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A gaggle of former Wallabies captains should stage a coup, forcing him to return to the loving embrace of the Chiefs with immediate effect.

As brilliant as MoMoney was (clearly the best 10 in the game and starting to play like it consistently at test level), that game was all about the Sams for me. Cane is in unprecedented form and was once again everywhere last night, but Whitelock was outstanding. Must have been our top carrier, most ...

Huh? Barrett has 87 caps, Jordie has 19 = 106 Exactly, a massively lopsided cap count. In reality they've played 14 tests together and until this year not many if any of them had one brother - the fullback - starting on the wing while the other brother - a first-five - starting at fullback. It's no...

Du'Plessis Kirifi and George Bower added to the 38 man squad for these fixtures. Both seem like strange selections. George Bower reflects our lack of loosehead depth I suppose. I would have thought Ayden Johnstone or DLB would have been ahead of him. Reuben O'Neill has also made squads before. Anot...

I think they want a reasonably experienced back 3, If you picked it solely on form - Clarke 11, Jordie 15 , Jordan 14 would be the starting trio. Having Beauden and Jordie starting together is important for Foster. They've got a combined 100+ caps. They're some of the key decision makers in the bac...

I think they want a reasonably experienced back 3, If you picked it solely on form - Clarke 11, Jordie 15 , Jordan 14 would be the starting trio. Having Beauden and Jordie starting together is important for Foster. They've got a combined 100+ caps. They're some of the key decision makers in the bac...

Despite their "player welfare"/cowardice stance for this tournament, SA will be involved in whatever southern international tournament emerges from the corona swamp. They're never going to be accepted into the 6Ns and, unlike Super Rugby, the RC is still a viable concern both financially a...

Yeah, Reece scores that try. The guy kicking the ball probably scores it too, maybe he should be on the wing.

JB lacks the acceleration necessary for a truly weaponised wing. He's almost ideal as utility bench cover, and his form this year certainly warrants a place in the 23

The concept of a right wing/fullback player, a "rightful" if you will, worked wonders for the ABs in the recent past with Bender, Jane, NMS, even Doug Howlett in the mix. Whoever said it further up the page is right, Jordie has many of the attributes of a fine 15 but none of the pace and d...

One thing on the breakdown work, it was superlative from the ABs and we attacked nearly every breakdown harder than at any time since McGOAT was a lad. Imagine what Boshier could have done out there. However Gardner allowed both teams plenty of leeway at the ruck. Neither team really bothered to sec...

Box kicking, and kicking in general, made total sense in Wellington as in those conditions huge pressure could - and should - have been applied to that Wobbly back three. It wasn't accurate enough and the chases weren't good enough. Eden Park was the perfect opportunity to keep the ball in hand and ...

South Africans are no longer men. You're all thinking it, I said it. SARU could have easily sent a young Republic-based team, relatively unaffected by any COVID issues, with at least some rugby under their belts. They could then again train against each other - supposedly the hardest, most adamanti...

South Africans are no longer men. You're all thinking it, I said it. SARU could have easily sent a young Republic-based team, relatively unaffected by any COVID issues, with at least some rugby under their belts. They could then again train against each other - supposedly the hardest, most adamantin...

Fozzie still OUT. That team were living off individual brilliance yesterday, the shape and consistency of the team performance is still nowhere near where it needs to be. Looking at what Rennie is doing with a very raw and far from battle-hardened Wallabies, and weeping for what we could have had. :...

Disagree. We need to learn how to win in low scoring scrappy games with shit weather, shouldn’t rely on the lid for help. I wasn't serious about taking games away from Wellington. Why? There is overwhelming evidence that suggests those losses (and draws) could've been prevented simply by playing th...

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Boshier is a golden god

Not really there are too many games adding more international is just as stupid as more championship cups .... Georgia makes more sense at any rate. Eh? There were literally no games on the calendar. This tournament is a replacement for the Autumn games that can't happen this year, not a new annual...

Rubbing shoulders with reporters from tiny and now possibly defunct provincial newspapers from the "arsehole of the world" (Keith Richards circa 1966)? Yeah, personally I'm tired of Ghost-of-Globus bigging himself up like this.

I reckon if I went Trans I would have almost made the Taranaki Under 9s Girl's 3rd XV. But in fairness those girls were pretty tough

JPNZ wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:03 pm So we've got a team yet no games

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I am not sure we need much more than this pic. https://www.rugby.com.au/-/media/fraser-mcreight.jpg? There is a precedent for it, when NZR gave their player of the year to one, but I don't think WR are quite ready to give their most prestigious individual award to a woman yet. Should probably strap...

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