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I've heard some conflicting information, but meh :P

Great news for the All Blacks - means they can't select him. Ali Williams had a fantastic career, but he hasn't been All Black quality for the...

Just the passionate ones ;)

Good to see the best players are being saved for the Lions :D

Nice to see Catrakilis getting rewarded for his great season with the Kings - I don't think anyone sees him as a realistic chance of making the actual squad, but it's cool all the same. At least he's...

I think the Sharks are done and that the Bulls can honestly afford to lose another match or two and still make the top two. The other conferences will fight amongst themselves (Crusaders and Chiefs...

Yep, I guess it comes with any book really - the original readers simply don't think the translation compares with the source material. I do much prefer the books to the show, mainly due to things...

Pity the poor bastards who have to wait six years between each book ;)

But yeah, I legitimately can't see any way for the series to not last another decade - George R R Martin is just too slow a...

I think he was more asking if Maitland did in fact play for the NZ Maori team, but I could be wrong.

From Fairfax NZ:



This will be a huge game and will go some way to deciding who will top the NZ conference (though these teams will play again in the regular season in a month or so). I think...

With regards to the series as a whole, they're going to have to split all the remaining book into two parts, and I wouldn't be surprised if they add in some of the side stories as well, around the...

The site's based in England, I believe. With regards to the seriousness of the site, it really depends on who starts the thread. By and large the discussions can get very serious, but not in a boring...

He didn't skip the knock on, he decided that it wasn't a knock on. There's a big difference.

Then the referee asked the wrong question relative to his intentions. He specifically says he "will look at everything" and that he wants the TMO to "go back to the last passage". Looking at this as...

It looks very nice! Ever since seeing the new front page I've looked forward to the forums getting a similar treatment.

What are you talking about? If it's only for an in goal decision then he'd completely be ignoring the foul play out of goal - which is obviously what the referee was most concerned about. Try or no...

The rules explicitly state you must not place kick for touch (21.4[D]), nothing is mentioned of intentionally missing a shot at goal and then playing the ball. If you hit the posts, for example, it's...

Technically it doesn't actually say you have to aim for goal - it just says that if you say your intention is to go for goal, you must take a shot at goal. In which case, all that's required is you...

To be honest I don't think there's anything wrong with what they did! There's nothing in the rules that indicates you have to actually attempt to get the ball through the posts. It should've been...

How much is the Lions tour setting you back, then?

Honestly don't know why he hasn't locked down a Chiefs spot - I can't understand it. Rennie just seems intent on swapping the looseheads every game. Surely if Rennie though Manu was better he'd have...

The law doesn't care about his intentions, only the direction he passes the ball. The only a ball can travel forwards from a pass is when momentum carries it forwards (you know, that IRB video...

Yeah I think he made about 5 to TJP's 3? Good thing he tackles so damn much.

It doesn't matter what his intentions were - the fact of the matter is that the ball came out of his hands forwards. It's no different to a knock on.

A few days before the first test they'll be adding another six members, I believe. Of course, most of these players probably won't feature in the XV for the first game, and probably not in any others...

I don't have a problem with the players, it's the Australian teams. What's the point in having five teams when a large proportion of those players are coming from overseas? A sixth NZ team would be...