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Absolutely ridiculous. Mindless.

Top Gun I think. With a liberal addition of rum.

Players make mistakes. Simmons has played 40-odd tests to this point and he's still putting in his fair share of completely underwhelming efforts. No one is putting their hand up at the moment. None of our locks would make the bench for NZ, SA, England and probably a few others. With Horwill...

I actually think Skelton did pretty well getting us on the front foot when he came on after Horwill had toiled away to limited affect. Our locks are a serious, serious, problem at the moment. I'm not fussed that we're giving a young talent a shot in a position of weakness, even if he currently...

Because, despite what the English will tell you, there's more to rugby than the set-piece. Horwill is a shadow of the player he once was, and his knee was looking massively gimpy to boot.

He was great, but he's also nowhere near ready for Test rugby. I'd be nervous watching him in the Soup to be honest. If you were going to take a development player it'd be Tala Gray I reckon.

Should have brought Tala Gray over.

And how did Schatz manage to make the Wallatahs bench?

Am very, very, happy for Jones. Long overdue opportunity.

Simmons takes the lions share of the credit when the lineout goes well, surely he should take the same amount of blame when it goes wrong?

Because he's played 80 minutes of a crateload of games this season? Maybe I'm wrong though. Pop armchair psychology is great fun. He looked tired and frustrated to me, but maybe the ball was wet, it was a heavy track, he was getting fuck-all ball from the blokes around him and he just wasn't...

Mogg looked out of his depth in the NRC, I wouldn't hold your breath. Folau was nowhere near as bad as people are making out. He spilled one high ball, knocked another on, but that's about it. A week on from being one of our best he had a bit of a down game, it'll happen sometimes. He looks...

Hooper being ranked last in that side-bar thing is just surreal. Did any of the 607 people who downvoted him actually watch the game?

Really liking this stuff ForceFan. Should think about putting it up on the front page. I'm sure you've got better things to do with your time, but it'd be fascinating to map out what the players are doing when they're not hitting rucks. How can we have a lock who goes 10 minutes without...

Without knowing the exact number I'd suggest it's somewhere in the magnitude of a shitload.

What counts as a no dickheads policy? I seriously couldn't care less if Michael Hooper, as a wild example, is a genuinely shit bloke as long as he keeps delivering on the field. The idea of the sainted All Blacks is an absolute myth. They can say no dickheads all they like, but as long as you...

This is what he's said, what more do you want?

Maybe Cheika's decided it's time for the boys to learn how to tackle. Or, like I said, he might be seeing how Beale goes at fullback where he's been a completely competent defender. If Folau goes down, who do we have who can play there? AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Foley, Quade I guess? It's worth looking at a backup.

Nonsense. Julian Savea, convicted of domestic abuse. Sitiveni Sivivatu, convicted of domestic abuse. Piri Weepu, Jimmy Cowan, Jerome Kaino all had alcohol related incidents. Dane Coles abused a policeman. Adam Thomson was charged with assualting his girlfriend. All the Zac Guildford...

There's not much cover at fullback for Folau. Cheika might want to see how Beale goes there. Or to give him a look at 12 where he had an excellent year. Or there might actually be an injury cloud over a couple of players that they haven't told the media about because, well, they don't have to...