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Cipriani is a great talent, and if harnessed properly in am already strong environment which gives players their head and treats them as adults, he might thrive (as he once did at Wasps). BUT 1) he should never have been recruited to play for the Rebels 2) Once he was recruited, he should never...

A few lads there playing for fringe England WC squad spots (Monye, Simpson-Daniel). Others are well off the pace and very much "future" players.

This +1. Any Crusader/Canterbury talk of SBW always centered upon how hard the guys works, and how hungry he is to learn the game. He seems genuinely liked even by those with whom he is competing for an AB shirt (eg Nonu). However, why blame Mason. He doesn't pick the sides. The...

Just hoping for a good game. McCaw hasn't hit his straps yet and QC (Quade Cooper) is playing very well. QC (Quade Cooper) can expect a lot of ball coming down his channel this Sat if the Crusaders scrum dominates. The Red have risen to all challenges this year and so I'm interested to see what scheme Link comes up with to...

See what? There was nothing in it. Why the hell was QC (Quade Cooper) moving toward McCaw away from play when he was on the ground anyway?

You dont recall because he never has; McCaw is a class act. Quade can be a bit of a punk at times.

More inclined to think the Crusaders will whip the ball out to midfield before turning it back inside against the drift where the cover will be slow because Reds backrow will be tied down to scrum.

I'm wondering how you think leading a whisper, wink & nod campaign suggesting to the media that a player is out of control, has no self-discipline and is booing it up is "treating cips exactly what he is". He is not any of the above. A tosser he may be, but Cips isn't any of the above. Cipriani...

He grabbed a bottle across the bar.. hi-jinks.. It's been blown up way out of proportion and McQueen went public with it. It's all bollox. We agree. It was idiotic as I pointed out in my above post. A very stupid move. Cipriani is a tosser, a kid with great skills but McQueen should not be...

Oh Puleeeez.. Even a modicum of research, a few calls into a player network, would have revealed that Cips is an arrogant little tosser. I was once told by a former team-mate of his, an English World Cup wining medal holder who is a really good guy and current coach of a Premiership team, that...

Cipriani is not a big boozer at all. It seems the McQueen is attempting to portray him in that light and making much more out of it than is really necessary. Cips likes to go out but he doesn't guzzle beers or bubbly, go on a binge or anything close to it; he just likes women, and "hip" scenes...

This is definitely not the best Irish Test team in the pro era. They had their best side in the last WC, were on form, and then over-training in the cryotherapy meat lockers of Spala, Poland rendered them ineffective and impotent. The Irish team are still weak in the engine room at test level...

Anybody see this? What a game! If the Micks get their scrum right, they are going to be dangerous in the pool stages, as evidenced by how they gutted England in their grand slam game, and how Leinster dispatched Leicester, Toulouse and Northampton with aplomb. Their breakdown play was...

Given that at least one member of the panel this evening raised the Heineken Cup, and that it is the only other club/provincial competition that ranks up there with the S15, it would have been interesting to hear some comments on the game and some analysis. Especially given that Australia are...

Todd really is a find, but he has a way to go to match McCaw in terms of his physical presence and impact at the tackle or breakdown. He isn't the most physical of players as yet, but he is only going to get better. The Crusaders were missing their 7 players from their starting XV (4, 5, 7, 9...

Cheers! I feared as much. Thanks!

Question: What Super Rugby (any rugby really) is online either live, or later on-demand to Australian residents without subscription. I will be in Oz, so will have an Aussie IP address, and I will probably only be able to watch online as I will not have access to TV/Satellite when travelling...

Love this site's podcast. It's a good listen. I'd enjoy the Ruggamatrix when they had a show and Kiss and McKenzie were on it, but they (Djuro Sen) can't seem be bothered to put out a regular broadcast or even inform listeners when there will be one (apparently none again this week in the...

A pity should he move from Perth. He truly is needed there.. 70% of his team's total points. The Force can build a team around him and Pocock. I know Pocock has bedded down and married in the community, but does JOC (James O'Connor) move back to Queensland in the off-season?