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Really do appreciate the inside info you can bring. Quads are not easy to tear, once they go they go pretty badly. Super tough game from Colby playing through that. He put in some serious work at the ruck.

You're joking. Seriously shit news. Any idea what Harris is out with? 12 weeks isn't mucking around. Had some shocking luck with injuries lately. Anyone heard anything about Crawford?

No dice. I've been hyping Stirzaker for the last four years, can't let Graham undo all that hard work.

Entirely possible. I started drinking heavily about two minutes in.

I actually quite like Frisby. He's very different to an Aaron Smith/Nick Phipps type of guy, much more in the French/Saffa playmaking mould. Not sure he's what we need for Australia, but he's good enough at this level. McIntyre though, I don't see it at all. He's the classic 'just a guy.' I...

I didn't see the rib knock, I thought he was just completely cooked. Could definitely do worse than giving Colby a start though. Sure I saw somewhere that Stirzaker isn't going. Staying in Melbourne and getting 100% right. I like what Placid brought before he got injured. I'd start him at...

Well in that case I'm all aboard the win bandwagon. How good would a 2-zip start be? I'm feeling better about the game now than I did at the time. They were seriously extreme conditions. Then to lose your flyhalf, back up flyhalf, and then another reserve back within the first, what, 20...

Thoughts for next week? Off to Pretoria to face the Bulls, who just got slapped around by the Stormers. I'd normally see this as a great chance to get an all too rare win in the Republic, but given the injuries, the recovery from those conditions, plus the usual travel concerns, it's hard to...

1-0 boys and girls!

Only reason I can think is if it hit the post, the Force got it and went coast to coast. .001% chance of it happening but you never know. I would have had the shot.

Great to start the year with a win. Did well given the injuries and conditions, but huge improvements needed across the park.

True. Been a dreadful game.

For all the good stuff he's done, Hodge has made a completely unacceptable amount of errors

Exactly what it reminds me of. Aimless nonsense. McMahon and Reid are fun to watch. Hodge has been impressive all things considered. DHP has been the best player on the ground by a country mile.

Both teams are trying. They're just shit.

Point. But they seem to want to be getting smaller and faster, especially towards the end of games. Although that might just be because they've got a lot of good opensides, and no good locks.

Fuglistaller would just be overkill. It'd have to be another ball carrying type backrow, and I don't even know if we've got one of them? Glad Placid's getting a look.

Nope. But Harris doesn't have a fantastic boot, so a second fullback isn't exactly the worst option against a team that's traditionally played territory.

I think you'd need to put a gun to TTs head before he considered Crawford and Placid in the same 23. Dangerous things playmakers, they do stuff, they have ideas. That's a handy team though. Don't think it's quite finals, but it's not far off.

I take the point, but he did win NRC Player of the Tournament as a 7. And has two MotM efforts there for the Wallabies, albeit playing against dentists and accountants. I'm a huge fan of Colby for what it's worth. His linking game is probably the best of any openside in Australia. It'll be...