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Gatland's in good company losing in SAf with the BILs in 2021. The only winning BL/BILs in SAf were 1891, 1896, 1974 and 1997. Nine other BL/BIL tour parties lost.

Mark Bell (ex-SJC) was on the staff at Newington, First XV rugby coach IIRC. Angus started junior school there at the time and, understandably, wanted to remain with his schoolmates for senior school.

Joe went to both TAS, when his father was on the staff, and Marist College Pearce. Joe's father, Glenn, is an OB of Joeys. Folklore has it Joe was put down for Joeys but never got there.

....apart from when Japan paid him a shitload of money to coach the national side before Eddie. Maybe JJ should've said seven words, adding "now".

Let's suck it and see.

Great night with Hawko at the SFS, how good is it to snag a win in the 80th minute? Met up with John at The Shakespeare (where I sprung fatprop doing his bit to improve the publican's financial wellbeing) before the game. If there's a better pre-game experience than meeting in a Sydney pub I...

....against a Kiwi team....

One of yer best, DP.

The Cheika from 2016 to 2019 certainly wasn't attractive. But, if we're going to be sensible about running the ruler over potential Wallaby coaches, I'd much prefer we have a close look at what Michael did with Argentina the last few years. IF he could replicate that performance with the...

Shore winning the Firsts and Thirds in 2024 made for a very successful year. When was the last time Shore won a coupla major premierships in the same year?

No day boys allowed at Tahland...

Temporary grandstands, and complimentary hats, would be welcome additions. And a more reasonable ticket price.

Wandered down to sunny Bowral with Hawko yesterday, and ended up with a good dose of sunburn! The Bowral Blacks, with lots of assistance from the local council and NSWRU, put on a magnificent day with some 6,000 people attending. I must say I was mightily impressed with the number of Brumbies...

3. Wright 2. Valetini 1. Skelton

Surprised, what? That he's finally been arrested.

Forgot Willie Carne?

Has this game confirmed Nic White and Samu Kerevi probably won't be in Joe Schmidt's future plans? Injuries notwithstanding.

3. Ikitau 2. Wright 1. Bell HMs to numbers 4 to 8 and The Messiah.

Neither am I. On the Oz side Wright and Ikitau were magnificent, but my MotM was the Pommy five-eighth, Smith. His direction leading his team around the pitch and delicate touches with short kicks were sublime. I hope Schmidt goes over this game with Noah to show him how a five-eighth should...

1. In Sydney, only two schools in the GPS and CAS competitions DON'T have a cricket pitch in the middle of their no 1 rugby fields: Joeys and Knox. Knox have done a magnificent job over the last few decades setting up their no 1 field with terraced seats on the western side together with...