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It seems as though both sides of this argument are trying to use results when it suits them. For instance, what do you mean when you say 'consistency wise', for I read it to mean we have strung enough wins together to be better than average over a number of seasons. If this is what was...

What suspicions?... Oooh do tell

I thought a condition of SANZAR agreeing to admit Argentina was that the IRB would amend the requisite clause(s) to ensure that all Argentinian players would have to be released by their European clubs?

How about Timani? Yes he has hands like feet sometimes, but he can bend the line and he was part of the wider training squad. I'd like to see him at 8 with 20mins left in a game

... and now for something completely unrelated. After hearing that Paul Alo-Emile has been signed by the Melbourne Rebels, I was initially concerned about the front row. Not that I thought Alo-Emile was going to transform into a starter in the preseason, but I thought he had enormous...

From the Western Force Website Great to see the wallabies in Perth again. Now all we need is a (rectangle) stadium to do the crowd justice.

The Rebels have also signed Auckland Blues lock James King on a two-year contract. Does he take up an import spot, or does he have an Australian grandparent somewhere? Maybe the Haskell signing is looking unlikely (noting that King is another import and the article in the above post notes he...

Perhaps... but Delve was inspirational this season and is Vice-Captain, so I can't see him being moved from No.8. While I thought Haskell played very well against Argentina and in the 6 Nations this year, I don't think he is an out-and-out No.7 and I'd prefer Lipman (or Saffy if he keeps...

All other things aside, I thought the English scrum looked better as the game wore on. I'm not yet terrified, but I did have flash backs to Marseille

I agree whole-heartedly! I thought he had a good game against the Pumas yesterday, and would definitely add a much needed line-out option for the Rebels. Having said that, I thought the Saffy, Delve, Lipman backrow was one of the few highlights last season for the Rebels, and I thought Luke...

With Muggleton gone south to the Rebels, who takes over as the Tahs defence coach?

We live in hope.

I think many of us can already see one... Jenkins

Two competitions with no serious international calendar to worry about... and there are still issues of player burnout constantly raised (in the NRL anyway)

Heinrich Brussow has signed a two-year contract extension, which will see the Springbok flanker remain in Bloemfontein until 2013. Brussow was set to become a free agent at the end of the season, and was linked with lucrative moves overseas and bigger South African unions. But because of...

Great news, and an astute signing. It was widely believed that a super rugby team in a city with the population and resources of Melbourne would eventually be an success (at least in terms of the Aus conference), but the strength of signings on and off the field leads me to believe that it will...

Completely agree. We should stop trying to create a super competition (pardon the awful pun) and instead try to foster as many independent pro comps in as many parts of the world as we can.

If anyone would oblige... for those of us south of the border with little knowledge of Brisbane club rugby could someone give us a rundown on the QLD XV players that are not the academy players we all know and love? I can look up height, weight, games played etc, but this never does justice to...

Assuming of course, that we top our group.

Maybe they think that with Palu and Elsom in the same back row it would be best to have more than adequate cover, because the odds of them both making it through the season without at least some period out with injury are pretty high. On that I thought Dennis performed really well at 8 at the...