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So assuming TPN & Moore are fit which is rare these days who's next in line. Here are the candidates in no particluar order. Whitaker - Force Charles - Force Fainga'a - Reds Edmonds - Brumbies I think I'm different to Robbie Deans when selecting a hooker he's more likely to go with...

Can Matfield & Bekker be paired up for the Springboks or will PDV stick with the Matfield-Botha combo? If PDV went off Super rugby form then Matfield & Botha would be dropped for the Stormers pair of Bekker & Elstadt. Brussow proved how important he is for the Boks RWC chances & he was...

Ben Daley - Yellow card Penalty at best & definitely not a blatant dirty shot on Pat Mccabe Rory Sidey - Red card Yellow card at best & should have been given to Gene Fairbanks for the head slam & not Sidey for a good hit. Danny Cipriani - Penalty Great hit on Umaga should have...

This article from foxsports, a little over the top if you ask me the player managers must have some friends in the media i'm pretty confident that AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Moore & Berrick Barnes will still be going around in Wallaby gold come the Lions tour in 2013. Giteau & Burgess I'm not so sure but it's not...

1st caller: Must be the main caller of the game doesn't know as much about the techincal side of Rugby but keeps the fans interested. 2nd caller: The expert commentator who comes in during a break or talks while the scrum is being reset for the 15th time. 3rd caller: The joker the man...

I'm sure some of you have seen this before but for those of you that haven't it's good for a laugh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZB9TuTJ9UY

I think these are the pick of the pool games from RWC 2011. I think it would be good for the lower tier nations to maybe play out a plate or bowl final as mid week games leading into the big knockout games on the weekend once the pool games are over. It's not like the IRB won't make even...

Has he become the #1 prop in OZ? Plays both sides & handled the NH scrums better than both Robinson & Alexander. Is just as good in the loose, brilliant defender with a high workrate.

Just to follow up on Rugbyfuture doing a list on the forwards I thought we should do a thread on the backs. My backline would be totally different to Robbie Deans, like Deans I would pick Quade Cooper & Kurtley Beale everytime but the difference being is I would surround them with big bodies...

Well it started off bad & just got worse from there, sure the Kangaroos can feel slightly robbed with forward passes & injuries but they didn't really do enough to win the four nations. Well we've seen it all time & time again with Dingo's wallabies & then they backed up Twickers with...

With Qwade, Kurtley, JOC (James O'Connor) & Genia in the backline do we really need a ball player at 12? I'm starting to think that a centre combo of 12.AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) & 13.Ioane wouldn't be such a bad thing with Qwade at flyhalf. Those blokes no which lines to run & can certainly get us front foot ball when we...

Well that was a waste of 40 minutes of my life. 15. Beale (0) 14. Mitchell (0) 13 AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper). (0) 12. giteau (0) 11. JOC (James O'Connor) (0) 10. Cooper (0) 9. Genia (0) 8. McCalman (0) 7 Pocock (4) 6 Elsom (1) 5. Sharpe (7) 4. Chisolm (4) 3.Alexander (0) 2.Fainga'a (-10) 1.Robinson (0) That was...

3. JOC (James O'Connor) - Was that the kick the may have also sunk Giteau? 2. Pocock - Superstar 1. Beale - Conrad Smith must have nightmares about this bloke. SM: McCalman, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Sharpe, Barnes.

Don't know a lot about these two as coaches but it seems Giteau certainly kicked a lot better in SA than he did Sydney so Van Straaten has some runs on the board already. So what about Phil Blake as a coach do we have any Manly fans on here that can shed some light on the former league star...

Since we're in a very short Rugby off season thought I'd start a poll on the two most explosive wingers in the pro era of rugby. All bullshit aside if you were to select just one of these players on his peak form alone, say Lomu 1995/99 RWC form & Caucua on his 2003 form & not his walkabout...

Finally sat down & watched him play yesterday in the ITM cup for Canterbury against Wellington. He's an athlete alright & thanks to Coles (W'Ton hooker) we know to hit him low & don't stir him up. I always presumed SBW would be better at league than rugby because leaguies don't tackle...

Ok so we went 1 better than last year, we finished 2nd overall & we at least won back the Mandela plate :D There was definitely a lot of positives to take out of the 2010 series. Kurtley Beale was outstanding & has been our best back by some margin, McCalman has certainly given Deans...

Kafe made a good point on the re-starts from Bled 1 the other night on the Rugby Club. We all know about the Wallabies woes in that area but what Kafe showed was that out of the two kick offs the Wobs contested the All Blacks basically stuffed both. The 1st contested kick AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) tapped back for...