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Agreed mate.

Andrew Barr urging people to attend the Brumbies game and the Raiders game this weekend if they aren't feeling unwell. Says there's no reason to avoid public gatherings at the moment. Could change very quickly, obviously.

With Rennie saying he'll pick on form, JP has to be ahead of Sio. But Sio has been great over the last six years, and he'll be a Wallaby this year if he starts to show some of that form again.

And Pasitoa's first meaningful impact is to hold up a certain try. Great to see he'll put his body on the line, we've all seen how much playmaking talent he has.

Wright having an absolute mare. Lonergan putting his hand up for starting duties going forward.

Source: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6664816/my-best-is-ahead-brumbies-and-slipper-eye-extension/ Interesting to see the Slipper-Sio thing described as a two-game starting rotation. Also incredible that AAA has the 15th most minutes in the comp. What a legend!

We've been seeing a lot of people talking up a conflict between RA and the Super teams lately. Same with the replacement candidate for Brett Robinson. Have to wonder if this is just people creating drama, or if there's a fire behind this smoke. Personally think RA haven't really got much wrong...

Petaia would probably be a good fullback, but we have a few good fullbacks (to the point where we squeze them onto the wing just to get them into the side). We have a paucity of 13s who can defend the channel well (which is more than half their job) and Petaia is one of the ones who seems to...

There are always players who are mediocre at Super level and really perform at test level. Could be pride in the jersey, could be playing to the level of your opponents, who knows. In the last two years, DHP has definitely been one of those players who shows up in a gold jersey, regardless of...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/05/no-excuse-for-rugby-australia-raiding-a-super-rugby-franchise

There are a heap of players who just select themselves based on their form in the World Cup and the fact that they're still playing well now. 1. Slipper 2. Fainga'a 3. Ala'alatoa 4. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) 5. Rodda 6. Samu 7. Hooper (c) 8. Naisarani 9. McDermott 10. O'Connor 11. Koroibete 12. To'omua 13. Kuridrani...

Drifting away from Brumbies again.

I'd love to have Beale and JOC (James O'Connor) around for Harrison and Lolesio in particular. Passing the lessons on to the next generation is something we really struggle with in Australian rugby.

Don't let Laurie Fisher have a third go as head coach. Only Larkham and Rea have a worse win-loss record than him.

At this stage, just let Laurie do it how he pleases.

Until McKellar goes, chat Wallabies coaching gigs in the Wallabies thread.

This paragraph hits the nail on the head. Also, being a head coach requires experience as......... a head coach, of all things. Signing up to be an assistant for four years will really hurt your chances, particularly if another talented head coach comes through the provincial ranks in that...

The result is the same, fewer points. Would our season be over if we got a losing BP from the Chiefs and took five points from the Sunwolves? That's the same number of points on the table as beating the Chiefs and having the Sunwolves game cancelled.

Yeah, I'm willing to go into it. I thoroughly reject the premise that it's such a done thing having home field advantage (though I definitely acknowledge that home field advantage is a real thing, and, since the home team in a final is by definition higher on the table, they're probably the...