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I love your passion and I'm not trying to wind you up here but there is another side to the coin. There is a huge question mark over the number of matches players are capable of playing in a year... and maybe another tour to NZ after the world cup was too much. But I don't think that it's...

Maybe he is making a smart move but a squad of 50-60% English would be way over the top. Even in my most one-eyed moments I can't get close to 17 England players out of a squad of 35! The England possibles for me are Marler, T Youngs, Launchbury, Lawes, Care, Goode & Ashton and my probables...

Even if England win the Grandslam, I can't see it being an all Pommy Lions team. For one, there is too much class around elsewhere and two, Gatland has already warned against it... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/21435112 although I find his comments a bit strange. It's like he is...

I see no one is mentioning Hogg as a possible fullback. He's been impressive in the first two 6N's - maybe a bolter?

Hold on a minute, I'm starting to sense a whiff of parochial, nationalistic BS in the air. Playing three tests for the Lions has no more risk to the long-term playing future for a player than playing three tests against the AB's for your national team. I didn't hear anyone say that Ireland...

Does anyone have any thoughts on who are the candidates for being captain of the touring party? All things being equal, I find it hard to look past Brian O'Driscoll as no one would be more respected. Fingers crossed he makes a full recovery from his shoulder injury.

...yeap, I bet the locals love you too!! If I were back in Blighty, I think I would enjoy telling you that Ashton is the best thing since sliced bread too! Lol Obviously I can't speak for every dirty, soap dodging, delusional psychotic POM, but personally I think Ashton is a wee bit overrated -...

Another perspective would be that Hooper didn't exactly impress with his cameos in front of his own supporters against Scotland and Wales. He even nearly cost you one test against Wales. But hey, you show faith and don't judge a young fella on a twenty minute cameo because he is, evidently, a...

On recent form I think you might find the order Genia > Fresh Air > White > Burgess > YOU > Phipps

Thank God you didn't fly over for it.

To be fair, it wasn't bad enough for him to miss the tour. It started off as a tip tackle but he did back off enough to prevent Danny Care from landing on his head and shoulders. No worse than Hooper's on Vito in my view. Right decision. To be honest, I don't think England has got a hope of...

I've been waiting nearly nine years to hear that :)

lol...Good to see you Reg! Is it worth the Reds contacting the Brumbies to see if they have an empty trophy cabinet they're not using?? You never know...you might get lucky!

Tuilagi will be a big loss if he's out. Can't see any one other than Farrell starting at 10 for the tests.

Gill 22, Fainga'a 18, Higgs 17 ?

Ok but I would say that Gill still made 22 tackles, he completed a higher percentage of his teams total and the number of tackles made by the Reds are slanted by the greater number of runs made by the Brumbies forwards. In other words, the Brumbies kept it tight and pick and drove...

Of course Gill will get 'pinged' more...he competes at more rucks than Hooper does (though on Saturday they were even with two each). That's not a criticism of Hooper by the way, it's just a difference in how the Brumbies and Reds play. Additionally, it's not just the number of pilfers that...

40 m still seems an awfully long way! :) Would it involve a bar?

Panda, do you have the "when and where" as I might just come along and watch? I moved interstate a couple of months ago and am missing my rugby fix.

Thanks Slim...I was actually looking for a little more detail. Does all the tv money go to the ARU...the ARU keeps some and shares it out amongst franchises or does amount x go directly to each franchise. Who controls the tv money?