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The faingaas are not on top ups, but folau is - which rounds off the 25 players. But yeah, of those staying I'd give Gill a top up over: Kepu/Slipper, Simmons, Dennis and Phipps. There is also an argument for McCabe IMO, but its one thats been done to death. Then you take into account those...

He's better than anyone you've got playing fullback at the moment though.

The tahs probably have a get out clause in hodges contract. It might cost them a bit but if it meant keeping Turner, Betham and Kingston I think it would be worth it. Beyond Phipps and Beale I can't really think of any players from other franchises worth going after. Maybe McCalman if Cheika...

I don't understand everyone talking up the reds. Will be a massive challenge to topple the 'landers at home. I'm tipping this to be the game of the year.

Yep, the fucking force will lose repeatedly to the worst teams in the competition and then come out and beat half the teams in their own conference.

In a calendar year I assume?

The bloke the reds really need to lock down is Hanson. He's hitting his straps and while I love Saia I think Hanson is the better player. Not to mention TPN is looking very average. Hanson could find himself becoming a regular wallaby for the next couple of seasons leading up to the WC.

I makes you wonder about who they are putting in the top 25 above gill. Granted on last seasons test form the pecking order is Pocock, Hooper and then Gill, but Gill is easily the best player in the country not in the starting 22. I think it is fair to say he is in the top 25 in the country...

I don't think they offered him a good enough contract. I realise the ARU don't have unlimited funds, but when you look back at the people who where getting ARU contracts around that point in time (Mumm, Chisolm, McCalman, Chapman, Brown, Cross, Ma'afu etc.) it makes you wonder if they were...

Pocock was a level above on that tour, he was rightly promoted. But Smith still had enormous value for the wallabies, off the bench or playing at 8.

I don't think getting dropped pushed smith out of Australian Rugby. I think he saw a wallaby team, coach and organisation that was not convincing enough for him to turn down a very lucrative toulon offer for. It's not a line of thinking I can really comprehend but if I had played over 100...

How did gillespie go for wests? And is that bloke Tasi back yet?

I dont think he should have taken to twitter but I can understand why he did it. Beale needs to pull his fucking head in and stop pissing away his talent. If he had the work ethic of pocock he'd be an all time great rather than an average wallaby.

Jono Lance doesnt make enough mistakes to be considered for the wallabies just yet. Wait till he starts dropping the ball regularly and comes back from the off season with a beer gut; then we'll talk.

1 Cowan 2 Charles 3 Faulkner 4 Pyle 5 MMM 6 Cottrell 7 Alcock 8 Higgers 9 Mathewson 10 Ebersohn 11 Mafi 12 Godwin 13 Cummins 14 JOC (James O'Connor) 15 Beale 16. Whittaker 17. Manu 18. Neville 19. Jones/Brown 20. Hodgeson 21. Phipps 22. Woodward/Inman/Vuna Pretty decent team. Still short a genuine flyhalf...

I reckon the force are about a 50/50 chance of signing him at the moment. Might also nab his brother Simon who is quite good. It really depends on how Harris, Lance and Toua perform; Morahan might yet become an integral part of the team. Also what happens in Melbourne with Beale. He turned...

Back onto the rugby. Henderson is getting shown up every game. Hand on the ground at nearly every scrum. He needs to be replaced. I reckon your third string hooker Leafa is worth a punt ahead of robinson.

I like godwin at 12, think either 12 or 13 will be his position long term.

Reds scrum was also surprisingly good.

I was at the ground and I thought it was a pretty exciting game. Genia is phenominal, the stuff he does off the ball in defence (which you don't see on tv) is just amazing. Cooper finding a bit of form was also good to see. Reds played like it was 2010 again, throwing it round, making the...