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I read the other day that business confidence in WA was at a 13 year high. I remember the 30,000 odd crowds we used to get to Force games. I know rugby interest has dropped off a fair bit in recent years, but I can't help but wonder if another mini-boom would see attendances rise. A handful of...

You'd definitely love another experienced lock, 6 and 8.

Fiji are going pretty well, but we played bloody stupid rugby in 2019. We played right into their hands. This year hasn't been inspiring, but I think we'll be a different beast to the one that struggled in the pool stages in 2019.

Why would you assume that?

One of the sad things about COVID was no U20s rugby. I'd have loved to have seen if Jackson Pugh, Grason Makara, Reece Anapu, Oli Callan and Alex Masibaka made the cut, and if so, how they went.

One swallow doesn't make a summer. One decent game, an okay game two weeks before (two crucial penalties against), several pretty poor games. I'd have thought the DHP comparison was pretty fair.

Would you say the same of Scott Sio?

Noah played in Bled 3. Two weeks after New Zealand's comfortable win in Auckland. Can't judge the poor guy for a test in which everyone was shit. Funny thing is though that some people are happy to write DHP off for it. Especially funny since DHP was rushed back from injury to replace Banks...

Subiaco 2006. How good was Greg Holmes. I reckon he joined the Force just to try to pull that move off again.

In a slightly different world we could be sitting on 4 wins and 2 losses. That is where we should be because we dominated enough facets of play to earn 4 wins. 4 wins would have been a pretty respectable outcome considering who we were playing. New Zealand only took 3. There is a lot wrong, but...

Yeah. If Korobeite goes, let Petaia take that wing. Move Paisami out or give Kuridrani another crack.

Momentum maybe. 90% of the time you get possession back at halfway from a 22 drop out or a clearance if the ball isn't dead.

I chose my words carefully. I think that penalty also lies at feet of Hanigan. If he'd retreated a bit more in the first place, or not come in from the side (but I doubt he'd have cleared the Argies out without doing so). The point wasn't to have a go at Daugunu specifically, but to highlight...

The big turning point for me was the penalty from Daugunu's kick return. We did very well out of playing in their half. He should have put it in the air. I remember at the time thinking he was very near the tackle but not part of the tackle.

This game reminds me of that miserable night against Scotland in Newcastle all those years ago. All the territory, all the odds in our favour, and let down by a failure to take the points on offer. This is test match rugby. Every three points is a bit more pressure on the opposition. Every...

Perhaps I should have used different words- our forwards were winning the collisions on the whole. We were doing poorly at the ruck (which Samu needs to take some responsibility for) and in the line-outs. Either way you spin it, Samu didn't do much with his opportunity. Compare how he went, for...

This year, Samu was fairly quiet starting in a game where our forwards were on top. Liam Wright was very average off the bench in a game we were being dominated in (Eden Park) and pretty reasonable off the bench in one where we were on top (Brisbane). I'd say much of a muchness. Personally, I'd...

For all the talk of Cheika, I actually think he is an asset in this game. Reckon there would be a handful of Wallabies who'd love to stick it to him for various reasons. Reckon we'll no longer run the risk of getting complacent for this one either. Given the Argies tackling and breakdown...

Yeah. Fozzie's slap the Argentineans to rattle their discipline is up there with Richard Graham's kick the ball so the crowd will boo in terms of wank chops tactical decision making.

Fantastic. Nice one Argentina. First time I have seen a team embarrass two nations at once: New Zealand and South Africa.