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Had a look on the ticketek site last night. Certainly looks to be at least 90% sold. there are a handful of nose bleed sections that still have large portions of empty seats but other than that every section is 99% full. given that the people of Brisbane are notorious for waiting until the day...

Like that team Slim. Looking at Kerevi's stats it's hard to see how you could leave him out of the starting side, but i do agree that Cheika is not going to re-invent the wheel. test to waters from the bench in this series and see how he fairs at 12 and 13. I think he's going to be a star for...

I imagine Toby Smith will be groomed as a THP and developed in that position over the next few years

Choosing 4 no.7s would look odd for any other international squad, but it seems to me Cheika decided last year that one of the trademarks of his wallabies outfit is that it will play 2 world class sevens on the field at all times, and possibly a 3rd on the bench. if Pocock ever goes down injured...

agree completely with this. I don't mind the squad because I have faith that Cheika knows what he's doing. There's a few older guys that I might not want in my ideal 23 (ex. Palu) but Cheika demonstrated last year that having old heads in a competitive squad can benefit the team. On the other...

I wouldn't play Folau at 13, but I'd certainly think about playing him on the wing if we are shortly genuine options. It's probably a good time for Cheika to start developing some options at 15 ahead of TRC given that Beale is out of the picture. Both HP or Hunt and have the potential to be test...

If Pocock is not available, I'd happily play McMahon and Hooper together. McMahon is just too good to leave out of the team. Plus there are no other stand-out in terms of no.8 options. It doesn't quite have the nice balance that the Pooper offers, but its still a dangerous combo. After all...

A lot of talk about the viability of the Western Force this season. I actually don't mind the idea of completely relaxing the 'foreign player' rules for the Force - something they discussed on Rugby Live this week. They are always going to struggle with recruitment and another few seasons of...

The talk about the poor performance of the Aussie sides this season is all a bit over blown. Yes I've been disappointed with the performance of all the teams, but it is what it is. From my point of view the issue is really that the kiwi sides this year are on average, considerably better than...

Coming off such a successful world cup, I highly doubt we'll see Cheika reinvent the wheel. Guys like Arnold and Holloway aren't likely to be in the 23 for the Suncorp game, but I'd like to see them get a run at some stage if we manage to take control of the series. I see Naiyaravoro as a...

Reds actually looking pretty decent on attack. Kerevi in particular is looking dangerous. He's showing some of that form that had him in the wallabies selection frame last year. Hopefully we can keep it up in the second half!

Interesting that Cheika mentioned that he met with a bunch of younger players overseas that he would like to lure back from overseas. Unfortunately no one of the panel thought to ask him to name some players. Would love to know who' on his radar. anyone have any insight? would like to think PAE...

Thats more like it. Some good rugby played by the reds including some quality tries. Hopefully we can build from this. Tough luck not to hold on for the win but this is now a relatively inexperienced team (especially their bench) that isnt use to winning. Its going to take time to turn it around...

Thought morahan and DHP looked impressive. Also Tomane has to be the best winger in the country atm.

I'd be very surprised if Kepu wasn't brought in for the Bledisloe Cup games. Cheika will want to throw everything at it.

The cupboard looks a bit bare right now, but it'll quickly fill up. I'm honestly really excited to see how this year plays out in terms of the national squad. A lot of the younger guys are likely to cut their teeth in the June Test Series and then some of the big players from overseas will...

I'm hardy going to shed a tear. He was at the heart of the cultural problems in our national squad for a long time. He was in some cracking form at the world cup, but overall he hasn't done much in Gold and hasn't been a regular starter in recent years. I imagine Cheika will continue to select...

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I agree that Phil Mooney might be worth consideration for an interim coach (at least until a successor can be scouted). I think his work for the reds in 2008/2009 was probably underrated, although he clearly had taken the young squad as far as he could at the time given his lack of experience...

I'd like to hear more of Sharpe too. I think he's better than the likes of Horan.