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When was the last time the Wallabies fielded a side that featured a 6 that really put the fear of God into opposition sides? For a while, the Wallabies have had Openside flankers that are "World class", guys who can change the game on their own. But I struggle to remember the last blindside...

(Moving discussion from a thread were my posted had digressed off topic) 1. Alexander 2. Moore 3. Kepu 4. Vickerman 5. Sharpe 6. Horwill 7. Pocock 8. Higginbotham (At scrum time, Sharpe would pack at 6.) With the three Ents of Vickerman, Sharpe and Horwill all on the field at...

It's fine to say all that shit, but you haven't provided any evidence of them doing that. Nobody is going to change their mind with that sort of rubbish.

Looks like shoulder pads without any padding.

Tahs: 3. Dennis 2. Timani 1. Beale Brumbies: 3. Moore 2. Vaea 1. Giteau

I didn't pay much attention to rugby until the last few years, and as such I remember basically nothing about Matt Giteau's time at scrumhalf. Can anyone shed some light on the experiment? As in when did it happen/who's idea was it/why was it a success/failure.

To kick us off: new Force jersey for this clash.

They are bloody hardcore about their support for the Rebels. And good on them; also, the Force's fans are pretty good. Interesting that the two youngest Aus Conference Super teams have the most passionate supporters. We could use a Rebel Army for each of the franchises.

A couple of ideas for fixing up rugby. I know this subject has been done to death, but I'd like to have a go. Firstly, the referees harden up and adopt this system: Referee's MUST yellow card a player from a team that has broken a law twice previously in that game. Also, referees MUST...

On Lee Grant's advice, I've started this thread to bring this digression away from the best schoolboys XV's thread. Personally, I'm waiting on Slim's reply to why it's a "shame".

Juan Smith will lead the Boks, who's backline is really very much a case of last men standing:

Be afraid: be very afraid. Italy scrummed the Argies into fetal position yesterday. We dodged the scrum bullet against England, but we may not be so lucky against Italy next week. Squad predictions, scoreline predictions as usual. Have at it!

So, has citing been abandoned by the IRB? In the dying stages in Honkers, there were two high tackles (McCaw on O'Connor, Donald on AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)) and a blatant penalty in front of the posts that Rollaind reached to his pocket for but the Wob's played on quickly. If Australia had lost we'd all be...

Will Genia, James O'Connor and Drew Mitchell have all been called up. Matt Giteau also got a call up. This gives me the shits because it shows that he is still considered an exciting, classy player. Maybe the only place in the world that thinks he should be dropped and banished is this...

If Wales play like they did against the Scots in the 6Ns this year they'll be cannon fodder for the Aussies. First things first; squad predictions. Have a go, ya mugs. P.S. Any G&GR boots on the ground for this one?

One thing I have noticed occurring a lot lately is team's benched players hanging around in the in goal area. I'm going to say it bluntly: I hate this. In this video around the 2:16 mark, the players have strolled over halfway into the in goal area. What are the ref's doing? Shouldn't there...

A vogue phrase around here seems to be "*insert player* is a world class player" or "*insert player* is the best *position* in the world". So who, in our own opinions, is worthy of being selected in the 15 only for the team to represent our planet if we were to play Mars tomorrow (Space Jam...

The Highveld Myth? Any statisticians want to put forward a rebuttal? This is from the always interesting "Ask John" feature on the Scrum.com website.

Don't know when this was announced, thought it would be worth chucking on the site though. I like the way the IRB colours are being used each world cup with a host nation twist on the design. Should be interesting when England and Japan's turns come around. Any thoughts?