Les Fidji quasi inchangés contre la Géorgie

So it was the 12/13 axis that won the 3rd test? Not the Lions pack that utterly assaulted the Wallabies?

Did you even watch it?

I keep a little dog under my desk. He’s called Teddy Rocksteady. He wears one of those vintage Munster rugby jerseys from the 70s. He handles all my technical requests.

I’d just say, “Teddy - block Edward!” and the wee lad hops up to the computer and does it. He’s magic. Does my tax returns too.

I’d never block you though.

I’d never block you, Ed. Never.

I think it’s all mindset with the Boks and they obviously target RWC more than others. Rassie is pragmatic. They know what they need to do and seemed to be among the first of the test nations to treat the modern game as four 20 min quarters rather than a game of two halves. Take a bow, Rassie.

They play expansive rugby to get to knockouts but then change the game plan. They are the only nation to look like 2 different teams in a tournament. 1 team in the pools, another in the business end. It’s certainly not a criticism. It absolutely works for them.

18 PTS would be enough to have won EVERY edition of the previous 10 RWC finals.

15 PTS would have won 80 % (or 90% as the 2003 final went to extra-time and Oz only scored 14 PTS inside the 80 mins).

7 PTS - incredibly - would have won 3 finals!

You’ve made a great point about Durban and it’s something plenty of the Irish media missed. A one PT win after back-to-back drop goals. And yet the same media enjoy ridiculing the Boks for their 10-man game. Our boys were treated like returning war heroes. Double standards.

It’s a new code of rugby they are building down in Oz. A crazy hybrid between union, league and AFL skillsets. Their running, ball in hand play looks scary. If they go toe to toe I think the Wallabies will roast them.

He always wanted Roberts and Davies at centre and couldn’t select them until the 3rd test because of injury. That’s fine. Dropping GOD is not.

I hope O’Driscoll did a poo in Fatland’s letterbox.

As we know, the RWC is a whole different beast & pre RWC results will count for nothing. My concern with the Black Ferns is the development of the pack, & game planning. Watching very closely over the next few weeks with baited breath . . . lol