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So after all that they end up picking mostly country blokes in the starting team. Should be a good game.

He's more of a flake than Cooper. I think if it gets to that point with injuries, Deans will move O'Connor to the wing and bring Beale or Cooper in at flyhalf.

He'd take Shmoo over Betham surely?

As someone said above when O'Connor's at flyhalf he looks like he's playing hot potato with the ball. There is no purpose or deception in his play, he is either going to take it to the line himself or pop pass it to a close runner. When he plays in the wider channel he looks a completely...

Why would they include a Lock/6 when they already have one in Dennis? Why not go with a back up LH lock in case Simmons goes down?

I wonder if Hill stays on will he be getting new assistants?

Part of me reckons Foley is fleeing south purely to avoid having to play outside Phipps again.

Surely the Rebels will wait until after the U20's before signing a Hooker+lock for next year.

It could work but I have doubts about Inmans passing game. Sitauti or English at 12 might also work. Of course I'd love to see O'Connor run out there but it looks like it will never happen.

People probably said the same thing about Conrad Smith.

So he replaces Rokobaro, Beale or Kingi in the squad? Good signing, I'd like to see him play 13.

I think O'Connor will either stay in Melbourne or head back west.

I dont see the point in losing Foley when he has arguably been the most improved Tah this season and has looked like their best flyhalf prospect in many years. Beale has played his best rugby at the back, in tests at 10 he was nothing special. Furthermore Folau fits the Winger/Fullback mold...

The rebels don't want them any more. At least not on their current salaries.

Happy to see Beale progressing with his rehab though. Hope the randwick game is on ABC this week.

I find it hard to believe he wouldn't have been stood down regardless. And if he wasn't stood down he would have had to deal with his team mates thinking he's a fluffybunny whose received special treatment. Maybe it would have been spun in a bit better PR wise if Vuna didn't go public, but the bloke...

Samo played like it was his last reds game ever on the weekend. Granted he ran out of gas after 60 minutes, but still a very decent performance from the old bloke. His work from the back of the scrum is first class.

Reds lacking penetration in the backs. A bit of that can be put down to the forwards not being able to execute a long line-out accurately and at speed. I'd like to see hanson start. The stormers defence is nearly always the best in the comp, and you could see tonight the reds gameplan...

So why not name another player somewhere else, and then bring a 5/6 option in for the final 6? Unless he is going to have Dennis in the 23, which would be pretty scandalous considering the form of the other contenders, there is no point having him in the squad at all.

Yep. Higgers, Mowen and Palu can play 6/8 better. Countless better locks. He is only useful on a 4/3 bench playing the lock/6 role, but even then, I reckon MMM can do it better.