He's always going to be upbeat about their chances but it does genuinely sound like they would have all played if this was the the biggest game of the year.

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the honest assessment of myself is its both. Presented as tongue in cheek but deep inside I firmly believe (without evidence, of course) that the Reds are the best rugby team on the face of the earth, ...

Players like Stewart excel in settled, stable teams - it's where they work best as glue and help the team deliver as more than the sum of it's parts. He definitely hasn't been great this year or on ...

"France coach Fabien Galthié says he has “no choice” but to name a weakened squad for next month’s test series in New Zealand." In the meantime he's named a squad for a warmup v an England XV: ...

Plenty of discussion on other threads wrt whether Tribe, having failed to take advantage of home-ground advantage v Blues should retain it but OTOH maybe Brums should've won a game or two more during ...

Actually thought it would be let go, or maybe a penalty to Crusaders, Blues were kind of spread and a great argument they had pillar and posts in preventing anyone coming from side? That's illegal now ...

Crusaders chief executive Colin Mansbridge said the ban was due to spectator safety, noting the "tight" confines at Apollo Projects Stadium. Why are they concerned with spectator safety, no-one from ...

Brumbies were right in it for 50 minutes, but when the Chiefs picked up their intensity around that point the Brumbies couldn't hang with them and seemed to get rattled. I'd disagree on Wright being ...

Insider source at RA tells me that an Origin type series is close and will feature soon. North vs South, NSW vs QLD.