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I'm not saying I'm an expert, although I have packed down many times in the past...but anyway... This is a difficult one as: -the step up from Super rugby to international rugby is clearly a big one -we haven't seen enough of most of these guys even in Super rugby -scrummaging is not...

I'd love to see Japan become a top teir rugby nation, but creating franchises for a super 17/18/19/20 is not the answer. Just as I'd like to see the ARC revived as an end of season competition for the top Aussie clubs, I could see a regional competition that includes the top Japanese clubs. In...

and Philippe Saint Andre - I don't know how, but he managed to bring in some top quality players. This season's big signing is who? Ben Cohen.

So TPN is over there but not ready to play, unless there is another injury? If he is ready to play then why isn't he on the bench? (I can't imagine anyone is going to tell me Fainga'a is a better player in any sense of the words!) If he isn't ready to play, what the fuck is he doing over there?!

Plus QC (Quade Cooper), KB (Kurtley Beale) and JO'C are no slouches when it comes to running. I'd feel more comfortable with that backline if QC (Quade Cooper) sorts out his defence. 20. Burgess 21. Barnes (no competition really) 22. This spot is a bit more tricky, but given the massive flexibility of the guys in the starting...

deceptively fast is the term that springs to mind.

I've gone off my current local club - Sale - since the French connection left. They used to be OK, now they are often quite poor.

I'm going to say Australia by 12...as long as the basic ball skills are of the highest order. No forward passes, dropped balls, crooked throws. In those circumstances defensive scrums will be minimised and the scrum problems will be similarly minimised (actually turning up and scrummaging at the...

I largely agree with the majority opinion, but I thought Hodgson was better than a 5/10, and I thought Hynes was solid and strong in all aspects (maybe not amazing a la s14, but very good). Burgess, Turner, Slipper, Van Humphries, Simmons were all very good, as was Barnes (apart from his goal...

It is very wrong to wish the two blues ill!

Fuck no!!!!!! I think the match against England is very important - a test against ENGLAND (BTW - I'm pretty sure they have played in 3 RWC finals, the same as Australia). I find it hard to believe that TPN just happens to have made a full recovery from injury (full fitness included) just when...

Looks like we have to play it at their end and have all hands to the pump.

Fainga'a is young and light, so that doesn't help. The Ben/ns are a bit under done. The scrum as a unit was a bit complacent. As a general point, we still don't have a deep or sophisticated scrummaging culture, so when our top guys are injured or out of form, or a strong and experienced scrum is...

I'm very interested to see what team Leicester puts out.

The guy got through a ot of work. He was very good at disrupting the Welsh lineout. I'm sure when the stats come out he will feature favourably. Games are generaly won in the forwards, so I generaly favour forwards in MOTM awards (but not always)

Measured, Clear, Astute - Robbie Deans' interview before the match against Wales was all of them. I have not come to expect that level of carity from RD. I thought his assessment of the performance against the All Blacks, and the challenges facing the Wallabies was spot on, without...

Non coached answers are a good and interesting thing. Trash taking punks are just plain sad. I want the Wallabies to be fired up and playing to win - and if they are doing that (think Genia, Sharpe, Pocock, Elsom, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Moore, McCalman...) there will be no need for taking themselves up. Yes...

2 played, 2 won. Good start. Fainga'a for Moore was always going to be drop in class. Fainga'a tries hard, but is a bit undersized. I was relieved that his first throw was not a sign of things to come. There was some good play - the backs, lineout, general defence Some OK - breakdown Some poor...

3. Sharpe 2. Beale 1. Pocock

The glass is half full! McCalman and Genia are fast becoming the premier exponents of extracting the ball from an uncontrolled reversing scrum.