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ended up opting none but its a crapshoot. Wales easily the best shot at it, though all of them have a genuine shot. Including Ireland, but tbh I think it is far more likely they will get thrashed than win.

crap I just wasted 10 seconds of my life reading that, I want it back.

I think Deans style is one of let the real player shine. One of deans talents is spotting great players and allowing them to flourish. Deans is a staunch believer in QC (Quade Cooper). If anything the public are the ones who have insisted he be more conservative imo. That said I ave no doubt a couple of...

Vuna offers more in attack than Shipperley, particularly if he keeps progressing to near his league std, but that said I am not putting my sig on the line about his defence. I can only conclude Deans plan is burn em, burn em hard. I am a Rebels man and a believer in Vuna, but for this game...

Setting aside "form" when players are broken Slim I have to say for me that should read Beale > JOC (James O'Connor) > Lilo at 10. But I'm open to the idea Lilo could change all that with another season. Re Horne I think he will do well, tho I confess to being an Ant convert! Ath.

3. Moore 2. Ioane 1. Pocock Ath.

In regards our supposed standing as the no2 rugby country and our trinations record of last few years: hate to say it but I think our streak of wins against the boks is about to end. There's been a bit of rhetoric here we are the second best team, but let's not kid ourselves. RSA are a...

You say that Barbar like the Canes will hardly notice the loss. Re Quade, unless Beale makes it back, I'd be sending Quade in v Wales with Berwick on standby. With Kurtley back I'd be releasing Quade to get gametime. Ath.

The overall gameplan was sound, and who among us was criticising their first 50? Face it, if Simmons try had been allowed - and it was a try - we'd most all of us be saying gritty win in crap conditions. The Deans haters would deny credit on the basis blind freddy would have known what was...

Other than disagreeing about what constitutes beautiful rugby, Reason provides the superior underlying analysis imo. Cully rightly identifies the scrum issue, but it seems to me he is focused on the last 5-10 mins. We failed to win the game in the 55-70 min window in my view. Dennis was shagged...

The three people who failed to change it up after ten minutes of failing to get over the line in the second half with endless pick and goes. It got to the stage I was begging for box kicks and bombs. Ath.

I think what really hurts is the dumbass never again ad they ran before the game :mad: Ath.

I fear you are holding Spiro to journalistic standards forever gone Bruce. Ath.

To say Tom Carter isn't a starting super rugby player is very unfair in my view, almost risible. His performance last year was a bedrock of the Tahs game, his defensive performance exemplary, easily the best in the comp. His attack/kick chase also solid. This year hes had one bad game, and...

Rapt for him if true. Ath.

Perenara is over rated. Hansen was wise to omit him and with any luck he will continue to omit him. Preferably for another 10 years or so. Ath.

Reds are the champion side, by definition.

don't think he's ever been even vaguely 'great'. Periods of superb play routinely interrupted by periods of banal performance. If he'd had even a portion of the attitude and discipline Thorn brought to the game it might have been different. Ath.

Id love seeing him play 12 inside Inman :) Ath.

10:3:1 sounds sexy, but it doesn't reflect the objectives does it. Perhaps that is their problem, even their business plan draftsmanship is poorly executed ;) Seriously though, I am a big believer in achievable plans, with bonuses for excellent performance - that para over reaches a little...