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Beale certainly didn't mean to do it - buy mark my words there will be players that are willing to put their safety at risk to get a key opposition player carded. Physics dictated that Beale was always going to end up in that position once he jumped before contact. The only possible way to...

Whether or not that is the direction from the authorities it doesn't make it right. Johnson made a normal everyday tackle - it was Beale's actions that put him in that position and it should be recognised as such. If we don't then next thing we will see players jumping into tackles to try and...

Pretty sure the Reds have tried to get him a few times, including recently.

You are obsessed. I don't think he did that much more. Although agree his position is 12.

From what I understand, the Honey Badger is already going to be in Japan by the time the first game rolls around. No chance he'll be in the Wallaby squad.

Unfortunately there isn't much chance of it working out well for his family. His Dad's prognosis is not good and CF sufferers don't always have a great life expectancy. I understand the ARU tried to find a way to keep him here at the last minute, but they were never going to be able to compete...

Seriously. Wtf is going with White's obsession to kick? He doesn't even bother to look at the options most times.

Anyone else see him elbow Mowen on the ground in the first half. Seemed pretty much unprovoked?

Yeah - we should just play 90kg locks and see what happens!! :)

That moves us to the discussion on picking a particular player to play against a particular team. Not sure I think that is the way to go. My preference is to decide how we want to play and impose that in the other team with the best players to do that. Sure, change style for weather conditions...

I am discussing the overall system, not how it affects the Reds. I would even suggest the reds get more top up money directed to their players than all except the Tahs. If the ARU has a policy not to direct top up money to recruits, then that should be applied to all. Suggest though that this...

We have a unique opportunity to bring a bloke in that is incomparable to any other international player. The time is now for his involvement (at least from the bench), and then by the time the World Cup rolls around we may well have a consistent game breaker.

Comparative to Cockbain I would suggest yes!

RWC 99 - high work rate player in Cockbain starts for the wallabies at 6. He makes way for the lower work rate but higher impact Finnegan. This model has worked very well for teams in the past and is what we are talking about in respect to finishing with Skelton. As long as the pack retains a...

I am going with Qwerty on this one. I'd have Skelton - we won't beat the ABs playing safe, we will beat them by being physically dominant in the contact area. Horwill or Carter to start, Skelton the impact lock off the bench. Horwill I'd suggest is also Simmons back up.

Let the clubs pay the players within the cap. Have the wallabies receive additional payments for: - squad selection and training - game payments - marketing payments (ie set rates for ads and appearances)

It isn't much of a system if it isn't fair. Starting point for determining the merits of any system should be fairness in my opinion. We now likely have a case where the total payments to Force players are likely in the order of 1M less than Tahs players, but the Force can't do anything about...

The point is that the system isn't fair. Either: 1. Top up money should be evenly distributed through all teams, or 2. At the very minimum there should be no salary cap restriction. If much prefer number 1 of course.

I think you've hit on Turners mistake - he started to go for the tackle on the assumption that Hegarty wasn't going to jump, then he put a little jump in at the last minute which stuffed Turner's timing. Still a fair yellow - player in the air needs to be protected so we should be forcing...

You'll be confused when watching the Rebels play next year as well.