Recent content by The Red Baron

Without critiquing anything else, there's an issue straight away with playing Paisami in that backline in the current system. The idea of hanging back is to present a wall to the attacker, which requires the whole defensive line to be connected. The second Paisami rushes up for a big hit, the...

I agree @molman , I reckon Edmed will get the tap on the shoulder. He's been around the squad before, and I don't think Schmidt is interested in bringing in O'Connor or Foley.

Scrappy game from the Wallabies but got there in the death. Harry Wilson is a machine. I'd almost feel bad for Fiji if they weren't cheap shot merchants.

ABs will be filthy with that game. Watch them put 50 on the frogs next week.

Good try scumbags. Now do it again. I hate myself for having to go for the Tahs, but it's the Lions, there isn't any way I'm going for that filth.

And how's that any different to the 20 years previous to that? Obvious troll is obvious.

I don't mind having Frost start this one. I feel his does a lot of small things well that tend to go unnoticed, plus Swain and LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) have had a run recently.

That's shaping up to be a good team, although I think Sotutu and Samu should swap jerseys. Shift AJ Lam to the right wing, Havili to the centres and Stevenson to fullback and it's not far off I reckon.

So, high balls it is then?

Is the RA in the room with us?

They're not playing the rebels you know...

^ Check out this bunch of losers. Hope the Force smash them.

Ikitau had a cracking game I thought. He always seems to take the right option in the outside channels. He caught the Force napping with that pick and drive try.

Why don't they organise for a combined ANZ team to play a combined Turkish-German side? Seems more apt to me.

Agree. Williams was a menace in tight all afternoon and Donaldson really took advantage of the platform the forwards gave him. The Force finally looked cohesive. I thought Mac Grealy played well today too.