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Fancy having Scott Sio on the bench. What a luxury.

Yeah I'm thinking about heading out too. The Westconnex tunnel means it's now quicker and easier for me to drive to ANZ than it is to get to the SFS/SCG. The Brumbies should win fairly comfortably given it's 1st vs 4th. It will likely unfold like the Super Rugby match pre-shutdown, where the...

I've fleshed my commentary thoughts out a bit more on the front page: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/calling-callers-fox-sports-needs-better/

Ramm doesn't look like much physically but he's been damn impressive so far. I'm also enamoured by Maddocks at fullback. He just looks good. I'm not sure if he even is that good, but he looks good. Burke-esque.

Obviously there's a budget issue and we can't afford a stable of commentators like we used to have, but the AFL do it so well on Fox. They have the older vets like Dunstall, Lyon and Healey to give a bit of gravitas, but then younger recently retired guys like Nick Riewoldt, Jonathon Brown...

My issue with Gregan, Kearns and Horan are that they just don't seem to know much about the players. You rarely ever hear 'I liked how XXX played in the NRC last year'. Or 'His form in the U20 World Cup was impressive'. Or 'He's been tearing it up for GPS in club rugby'. They knew nothing...

Judging Harrison and all the U20s crop on a game-to-game basis is a bit silly. They are so young and if we set the bar at consistent excellence then we are setting ourselves up for disappointment. The only one of the U20s who has produced consistent excellence is Harry Wilson. That guy is...

Walton and Harris were a bit hard done by on Saturday. I thought they played OK against a fired-up Force team who played 60 really good minutes. Hunt and Dempsey then came on and looked sensational against some very tired legs. I generally think Hunt and Dempsey should be starting, but if...

Yeah that's a great idea.

I have a feeling it's about right, and the Tahs will win comfortably. My logic (apart from being one-eyed) is that for all their inexperience the Tahs are fielding a settled line-up with match practice. The Force are fielding a new 9-10, will surely be rusty (when was their last game?) and...

Golden try would see a similar result IMO. The risk of a turnover in your own half is just too high. Teams get really conservative playing NRL Golden Point as well, it tends to be a lot of one-out hit-ups and then a field goal attempt if a team is in range. Never champagne stuff. The only...

Really? I'm high on McDermott. Snipes well, passes well from the base, and has a good long kicking game. As it stands I'm picking him in the 23 as a backup to White.

I didn't mind the second half, though dysfunctional set piece had a way of ruining the flow of the game. I liked Wilson and LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto)'s workrate. McDermott is class. Unlike others I thought To'omua controlled the game pretty well and was the standout Rebels back (with Koro). That's about all...

It's semantics, but Beale rarely played 15 for the Waratahs. His first stint was spent at 10, and his second stint at 12 with Izzy at fullback.

Fascinating that the Kiwis are all big fans of Gus Gardner.

No idea how we sign international talent without serious PE investment. Or RA discovering vast oil reserves beneath their HQ in Moore Park.

Has Brad Thorn had a stroke? This is very unlike him. A nice win, good team effort and he keeps the same 23 without tinkering in a bunch of important positions? Not one key player rested, rotated or sent away for unknown reasons? What a strange time we are living in.

The 10 debate is a great one to have, and at this stage there is no right answer. You could tell me any of the four Super 10s will start the first Bledisloe and I wouldn't be shocked. The boring answer is it's really too early to tell who is best for our Wallaby set-up. The conservative option...

If Jordan Petaia is fit and healthy, he starts in my Wallaby XV. I've forgotten many things about the 2019 World Cup, but his performance in the QF is not one of them.

I have no idea of the machinations of making this happen, but I'd love to see a series between Australia A and the NZ Maori, or a Pacific Islands team of some description, or even a Baabaas team. If the only out-and-out Test matches we play this year are against the ABs, it's probably too high...