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I thought Swinton looked the goods before being sent off. He brings to type of starch I want to see in a test 6. Could form a good combination with Hooper and Wilson. I thought Hooper had a great game (even by his standard). Still not sold on Hanigan at test level. If Samu is fit he should be...

This performance is an embarrassment to the indigenous jersey.

What the fuck is going on. Wallabies look like school boys

What the fuck is going on with the defensive structures from the wallabies. Its an absolute shit show. This is going to be a slaughtering

The 9 deal would potentially be a big gamble. My concern is that the ratings aren't to 9's liking and that the matches get moved to 1am Sunday in place of Mash re-runs or some shit. Then 9 dumps rugby when the contract is up and the Foxtel option is no longer there. I'd really love to know...

Honestly I'm not sure I'd be patting Hanigan on the back too much for his performance. He wasn't even the best performing backrower (which was Wilson). He was brought into the team to give us more of a presence in the lineout, to make tackles and to be a presence at the breakdown. Given that (a)...

I agree with this sentiment, although the concerning thing for me remains the inconsistency in performance; a ubiquitous trait of the Cheika era that Rennie hasn't cured yet. I'm fairly confident that the wallabies will win at least 1 of the next 2 games...I can't say I'm confident about their...

There honestly must be something in the water at eden park. The accuracy in defence was horrible. It seemed like the players were so keen to be physical in defence that they just threw the tackling technique out the window. The loss of To'omua hurt the team but didnt effect the result...

Not sure about hanigan. Hope he silences the doubters on sunday. Given the amount of opportunities he's been given he really needs to have a standout game.

This might be a stupid question, but why not play BB at 10? JB is perennially underrated and would be more than capable playing 15...from memory BB is half decent at 10.

Just rewatched the game. Having had another look at the grubber kick that To'omua made on the all blacks 10 metre line, i actually think the option wasnt that bad. He could clearly see koribete running at the line with speed and thought he might beat mckenzie to the ball. As it turns out...

Pretty weak if SA pull out. They could always come here early abd line up some warm up games against the OZ super sides if they are worried about being underdone. If i was RA id be on the phone to Japan Rugby.

3 Philip 2 JOC (James O'Connor) 1 Daugunu

The only change I'd make to the starting side would be to bring in Petaia if he's fit. For the bench:- Hosea for Simmons Wright for Valetini - no real issue with game this weekend, but if LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) is going to move to 6 in the second half, I'd prefer wright's work rate at the ruck

I don't disagree with idea that you need to rotate, but a few posters were suggesting the we'd get more out of Tupou having him come on in the final 20 minutes. That rubbish in my opinion. You want your best players on the field for as much of the game as possible. I think it would be dumb to...

Bit surprised at some of the negativity re To'omua. I thought he played his role well today. In general I like what he offers us at 12 - experienced, not afraid of contact, strong defensively, gives us a second playmaker and his kicking in general play can be very effective. A few of his kicks...

Honestly I think benching Tupou would be madness. He offers so much impact on attack and defence. He was one the only blokes out their winning the collisions in the first quarter. You want him playing at least 60 minutes. He definitely needs to work on his clean-outs but as far as i'm concerned...

Thats all well and good but if LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) or phillips get injured tomorrow then what. Our third best lock is Rob Fuckn Simmons FFS. There is still a talent gap in that area and we cant expect LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto)/Phillip to play 80 minutes of every game this year.

Yeh i dont know. For me its all about petaia's fitness. I thought paisami had a strong debut and id be more than comfortable seeing him in the starting side again next week, but for me if petaia is 100% fit, you pick him. Its like leaving folau out of the side - i rate him on that level....if...

Normally id say id agree but i reckon gardner will be well aware of the reports that his miss tonight might have cost us a win and he's hopefully also aware of the criticisms of the kiwi ref. He'll hopefully try to right the ship