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This is true. Anyone who knows anyting about the sporting demographics of Australia know that in player population terms New Zealand is a vastly bigger rugby country than Australia. There's a reason that this game was hard to find in the paper in Melbourne and pretty well non-existent in other...

Yeah, that's part of it, but I also think the team needs to learn to hate the All Blacks a bit... You just get the feeling they're just too in awe of them at times.

Genius - so Australia's depth at 8 is so strong that our only option is a retired lock?

Exactly. And if there's one thing the All Blacks showed, it's that if you're good enough the ref doesn't matter. They actually took the lead back when they were a man down, whilst we let in two tries.

Well that was disappointing... Reminded me of the Rugby League World Cup Final - only in reverse of course. It's funny when you watch these sorts of games though. I actually didn't end up feeling too cut up about it because the team just got so comprehensively outplayed. Ultimately I felt...

All Blacks really controlling the game Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Wallabies looking nervous - already seem to be struggling to hold it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Somewhat underwhelmed by Fox featuring Australia's chief Blowhard and most overrated coach outside of Ricky Stuart, Alan Jones in the lead up Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I suppose the temperature was really only a minor problem - it's more the logistical and television timing challenges that make this just so stupid. Part of Super Rugby's problem at the moment is that it really only offers two days a week of prime time viewing content. How exactly is this...

I actually have come around to the three point conversions - it keeps the intrinsic value of kicking high, but attaches it to try scoring instead. It should mean that teams put a lot of effort into their kicking, which is something we need in Australia.

Four teams with Orange/Yellow jerseys... just bloody stupid, but apparently none of the teams would budge on their colours and they can't afford an away strip. Bit crappy so far, but Maloney really is a bloody shocking commentator. Not quite in the Ray "Fucktard" Hadley category over at...

It goes deeper - if you turn it upside down it looks something like this:

Agree, but I still think the whole expansion plan is just fucking retarded.

Just the reality of the job mate. Can get away early some days, but generally Thursday is shithouse ... Everyone wants to make sure Friday is a breeze so Thursday often ends up the busiest day with shit getting jammed down our throats. But fuck it, I've got foxtel so I can record it. I still...

Humidity is generally more the problem in Japan from my experience. It may only be about 30 degrees, but it's a bloody barmy 30 degrees... so it'll be more like playing in Darwin than Brisbane. Either way, the weather is just one issue. Logistically I think what they ought to be aiming for is...

I'd imagine you're in the minority... it's a work night, and often a long one for me, so there's no chance in hell I can get to a match and if I watch it on TV, it will be on delay. Saturday and Sunday arvo is the best time possible for footy.

To be fair they've been doing Thursdays on and off for years now. What I don't get is why we're starting on a Thursday... awful day for viewers.

Agreed, but playing it in Asia also means we could potentially be playing games in incredibly hot weather in both Singapore and Japan thanks to the seasonal differences. From logistical perspective the whole thing is completely ridiculous either way though...

Hey guys, SANZAR have a survey on whether you'd prefer Japan or Singapore to be the location of the Asian team in the expanded 18 team competition due to start in 2016. You can find it here: http://www.sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/news/survey-japan-or-singapore/ I'd go with Japan because...