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I'd honestly be surprised if we saw Foley selected on Saturday. He got some good game time against South Africa and the coaches already know what he offers. Rotating White and Genia I'm not too fussed about because I think both are in good form. But If I had to wager a guess I'd say we'll see...

I was using him as an example of someone who hasn't had any game time yet in the Rugby Championship. If you're asking what is the possible advantage of rotating players ahead of a world cup, ask the coaches.

I guess if your main priority is to win the world cup then the rotation policy seems to have some merit, particularly given that we went all the way to the WC Final in 2015 using that approach. Plus I'm mindful that, strangely, statistically we're actually much more likely to win the world cup...

Re that proposed squad, I can't see any backrowers others than Pocock and Jones being added to that squad, barring fitness issues. It seems clear from the consistent selection of LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) at 6 that Cheika prefers a talk lock type player in that role (at least in the absence of Pocock). TPN v Ulese...

The fact that the current sports-bet line for the All Blacks -14.5 says a lot about how rat shit we are at playing at Eden Park. Over the last 5 years we've lost by an average of just over 28 points in every game we've played there. The 10 years prior is a little bit more respectable but even...

I actually didn't mind that little grubber in the context of the game

Personally I think the red card should be punishment enough, but I would think a week on the sidelines is likely.

No chance. Only an idiot would change the 9/10 after handing the All Blacks their biggest ever defeat.

Yeh Hansen's got some tough decisions to make this week. Surely he has to go back to playing Barrett at 10? He seemingly ended up playing there anyway. Is Ryan Crotty fit? If so, they surely must play him. Do they recall Sonny Bill? Having lost Retallik and now possibly Scott Barrett...

3.White 2.Hooper 1.Kerevi

Just re-watched the game with sober eyes. a few general thoughts... - Hard to find a bad performance in that 23. A few bench players didn't get a chance to show us much, but no shockers. - the Wallabies pack won the collision for most of the night. That, coupled with some excellent service...

Bit concerned about this team. Cheika seems to love playing guys out of position and there's a strong chance we'll pay for it on Saturday. The only hope we have is to beat them at set piece. If the scrum and lineout can get the upper hand we might be able to stay in striking distance. Otherwise...

Yeh I don't think we'll see the Pooper starting a test match again. It worked for a while until teams worked out how to counter it. If you know you're coming up against the Pooper, I think you can prepare a game plan to take advantage of the deficiencies it creates, most notably in the line-out...

Couldn't remember if that was last year or the year before. I'm getting old I guess. Still it wasn't that long ago that we were considering him one of our only "world class" tight five forwards. I'm surprised how many people are prepared to throw him on the scrapheap at only 27. I can only...

I'd like to see Hodge replaced by Banks and AAA in for Kepu. Poey on the bench if fit I'd also chuck Coleman on the bench in place of Simmons. Simmons hasn't really made an impact off the bench. I think Coleman has the potential to make an impact. He was just about our best forward in 2018...

3. Naisarani 2. Genia 1. Arnold

I'm kinda of excited to see how the wallabies attack functions with Lilo at 10. The guy put in a really mature Super Rugby campaign. Mostly good decision making and has shown an ability to create tries. I'd say the same of Foley, but I think Lilo has been in better form than Foley this year...

Honestly I'm a bit surprised at all the people on this board singing Hooper's praise. There seems to be this suggestion that simply because Hooper is busy and gets to more rucks than the rest of our players that somehow means he was one of the best on field. Whoever plays 7 for the Wallabies is...

Wallabies look the better side in this contest so far. If they keep this up theyll be unlucky to lose

To be honest, the only weakness in our team that seems clear after that first half was our captaincy. Absolute stupidity not to take the 3 points on offer. FFS. Hooper is boardline incompetent as our decision maker