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Definitely a moral victory for the Tahs. Undefeated champions of the moral competition.

An absolute shocker of a half of rugby. Sorry for the fans of Harry Vella, he is no more than a club player atm. He might make the grade in a year or two, but right now doesn't seem to know the basic laws of the game. Another very poor effort from Connal McInerney too. Stands still before and...

It seemed to me that Williams (the ref) ordered him to undergo the HIA, not that the medicos required it. Am I wrong?

Canham was massive. Reckon he would have easily topped the tackle count, and probably also the carry count and metres gained after contact. Easily the best of the locks tonight. Ekuasi also finished on top of Fraser imo.

He's looking the goods, and certainly best of the wingers on show tonight. But that was a god-awful non-attempt (probably won't even earn a missed tackle stat it was so poor) by Kellaway after he was turned inside out earlier by Campbell. He is not the safe last line of defence many on here...

I think a close look at that maul leading to the try would see the Reds 20 in an obstruction move in front of the catcher before the ball is passed back.

Expected (and probably still do) Reds to win, but Rebels certainly giving it their all so far. Waiting for all the Nic White haters to start blowing up about Thomas' arm waving antics around the scrum too. That last scrum before half time was clearly a penalty against the Reds and Thomas looked...

There will be no acceptable excuses if they lose D. A loss will mean a top two spot is out of the question.

Some interesting matchups in front of us. Both starting THPs should have the wood on the Loosies at scrum time. What odds the scrums are going to naturally screw anti clockwise? The second row and back row tussles should be pretty even with the Tahs going for more aggression and the Brumbies...

Alatini had a big impact off the bench, but equally so was Lington Ieli's impact. They were very impressive at set piece off the bench, but would they/could they be even more so starting?

UTR, I would be unhappy if all of the next generation miss out. Players like Pollard, Fa'agase, Kailea, Nonngorr, Frost, Canham, Cale, Lonergan, Flook, Lancaster. I'm not advocating for them all, but I think a couple could be given opportunity, eg, Nonngorr in place of Talakai, Cale in place of...

How do we evaluate the two performances? The first game in a cyclone was dire while the second game saw us beat the favoured side after leading most of the way. Certainly, the scrum and forwards play generally was better in the second game and seemed to just get stronger as replacements came...

My thoughts exactly. I know it was his first game in the U20s but he had poor handling all night and put a handbrake on a few promising attacking raids.

KOB it is a bit of a truism but there's not a lot between the teams in SRP (Super Rugby Pacific). It's true that results often reflect the team that turns up on the day to get the win. In this case, however, the Tahs also have to contend with an horrific injury roster. I think the Brumbies will be fronting a side...

Wow, change is all the go, apparently.

TGoR, I think there are 4 or 5 changes to the forward pack. If that weakens the set piece to any degree is it likely to be a fair evaluation of the halves or outside backs? Conversely, if it proves to be a stronger pack, will that raise the prospects of the players in this backline as compared...

Consistent KOB. The only two sides to beat the Brumbies have been two of the top 4, both on the ladder and in your mind-game power rankings. The Reds otoh have been beaten by both the top two, by the Brumbies and by one or two sides below them in the competition. Your anti-Brumbies stance is...

I can understand that being the idea BH but why 10 changes? Maybe 6 changes this game and another 6 in the final game would suffice? There must be a cut off level for changes where the loss of cohesion outweighs any reward from giving everyone in the squad a run.

Surprised that Liddy has been relegated to the bench. He had a very strong game against Argentina. Where are Lachlan Hooper and Dan Nelson? Both were standouts in last year's U19s with Hooper almost single handedly destroying other sides' rolling mauls. Nelson was clearly the best No 9 in the...

Hmmm.... a person might wonder what the purpose of the game is.