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It's good to see a dominant scrum. The Qld scrum was dominant with Tupou at THP during the series, so I was worried how we'd go without Tupou being available. Nice to see that we can dominant NZ at scrum time. How we go in the world cup will be interesting. It'll be surprising if Tui...

Looks like the Sharks have the Canes beaten. And Double Allergic was my favourite album of theirs, amongst some really good ones. Still think it's great. None of the other bands mentioned compare to Powerfinger, and Custard, as much as I loved them and Dave McCormack, or even the 'Gurge...

Yeah, a mile forward from Hooper to Mumm. This will be ruled no try.

Cheetahs have poor ruck protection and the Tahs have gotten a few turnovers in their red zone by guys on their feet kicking the ball back. Hooper involved in both. Robinson with a huge clearance Mumm instantly gives away a penalty, the Cheetahs get back to the Tahs 22, then lose yet another...

Why does Kearns still commentate Tahs games? It's painful to listen to. I suspect the Cheetahs are regretting starting their bench props with next to no caps. They've been on roller skates so far, and subbed at 50 minutes.

Brumbies have Rebels, bye, Sunwolves, international break (whole of June). That's maybe 7 or more weeks with just 2 games. So I reckon To'omua is a good chance to be back after the next two Brumbies games.

If Weeks is fit, I can't see anyone else being on the radar as the reserve THP. There's not a lot of other choices, Alexander would be my next pick. Talakai and Robertson look like guys for the future, but I'd be wary of rushing our young THPs into a national squad, especially guys who are...

If the Reds are within 20, I'll take it as a moral victory! ;)

ASIC wouldn't touch it, as an organisation they are useless. They have a litany of high profile failed cases and law suits where there was plain illegal activity in (e.g. Eddie Groves), have been exposed as ignoring whistle blowers multiple times (until the media do an expose), and basically...

Plus what is likely the first choice centre pairing will hopefully be released by the Rebels and Reds respectively, as well.

I know Kerevi is deceptively quick for his bulk, but I'd wager that Folau has a higher top end speed and a smoother running style (although that Kerevi is harder to tackle). Neither of them have much acceleration at all. Kerevi has this great knack for getting defenders to plant their fleet...

Yeah, the best move from here for mine is CFS straight to 13 leaving the rest of the team unchanged. I'd prefer to see Magnay stay with the U20s. We would also move Paia'ua to 12, Ant to 13, CFS back to wing, Greene to the bench and then drop either Laloifi or Goromaru (I'd drop Goromaru...

Kerevi is back in 4 weeks, which is in time for the first test, but as he won't get any more Super Rugby before then, I don't think he will (or should) be selected. May still make the squad...maybe. I sorta feel Kerevi may be too slow for international rugby, but would like to see him get his...

Right now I'd say our weakest positions to fill next year are at 7, 10, 12 and a wing spot (other than Nabuli), plus some depth for the bench where we are very weak. 8 depends on whether Browning can maintain his current form. We don't have a couple of superstars and the right role players like...

Browning has been going pleasantly well at 8 over the last few weeks. Finally living up to his potential.

I'll take that as Berry justice, though.

Wow, I reckon the ref is getting this wrong. TMO definitely not sure he is edit: getting it right. Lucky let off for the Reds, although there was a small question about the grounding.

Nope, need to hold on from here. Kerevi, Tui, Gill, Browning, Ready all gone, and they've been some of the Reds best tonight. Especially a man down and 3 locks on the field.

I thought the ref was pretty good, but that yellow was poor (I actually thing Gunn should've been yellow carded) as the team all looked onside. And he has a point in the last 10, quite a few times a Stormers player off his feet was playing the ball slowing it down and the ref just yelled to...

Yeah, scoreline flattered the Stormers in the end, but the Reds played rubbish rugby in the last 20. Scrum went wonky (at least in the ref's eyes), they lost lineouts, pushed and dropped ball, and gave away dumb penalties. The Reds make plenty of breaks, but need to finish a couple more...