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Good to see the force building the team around Western Australians like Godwin, Holmes, DHP and Longbottom. I imagine Turner, Burton and Hoskins will be in the EPS as well. They must be pretty much on par with ACT now in pro players.

I reckon Samo will play the 30 at 8. No doubt he will be fired up. Could well be his last game at Suncorp, and maybe even his last one for the reds.

I think I said it earlier but I will reiterate. Godwin and MMM are no doubt legitimately injured, but blokes play injured every week. If Foley (and the Force CEO) wanted them to play, I'm sure they would have. Foley picked a team missing 7 or so top line players. It's still an okay side, but...

I seem to remember reading something about tendons and ligaments not being able to cope with larger than normal muscle mass. But I'm no expert on the subject.

I reckon he would have picked up an EPS spot.

See Baabaa I don't really think a loss to the tahs is going to change much at the force at all. They are in a rebuilding year, have made heaps of progress in the quality of rugby they are playing, but simply don't have the depth and quality in the squad to be contenders in super rugby...

It was dumb for the tahs to let him go in the first place. Competent flyhalfs are essential for super rugby success. Are To'omua and Lilo both signed up in canberra? Maybe go after one of them.

When does the team get released? I'm tipping the Lions by 10-12. I think they will blow us away in the first half and it will be very hard to come back from that.

Some tickets still available. If you ring up one of the rugby clubs in brisbane they might be able to sell you some as well.

He was in the reds academy in 2011-2012 but he got an injury and got cut for 2013. Since then he has been playing for the Brothers club in Brisbane, scored a heap of tries. He probably would have been picked up by one of the super rugby teams for 2014 if he stayed around.

I'd argue history remembers what they won above their W/L percentage. Nick Mallet has a better coaching record with the springboks than Jake White, but he never won a World Cup with them. But none of this really matters because we've already established this isn't about the coach. It's about...

Do you really think it that black and white to the force board? I find it hard to believe the difference between sacking a bloke and keeping him on is 1 win in a super rugby game given the context of the week it was played. They would asses his performance on how the team functioned as a...

Granted the force were very long odds, but it really doesn't count for shit when the teams run out on the field. It's not like the Lions have never lost to a provincial team. And its not like our test ranking stops us losing to minnows like Samoa. Heck, the wallabies lost to munster a couple of...

You're joking. I love super rugby, but I'd trade any win Queensland has had this year in order to beat the lions. If you think the tahs game means more to the fans, why not compare the crowd and viewing numbers for a normal force game compared to what they pull for the lions game. (Keeping...

History doesn't remember a win against a team you play 2-3 times a year, every year. But beat the Lions and people will still talk about it 30 years later. I'm disappointed as a rugby fan, and I'd be downright pissed off if I was a force fan.

I think part of the problem is everyone seems to have a different opinion about where to play him. I saw him play a lot earlier in his career and thought he would be a 12 or 13 in the O'Driscoll mold. Many though he would be a halfback. Deans originally picked him at Fullback and he was exposed...

Yeah, I would rank them: Genia White Burgess Sheehan or Phipps as the 4th option.

I only buy this picking out of form players argument when they are proven class international players. It's fair to pick say Genia, Pocock or Horwill when they are a little out of form in super rugby because you know they can bring the goods in a Gold jersey. But picking guys like McCalman and...

I really hope not but its looking more and more like that. O'Connor is squandering some of his best years getting shifted around and not mastering a single position.

Even the apologists can't explain these selections.