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HE is due, and he owes the team a better performance. I do not think he has been as bad as people make out. Two bad passes last week but he was good under the high ball. He has to improve marginally to look a lot better. Wales are going to pop high balls onto Sbu's wing early on to test him...

Started in the warmups. Marx has not been in great form. Bongi's lineout throws used to be his achilles heel but he has improved out of sight. As a result Rassie started him with an angry Marx coming on in the second half. It is part of Rassie basically having a new pack on the bench. Marx...

Not in a world cup knockout they didn't.

Neither Ireland not Scotland kicked well not did they put enough pressure on defense. They fell into the trap of standing off from the breakdown, allowing quick possession. Japan's back three have been very average at fielding the high ball. They have been good when you kick deep and allow them...

Vunipola has been on poor from of late. Hardly got across the advantage line against Argie. When on song he is destructive.

Poms have a pretty skilled backline for the first time since forever. That is why they scare me.

The Japanese set piece was awful against us in the warmup game and they have now lost their best TH scrummager. They need to fix their lineout, seems the timing is often off. South Africa will target the breakdown, slow the ball down and hit on the counter. Boks will kick for territory and...

The Pooper is your best bet against the English style of rugby. The Poms throw their big bodies into the collision. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) and Dempsey are not the answer.

PLEASE knock the poms and their sense of entitlement over. I was at the Argie England game. The sheer fucking arrogance of the Pom supporters is something else. I forgot how bad their travelling mobs can be. The utterly appalling behaviour by some of them in the streets of Tokyo that night...

Oh And Second half Australia put bodies into the breakdown and guess what happened. No turnovers, more front foot ball, Tipuric less of a factor. Has Cheika NEVER analysed Wales to see how the play at the collision. It boggles the mind. Wales game plan is 1000% obvious and I don't know...

Crap reffing etc etc yes. Not why AUS lost though. But you cannot come to a World Cup and not know 100% for sure who your best 10 is. That is 100% on Cheika Too much bluster and bravado and too little planning. The BEST thing he can do now is to tell To'omua that the job is now his for...

Jack Dempsey >>>>>>>> LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) Pete Samu >>>>>>>>>> LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) If Dempsey doesn't leapfrog LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) into the starting 15: Homer Simpson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheika

What a completely odd question to ask.

Makes perfect sense to play the first team now one last time, with guys on the bench that you want to test in different combinations. (like centres in the Boks' case) Why would Cheika rest anyone now? They have had plenty rest and have another 2 weeks to rest. Seems really dumb. And then...

1987: There was no World Cup 1991: There was no World Cup :D

"the PM having recently confirmed that kiwis are indeed being fleeced at the bowser" I'd be more worried that it has just been uncovered that your entire climate change policy is based on buying carbon credits that apparently did not exist from Russia and Ukraine :) Are you actually saying...

Looking most forward to the England Argie game. If the Argie scrum can hold up I hope they knock the Poms over.

So who's going? I'm off to see SA v Italy, SA v Canada, England v Argentina and Wales v Fiji If anyone's around any of those games let's have a beer or three.

My argument is that a fit Pocock is better. And Jones hasn't even been tried by Cheika which defies belief. Of the two I always though Jones had more potential.

What are you going to do at blindside? LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) really is not up to this level. Sorry. He shows odd glimpses but when it gets nasty and tight he is nowhere to be found. That is EXACTLY the time your blindside should come into their own. Look at all the great blindsides over the years. Finegan...