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What was the Good Weekend article like? Sounds like an interesting read but can't seem to find it anywhere online.

The numbers have it - has to be Beau. The Rock, Higgers, DK and Benny Mac can all cover 6/8, why bring out another like that?

Oh right - sorry missed that bit! Just saw Reddy's Twickenham 2008 mention which brought back a few memories of Sheridan limping off after Baxter smashed him.

Al Baxter - Twickenham, vs England 2008

I can't imagine that head gear is directly causing more concussions, but I have to agree that a disproportionate majority of the bad concussions I've seen have been to people wearing headgear. I've always worn it because my mum insisted on me wearing it as a kid. I've tried playing a few times...

Haven't read the last 6 pages, so apologies if I'm treading over old ground. I'd have AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) at 13 - sure he's having a shitty season so far but he's probably been the most consistent Wallaby back (and perhaps even Wallaby full stop) in the Deans era. In a backline full of playmakers it's good to...

Open - Brussow, Blind - Alberts, 8 - Vermeulen. I'd have Juan Smith in there somewhere but he's injured right? I haven't seen Spies play to his full potential since the 2009 Super 14, so overrated. Alberts is in sensational form and you need a fetcher like Brussow.

Haha fair enough, pretty naive/biased to assume that the Wallabies wouldn't lie and the Boks would - you're right, was probably our boys that tried to pad it out a bit. Definitely happens a lot though. I bumped into a lot of the Northampton 1st XV when their 2nds were playing Cambridge (btw...

My memory might be playing tricks on me but I've noticed the opposite a number of times in the last couple of years. IIRC, when they list the pack weights at scrum time, the Wallabies have often been listed as heavier than the Boks - there's no way that can be true, right?

Had a chat with a mate of mine who starts at tighthead for the Cambridge Blues with Dan. As Bruce said, apparently he's the total professional. My mate reckons he changed the entire mentality of the group - if a hooker missed a lineout he'd get absolutely blasted, every set piece move had to be...

Of the current crop, TPN - what a hero. Mortlock is probably my favourite Wallaby of the last 10 years though.

Stephen Jones..."columnist" for The Times and absolute fuck knuckle. Cannot stand the bastard.

I'm good mates with the Cambridge starting tight-head and apparently Vickerman has been out all season because of a knee injury. Daly is an absolutely massive unit, thought he played prop when I met him but he's a 12. Had a shit varsity game though, knocked it on twice IIRC, although the game...

Frog squad announced: Forwards: Thomas Domingo (Clermont), Jerome Schuster (Perpignan), Luc Ducalcon (Castres), Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), Guilhem Guirado (Perpignan), Wiliam Servat (Stade Toulousain), Lionel Nallet (Racing-Métro), Julien Pierre (Clermont), Jerome Thion (Biarritz), Fulgence...

Live stream anyone?

http://rugby.com.au/news/wallabies_2010/huia_edmonds_ruled_out_of_cook_cup,143503.html/section/21893 Edmonds out! Shame, he looked pretty handy against Leicester.

Wooooah, massive cheap shot from George Chuter on Simmons. Simmons had his head down on the fringes of the ruck and Chuter gave him a decent uppercut.

Edmonds back in to it.

Lineouts and scrums going really well. Commentators jizzing all over this Twelvetrees bloke because he kicked a few penalties. Brown still shit...bad hands, soft in contact and too much aggro.

After today, whaddya reckon? I for one thought the Wallabies were disappointingly shaky and didn't seem particularly "up for it". We never really got out of 2nd gear, there were a lot of handling mistakes and the scrum, most worryingly of all, looked shit. On the other hand, I hear the Poms...