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Not Frost. Matt Philip came on from the bench.

Slow to the ball on the ground is certainly a long standing issue for our teams, but I was heartened by Tom Hooper's efforts on the weekend to win that tussle on a couple or more occasions. Talking of kicks in the arse, it is becoming more and more obvious that out defensive system out wide has...

Valetini might not have been up to his usual standard in your eyes smi, but his usual standard is world class and he wasn't far off that again on the weekend. He is the main hitup runner just off the ruck and again he consistently got over the gain line with the ball, often taking two or more...

3. Valetini 2. Bell 1. Hooper HM : Tupou and Skelton.

Shiggins - you condemn Tom Wright for one knock on, while giving JOC (James O'Connor) a pass when he missed at least 4 or 5 tackles, maybe more. Was he the initial miss on the Porto No 12 in the lead up to a try? He certainly then missed the winger after the No 12 passed the ball to him. JOC (James O'Connor) imo was the poorest...

Spot on KOB. And on top of that, the players themselves probably had little heart for the game given they were essentially leftovers from Eddies 'new broom'. Now, if the RWC squad had been built on the best players available with experience in RWCs, then this "A" team would have looked a lot...

Gungahlin Eagles prevailed over the Tuggeranong Vikings 33 - 22 in the JID Grand Final. Congratulations to Lachie McCaffery in his first attempt at coaching at this level, I believe.

I think I understand why Eddie put this team together and in his position I would do something very similar. It does seem to mark a changing of the guard and I think he wanted players who will offer a bit different whom he can instruct to just do their own things without him needing to construct...

This is the Wallabies thread. Has been hijacked by the despondent Tahs supporters.

How short do they think our memories are? RA taking over the Force licence was the prelude to axing them from the competition. The notion of shrinking to greatness still seems to have some traction in higher rugby circles. I don't think any of the Brumbies, Rebels or Force (despite Twiggy's...

According to the scorecard, he scored in the 65th minute.

Anyone know where this match can be viewed? Doesn't appear in the STAN program. EDIT : My error. Is scheduled for Mon morning at 1.15am. No mention yet of the Aus A/Portugal match though.

Joe Wadman?

Vikings prevailed over Royals in the preliminary final, 42 - 29, and will meet the Eagles in the Grand Final next week. Teams will be without their Aus A representatives, as they were this weekend. Interesting to see that Liam Bowron, No 2/16 for the U20s this year, played No 7 for the Royals.

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Presumably, it wouldn't be hard to organise a game against Aus A.

On the playing group, it is good to see a fair representation from the 2019 U20s in the squad or close by. We have Bell, Frost, McReight, Nawaqanitawase and Donaldson in the RWC squad with Lachie Lonergan, Rhys van Nek and Joey Walton in or reserve for the A team and others like Lolesio, Wilson...

Cadeyrn Neville apparently called into the squad, according to the Canberra Times today.

Not a lot of movement on new signings for '24, Are we to assume that Bernie is substantially satisfied with the squad as it is, and any holes can be filled from Academy/U20s or JID teams? We seem to be ok for 24 at Hooker, but there must be a possibility that Connal McInerney will finish next...

Farrell had apparently previously completed the extra training in tackle technique. A decision to ban him would have cast doubt about the effectiveness of that let out clause in the judical process, surely. Couldn't have that happen,