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Campbell Watts

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No. These video headlines are going positively tabloid these days! Ease off Roar please…

Did the referee miss a punch to the face in Premiership Rugby match?

You cant get the same guy out twice Don – 4 wickets

India hold on for famous draw in SCG Test

I’m confused here – why are SA any different to NZ, AUS and ARG?? I fully admit I may not be aware of SA’s internal situation but surely these questions are valid:

1) Did South Africa not have an earlier opportunity to organise and play their own SA super rugby competition? Surely if NZ and AUS could get things organised and a comp played – why couldn’t SA? Then their players wouldn’t be short of game time?

2) Are SA not obligated to front up as partners of SAANZAR just like the rest of the teams? Or is it a situation where SA feels they can pick and chose because they have always thought they were the big brother in the SAANZAR relationship?

3) Why agree initially and then hold the competition to ransom at the 12th hour?

Should South Africa participate in the Rugby Championship?

Tanerau Latimer! Loved him as a player and leader in a team – strong mana but a light touch. Good Bay boy!!

Dave Rennie lays it all out ahead of Wallabies start date

No mention of Twiggy’s GRR comp with it’s tweaked rules to speed up play Highlander?

It seems Twiggy has seen the same trends some Years ago and acted on it!

Faux rest periods are killing today’s game

Im guessing their manager has found this to be a legal loop hole so they can break their contracts with no consequences. Seems pretty underhand to me!

Reds trio terminate contracts with Reds and Rugby AU

What a great idea cookie!
A 1st and 2nd 15 All Blacks on the international stage….
Would make for a cracking World Cup final – guess there’d need to be a coin toss pre-game to decide who gets to wear black though!

SANZAAR fighting a losing Super Rugby battle on two fronts

I’d say a good mix of both Sul!

Cheika's league tactics explain the Wallabies' fall from grace

“I do not think many on this site have any appreciation for the issues confronting any competent person wishing to assist the game”

Just because people might not agree with your point of view doesn’t mean they don’t understand – it just means they don’t agree with you!

More turmoil at Rugby Australia as potential chairman threatens to resign over CEO choice

I was only thinking in the short-term MDiddy – while these damned international travel restrictions are in place. Something for this season only, to keep some cash rolling in, while a Super rugby replacement comp can be organised.

The Wrap: No easy answers for Australian rugby

Who says it has to be live to be a saleable product? I’m sure replays at European-friendly times would still get a good audience – hence a valuable product to sell to broadcasters.

The Wrap: No easy answers for Australian rugby

To be honest MDiddy I don’t think a trans Tasman comp would have the same dollar value to broadcasters as an extend Mitre10 cup would.

I think a AB player-included Mitre10 cup would be a very attractive product to sell to the world markets, the quality of Australian teams I don’t really see adding much, if any, value.

Sure it would greatly benefit Australia for this to happen – but I see a more like scenario of NZ saying “we’ve got a great saleable product here without you thanks!”

The Wrap: No easy answers for Australian rugby

Ah yes – lamann and dravrid! Who could forget those two! 😉

The ten greatest Test innings ever played

As Alfred said in the Batman movie:
“Some men just want to watch the world burn”

The Wrap: Unravelling Australian rugby’s unholy war

Im not sure the World Health Organisation would be interested in the job Jacko!
Or did I read you wrong…. 😉

The Wrap: Unravelling Australian rugby’s unholy war

Haha! Great stuff Rhys!

You’d almost think that something like this must be true – rugby in Australia must be running out of feet to shoot surely…

#lestweforget

Australian rugby successfully self-quarantines against the Kiwi success virus

Amen!!

11 former Wallaby captains sign letter calling for Rugby AU leadership resignations

New Zealand minnows?? That’s a bit harsh anon considering they are ranked 2nd on the ICC rankings to Australia’s 5th!

You may be eating a health serve of humble pie before the summers over 😉

The trouble with Warner

Yes!

Not waving but drowning: The Michael Cheika era comes to an end

It’s quite astonishing that he still can’t see that his way was simply wrong, he’s still in full denial mode!

77 changes this World Cup? Just WOW! 😱

Cheika's legacy: Consistent inconsistency and puzzling selection to the very end

In canary yellow? You must be joking!!

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika resigns after quarter-final loss

Isn’t it amazing how many sides seem to save their poor games for when they play the All Blacks…….
Or is there something else happening?? Hmmm…..

Five talking points from New Zealand versus Ireland

Sheek you may be a bit off the mark here.
He went to Japan aged 15, went to uni there, speaks perfect Japanese and is also married to a Japanese woman – I think he is well invested in the culture and way of life!

The Wrap: Japan’s Blossoms do rugby and their people proud

Andy,
I’m not saying he wasn’t a great player – but hyperbole like “best attacking weapons to ever play the game” just simply doesn’t stand up!
On the top try scoring list (ranked by tries per match) he comes in at 22nd place (0.507 tries per game) – with the likes of Latham (21st – 0.513), Vincent Clerc (23rd – 0.507) and Tana Umaga (24th 0.486)

Pretty much where I thought he’d sit, respectably high but certainly nowhere near the god-like status Gloria is trying to bestow on him.

How the loss of Israel Folau has improved the Wallabies backfield

The hopes of a rugby nation?

Scoreboard flatters Wallabies in 27-8 win over Georgia

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