Recent content by Teh Other Dave

So um, is Windhoek the neutral venue?

Was what we all thought was a close first half just both sides getting a feel? Then SA being let off the leash and taking advantage of the pace out wide, NZ panicking and chasing the game, leading to Scooby Snacks being raided and everyone thinking 'fark it's 2007 again why didn't Richie just...

14 out of 15 ain't bad

Casual fans saw end-to-end rugby with a thrilling finish. Some purists would be disappoonted. Personally I saw Australia chancing an arm against a physical Argentina side who got the basics right. They nearly pulled it off - the game not the arm. As for our record this year, our tests have...

I thought the earlier pass was forward

I snuck out to take a slash* in the second half and it was all over when I emerged. *deux

The camera angle was poor; was the winger in the clear with Jorgo's jeune?

.. / .- -- / --. --- .. -. --. / - --- / .--. .- ... ... / - .... . / ..-. --- --- - -... .- .-.. .-.. That pass was never on

Is that even if we beat NZ twice, Argentina lose twice to the Boks, and we beat England in November?

Rugby's back baby!

Can't afford to be that loose against Argentina. They're a strong side. More broadly, the TRC is an 'any given Sunday' competition, and its teams have won all bar one world cup. We don't realise how good we have it.

Yeh nah. Bad miss.

Ahh this was once the 'Downlands to TAS' circular argument. Not sure what the results have been like but I suspect the 'GPS bye round v Downlands' and trials against Ashgrove are probably a better deal for Downlands' rugby programme who can compete against the scholarship kids. Having said...

They did expand. WSW, Macarthur, and Western United. All areas that have large player numbers. Where do we go? Before you say 'Western Sydney', look at a map of the SRU and subbies clubs in Sydney. The only reasonable option would be to split the Tahs into North Shore and Eastern Suburbs...

Adding teams to grow the media pie is what got Super Rugby into trouble from the get-go. If the ARU had the resources that the AFL have, they'd be able to cop the year on year losses that the Giants and Suns have. But they don't. After starting off with a sensible sized comp, the A-League...