"Miracle" return for Toeava

So. Isaia Toeava appears to have made a miraculous recovery from the bone fracture that was set to keep him side lined for an undeterminable period of time, and it appears the miracle made depend on whether or not the Blues beat the Reds and make the S15 final.

Whilst McCaw, also out with some complex sounding complication around a metal pin that may or may not need to be removed, replaced or reinforced is also back into the Crusaders.

Woodcocks moon boot worries that may have "seen him out of the world cup" appear to have abated just in time for the first training camp.

With another raft of injured AB first picks synchronising their returns to fitness and Henry suggesting the 3N squad may be an e x p a n d e d one...

It a l m o s t sounds like a kind of Rest and Rotation. Eerie.

I n t e r e s t i n g.

Hmmm....don't speak of the dreaded R & R around here...gives me the heebie jeebies and also visions of players frolicking in pedalos in Corsica

Yes Master Jedi Henry does still seem to see some extra 'specialness' in this one it seems. Wait and see...we will.

Mintie wasn't Andrew Flintoff giving them lessons?

Yep, in between psychology lessons entitled “keeping cool under pressure with victory insight” from Allan Donald

chewed_mintie wrote:Yep, in between psychology lessons entitled “keeping cool under pressure with victory insight” from Allan Donald

Hahaha nice one Mintie. Think the Kangaroos must have had a session with Donald before the league World Cup final!

This might be going off topic ever so slightly, but it never ceases to amaze how much better the Kiwis perform when they’ve been in camp for a few weeks prior to a tournament. Compare this to the (up to a few years ago) annual Anzac annihilation, it is usually described best as a remarkable turnaround.

Never underestimate the effect on the underdogs of being in camp...........