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Without wanting to be too dramatic, this is one of the most important games the Wallabies have played since the last RWC. Win this game, especially with a convincing performance, and they finish the Rugby Championship on a high. Players and fans will have something to be positive about, and the...

Agreed Baldric, regardless of the result I hope that come Sunday morning no-one is talking about the match officials, except perhaps to say how good they were.

Forget all the talk about the decline of the Springboks. This weekend’s clash between New Zealand and South Africa promises to be a wonderful occasion and should be just as intense and competitive as any previous test match between these two traditional foes. Any time the two best teams square...

Just going off what Nemani said himself in a recent interview on radio sports NZ. He attributed his safe hands and kick retrieval to his AFL background. There are a number of reasons why players can struggle under the high ball. Maybe he was down in confidence when in Australia?

There is so much to savour about this final, which should be a battle for the ages. It features traditional rivals with a history of contesting finals. The best team in the competition in 2014 versus the best team in the tournament’s history. On paper these are the two most balanced, talented...

Mods please delete if too long, just some thoughts of an excited Crusaders fan who is trying not to think ahead to a possible final next weekend... This will be the Crusaders best chance to qualify for a final since 2011. Despite being a hugely successful team, the Crusaders have suffered...

Anthony Albanese would be my guess.

Yeah really looking forward to seeing the Lions play. Have heard so much about them during the CC, but didn't watch much of them play. Given that the depth of country's usually stays fairly static, I wonder if their rise will coincide with the decline of previously strong South African teams...

Can't see anyone other than the Blues or Crusaders winning the NZ Conference (so business as usual). The Reds were outstanding last year, playing unbelievably well at times, but I think they'll find it harder being the 'hunted' and I expect the Tahs to top the Oz conference. Stormers to top the...

The reality is that SBW has always preferred League and has always been a better League player than Rugby player. And if it wasn't for a massive falling out with the Bulldogs a few years back, he'd never have run from Australia and switched to Rugby in France. As a Crusaders and ABs fan I'll...

I love rugby, and think today's game is more enjoyable than ever to watch. However, in the spirit of this thread.. 1. Players clapping when a referee makes a decision which favours their team. What possible purpose does this serve? Is it an attempt to ingratiate oneself to the referee? I think...

What people need to keep in mind is that during this phase of the electoral cycle, the Republicans are pandering to their base. They aren't trying to appeal to mainstream America, or even centrist America, they are appealing to the Right and Far Right. At the same time trying to raise funds from...

Indeed. That's why any Super clinics will in fact alleviate pressure on local hospitals.

Does your GP Super clinic bulk bill? Because if it does, than it will be easing pressure of Royal Darwin A&E. A high percentage of admissions to A&E are patients who could be seen by GPs, but choose the hospital because they can't find a doctor to bulk bill.

Pink batts was a very good idea, which was ultimately brought down by the greed and dishonesty of a few companies. Perhaps we could contrast the cost of the pink batts to the Collins Submarine and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter debacles? Programs supported and funded by the Howard govt.

The ALPs stimulus was actually very clever. Targeting key employment sectors (construction, building and logistics) through a nation wide program. One of their key challenges was to ensure their stimulus measures benefited all Australians, both in the major cities as well as in rural areas...

Indigenous poverty and crime is actually getting worse in many areas. In Queensland, Indigenous people make up just 3.5 per cent of the population but represented 29.9 per cent of Queensland’s prison population at June 2010. Moreover, Indigenous youth make up 53 per cent of the young people in...

I think that it is perhaps a bit early to start criticising the uptake of the NBN, given that is hasn't been implemented in many places and the nature of telecommunications in this country ensures that most people are on longterm contracts. Like all major infrastructure, the real benefits of the...

Certainly the Coalition has done a fantastic job over the past four years of talking down our economy, and promoting the financial difficulties some Aussies face, to the point where many Australians cannot see how lucky we really are economically. Middle class welfare is now seen as a right not...

Sure there has been some waste. But there is general acceptance amongst economists that the ALP's stimulus measures were responsible for Australia avoiding recession, hence influential magazine Euromoney naming Wayne Swan the Finance Minister of the Year back in September. As for the NBN, I'm...