Search results

Assumptions are flowing thick and fast in Bealegate, including: 1) Hooper's comments represent those of all or a majority of the players rather than a couple of voices 2) Patston nefariously stored the infamous messages for a rainy day rather than being simply being persuaded by 'senior...

JOC (James O'Connor) is setting himself up for a tilt at 10 at the Reds.

Yeah, Hooper managed to say exactly the wrong thing. Of course, he is 22 and the media pushed him to it, and it may please a faction of wallabies (or all of them for all I know) but leadership would be redirecting attention to the GAME ON SATURDAY.

Frankly the only things I want to hear that any of the wallabies want is absolute commitment, perfect execution and victory. If anything else is on their minds they're shamateurs.

That's assuming he isn't stood down for his involvement in Bealegate. After all, kurtley was under his wing. As a senior player he carries some responsibility.

Beale (and Moses) have shown they are prepared to burn the ARU, Patston, McKenzie and the wallabies. Brinkmanship of the highest order to avoid consequences for his actions. His self-destuctiveness is dragging the wallabies down and his mates are too close to understand it. He can piss off and...

I think that this discussion deserves it's own thread. I'm heading along next weekend, looking forward to seeing a come from behind, do it for Kurtley, siege mentality victory against all odds. I hope that there is some sort of preparation for the game happening in the background, though it's...

Cooper showed some promise on the weekend but it would be better for him and for the wallabies if he could build to a test late next month rather than coming back yet again too early. I do think that he has a lot to offer in terms of game management though. Foley is just a little further back...

Just on Phipps He looked completely spent at 60 mins against SA (after a pretty good 3/4 game) and in a perfect world would have been subbed. In the game against Argentina he just didn't have the frenetic energy and pace to the breakdown or tackle he has shown all year, and of course there was...

3. Horwill 2. Fardy 1. Kuridrani, T

Lachie Mitchell is an honest trier but I can't see him in green and gold.

Simmons was rubbish. Carter invisible. Horwill looks good to start.

Thanks for the updates!

Those "clean-outs" where Simmons wanders into the ruck, then notices where the opposition forward is, then limply grasps at them and falls over..... so ineffective. Having said that, and without seeing stats, he made tackles, runs and metres and the line-out worked well enough, with him...

That pass behind AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) at 73:48 brought back fond memories.

Just on the crowd, the fact it's a long weekend and our participation sports are giving us a break means that some of us are getting out of town. Having said that, I've also turned down a couple of tickets to watch the reds from the corporate box this year. Too frustrating. But that just makes...

Interesting that we've gone from picking wingers to having a bunch of utility backs, Cummins excepted. On the 10/12 allocations Maybe McKenzie wants to build on the shape to the wallaby game from last year and having To'omua (Lilo if injured) at 12 outside Foley (Beale if injured) is the way...

There aren't many games where you look at Daley (and Holmes at tighthead) and think - this reds front row is right in this scrum contest. They miss Slipper badly. Agree on the rest. Horwill is not the energetic presence of yesteryear. I think he is trying to do too much to carry them, and...

It was vaguely humorous when the announcer told us that Saia Fainga'a (who was at the bottom of a collapsed scrum at the time) had been replaced by Ben Lucas. More versatile than I had imagined. He'd come on for Harris, who as usual tried gamely.

Some annoyances re Graham's reds: The demise of contestable kicks, replaced with carefree lobs to the Cru back 3 (not even finding touch occasionally) The absence of runners on Coopers inside shoulder, The persistence with a lightweight back row that usually takes a backward step, The shuffle of...