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Look I think its a fair criticism. But at the same time, if they'd scored off one of those rolling mauls they would have won the game. In fact one could argue that the only reason they didn't score (when they looked certain to score on one occasion) was that Horne cynically took Pocock out at...

To be fair to Moore, the decision to continually kick for the corner was extremely successful last week against Highlanders. Plus I think everyone expected their line-out to do better than it did. The decision to kick to the corners did result in the tahs going down to 14 men for a period...

Agree re Dennis. He's had a good season and is the type of no.6 that Cheika is looking for (i.e. big 110kg+ ball runner / workhorse / line-out option). I'd suggest one of Jones, Dennis, Timani will be taken. I'd probably be leaning towards Jones at this stage. Unfortunately for Timani, he...

With JOC (James O'Connor) I'd say you're being a bit harsh. He has had a few moments of brilliance where he has made something out of nothing, including an excellent performance against the cheetahs. Unfortunately the Reds backline has been a basket case this season and so he hasn't got a lot of great attacking...

I noticed that Rory Arnold was added to the Wallabies get together on the weekend. He's obviously in the frame of the extended squad. I see that Genia, Cooper, Slipper and Simo have all been named in a rather large "leadership group". Horwill is an interesting omission from that group. The...

You just described AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper).

Do we really need Barnes AND Debreczeni on the same bench.

I like the idea of bringing both Mitchell and Giteau in, even if only for the fact that you're bringing in two players that have had a lot of success in recent years playing in Europe, and would add a lot of experience and insight to the test squad. However, with Mitchell I struggle to see how...

kicking is a concern, but only because none of our kickers are currently in good form. That doesn't mean the guys that'll be in the squad aren't capable of finding some kicking form during the tests. Cooper and Foley are both decent when they're on song. I expect whoever is chosen at flyhalf...

I think Robinson got the final steal.

Lilo absolutely destroyed Beale tonight. If this game was anything to go by, I don't know how you could select Beale in the squad. I realise he's versatile and experienced, but he generally sucks in these physical arm wrestles

Still dominant in the scrum though. Given that our bench TH will be under pressure I'd prefer to have him packing down with TPN

Thought the two players were pretty even tonight. Hard to pick a winner. Both shone in their respective areas.

The clan no.7 looks like a pirate... I'll show myself out

I agree with this sentiment. My only concern would be a last minute injury to a guy like Kepu . He wouldn't be required to beat Fiji, but is essential against England. Palu I'd also say is pretty important against England and the probability of him injuring himself against Fiji is...

For Fiji, I'd probably put the likes of Slipper, Kepu and Moore on the bench. The last thing we need is to lose any of them to injury heading into the England game. Traditionally the games against Fiji are quite physical in the opening half and they often lead to a few injuries. I believe...

Look I agree with your comments. I'm not trying to overstate Pocock's attacking skills. Pocock wouldn't be effective playing the role Hooper does. He's clearly not as dynamic with ball in hand. I suppose my point is that he is effective on attack in his own way. He doesn't have the speed or...

You're right he was intentionally vague, but if I was to try to decifer his comments its that, whilst not ruling anything out, his plans as of now are to play a bigger Fardy'like no.6, and that's unlikely to change.

Some interesting analyse last night on RHQ about the two player's attacking games. Pocock - goes for more runs, and averages less metres, but basically all of his work is in the channels close to the ruck. Hooper - averages less runs for more metres, but works almost exclusively wide of the...

Interesting comments from Cheika last night on RHQ. To summarise his comments - he generally likes a big ball-running backrowers - i.e. starting 2 no.7s is not something that he has any great intentions of pursuing. But he wants to use both players and referred to Rebels finishing with 2 no.7s...