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I do like that every time someone misspells Daugunu it comes up with (it’s Daugunu FFS). Hats off the the mod who set that up.

I think one of the great things is that when he was young he was one of those guys who copped a lot of stick. I remember reading it really took its toll on him and he left to get away from the negative attention as much as anything. To watch him now as a senior player who is clearly so...

I questioned whether Skelton really was a must pick. Especially as a starter. Very happy to have enormous servings of humble pie. Not only did he dispel my concerns about how our lineout would operate (with big thumbs up to the others there - particularly Frost) but he was awesome generally...

Tom Hooper - who has been great - but we actually have depth in the backrow now and players coming through and Langi Gleeson who was excellent in Super Rugby but barely played in the Lions series. And there is no reason these two guys can’t be included for the rest of this year under the current...

We can now. I would have thought the current series was an excellent example that the locally based players, complemented by a small number of OS based (in this case 1) can get the job done.

Did he mention what a shit show his second stint in the coaching role was at all.

I just don’t think ‘Follow Your Dreams (but don’t kid yourself’) has the same ring to it on the motivation circuit

Change tack somewhat (although still iinvolving Lynagh) just listening to the Between Two Posts interview with Jorgenson reminded me he is only 20. Sua’ali’i only 21 & Lynagh 22. All of them had some mistakes in them but hopefully a good foundation for our backline to go into the next couple of...

I’m going to move on from the nepotism discussion - other than to say some of the comments, IMO, have pretty clearly inferred Lynagh wouldn’t be in the Wallabies if he wasn’t Michael’s son. I think scrutiny of performance is fine. But there also needs to be context with regards to selection...

Serous question - selecting at what level? Who you know opens doors in every single industry. Rugby is clearly the same. I don’t doubt Sam Cordingley wasn’t running the rule over every young 10 playing in the UK. I don’t doubt that through junior ranks sone kids aren’t benefiting from being...

Of course there was particular interest in him because of his name and the connection with the Reds. And also the fact that Michael was his dad was no doubt a big factor in him wanting to play for the Wallabies so being willing to travel across the World and come here. But are you honestly...

You think Lynagh is getting limited criticism? Strange - cause there is plenty of it both on here and everywhere else. Go back and read last weeks posts. Lolesio copped plenty too - a decent amount over the top. I haven’t personally seen as much on Donaldson but I put that down simply to him...

In Joe’s press conference he does seem to imply that there may be some injury concerns with the starting props which is why he took them off at half time.

Can’t we do both???

No need for that sort of violence. Just take his head off in a break down clearance. Won’t even warrant a penalty ;)