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We still wont be full strength. Alexander's being rested.

Selections this weekend will be interesting to Git's and Lilo's selection chances. If Cheika goes with Gits at 12, you'd have to say Lilo is going to miss out on the world cup. If he goes with Lilo, IMO its a pretty clear concession from Cheks that he doesn't see Gits as an option to start at...

Very happy to know Hooper will be playing next Saturday. Cant wait to see a bit of Pooper late in the game. Pocock to start, Hooper off the bench.

Doesn't have to be Mars. Any one of the other 194 countries on earth will suffice

I still think there's a good chance we'll see Douglas off the bench against the All Blacks at Eden Park, provided he's fit. Cheika seems pretty keen on using him and he'll want to give him game time before the US game. I think one problem we have, as other have pointed out, is that we lack a...

I don't buy the comments from the Kiwis that they all "hope" Skelton gets picked against the All Blacks. Seems like a bit of reverse psychology to me. Nearly everybody else seems to agree that he should start. From memory he's only played a couple of games off the bench in last years...

I think the pairing of Foley / Lilo is a pretty decent option, if To'omua is unavailable. From memory that was our 10/12 pairing in our last game against the Blacks and they did a good job that night.

My team for Bledisloe 1:- 1. Sio 2. Moore 3. Kepu 4. Simo 5. Skelton 6. Fardy 7. Pocock 8. McCalman 9. Phipps 10. Foley 11. Horne 12. To'omua (Lilo if he's injured) 13. Kuridrani 14. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 15. Folau 16. TPN 17. Slipper 18. Holmes 19. Horwill 20. Hooper / McMahon 21. White 22. Giteau 23...

Yeh I certainly think Cheika has opted to rest Palu for the last few games. He knows what he offers, and he's better off in cotton wool for the time being. Not that I don't think there is a possibility of Palu missing out for the RWC if others perform. I'm guessing Cheks was planning on trying...

which suggests to me its all a storm in a tea cup. it seems the use of bad language is the only thing he regrets

not very clear from the footage. if anything it looks like he hit the guy with an opened palm strike/push to the back. wonder if there is any better footage out there of the incident. you certainly couldnt find him guilty on the video doing the rounds

Haha. that's great. I remember seeing the Arg player lying on the sideline trying to milk a penalty but didn't see how he got there. I think Qwerty mentioned this early but the "diving" aspect of Argentine rugby was pretty evident in this game. They were really hamming it up. The one where the...

Wait does anyone know what the tweet relates to? If it's just Quade responding to some critic on twitter then meh. Not the finest choice of language for a professional sports player but no harm done. If its actually Quade venting about the coaching/team environment that would be a different...

A few thoughts on the game:- - Pocock was my MOTM. He must start against the All Blacks. Whether you start Hooper too I'm not sure. Although at this stage it's getting hard to find reasons why you wouldnt start both of them. The scrum and line-out haven't really suffered with both of them...

They are definitely a genuine Tier 1 side. You only need to look at their record. They have plenty of wins over all of the Six Nations sides. They beat us last year and in 2013 they lost to us by 1 point, playing in Aus. They had a draw against SA in 2012 in Mendoza and lost to SA at the death...

Just a sneak peak of tomorrow's game

Some people (cough) on this board had actually said that Horwill should be in our best 23 at the world cup, before his 30 minutes on the weekend. That performance in my eyes solidified what I already thought about Horwill, namely that he's probably our best option in terms of a bench lock...

I don't think chek a got the backrow balance right last week especially given that we knew the boks would attack the breakdown hard, as they did last year. Imo we need to be able to dominate the breakdown where possible which means building a backrow around pocock. I like this week's backrow...

I agree and that is where Skelton is relevant. I think he is more useful early in the game because of his physicality but his selection means that you can't choose pooper for line out reasons

A few thoughts:- - until last week I was totally opposed to the idea of selecting Hooper and Pocock in the same team, but it's hard to deny how much of an impact both have on the game when they're on the field. I still think the best approach is the start one of them on the bench and play the...