kingplaymaker's Contributions

'he possibly prematurely extended him before the RWC' not to a Deans supporter of which I include myself: it's tough sometimes to stand up against the wall-to-wall anti-Deans feeling. I thought the anti-Deans brigade had piped down a little with Ewen Mckenzie committing to the Reds until 2014 (no one sane would take on a national team one year before a RWC when they could have a whole four year cycle to prepare).

The real story of how John O’Neill turned Manchester City down

10 Feb 2012

Certainly to be fair to the Crusaders they looked exhausted in that final and it was amazing they made it having to play away all the time. My personal criticism of their performance is that Carter, to quote imprecisely Stuart barnes, the English rugby journalist was guilty of lazy passing from deep and not setting the backline alight, while they failed to use SBW well. What immediately distinguished Mckenzie was his ability to spot young talent in a variety of locations before anyone else did, and so probably some more bright young things will appear this year to further strengthen the team, such as this player from Adelaide whose name I forget. As for the Blues, pretty much my favourite team to watch: if only they could do the right things all of the time instead of some of it.

Australian teams at Super disadvantage

10 Feb 2012

it's certainly true that very few Reds players would have made the Crusaders starting XV and yet they still won. The whole thing's ridiculous, half the teams are incredibly strong while the rest are belted. Super rugby is its own worst enemy.

Australian teams at Super disadvantage

10 Feb 2012