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Cooled off a bit now.... What was really impressive about both teams is the 'tightness' of both playing groups. Both teams repsonded well to the pressure applied by their opponents - an enthralling contest. Even though penalties prevailed for the first 60 minutes there were plenty of periods...

OMG, the end was a killer. 22-all with four minutes to go. All the Brumbies need to do is secure the ball from the kick off - yes done. Then kick the ball down field as far as possible - best option would be a left foot kicker who can get good distance - that would be Mogg I guess (if he was...

Last week Tapuai beat three players in his run that helped the Reds score the winning try. He evaded those defenders without a hand laid on him. Does that count as three tackle busts? Or three line breaks? Or is that recorded as some other stat? Seems a bit of a grey area - if anyone can...

Solid performance by the Waratahs. They absorbed some spirited endeavour from the Rebels in the first half, then controlled proceedings to run in some good tries albeit with the help of some ordinary Rebels defence. Had hoped the Rebels would provide a stern test for the Waratahs for the full...

Special mention to Chris Alcock and his defensive effort in the last few frantic seconds of the games. When Tapuai picked up the ball after Lucas was tackled, he also slipped out of Kingston's attempted tackle only to have Alcock in front of him - so Alcock was more-or-less in the right...

Not wanting to take anything away from Dom Shipperley- his effort was fantastic but IMHO the invlovement of Ben Tapuai was the critical element between Mckibbin's kick (thought it was a well placed kick actually) and Shipperly's great run. The kick was fielded by Lucas and he was brought to...

2nd half was much better by both teams, the three tries had some reasonable lead up play. Not all doom and gloom.

Nic White win/loss record with the Brumbies: three wins from three games??

Happy to see the Brumbies get up - showed quite a bit of maturity for an inexperienced team. Both forward packs went well. For the Force, Mafi put a a few really good low trajectory touch finders. Last year the Force pushed the Reds all the way. Hope they can do it again next week. Robbie...

Soccer at recess and lunch time at primary school. School league, primary and high school - virtually no awareness of rugby at school. After school decided to play club soccer (had a lot of natural talent - yet had never played a comp game). Soccer games were washed out - and played a game...

The Tahs need to take on AFL and league to win over Western Sydney - so much potential for the game in the Parramatta, Blacktown, Penrith, Liverpool and Campbelltown areas

Hopefully ACT can reclaim some rugby territory back from AFL right across southern NSW (and Weary Dunlop territory in northern Victoria for that matter). And in likewise for the Rebels in Victoria, Tassie and South Australia; and the Force in WA.

Yes BB, a carnival atmosphere is the way to go for every super game, every franchise, every venue. Make a whole day of it. In Hong Kong there is a New Year day 'junior' festival - with age teams from the (Kowloon) peninsular V HK Island; it has girls age teams competing against each other...

Rugby and philosophy are two sides of the same coin

Mixed feelings after this final. Great defence from the ABs but better team lost. If France landed the penalty from near halfway, then they looked good to win. At the time, I thought they should have kicked for the line - to keep te ABs on the back foot and deep in their teritory and had the...

Never thought about it before - but the idea of a conversion worth 3 should? would provide greater incentive to score 8 points rather than three for a penaty - you would think. At least a team that scores two converted tries could beat a team that kicks five penalty goals: 16-15 Taking...

Age factor I as guilty as the next person of thinking the youthful enthusiasm of our guys could carry them through - but it was more than matched by the intense desire of the older ABs (especially those with single digits on their back) to make sure the ABs would prevail. They were motivated...

Turning points.. Well a bit hard to call them turning points because the Wallabies rarely pressured the ABs. 1. The kick off - out on the full. In 1991 and 2003, the Wallabies applied great pressure on the ABs from the start of the game - but this time we were under intense pressure from...

True for the ABs and did the same last Sunday with the Boks. Was busy during the game. How sweet it was to learn that we got up and then watch the replay completely at peace with the world. Can it be today too?

Hadn't thought of it that way until you mentioned it Groucho. For the ABs to win from here they have to beat their two bogey teams. Both France and Wallabies have twice removed the ABs from the RWC - so if the ABs do win the cup they will have ridded themselves of several monkeys of their backs