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I'm glad Leota is getting some game time, despite being a little disappointed we don't get to see Gleeson. We were getting to a point where he was either going to either get picked or omitted for the WC squad without setting foot on a rugby field for the best part of a year. We really need to...

I really don't want to see Kerevi at 13. Cheika played him there and he was all at sea in defence, and the same happened last night. Keep him at 12! IMO the choice for 13 lies between Foketi, Flook and Perese, or perhaps Petaia if he's fit, but I'd rather seem him off the bench first start...

3 Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) 2 McReight 1 Holloway HM Porecki, Gordon, Bell

That's a very big finishing front row, could nearly prove stronger than the starting one!

Not exactly as I would have done, but I like this a lot better than the side selected against SA. I think Frost is dead unlucky and Uelese lucky, but most of the other selections are pretty easy to justify. Personally I would have gone with Faessler off the bench, and a 5/3 bench if you want to...

Yes, TT he's done that. However, he previously took over a Wallabies side that held the WC, The Tri-nations (as the TRC then was), the Bledisloe Cup, the Cook Cup and the Mandela Trophy. By the time he left we had lost every one. He then went on to take the Reds to their first and only last...

Just a genuine question regarding the kick-chase, which most other top level teams seem way better at than us. Is it because our chasers just don't make the effort? Is it because the kicks are just poorly timed and poorly placed? Is it because no-one is aware the kick is on and is in a position...

Obviously it's just an opinion Spamnoodle, but while Eales was undoubtedly a better player, I thought Farr-Jones was a better captain.

Just a couple of comments on the squad (I know it's been done to death, but my thoughts anyway) The players I think are dead lucky, and wouldn't be in my squad are Uelese, Donaldson and Vunivalu. I have yet to see the much vaunted reputation of Vunivalu, Donadlson had two good games all year and...

Hooper was made captain by McKenzie, not Cheika, when Moore was injured. He was then retained by Cheika, Rennie and now Jones. He was also co-captain of the Aus 20's, captained the Tahs under Gibson, after which he advised Penney he no longer wanted to captain the Tahs, and even then GC made him...

My understanding was Harris was gone. And possibly Goddard.

I would be picking Porecki, Faessler and Lonergan

My understanding for 2024 is that we will lose Latu, Seu, Hooper, Harris and Donaldson, and we are gaining Amatosero and Lee-Warner. Is anyone able to update me on further gains/losses?

Well, that's 2024 done, undoubtedly fairly disappointing. While most Tahs fans weren't expecting a title, most (certainly me) were expecting better than what we got. Personally I thought it was good to see GC in this mornings paper not trot out the usual excuse-laden bullshit we see after a poor...

Tahs well and truly beaten but what I expected. Set piece was particularly disappointing, Leatigaga is a disappointing scrummager for such a huge man, and what's going on with the lineout? Being solid most of the year it's been rubbish the last two weeks. Way to many missed one-on-one tackles...

I think that's actually a pretty good forward pack for the Tahs, and Vailanu, Seu and Gamble off the bench adds a fait bit of punch later on. Without Gordon to provide direction, we are going to need a massive step-up from Donaldson this week, not sur whether he has it in him. I think Foketi and...

I hadn't seen that. Gordon is a loss, he basically runs the backline as we don't have a 10 capable of doing that. I imagine Goddard will start, but I would prefer Wilson. Gleeson and Holloway also major losses. I wonder of the Blues will declare!

While I know this won't be the side, subject to fitness my Tahs side would be: Lambert, Porecki, Holtz, Holloway, Hanigan, Seu, Hooper, Gleeson, Gordon (c), Edmed, Pietsch, Foketi, QWalton, Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase), Dowling Res: Vailanu, Faulkner, HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes), Sinclair, Gamble, Wilson, Donaldson, Perese Dowling seems...

That was disappointing, you would be looking for a lot better going into the finals. Just when the Tahs were starting to find a bit of form, the last two weeks have been a real regression. The set piece fell apart, lots of missed one-on-one tackles, lots of careless, lazy penalties, inaccurate...

If Donaldson starts at 10 next week we needn't bother getting on the plane!