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I would say no to question one. I don't think the law is unclear. It says what he needs to do when he goes to ground. Yes to question two. In relation to question three, continuing to be part of the maul should result in a penalty to Australia for obstruction.

What do we think on the maul try by Malcolm Marx where he stumbles and his knee hits the ground (and he potentially loses his bind) on the way to the try line? According to the laws, has the ball carrier not gone to ground and is required to play it? Even if his bind was determined to stay...

3. Wright 2. Koroibete 1. Bell

Go for it.

Was it or is this just kind of where we are at? While I agree we could have been better I also think we could have played much worse. Did we play worse against South Africa last week than against Georgia a couple of weeks before? Were we much better in either test against Wales?

Believe it or not the coach has watched these players train.

I'm not really sure it's reasonable to suggest that the number one ranked side in the world only cares about the RWC. If they lose this week then sure, criticize Rassie for making so many changes but they are starting heavy favourites and it would be a big surprise if they don't win after the...

He also has the luxury of really good depth. I also think it's part of managing so many foreign based players. He can't just select a squad of 34 and keep them together for the whole Rugby Championship.

I don't know but I also think we need to treat it differently to local players. You are upending their lives getting them to travel across the world for two weeks at a time. You have to plan ahead and consider their schedule and make it clear when you want them and what for. I don't think it...

This stuff sucks. It's slowly changing but didn't we get something similar out of Wales just last year? England not too long before that?

I think we do too. I think it's hard to go wrong if your aim is to select the best team available each and every game though (and availability includes overseas players but with an understanding that they can't play every game). Trying to predict who are going to be your best players in 2 years'...

I think we need to move past this concept that we are trying to arrive at a settled team that is going to be our long term team. That is particularly hard when we clearly have some superior players who aren't available all the time. I think you want as many good players involved as possible in...

They're utilising a lot more players without being forced to and for a substantial amount of their games, the distances to travel are a lot shorter with far fewer time zones crossed. I think RA absolutely needs to embrace selecting more overseas based players more often but they also need to...

I mean that Channel 9 pays a lot to the NRL to broadcast NRL games. They then sell a lot of ads at high values during NRL games and there is a significant slant towards sports betting advertising. I don't really watch FTA TV but I would guess that the sports betting advertising is far more...

The interconnection between the value of sports rights and gambling advertising revenue is the major issue in my view. Sports rights are among the biggest and best assets for FTA TV channels and the bulk of sports betting advertising is linked with those broadcasts. If the advertising is banned...

We got outplayed in every facet of the game. It's hard to pinpoint a particular area we need to fix via unusual selections to close the gap.

So you'd rather select a player out of position against the World Champions for his test debut?

It seems like a foolhardy exercise to decide that Tizzano after his debut against the World Champions needs to be replaced by someone who isn't a regular 7 and has only played there against significantly weaker opposition. Certainly doesn't seem a likely decision to me.

I would argue that the lineout has not finished so the front pod players are effectively still competing to win the lineout.

The biggest change with players going to France is that historically it was Wallabies at the end of their career trying to get a final lucrative contract. It wasn't the strongest competition then. Now it is a much stronger competition and far more of the Australians there are mid career and...