Recent content by Strewthcobber

All three signed elsewhere within 18 months of this photo :(

Really interesting listen - AOTEAROA Rugby Pod Another interesting point raised - there is generally accountability on selections across windows, but not within the test windows. So refs who are assessed as making too many bad decisions do miss selection. Refs do their own review, and then...

Injury risk increases with every consecutive match, especially if you have played a high or low number of matches already in the season, and the risk at test level is much higher than the levels below. WR (World Rugby) research on this is the basis for the new player welfare guidelines The players resting...

Kind of already taken into account by not getting any mitigation for "good record"

The question is more does he get a contract for next year at this point isn't it? How big are Super rugby squads these days? Allrugby lists 40 players (presumably including EPS), with no Liam Wright https://all.rugby/transfers/reds

Paisami has played well enough at Wallaby level in the past to cause some concern, if he can resist the miracle offload. If I was Eddie I'd be targeting his spot in the defensive line though

The issue with Horan is it's basically a different sport now to when he played. He never describes the actually interesting aspects of modern play Harrison is actually pretty good with scrums and lineouts, except he uses technical terms that only rugby nerds understand without explaining them...

Yep + this We want refs to "manage" a game. This means not blowing the whistle - whingeing about refs ignoring offenses by the other side is the main complaint on our match feeds and every other live rugby site. Every answer would just have to be a) that's the way I saw it, or b) I saw it but...

With all due respect to these players, (and yes injuries etc) this looks a very Australia A kind of backline

They'll be a while away yet

16 penalties to 9 (being a Rennie team), lineout fell apart, and to their credit, Italy's backline was red hot. Some great tries

Global season chat rearing up again with Rassie throwing support behind a Feb TRC No doubt it is probably great for SA in URC, probably not so great for the other three members of SANZAAR

And certainty that there will be a gap. No quick taps! The best option is probably more training for the actual refs, and shut the commentators mikes off while he's talking

Sure, but has Stan ever gone into the pod structure that Schmidt uses with the Wallabies in any format? The commentators give the impression that rugby at this level is all eyes up reacting to the opposition, when in reality, it's all planned to the smallest detail (and can be analysised, if...

Australia was down by 10 at the 64th min. I was surprised by the relative quality of the team albeit a young team and a few years ago now. ------ 1. Matt Gibbon (4 Tests) 2. Folau Fainga’a (35 Tests) 3. Allan Ala'alatoa (c) (61 Tests) 4. Nick Frost (7 Tests) 5. Will Skelton (22 Tests) 6...