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Vailanu is absolutely going to run riot off the bench as well, let alone the rest of the bench.

Gordon can stay in France after the WC

Wilkin is working hard, Walton had a nice break and Fainga'a hasn't had a "not straight" yet. Otherwise very few positives.

I thought it was against Lambert? Which would not be surprising if you consider that he's probably 7th choice internationally with all available. (Bell, Slipper, Schoupp and Gibbon in Wallabies, Robertson & Hoopert out injured)

The fact that we've missed out on 7 years of Charles Piutau in international rugby is a sad sad loss.

The white commentator is grating and clearly didn't do his homework.

Gordon is making it hard for his runners, although how much of that is gordon being gordon and how much is forwards being beaten is up for debate.

Couple of sloppy involvements from LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) too: high tackle and not rolling penalties in quick selection.

Poor Rhys looks about 15 years older than he actually is

Yes, badly worded: Valetini and Hooper would have been the only forwards coming off 80 minutes: so when the initial teamsheet was discussed, they'd have been the planned subs. Now with Hooper out, that "logical" sub for Kemeny goes with it and hence it may be a 10 minute cameo for him rather...

Valetini is the only forward who played 80 minutes last week in the team, and M Hooper is the only other one who would have been if fitness permitted. Makes me think that Leota->Valetini and Kemeny -> Hooper were the planned subs, McReight coming in may mean that Josh has to wait to minute 70...

I mean, to my understanding, the revenue from out of window games is the big money turner. I would wager playing 5 rather than 4 probably covered a lot of the additionally occurred expenses from running two Aus A tours last season.

Could be. Ultimately depends on the mix across the whole forward unit. I think if you're presuming that Frost, Arnold and Skelton are likely the 3 playing in the RWC, carrying an out and out 4th Lock in one of those two "probably" provides more value to the squad for minute management and niggly...

The interesting one not commented on thus far here or in the Match Day thread is that Phillip and Neville are both playing this weekend, and it may be the thing which starts to decide who is the backup in the 33 and who is the train on.

For 2024: 5 Rebels playing for the Wallabies (6 if Bell fails a fitness test and Gibbo comes in) 4 Playing for Australia A 5 Playing for U20s Plus Kellaway still being managed through his return and Canham training with Australia A. Not a bad little group to build with.

Looking good Defending at 10 is a very different Kettle of Fish from Looking good defending at 12.

In before Bell fails his last fitness test and Gibbo comes in for 7 Rebels off the bench

I'd much prefer Bryce to sit in the 22 jersey over Jooste/Mason as 10 cover.

For arguments sake, this is what the post Super Rugby calendar looked like in 2022. While it probably wouldn't work with the Japan Tour that occured that year, a 12 week "Super Rugby Australia" competition actually fits in quite nicely. Saturday Wallabies Australia A “Super Rugby...

Pre-COVID, English Premiership Clubs were guaranteed to play 22 Premiership Games, 4 Cup games and 6 European Games. Clubs could potentially play an additional 2 games in the premiership, 2 games in the cup and 3 games in Europe, comprising knockout finals. Cup games took place during...