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If anyone gets a new cap I'd probably go with Naholo. Little bit more size, but just as effective and stands out a little bit more under pressure.

Well, there was blame on both sides. We should have been more prepared and approached that whole tournament differently. Clearly we needed a drop goal, because our attack patterns weren't going our way. But when you don't get awarded a single penalty for almost an entire half of rugby, and it...

Also, are people mature enough to admit now that there is a HUGE difference between making inroads and easy yardage in a regular weekly Super rugby game and Finals Footy / Test Match Footy / World Cup Foot? The Hurricanes just came up against great defense - totally get that. But EVERY match at...

What I was getting at is that it might translate to opportunities for Spoanga in the Rugby Championship. If he and Grant Fox didn't pay such strong accolades then you might be able to take from it that he'd be waiting in the wings and nothing else, but it sounds like he'll get some opportunities...

Well Kearns was right about one thing last week. A champion team will always beat a team of champions. Landers might not have the marquee names, particularly in the forwards, but they fought their way to the championship. Beyond this year, I wouldn't mind seeing Coltman in a Black jersey.

Hansen is open minded to it. When they interviewed him after his 40 man squad selection he kept talking about it as being a real possibility.

The Highlanders defense was outstanding. Skudder got shut down completely, apart from one awesome movement in the first half. Hurricanes just weren't making the inroads, and it seemed like they didn't have any answers. I think Barrett held them back to be honest. He clearly is a good player, but...

Not sure if he had complete control of it after it went on to Skudder's foot. It didn't look like your typical knock on, so I could understand it being ruled either way. Anyone who says "that obviously isn't / is" I would disagree with - because it looked 5050 to me. Freakish ability to even get...

I use to have The Rugby Channel where I would watch northern hemisphere matches and was quite happy to do so. But from what I remember, we stopped paying for it because they showed less and less of that, and the material we were receiving was not that different from the Sky Sport package. Happy...

Cheers for the abusive rep comment. "Brown nose psycho." Awesome. Kinda lose credibility for typing out what seemed like a reasoned response when you act like an odious little creep away from the forum eye. Did you send the same nonsense through to Sanzar and the others? Good for you admitting...

I guess if he's a close stature to Messam it doesn't really matter too much. Whether they get him to play another position depends on if he feels comfortable, can adapt, and if there's a need for it. Personally I think the ABs will need that Chris Masoe or McCaw type player who can cover 3 or...

It's fine to reach an impasse. It's not fine to think you're entitled to your own facts and omit key information, and when you get confronted with that omitted information just shrug your shoulders and say "welp, based on 3 examples that I personally saw on the telly, you're all a bunch of...

Should have seen that page during the Cricket World Cup, haha. Waaaaay over the top at times.

Not sure how to post videos but check this out, for those who haven't seen it haha. Good ol Kearnsy. https://www.facebook.com/glenn.dawson3/videos/10153406304955833/

Yeah I noticed the size thing too. Isn't he around 1.88 m? Shorter than Messam, Collins and obviously Kaino. So we'd be sacrificing a bit in the lineout. Just seems too good to leave out, and he's always been a great player.

Does anyone know if Ardie Savea can play blindside flanker? Or a position outside of just 7? Thinking beyond this year and going in the future, it'd be cool playing a couple of our options in the same 15 (i.e: Cane/Savea). We seem spoiled for choice with some of our flankers at the moment and...

Kygrios has always been like that - you can't just cherry pick based on a television clip here and there. He's barely 20 years old. I'm sure we've all said and done some disrespectful and crazy stuff when we were that age. New Zealand has it's share of morons too. Each country approaches sport...

Yeah it'll be a great experience for the people of Samoa - I'm sure many of these guys idolize the All Blacks just as much as their national team from the images I've seen. It's a shame that rugby is so profit driven, but it is a professional business these days so that's just part and parcel of...

The Crusaders actually get a lot of local interest and attention. Rugby is ingrained here, mostly because of the competitive school systems. Not sure of what the attendance numbers are exactly, but there are still plenty of dialogue and intrigue around. Our supporters are the type who have been...

Regan, think your team is fairly accurate. I did read one scribe say that Mealamu and Todd will probably be in the 15 though.