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Love Southern Hemisphere rugby as one may, what a wonderful Six Nations. A game like Wales v England was plain scary for the pressure and physicality. Wales are a number 9 away from being complete. There has been a journalistic opinion in NZ that this is the weakest AB side since 2005. To have a...

An NZ supporter, but feel motivated to express good will for South African rugby. There are a number of us from earlier generations who rate the AB/ SA rivalry as the pinnacle of the great international rugby pyramid. I am dismayed that the national ranking is so low, and want to respect and...

This sounds mature and reasonable, but actually is not thought through. Hundreds of thousands of UK rugby followers are prepared to believe biased untruths, presented recklessly by Jones and his type. Read the internet commentators, speak to individuals in clubs and pubs. Their opinion of not...

J-Boy - j-Boy - I too live in London, used to read the Sunday Times, but let that c*** anger me to extremes. I actually went through the complaints procedure of the IPSO against one of his, in this case slanderous, articles. Quixotic, of course, because that hardly-independent "watchdog" is...

Strong and effective from those guys in red. Wonderful at the line of confrontation, and look useful with the up and under. Crusaders lucky that some of those episodes on their goal line were inches short. But 1) at least four possessions at the scrimmage were reffed the wrong way - a...

BB and AC Doesn't strategy come into it? BB was sat well back on Saturday. AC carries out the Chiefs' game plan by operating in the high pressure zone on the advantage line. AB coaches seem to prefer gain line backs offence.

Rugby in Colombia. Off thread, but wonder if you are involved in rugby in Colombia? There is a state programme for disadvantaged urban kids to learn rugby, and potentially travel to partner countries. I am in the process of making introductions to relevant people in Wellington. Any help...

Love it. Where have you been all my - Internet - life?

Bias? Genuine question - is it really possible for a penalty count to be, fairly, against an attacking team 10 + yc to 2? After that point Mr. Garces eased off the ABs, but only a little. Just an observation on the 20whatever pages above, the Saffers come across as dignified, and the raving...

Like your analysis. Insofar as the best management cannot be perfect, should they have picked the deterioration of Mealamu, Woodcock, Conrad earlier, and replaced them in '14? - - - Updated - - - PS that was in response to Larksea.

Any NH club beating a top NZ super team? Yeah..Nah. Assuming each side at its peak and motivated - nah, not going to happen. The NH commentators here maybe need to watch more SH games to see why. Skills, speed, and dynamism differential for starters. But, (I live in London and support my club)...

Saturday's result As an outlier prediction, a bit of spice for the competition pot - SA by 10 or more. I look at the quality of the competing individuals, and previous performance levels, and the Springboks seem clearly superior. Can the new Oz coach alchemise his flawed material? My money says...

Nh sh Here's the thing, if you live in the UK and support, in particular, NZ rugby. There is a pre-loaded suite of prejudices and justifications in the minds of rugby followers here.Super rugby is frothy and frolicsome, but real men, grim and virile, confront each other on muddy fields in...

Buckman Perspicacious, Lsea. Maybe a better Conrad than Conrad.

ad hominem Now, now, H. - no need for name calling. Maybe you should cut back on your H. intake if it is getting you overexcited. I take it you disagree with the proposition that there is a weight of administrative support for pro-Australian officiating? And, with my given reason for this...

Sydney officiating. I don't know how long you have been watching rugby, but nothing should surprise you about games involving Australian teams. Andre Watson, in the shadow of John O'Neil, laid down the standard which has been faithfully maintained for decades. Apparently, we have to accept...

This was not one of the -many,many- games where pro-Oz officiating caused an unfair result. The Canterbury boys were not good enough. I just wish that I could live long enough for rugby union to become properly professional. The administrators of our sport are motivated to maximise Australian...

Me, too, cs. I get by on match day with vip, but am lost without the youtube full match replay option. Would gladly pay to download out of their archives."Their" seems to be the SA'an media operator, but they don't offer a contact address for non-subscribers. Help!