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I'm really confused about the Rob Simmons love. I don't think he's a bad player at all, but I've never seen him hit a ruck or make a run the way that other strong set piece locks (e.g. Horwill, Sharpe, Timani, Wykes, etc) do. As I said, I don't mind the bloke, but I'm confused why people...

Did no one else notice Elvis Taione warming up with the Tahs tonight?

3. Sitaleki Timani 2. Kurtley Beale 1. Luke Burgess

Really? What about the last two rounds last year when they needed to win their last two matched to make the finals and took 10 points away from the games against the Chiefs and Hurricanes? If there was ever a time to be worried about losing, that would be it.

Even if the Crusaders get to 62 and are equal with the Reds, they will have 11 wins to the Reds' 12, and will be behind them on the ladder. Reds assured a week off.

Ryan Cross got slammed for saying exactly this. He was spot on.

Thanks DPK. Put a call into Tahs HQ because I'm sure they haven't considered this possibility or tested it away from the team run. Good work, supercoach.

Saffy in a very competitive position, unfortunately. Despite his good season, hard to see him in front of Pocock, Brown, McCalman, Hodgson, Palu, Mowen, Higginbotham, Beau Robinson, Samo, Elsom, Chapman in the backrow pecking order. I think Phipps has been the find of the year, despite him...

For those wondering, the tie-breaker rules are: • Most wins from all matches • Highest aggregate points difference from all matches • Most tries from all matches • Highest aggregate difference in tries for and against from all matches • Coin toss (only used to...

Full stop.

Timani and his manager took the deal in Japan in about Rd 3 or 4. By the time he scored the match-winning try against the Brumbies he had already done a deal. Given he started the season in the Academy, I can't blame the Tahs for not commencing negotiations with him by then. Surely his manager...

Olivier still managed to pull Douglas' arm off him... Deysel had one arm clenched in the other like an MMA hold

How about the team the Tahs have out/injured/unavailable at the moment... Robinson, Fitzpatrick, Kepu, Douglas, Jowitt, Mowen, Waugh, Palu, 9-10, Kingston, Cross, Horne, Mitchell, Turner Throw in an average Shute Shield 9-10 and that's still a mid-table team at worst.

Injuries and refs may not be helping, but other results are. Highlanders could just about be safe now if they would have beaten the Force and Lions. If the Cheetahs beat the Sharks tonight and deny them a bonus point, the Tahs will still be in the top six coming into two home games to...

That sort of stuff doesn't need to be in chronological order though... only the matches/injuries/etc do...

Notice the Ugly Super Rugby team got a run in episode 2!

I make it that the Bulls pack is in at 896kg and the Tahs at 911kg. Front rows are 342kg (NSW) to 340kg (Bulls). Interesting that to bring in Rossouw they got rid of Potgeiter. Would have been good to see Spies, Potgeiter and Rossouw all on at the same time with Stegman (only 101kg) coming on...

A lot of similarities to the team which played the Bulls last year, and they probably should have won that match. Kurtley was on the bench and Mumm was suspended. Horne also on the bench (first match back, I think) 2010 Super 14 – Round 3 15 Sosene Anesi (TBA), 14 Lachie Turner (Eastwood)...

HSBC WARATAHS 15. Kurtley Beale (Randwick) 14. Lachie Turner (Eastwood) 13. Tom Carter (Sydney University) 12. Berrick Barnes (Sydney University) 11. Sosene Anesi (Hunters Hill) 10. Daniel Halangahu (Sydney University) 9. Luke Burgess (Sydney University) 8. Ben Mowen (Randwick) 7. Chris Alcock...

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/barnes-out-with-footballers-migraine-20110527-1f8cc.html This article is by Jamie Pandaram who seems to be the only journo with the team. Twice he has been able to speak to Sharron about the injury. Seems like a lot of the work they're doing with...