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Yeah, you actually made me think about when was the last really recognised pilferer the ABs had and I don't think they have had one for a while. Maybe you can rely on that person too much and having a team strategy that is based more on dominant tackles and then strong counter-ruck and great...

I'd take Pocock over Cane in a heartbeat. Savea is interesting but today I'd still take Pocock. McCaw wasn't really a basher either but if you put Pocock in the ABs with that pack - he'd be unbelievable I reckon. I've been against bringing Wallabies back since it was introduced. It's a bad idea...

3. Pocock 2. Genia 1. Folau

Can't believe Cheika didn't start Fardy. Pocock was the best on park for mine. Folau has to go to 13. Surely he needs to have the ball in his hands more often than what he got last nite. Hopefully that is the last time Giteau starts a Wallaby Test. I know he got something like 8mins but the left...

Woodcock and maybe Savea BUT Kaino and Mealamu have always played pretty good Super Rugby and Nonu was actually very good the last few Super Rugby seasons - apart from a couple of suspensions. I really don't get how Giteau keeps getting selected. There are just as many average players in Australia who can play...

Hooper is no McCaw. Not even close. So let's not try to make like-for-like comparisons. I don't know how Hooper got on the short-list. I'm sure you guys will have felt that way about plenty of other nominees and even winners over the years. This year you are talking about a guy who hit less...

Yeah - maybe. I dunno. However it works out I guess but going thru this discussion has definitely highlighted for me how much the Wallabies need a couple of decent 8's!

I think saying that Pocock was your best player doesn't say much. It's like saying I'm the best player in my family. You could probably play Pocock at 12 and he'd still run close to being the best LOL I understand that the lack of credible No.8's is an issue - hence why I also said that Vaea...

LOL...exactly?! Well, in the 7th min of the 2nd game of the RWC just after the 24th sec - LOL Look, it's just my opinion. I don't think he is as big an impact at 8 as he does at 7 and I don't think anyone would rate him as one of the top No.8's in world rugby. I might be wrong but Pocock's name...

As I mentioned originally, my suggestions on 8 were purely going off the stats ForceFan provided so I'm not fussed about who you put there. I just think that Pocock is the best No.7 in the world so you play him there and find an 8. Hooper is good 7 but IMO, he's not even close to Pocock and I...

Right...for their clubs they might have played their secondary position but at Test level - not really. And we were talking about the All Blacks.

Don't know why you think he's not a 7. Isn't that where he's played pretty much all of his pro rugby? All of his Test rugby? The All Blacks ARE the prime example. How often do you see Kaino playing at 8 or Read at 6 or 7 or Cane anywhere else but 7? Not very often at all. On a few occasions...

He's not an 8. Just going off the stats ForceFan has put up, I'd say it would be between Browning & Butler. Those show that Hooper is actually NOT a better defender by a margin. Only Jed Holloway has a worse tackle success rate. The thing I wonder about Hooper's ball carrying stats is how...

I still don't get the infatuation with Hooper. I wouldn't bother trying to make 'Pooper' work. When you look at the back row, you pick Pocock first, Fardy 2nd and then one of these other guys - Holloway or Browning or whoever (geez Vaea is a massive loss for Aussie rugby) - and either they step...

Poor Cruden....LOL

We'll trade those 'bus trips' playing the best teams in the comp to play against the Reds or Rebels or Force. Regardless of how far we had to travel to play them, playing the Chiefs/Hurricanes/Crusaders/Highlanders is tougher proposition to playing a lot of other teams in the other conferences...

Probably says something about the Top 14......

Forget about Gits.....To'omua is fine and pick someone else to back up. You really don't need any of these guys coming back from overseas....

Marty Hollah could probably give him some advice for coping with that :)

It's not really that surprising that the Wallaby discipline is poor when it appears that the coach seems to be unable to control himself. I'd be a little embarrassed of how he carries on if I was one of his players. I am genuinely surprised at how Moore seemed to let the niggle get to him last...