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'Was' being the operative word. Opensides have largely moved on from what Pocock was doing in 2011. It's still valuable, but it creates big holes elsewhere that need to be covered up since he can't do a lot of the things Hooper can. The Wallabies pack was fine last year, it really was. The...

He was asked about it by a journalist because said journalist heard Pocock and Moore talking to Joubert about it. What do you want him to do at that point, say nothing?

That is a scorching hot take.

Yeah not feeling great about this. Stars aren't exactly aligning.

Not especially. It's interesting, but not particularly important. We all knew already that Pocock was a great player four years ago. A breakdown and defensive monster when the game and law interpretations were geared towards assisting that type of flanker. He's been injured for the last two...

What does that matter though? Rugby isn't a one on one sport.

What's all this then? We can have a witch hunt here right?

daz, I hear what you're saying. And I completely agree about the first 20 minutes. But that's two weeks in a row now where exactly the same thing has happened. Early forward dominance that isn't truly reflected on the scoreboard thanks largely to wastefulness and silly mistakes, before the...

I thought Cummins was a prop when he first came on. Makes Horwill look explosive. Probably right about Harris. Nice to see Placid can do a job for us if needed though. I do think some changes need to be made though. It might be rough on Inman, but I wouldn't mind seeing a new 12. If not...

I'm done with English. Looks like he got to the top of the mountain last year and has decided he hasn't needed to keep working. Sefa is a better option on current form, Veainu is on NRC form too. Mikey isn't a 10, been good at fullback so far though. If you decide Placid adds a lot, is it...

Sickening loss, and I haven't even watched yet. Is this going to be exactly like last year? Promising start followed by capitulation after capitulation? Close losses that show how we're almost there?

Mate, they're my favourite kind.

Can't get to this, if anyone could give some vaguely narrative updates that would be awesome. Who's going well, tactics, momentum etc.

Exciting to see that Jonah is getting a run. He flashed serious potential at times in the NRC, and then sometimes forgot he was playing big kids rugby and refused to pass. English has played three really bad games in a row now. He's not a liability, more that he's invisible. Sefa is virtually...

Wtf would Sio be in the NFL? The only position I can think he'd remotely fit would be fullback, and there's not too many teams who carry one of them. Actually, just read that article. He basically says he thinks NFL is cool and if the opportunity he came up he'd probably think about it...

Dennis has been in excellent nick this year. Best he's looked for a good long while. Definitely wouldn't be swapping him with Chapman.

I feel for Horwill. He's never been quite the same since that hamstring injury. To go from being an explosive, physically dominant, force in the middle of the park for a champion team to an honest plodder surrounded by mediocrity has to be enormously tough. Obviously his frustration is being...

Oh look, it's probably an absolute mile away from what we'll end up with. I won't be too surprised if JOC (James O'Connor) isn't able to put a 100% year in and ends up having his place on the wing taken by AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper). But to explain my rationale, it's pretty much that I'm not an international rugby coach and from...