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In the last two years I think he has had two (?) games off the bench. In his second he was pretty good. You'll never be proven wrong unless he gets good time in the squad and on the field. Nobody can prove they can dominate at test level with half an hour's playing time. As good as our locks...

Whatever you do, don't ever reveal your real name and address. Randwick and Australian fans will be after you in their thousands! (Joking) Google his history, he is one of the all time coaching greats.

3. Koribete 2. Frost 1. Hooper

The biggest problem the game has today is the pace it has been deliberately slowed to. This has led to the rise of the rugby behemoths, where rugby players in all but one position must be at least 1.8 metres tall and be somewhere between 100 and 130 kgs of muscle. Park rugby might be played by...

After watching Ireland beat New Zealand it is entirely obvious that either team would have beaten both Australia and England by a wide margin. From what I saw of France in the 6N they would beat us and England too. SA I haven't seen this winter but they are currently 1-1 against Wales and I...

I personally will never ever go watch rugby at the Olympic Stadium or the SCG again ever. After paying huge bucks for a top-priced Lions seat only to find that the players were like ants and then watching the Tahs at the SCG two years ago with the same result (even though I spent half the game...

But would he be better than Bell and Slipper (and Sio)? If he crossed over, he'd need to become as dynamic as Bell is in open play while maintaining his ability to dominate the scrum. Easier said than done. If you are going to make a move across the front row there needs to be a bloody good...

Gleeson seems to have jumped over a few others to make number 8. Have there been injuries?

I think it says they are trying out the squad before the Rugby Championship, both for injury cover and for choosing starters.

I think they'll put that move back in the locker. I still think Perese is a better attacker than Paisami and his defense is fine. Paisami might be good but Perese had a far superior Super campaign this year.

This team announcement predicts the England pattern of play: 6:2 screams out that they want a maximum effort in the forwards, backs for defense and chasing only. Guy Porter the better defender. Owen Farrell a strong defender at 12 though often illegally. I thought Eddie would put Farrell at 10...

I think it is a fair question to ask: Why are our back stocks showing multiple forms of leg muscle strain, principally due to training and warm-up? England's total losses due to this type of injury are zero! As someone who suffered from tight muscles as a (very) amateur athlete the secret was...

Doleman went easy on an Australian team? That would be an absolute first for him.

After the game finished last night, I was pleased we won and would have cheerfully stopped the game as soon as we got to 30. A number of players had awesome performances - Porecki, Neville, Lolo kicked magnificently and Kerevi's kicking in general play was awesome and unexpected. Korobete played...

If O'Connor is fit do we then play a 6:2 bench so we can bolster the forwards and let them tear into it knowing we've got everything covered?

Time to focus on game 1. The forward battle will be brutal, and England have the edge in experience. Their scrummagers will be a major concern, while we might be a bit faster in the backrow. We have some real issues at 1, 2, 3 with players at different levels of form, injury recovery and...

We seem to be worried about having too much depth at 4-8. I'll be surprised if we don't have 2-3 injury enforced changes by the third test in the pack. The English will be tough, physical opponents. By the third test we might well be choosing from those left standing. I'm just happy that...

Reg seems to have missed a few, particularly among the injured. Maybe this was an immediately available list. But it is a very useful list to compare and contrast - I like it!

The first para I agree with. But I think we almost got value out of Cridge this year, he wouldn't have cost much. Mind you we got nothing out of last year's duo. Problem is, we don't seem to develop them through Shute, just the lightweight workhorses.

Twelve months ago we were in dire circumstances for a THP and locks. Holz came from nowhere to fill the THP gap and we went for backrowers to fill in at lock reasonably successfully (though I would argue that the Chiefs somewhat exposed that deficiency in the quarter final). Skelton is the last...