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The coach is caught between a rock and a hard place. He has to win every game that he can NOW as well as develop the playing resources for the RWC. He knows he will be criticised whatever he does. The only facet of his tenure that I could possibly criticise would be the injury toll, and even...

Desperate people do desperate things. The selectors obviously thought he was the best available option for the position. Neither Lolesio nor Vunivalu was in contention for the spot

I reckon we should play 10 man rugby and strangle the Saffers to death before spinning the pill out. No speculators, please.

Looking at it dispassionately, and I have a long history of wishing and hoping, it could be argued that rugby in this country has punched above its weight for many years. Most of national teams that we are competing against have inherent advantages. I won't go through them one by one. On the...

Gloom and doom, eh? If we get anything close to our best 23 onto the paddock we will do okay.

The Woodies pack will be a good test for him. Or maybe vice versa!

Still shaking my head at the turnaround. Easts pack had a lot of trouble in the set pieces. Their #4 (and captain, I think), is tiny for a lock.

Not too soon, maybe next season?

Needs to put his head down and his bum up and get on with the hard stuff. Stop seagulling for a while.

3. Valetini 2. Slipper 1. Ikitau

A couple of points. Just because junior players get paid by NRL clubs does not automatically mean they are lost to our game. Secondly, your assertion that selecting players with a league background is, by definition, stupid. Maybe the people who put their time into this sort of junior rugby...

It looked to me as though we could not capitalise on incursions by Valetini, in particular. There should have been somebody at his hip when he made one of his many breaks.

The forwards decide who wins, so they say. That was not far from being our best possible pack, except of course for hooker. Or maybe the old adage is wrong?

Koro will start. I suppose Kellaway is locked in. Petaia is one of our best up and comers. If anybody should come in sooner rather than later I would argue that it would have to be Vunivalu. I know things are different in club rugby, but Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) was sensational yesterday for Eastwood in...

Hard to watch that.

So they would prefer to write the RWC off this time around? It seems pretty clear that there is a succession plan which revolves around Rennie moving on after the World Cup. At the end of the day we just do not have the depth of player resources now, or ever.

Ditto the Wildfires.

At least a league fan can say that an Australian team wins all the big games!! Ditto for the AFL, only more so!

What's wrong with iit?

It might be worth pointing out that the Irish national team combines players, and supporters, from both the Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland. They play at Ravenhill (Belfast) as well as in Dubln. Some of their greatest have come from the north. Willie John McBride for example.