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I thought it was a penalty, but it certainly didn't warrant a red. (Attacking player lifted his arm and leg in tandem as he tried to break the tackle, connected in an ugly way with Scottish defender's head -- it was unfortunate but a stretch to say it was a deliberate elbow to the head which I...

The Pacific Nations thingo is a good concept, especially from a development point of view, but as OC suggests it's inconsistent -- the Churchill Cup had potential but kind of came across as Pissweak World. Reckon it might be on stronger footing these days, but no way they'll go back to that...

Eagles were bloody awful. Seem to have gone backwards. I have no idea about the coach but the basics were missing: missed first up tackles, loose round the fringes, messy set pieces, the 10 stood so deep in the box he was in Mexico. Whoever agreed to allowing Scotland to be the game's pinup boys...

Don't like Japan do you buddy? It's getting tiresome so I'll shut up after this. Corporate support is driven by commercial imperatives in Australia and Japan. Different systems as the Japanese corporations have a more conspicuous tax incentive, but clearly there is a benefit in focusing their...

Mate, the issue is 'supply and demand' as it stands is clearly not enough, it's why the game is going/is broke domestically. And since when has corporate money been shooed away in Australia? The Magner's Shute Shield would never be tarnished by sponsorship, nor the Qantas Wallabies. Japan has a...

Noticed the topic Scoop; it was about broadcast options for Australian rugby. Humbly suggest they won't be coming at a sustainable level from Australia or New Zealand alone in the future. You thinking Fiji?

And the health of the Australian and New Zealand competitions is? And who needs corporate and government support?

So Giteau is a fine player in a fine team. This is not such a bad thing. And I think he's proved himself pretty well in all circumstances. He was less than his best early in the Deans era, no doubt, but he'd previously hauled the crap Force around on his shoulders and been bounced around...

A tour of Australia is not the defining characteristic of a rugby nation's pedigree. And I'd suggest it's ill advised not to speculate positively about what could happen outside the boundaries of the home unions and other countries with large lumbering forwards. Maybe you think the future of the...

Because they have money, structure, tradition, athleticism and great potential. Otherwise, I can't think of a thing.

Giteau was sweetly efficient and occasionally terrific again today as Toulon walloped Saracens. He's certain "up to the highest level". He's actually consistently one of the best at that level. I'm pretty sure every Test team in the world would consider a contest against a team of the calibre of...

Evans was coach in 78. Not sure who was coach in 79, but it might have been McNamara, who marshalled a very good 16s side a few years before. I'm Truman and I played in 77 and some of 78 but I started the year crook, oh, and I got into strife for playing league. Warren Boyd was terrific flanker...

Mate, the link with Wests was frowned upon. I know cause I was more or less it, along with a really fine player, Paul Cundy who ended up turning out for Balmain. It was all good in 77 when I played for Pats firsts then I got crook at the start of 78 and a bunch of mongrels at the school thought...

I don't know what happened after 1978 -- well, I do, 1979, but my point is, Pius and Pats played to a draw in the final 'unofficial' CAS game in 78 which was to decide who was the best performed team in that CAS 'comp'. I played for Pats and I think the only loss we had was to Knox -- courtesy...

In 1978 Pats and Pius were indeed guests. In rugby they finished with the best records in the (unofficial) CAS comp (drawing the last game). Previously they played in the TCS comp which faded/morphed into the ISA. Pats has long been a strong rugby school, but apparently soccer has eaten away at...