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Maybe you saw the Brumbies as being totally dominant everywhere, but the game I watched was fairly even. If your comment applies to both teams then some of the senior Brumby players didn't want to impress Eddie either.

Whether Debreczeni was the best 10 on ground or not is definitely coloured by the two contrasting styles of the teams. The Waratahs were controlling the game from 10 and seeking to run the ball either to the outside backs or to midfield forward pods in the centre of the park (especially when the...

Not ready for Super yet. Did not showcase what everyone has been raving about.

Getting ready for the season, I have just scanned the home games. Seven home games and seven away. Away we have the Drua, Rebels, Hurricanes, Brumbies (was 2014 the only year we ever won in Canberra this century?), Blues, Reds and Crusaders. Except for the Chiefs that is all the heavy hitters...

Based on the teams for the first trial, can we assume Foketi and Perese are still injured?

As I understand Harrison's injury, he wasn't due to be available till well into the season. So currently we can only play Edmed and Donaldson together. That sounds to me like Edmed at 10, Donaldson at 15 and Nawaqanitawase to move from 14 in case of injury, with Nadolo coming on to the wing...

No relation to the above contributor and I consider it one of the more daft ideas on the forum in the last five years. That's a pretty low bar.

Just one article in the SMH over the weekend. Titled "Just how is that a yellow card?" Not a great advertisement for the game. I get it that Stan don't have the rights but its just another case of money deciding what is printable news. Sort of thing you expect from the Murdoch press.

Tragically, this is true of myself and a number of the friends I made on here. I am looking forward to this year with some trepidation; too much seems to be going right and we might even get a 2014 repeat. But a couple of locks injured could destroy that in a heartbeat.

Someone's lost the plot or the thread or something! This is headed up WARATAHS 2023. Its where we discuss, before the season starts, why the Waratahs are overwhelming favourites to win the Super comp.

I agree. The other fact? that sticks in my head is that Tony Daly and Kearns walked off at the end of the game and one said to the other "Well at least we can say we played one test for Australia".

So, of the 25 players available, Gibbon and Swain are spectators until someone else goes down in training or the warm-up. If its a back then we'll have to go 6:2 and bring in Swain to make 23. If its a forward then Swain comes in unless its a front rower. If we lose a hooker or half pre-game...

Interesting results from these matches. My tipping, for all my study of the teams and performances to date, would have been better done by flipping a coin. Who would ever have thought Wales would get beaten by Georgia? Who picked Samoa to beat Georgia. Does Samoa now beat Wales??? Who picked...

So we need to beat Wales and you want to bring on Swain???? Are you suggesting we can beat Wales with 14 men on the field?

Unless there is an injury issue, Skelton won't get more than 30 minutes. Your most powerful player needs as much time as possible on the park to make the impact he can. Rennie is just trying to limit his losses by giving Skelton 30 minutes to "stop a rout while its in progress". This team has...

We are playing Ireland, the top team in the world. To have a hope of winning we had to select the players who would really have an impact right from the start. That means Tupou and Skelton at 3 and 5. There is just not enough power and impact in that pack to establish dominance. This pack has...

The idea that we pick Swain is just so dopey that it doesn't pass the sniff test. Did you miss his off the ball tackle on their centre last game? I know the TMO did but if he hadn't it was another yellow card. We will struggle to stay close to Ireland with 15 on the park. With 14 we will get...

Harrison has been so badly impacted by injury, but in my opinion he is absolutely the most talented 10 on that list and he kicks goals at about 90%. His biggest problem is his genetics - he's just really small and therefore pretty injury prone. Someone should have turned him into a 9 a couple of...

Trouble is, we shouldn't ever play five international teams in 29 days. This is what RA are doing because they are so desperate for dollars. That means although we shouldn't do mass restings we have to; just so we can physically complete this ridiculous program. And if we try to play the same...

Given that we will get pretty beat up this week, I suspect you maybe right as we will be well into the A team for personnel. I know our A team has gone pretty well, but the Italians appeared to be well drilled and able to score at will. Maybe we should have been more adventurous in our...