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The Red Baron

Chilla Wilson (44)
Phallus and ludicrous hair jokes aside, we could go for the angle of Super Rugby Fantasy manager of the week. It qualifies as something different, and would involve the team of the person who tops the G&GR Fantasy league each week. Although it might get a bit boring if the same person tops the table each week.

It might pander to fox a bit, but it also reinforces the fan interaction with the game.
 

Bardon

Peter Fenwicke (45)
How about "third eye" of the week. It's something soccer AM do in the UK where people submit something their eagle eye has spotted and wasn't highlighted on the main broadcast. Say a touchie/sub/medic/ball boy etc. falling over or doing something funny in the background of a piece of footage, someone in the crowd being hit by the ball and it spilling their beer, that kind of thing.

I agree on the "viagra moment" or w/e it ends up being called. Little pieces of skill they may not even lead to a try can still be something to make you sit up and think wow did he really just do that. Something like Simon Zebo's heal flick against Wales comes to mind as a recent example.
 

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
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How about "third eye" of the week. It's something soccer AM do in the UK where people submit something their eagle eye has spotted and wasn't highlighted on the main broadcast. Say a touchie/sub/medic/ball boy etc. falling over or doing something funny in the background of a piece of footage, someone in the crowd being hit by the ball and it spilling their beer, that kind of thing.

I like this.

For the first round, this could have been in the Rebels vs Force game when the ball went out of play, the Force player handed it to the ballboy and Higginbotham pushed the ball boy over in his enthusiasm to get the ball back.
 

JJJ

Vay Wilson (31)
There's no way it'd work given the bias of the supporters involved, but it'd be great to see some sort of dynamic real-time ranking of refs. Maybe also a quick characterisation of how they ran the game after each match. I dunno about anyone else but my knowledge of refs tends to boil down to "Kaplan" and "not Kaplan".
 

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
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As a random aside, has anyone else noticed that Adam Ashley-Cooper and Steve Walsh appear very similar. They certainly go to the same barber.

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Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
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Have they ever been seen in the same room together? Hmmmmm...

Yes. He refereed the Tahs trial against the Crusaders.

At one point I'm sure I heard Steve Walsh yell out, nice run Steve.

Drew Mitchell also pinched Steve Walsh's butt at one point and then realised his mistake.
 

It is what it is

John Solomon (38)
Biggest Turning Point in a match.
Could be a sustained defensive effort on a team's goal line OR a dropped pass OR huge tackle OR tight head scrum win OR anything that shifts momentum in a certain direction.
 

ChargerWA

Mark Loane (55)
If we do Shocka of the week, we should balance it out with a good thing of the week.

It could be a play, try, comment, anything.

See JOC (James O'Connor) could have won both this week. Shocka for the hairstyle and then the good one for shaving his head for charity.
 

cyclopath

George Smith (75)
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If we do Shocka of the week, we should balance it out with a good thing of the week.

It could be a play, try, comment, anything.

See JOC (James O'Connor) could have won both this week. Shocka for the hairstyle and then the good one for shaving his head for charity.
Not to mention his cliché melange in the post-match interview. Made Genia sound like JFK.
 

hawktrain

Ted Thorn (20)
I'd personally like to see 'the Mute Button award'' and 'the Scotty Stevenson award' for worst and best pieces of commentary each round. I have a feeling Kearns/Marto/Horan might have a mortgage on the worst one.

Also best try celebration of the week - we all want try celebrations to make a comeback don't we? Well GAGR has more pull in the world of rugby than the IRB and SANZAR combined, if we make an award for it, we'll have front rowers all over the place working on their backflips and dance moves, plus teams bringing in choreographers for 3 sessions a week.
 

boyo

Mark Ella (57)
I'd personally like to see 'the Mute Button award'' and 'the Scotty Stevenson award' for worst and best pieces of commentary each round. I have a feeling Kearns/Marto/Horan might have a mortgage on the worst one.

This.

It would be good to have option of turning the commentary off but retain the other sounds. Perhaps a red button thing.
 

jay-c

Ron Walden (29)
apologies if its already been suggested but how bout> similar to top tries of the round a player of the round> with a small highlights package of aussie players who got man of the match in their games, which could be voted on?
also a quade cooper award for tough guy of the round? most dominating moment over opposition> punch up/ tackle/fend etc.
 
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