Dicks of the week.

There's been a lot of support for him too with offers from decoraters and paint companies to waterblast and repaint his house. So there's also some good people out there too.

Dicks of the week.

Agreed, it is only a game. Although try telling that to a guy I know who $100 on a draw for the match. He was planning a lot worse than just an egg when I last saw him.

Which is why I never gamble, least of…

The coaching change – that's nuts.

Nah, it's genius – everyone knows they were getting stale. Next step is to swap Rodders and Milsy round. Joe must be gutted he didn't think of swapping with whoever wears No. 9 these days.

The stuff story quoted Henry as saying that he…

It's a country with a proper indigenous language that also provides a finishing school for NZ international coaches....

Are you talking about Wales?

It's a country with a proper indigenous language that also provides a finishing school for NZ international coaches....

Mutter mutter mutter where's Gavin Henson when you need him ?

his kids have been hassled on Facebook

Pitchfork justice in the 21st century.

His house got egged, his kids have been hassled on Facebook and he's considering giving up refereeing.

Dicks of the week.

is that coaching failure? Didn't seem that way to me, seemed like execution mostly.

I agree

His house got egged, his kids have been hassled on Facebook and he's considering giving up refereeing.

That's horrid. I'd hate to imagine if that try had been to win the game.

Have you guys tracked down that touch-judge from Thursday’s game and driven him out of town yet?

His house got egged, his kids have been hassled on Facebook and he's considering giving up refereeing.

But yeah...

49 tests since his debut and he's played 22.

On Henry sneaking Hanson out the back door, refer to South Africa's game plan this year. Henry has reluctantly given up on the style they want to play (attacking) and will put his…

@TS,
Have you guys tracked down that touch-judge from Thursday’s game and driven him out of town yet?

Yeah, how much would it suck for him, being from Napier as he is. Apparently he called in sick to work to his day job on Friday.

@GL,
I suspect Alec De M didn’t do himself many favours after deciding he needed a rest following sitting on the All Black bench for 3 months before playing for Waikato.

Seriously,…

He does the right kind of name for an international series too!

I'm sure they'll be able to pick up some hookers while they're over there

One suspects they'll be keeping that sort of behaviour for after they get knocked out of the 2011 World Cup.

I'm picking a "Mike Brewer" type incident when one of the hookers goes down, and Anton…

Only two hookers?

And injury prone ones at that. Don't they usually take three on tours like this?

I'm sure they'll be able to pick up some hookers while they're over there

I'm utterly baffled by the coaching change though.

Two things have to be considered. First of all, it seems the senior players had a near revolt before the last Bledisloe test in Wellington, so Henry and co. have had to make some changes in their style. Secondly, these are the…

Only two hookers?

And injury prone ones at that. Don't they usually take three on tours like this?

Yup.

And given the lineout problems they've had all year, surely the last thing we want is hooker to get injured the day before a test and have to put a prop…

Hansen was a great forwards coach, and Smith was a genius.

And now they’re telling us that’s not the case?

Henry talked yesterday about the…

And injury prone ones at that. Don't they usually take three on tours like this?

Otherwise the team looks about right.

I'm utterly baffled by the coaching change though.

Pretty clearly an admission that Hanson hasn't had it all year, and that Henry is stepping in to rescue the forwards, and that senior players have been kicking up a fuss about the coaching. The stuff story quoted Henry as saying that he hadn't…