All Blacks - Grand Slam Tour.

[Colin]

Our luck Canada will end up in Pool A and have another RWC without a win.

[Nervous Jock]

Canada will probably be Americas 1 and USA Americas 2 unless someone like Uruguay has a blinder.

I think NZ have more of a chance of blowing it in the pool against France, I can almost hear the choking from here now.

Scotland have got away Scot free (ha ha) being able to do over both the Saxons & Argies although 3 years is a bit away. C & D are definitely the harder groups.

Remember the bulk of the Georgians play top 14 and 1st div in France, they will be no mugs. Prob them and Romania to be Europe 1 & 3.

The real farce is that they are using the seedings now and not at least this time next year

[###KILTEDKIWI###]

I think NZ have more of a chance of blowing it in the pool against France, I can almost hear the choking from here now.

that all depends if "Wayne - a man that should never travel alone in NZ Barnes" referres it again...lulz.

Nah, world "coup" in NZ, if they lose, they will be kicked off the islands and given passports stating they are aussies...

[thanmuwa]

Munster vs mid week all blacks, was the best game of ruggers i have seen in years...

hope that the men smash the english this weekend to shut all those whinging pom sports writers up...

Yeah, three cracking games, Munster, England and Wales v Oz.

I think we (Ireland) should do what Wales did last 6 Nations and just play a club side as the national side . As a bonus, we could just play the proper national anthem too, instead of that awful "Together standing tall" guff .

[Nervous Jock]

As a bonus, we could just play the proper national anthem too, instead of that awful "Together standing tall" guff .

Nothing like being inclusive

[An t-Ileach]

I think we (Ireland) should do what Wales did last 6 Nations and just play a club side as the national side .

Or, as they say in Swansea, "Ospreys, also known as the Welsh RFU".

As an aside, you know that Swansea (the "All Whites" in those days) once beat an All Blacks touring side - I think that was back in the 1920s or sometime.

[An t-Ileach]

Our luck Canada will end up in Pool A and have another RWC without a win.

Canada are getting good; I wouldn't let the scores in this recent tour speak too loudly. Hopefully by the coming RWC they'll be even better. Do they have a Kiwi coach, by any chance? It was having a Kiwi coach that turned it around for Wales - until that silly bugger who succeeded him screwed it all up again. Now they've got Warren Gatland, another Kiwi, and things are back on track. If only Scotland would take a leaf out of Wales's book and show Frank Hadden the door. There are enough NZ-Scots to provide a good coach (and beef up the side too): that way they might thrash England and win the Calcutta Cup again this year.

[Colin]

Do they have a Kiwi coach, by any chance?

Why yes, we do happen to have a Kiwi coach http://www.rugbycanada.ca/index.php?lang=en&page_id=113

[An t-Ileach]

Ah, Colt Crowley. Having an ex-All Blacks coach seems to be the essential ingredient for success at the moment.

[###KILTEDKIWI###]

Ah, Colt Crowley. Having an ex-All Blacks coach seems to be the essential ingredient for success at the moment.

ole K Crowley was a pretty damn good ruggers player back in the day, didnt even know that he was attempting to guide the maple syrup drinkers towards playing better games.

Yeah i wouldnt say all ex all blacks are 100 % successful being coaches, take JK (John Kirwan) great player, coached italy, and well yeah nuff said there...oh and Deano is coaching australia now, and they have improved, but not in leaps and bounds...