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I watched the game again yesterday. McCaw strips Higgenbottom of the ball in about the 13th?? minute. I had to wonder if he was a tad annoyed about the indignity and let it spill over.

I say Good luck to Mike Harris,a super contract wasn't on offer for him in NZ so he took his chances and is now playing test rugby. I favour keeping the status qo with regard to picking only NZ based players for the AB team and also our ITM championship restricted to NZ players. Hansen is a...

I believe they were team warnings.

Quite right ,bring back proper rucking.But as I recall it was the Boks and the AB's who were the masters of that. I think Higgenbottom''s actions were dumb, a yellow card or worse at that time may have had a huge impact on the game. To quote McCaw from his book"'players like that get sorted out"'

Yes we have some winkwonkers in our press corps,and we have some who are fair minded as well. It's a matter of sifting the wheat from the chaff and the game is still the main event. I'm expecting the Wallabies to have a red hot go tonight, and why not. On paper we look to be too strong, but...

The AB's aren't making any claims about winning, they are taking the game very seriously indeed I can assure you. Perhaps some hack journos are spouting that sort of rubbish.But who takes any notice of what they write anyway. At the end of the day it's a test match between the two top rated...

AIG haven't secured the naming rights Slim, that is still up for grabs, what about Green and Gold having a whip around and securing the naming rights? That way you could have a bob each way:)

Apparently the AIG deal does not include naming rights, still the NZ All Blacks,sevens,etc. The Adidas deal is about $20 million per annum and the AIG one is very close to this figure.

The logo on the AB's jersey does not have the white border around it. I think fans will barely notice it during the anthems and probably not at all during the game. I'm for it as well.

First TV polls tonight , NZ public 74% hate it,24% ok"d it.

NZRU get a bucketful of dollars from addidas and the word is aig insurance are going to have their logo on the jersey very soon,another bucketful to kickstart the income stream.

I believe the AB's will be doing their utmost to win as they have their eyes firmly focused on setting a record for consecutive wins. So no talk of a dead rubber.

I am in my seventies, played rugby,watched rugby all my life. In that time I've seen a lot of players from many countries in action. Can't think of one that I seriously disliked,even among the players I knew. In one team I was picked for we toured in Australia, [more than fifty years ago]. The...

It was common knowledge over here that the senior AB group supported the Henry/Hansen/Smith bid. McCaw is just telling it how it was.

I agree. In the absence of a third tier competition it is essential that Australia keep five teams in the Super Rugby even if one or two were to struggle a bit at times.Filling out the numbers with overseas players may not be helpful long term.

But he hasn't been the best seven in the RC.

Silly boy! After all it's a test match between the two topped ranked teams in the world.

Actually DC and co were schooling their mate Barnsie in how to pronounce his vowels correctly.

Looking forward to this game. Win,lose or draw these are the test matches that us Kiwis most look forward to. Forget dead rubbers,jetlag, and all that rubbish. This could be a cracker of a game.

It's a tough ask but I think the wallabies can win.