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I'd love to know what the deal with Veainu is. Every time he's been on the park for the Rising or the Rebels he's been the best wing, TT just won't give him a shot. I feel sorry for the bloke, hope he leaves next year and makes everyone in Melbourne regret it.

Totally depends how badly he's done it but probably 6 weeks minimum I'd think.

Can we please stop with the Coachball? It's just the worst. That said, I can't really think of too many reasons why Cheika wouldn't be looking at White and Stirzaker. They're both talented, if incomplete, players. A good coach like Cheika will back himself to get the best of players like that...

Our scrum is going to get absolutely tonked. Stormers by some multiple of three. As an aside I hope Crawford has a blinder and makes me write a number of angry posts wondering why he's been kept behind English all year. And Christ knows why Veainu can't get a game, it's pretty clear that...

This! Especially given the 80 million chances English has been handed.

Two very good pieces of news. Amazing what a few wins can do.

Well done boys, thank you very much! Shame you couldn't have denied them the bonus point though.

Nah. He has a few splashy plays (monster kicks etc.) but he really hasn't been that great. Very much a project player. His passing is incredibly ropey, struggles to lead a team around the park. He's getting there, clearly improving week to week, but he's been a way below what Lilo and To'omua...

It wasn't. It was because he was playing at 12 as a midget 18-year-old and Deans, thinking reasonably sensibly, thought he'd get him out of the middle for a couple of years while he bulked up to help avoid getting injured and just generally battered. That McCabe thing is literally the only...

Probably Betham really, only he comes with the dropsies and some pretty average defence.

His history at 12 is excellent, one game for the Rebels notwithstanding, although it was a long time ago now. One of the biggest wastes of modern Australian rugby. If fit he'll be on the plane and I'll be shocked if he doesn't pick up a wing. JOC (James O'Connor) on one wing, Speight on the other, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) on the...

Ah my bad. Seemed a bit out of character.

Really?

Top post Groucho. Not sure if you watch much of the NFL, but there's a similar argument that's being had there too. Conventional wisdom has it you just take the points rather than going for it on fourth down but the analytics guys say very different -...

Sorry, how is the question mark over Lopeti his physicality? If you'd said his workrate or general rugby nous I would have probably nodded along. Jones does play light, and it's the biggest knock on him. He needs to be paired with a physical lock like Skelton for mine. A Jones -...

No real need at the Rebels. McMahon, Jones, and Higgers all get up seriously quickly and have good hands. He won't get on the plane, he's too limited at the moment, but he's an interesting player to keep an eye on moving forward.

Extraordinary rise he's had. Dewar Shield, NRC, Rebels, Wallaby? I think he'll make a better centre than wing, but we've got a while to learn that. From last night I thought Jones and Timani had outstanding games. McMahon had a top 30 minutes before his injury, and Jordy Reid was probably...

I am many pride. Jones, Reid, and Timani had enormous games. McMahon was well on his way before his injury too. Stirzaker is comfortably the second best scrumhalf in the country at the moment. I've given this team a lot of shit but they're proving me wrong and I couldn't be happier.

Yeah, but again he just hasn't been that great. He's been league average, like most of his play. I like Hegarty, he's a fun player. Tries to make things happen. Even if he does have an alarming habit of trucking the ball up from fullback into the biggest forward he can find.

Well you want to be careful with that sort of thing. You let one back score a try and then suddenly they'll all be wanting to. Much safer to keep it in the pack and have Debreczeni kick his penalties en route to a glorious 15-14 win.