Recent content by chiraag

Rookie Paea v Tupou is a concern at scrum time. Thinking Cron was probably expecting Tupou off the bench and hopefully switches Coxon to start instead

Went off for an HIA, then came back on in the second half

Frustrating for us force fans to see Poolman continually getting picked ahead of Pasitoa and Leahy. While Poolman has shown a bit of improvement this year, I think most of us believe the other 2 should be getting selected before him. They've both got a much higher ceiling and need minutes

I'd say it's (c) for sure, and think it generally makes a lot of sense. You'd only need to be converting a kick for the corner into a try about 50% of the time to be better off not taking the 3. You also generally get more than 1 shot to convert a kick for the corner with opposition teams...

They're actually pretty close to each other (less than 2km). On opposite sides of the river, but they're adjacent stops on the same train line. I think we could've expected a crowd of around 8K without the heat and AFL at the same time. I know I left my kids at home given the heat, and am sure...

You do need to use a component of it though, to try and equalise teams and avoid gaming of the system (like we currently have RA doing to help out the Tahs & Reds). There should be a reasonable minimum percentage of each player's total salary (super salary + national team top up) that is...

3. Tizzano 2. Ikitau 1. Valetini

How does ending a dispensation make any sense for a team that has been consitently struggling with results since re-entering the competition, let alone without any reasonable transition period? Fair enough if some of the Wallabies or quality players from the Rebels were getting sent our way, but...

I'd say it'd be in regards to RA saying we have to lose our foreign players because of the extra rebels players being available, but then not actually getting any decent rebels players

3. Valetini 2. Faessler 1. Williams

Yeah, a bit different, but probably worth giving Valetini and McReight a breather after playing a lot of Super Rugby minutes. They're also a known quantity.

I think Joe will want to see what a few more in the squad can do, giving him the required info to pick the best team for Georgia and give them time to build into the RC. 1. Hodgman 2. Faessler 3. Tupou 4. Frost 5. Williams 6. Hooper 7. Wright 8. Wilson 9. White 10. Donaldson 11. Daugunu 12...

No lineout stats? Really need those to make a proper comparison, since that's one of Cale's main points of difference.

1 Marley Pearce 2 Tom Horton 3 Sam Talakai 4 Josh Canham 5 Jeremy Williams 6 Rob Valetini 7 Carlo Tizzano 8 Harry Wilson 9 Jake Gordon 10 Ben Donaldson 11 Bayley Kuenzle (I believe he ended up on the wing after Spink came on) 12 Hamish Stewart 13 Len Ikitau 14 Tim Ryan 15 Jock Campbell

What? Callan isn't unproven. According to All.Rugby stats Ollie Callan has played 1280 minutes of Super Rugby and Pone 1402. They're both in similar positions - quality players who aren't getting game time because there are players in their squads that are just above them and are performing...