coach? The breakdown is an area where our team has consistently been below-standard. Brisbane was the one match our forwards got on top there, and when they did our backs looked far better.

This is way out of left-field, but maybe we should start looking to poach a fullback from AFL. Kicking and catching are becoming bigger and bigger skill requirements there. Imagine if we had someone in that position confident under the high-ball and able to punt balls back with interest as Steyn...

Our pick-and-drives are rubbish. All too often it's one guy trying to do it himself and then getting driven back in the tackle by two or three defenders, or driven straight to ground well short of the advantage line. I'm also disturbed by the way Rocky is carrying. It doesn't seem to take much...