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Rossouw won the Japanese league back to back as well. Even the king of the trophy cabinet Brad Thorn couldn't manage that, his side got relegated. About time he ended his lucky run of managing to end...

Just a question. Why the hell is Nacewa retiring? He's still only 30 years old, is still a good player, and with his rugby brain he could still be a good player into his 30's as he doesn't rely...

Their union is so amateur they can't even put up a website. Or even failing that a mere Twitter feed or something. Very poor. I know they are not full of money, but just running a Twitter account for...

Agree with every word of that. Apart from one thing, I've never rated McCusker. He just doesn't stand out as particularly special at anything. He's not a big ball carrier at flanker like a Rocky...

Little Guy all the teams are announced on this site.

http://www.oceaniarugby.com/tournaments/pacific_nations_cup/2013/2013_pacific_nations_cup_match_team_sheets.html

The point is that Adam Jones has developed to be more than adequate to combine with the scrum work. I'm not saying he is the best, and of course he is not picked for the loose play, but he certainly...

Another former Bok has sadly been diagnosed with MND.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uslCeyb6qVw

Kickoff: 01:00 local time
Venue: Twickenham

Barbarians team announced:

15. Elliot Daly (Wasps)
14. Takudzwa Ngwenya (Biarritz)
13. Casey Laulala (Munster)
12. Mike Tindall (Gloucester,...

The first GIF was an example of the fringe defence, it wasn't exceptional but still good, but the point I was trying to make originally that he has moved on from the days of just being a scrummager....

The point I was making Dullonien, he is evolved from no use in the loose to a more than adequate player in the loose in numerous ways, he's not the most dynamic or destructive out there but has found...

Not that good analysis. Mainly just stating the obvious of what everybody knows already. Also chats some rubbish about Adam Jones making the usual mistake of getting confused on early reputation and...

I don't see Tomkins as anywhere near international level. To be honest I'm not that impressed with him when I've seen him. Anthony Allen is better. Tomkins just gets in these squads due the club he...

Not "head and shoulders above" just above. Winning margins last year were 2, 3 and 1 point against Tonga, Fiji and Japan respectively.

From this I would imagine the team will be something like:

1. Pittman
2. Coolican/Fenoglio/Thiel
3. Fry
4. Stanfill
5. Doyle
6. Quill
7. Dahl
8. Clever

Think about what?

We're not talking about pre-game either. This is post game mouthing off which is being referred to, even after terrible performances like the Scotland game. You would have though...

I do remember him messing up in an Ireland vs Argentina game giving a baffling scrum penalty to Ireland when Roncero was butchering Tony Buckley in the scrum. Yet no referee goes through a career...

Compare and contrast with Jonny Wilkinson, Stephen Jones or Dan Carter and come back to me.



Yes and there are interviews of ROG himself has said pretty much the same thing as well. You know...

If they are deluded with a sense of entitlement. Was unnecessary to go to the press anyway.

What a gracious and humble way ROG has bowed out of his career and handed over to the next generation ...

Sorry to bring this up again. But even in retirement the deluded sense of entitlement and ego from camp ROG is unbelievable. First he was saying this at the time, now it's brought up again. How in...

Further bad news for the PNC, it is announced that Rugby Canada are streaming the match. In fairness they can't get much worse than last year's effort, not sure this game will be worth watching...

There's a Grand Total of 1 player in the Racing-Métro squad (Henry Chavancy) who has gone through the age groups in their squad and never played for another club, along with a mere 2 others who were...

Went through this on a previous post. Wales' top team's defence has been good dealing with attacks that have midfield who can't/won't pass to their wingers. England and France haven't clocked that...

You don't know that necessarily. Delve has never helped his international hopes by his club moves, he's had chances to move to Welsh regions but turned them down. He is unavailable for all of the 6...

Also note that in the RaboPro12 there are some god awful scrummaging teams. Notably Zebre, Cardiff Blues, Dragons, Scarlets all have weak scrums, Treviso and Edinburgh are also poor when the first...

Connacht are signing far better players than the Ospreys are. Who would have thought that a few years ago?