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Yes, Bell came off his man. Got to trust the bloke next to you or it just will not work.

The good news is that our defence was better in the second stanza but there were still holes. Not so much on the flanks though. Is it the system or that our players are not defending how they are supposed to? Of course its a bit late to change it for next week but maybe moving forward there...

Got to get the defence right. If they are making mistakes with people shooting out of the line at the wrong time then the system seems to not be working. We are giving teams so much space out wide. The Boks kept us very quiet, as did Los Pumas. Giving teams an early lead will never work with us...

Our defensive system is giving space to every opposition out wide. If we can just fix this we will all of a sudden become competitive. We can score points but other sides can score freely against us and always score more, sometimes a lot more. Is Fischer our defence dude? I think we need...

Tahs will have him, Bowen and Lawson Creighton as 10 options. Looking strong in the halves as well now.

More hopeful. He is only 30 and when brought back last time was returning from injury.

Pietsch off to the west

Folau was much better at 15 but that was where we needed him and he did not have the history in the game that Sua'ali'i has. Lenny is also an option to move to 12. That is a long way off from now. As it stands the centre partnerships we have had over the past few years have lacked size and...

Yeah, well there is that. He is a big strong bloke who is dominant in League and played rugby for most of his life. Cheika thinks he will be very good and we are struggling in the midfield. Our best right now ain’t getting it done. I’d guess 13 or 15 will be his gig eventually, like Folau.

I’m surprised that Lonergan is not in the mix. He has a good combo with Noah and I would put him ahead of White and at least on par with Gordon prior to the test season. Hopefully he makers the EOYT.

Kailea should come onto the bench in the next test. I would have thought that Nonggorr would have been in the squad to get some time off the bench. Problem we have with TT is the bench guy needs to be ready to play 70 mins. I would take Canham over Blyth every day of the week. It’s unlikely he...

Most test props will play a half and a bit these days. Look at SA. They split the time between starters and the bomb squad front row. You would expect our props to play through the first half and then go for another 10-15 in the second after a break if required. With most opposition we should be...

12 - Kerevi. 13 - Sua'ali'i Otherwise Lenny at 12 could work. Paisami as well.

Jorgo will not get a run at 10 with the Tahs. They have Edmed, Bowen and Lawson Creighton. I reckon LC is the best of the 3. I would start Toole next week and let Jorgo come off the bench, or have a rest. Wright and McReight to slot straight back in. Kailea on to the bench.

Most of them are fit. Bell is a couple of games back and needs to be managed. TT is not fit enough…no doubt. We really missed LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) to continue the physicality but our defence was horrible. We need a new defence coach and modern system.

Sam Carter is at The Force. Scott Sio, Tom Staniforth, Irae Simone, Matt Philip and there are others. They don’t need superstars but depth and some more experience. Anyway, it will be interesting to see what happens on the EOYT and beyond. We need a competitive squad for the BILs and I suspect...

So what are the powers that be going to do about it? What steps are being taken to strengthen our pathways. What exactly are RA planning to do in the face of a crumbling Super Rugby and now SA and NZ deleting the 26, 28 and 30 RC games? They need to be seen to be taking action reasonably quickly. They...

We lack experience in our 23. Argentina had almost double the caps we had on the weekend and most of ours are with Slips, who probably should not be there. Experience throughout the squad represents success at test and RWC level, pure and simple. Super Rugby is a shot bird and we now have 20%...

Maybe Staniforth in the second row ahead of the Arnolds would be a good pick. Gill and McMahon likely past it now. Last time McMahon came back he was not worth a spot in the 23. Kerevi is 30 and still has some running in his legs if fit. MK has been disappointing this year. It might have been...

There is no point in trying to find logic in any of that. It is RA after all. Those players allowed to slip away while there is another ridiculous deal on the table for a league player. No top up for Liam Wright? He must have been torn when asked to captain the Wallabies. Nucifora walks again to...