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He's got a couple of inches and about five kilos on him. I'm just glad he proved the doubters wrong and showed he well and truly belongs.

Deserved MotM for Kuridrani. Another immense game from him. What a debut for Sean McMahon though. I thought he'd be too small to play 6 at this level, guess I was wrong! Just a phenomenal year for the young bloke.

Jesus Christ. After the last few weeks they've had they're not allowed to chuck it around and have some fun? There's just no pleasing some people. I thought that was great stuff. Sloppy with some flashes of magic. All I ever want from a BaaBaas game.

Immense debut. He's only been bettered by Kuridrani. Couldn't be happier for him.

Don't disagree. Needs to learn how to accelerate into contact IMO. It's something the South Africans do particularly well. They don't prop up and brace for contact at all, they just speed up and let the bodies fall where they will. Teach Neville to play with the reckless abandon of Potgieter and...

I agree with most of the rest of your post, but who's judging Neville by the Rebels' performance? He was the worst Rebels lock this season, and then had a fine if not particularly impressive NRC. What's he done to show he's ready to take the step up? As for Horwill, he lost a hamstring. He's...

Anyone talking up Caderyn Neville needs their head checked. I'm sure he's a good dude, but he's not ready for the Wallabies. He had a good NRC, but not any better than Sam Jeffries, and a truly awful Soup season. His game against the Force, that saw him dragged after 20 minutes, was just...

The turnaround in public opinion on Jones, based on 10 ordinary minutes against the French, has been extraordinary. Before that he was the 'form lock in Australia.' After that he's become just another scrub. He looked tired at the end of the Soup season. Unsurprising given his immense...

Decent team. Certainly could have been a lot worse. Disappointed for Jones, but what a year for Sean McMahon. Signed on an EPS contract to the lowly Rebels he then went and achieved this: Australian U20 Captain, Australian U20 Player of the Year, Rebels Rookie of the Year, Australian Super...

People just don't come back from the injury he had the same. It's not like doing an ACL where the knee actually comes back physically stronger but it's the mental scars that do the damage. He's never going to have that same explosive pop in contact that he once did. However he can certainly keep...

Do we actually know what those cutbacks entailed? Seems strange that only the Waratahs players, or a group of the Waratahs players, would have a problem with them.

Come on, you think he did it completely in isolation, no prompting at all? I don't buy it.

Pretty sure. So what turned this clique of Tahs players against Patson?

Because she worked for the Wallabies? I imagine the argument that he would have sent it to a Waratah clique runs that he'd been playing with them in the Soup and was therefore closer to them than he was with players from the Force, Reds, Brumbies or Rebels. If a clique that insular had...

Yep. This is wild speculation, but my reading on the situation is that Beale probably didn't just try to text it to Hanson out of the blue. More likely, in my opinion, is that Beale and a few others were dissatisfied/angry with Patson - whether for her performance, her role, or because they...

Seemed like a pretty decent bloke the few times I met him. It's good to see the brave few like you standing up online to call him what he really is though. Well done champ.

Too early to tell I reckon. No idea what sort of gameplan they want. If it is going to be another year of hacking the ball down the middle of the park then Debreczeni or even Harris might well get the nod over Hegarty. Will we see a Jones - McMahon - Higgers backrow? Or will Jones be at lock...

Nah. His hands are way too dodgy and you can't just drop a forearm on Test players and expect to bounce them. The first half yesterday was the best I've seen him play. Was 40 minutes of consistent goodness where he really picked up some of the workload from Jones and McMahon. If he wants to...

Weeks is just going to have to cop it. On current evidence PAE is the better player and he still has plenty of room to grow. Try aside, Placid was truly awful today. He's got a way to go before he's ready for the Soup. Positioning was all over the shop, and does he actually know how to pass...

You know Julian Savea has been found guilty of domestic abuse right?