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What do you think of Eddie's decision to leave Dave out there for upwards of 70 minutes, Molman? Did it indicate a lack of confidence in Uelese, perhaps? And if so, why have Uelese in the 23 instead of Faessler who hasn't yet had a run and likely won't against the ABs. Or if he does, he is on a...

FMD, the ABs just increased their score from 50 to 100.

Too slow and as events showed at the end, lacking a bit of smarts too. Cooper, Kerevi and Koroibete all well below par this game.

I like the idea where teams are asked to bid to participate. If tied to some form of contracting for players, then it wouldn't matter a jot if the Shute Shield teams took their bat and went home. The players who want to progress from SS will move to teams in the comp and get paid. It would also...

Was outstanding at hooker in last year's U20s. But, yes, he plays LHP for the Force.

Not at all BH. Our kicks were mostly on first, second or third phase so we had very little time in possession (37% I believe). The Saffas did a whole shitload more with the ball before they kicked, or actually scored tries when they ran it. No surprise at all that the kicking stats are somewhat...

I don't think the kicks were all necessarily non contestable. Many times the chasers just stood back about 5 - 10 metres rather than getting up to contest the ball. As a tactic, it failed for whatever reason, but it certainly looked to me that the plan was to allow the kick to be received and...

A good description Marce, but I think a better Australian comparison would be Noah Lolesio. A skilled player but not a specialist No 10, but in Noah's case also unlikely to have the physicality to play at the top leel in any other position. That I believe is the biggest obstacle to his inclusion...

Ok Dru. Eddie is on record as saying if a team hasn't scored within 3 phases then kick the ball away. I agree there has to be an element of kicking in the plan but to stipulate 3 phases has no relevance to the state of play at that moment and if implemented would not allow building of phases to...

Interesting that. Frost packs behind Slipper and Skelton behind Ala'alatoa. Maybe the wrong lock has been left out?

KOB, it's good to be optimistic, but don't get your hopes up too high is my message. There are still many questions to be asked of this side, and while I agree that Aus rugby is a bit up to shit right now, if Eddie thinks we can win by playing without the ball he has rocks in his head. So, first...

Reimer and Debreczini also in the mix to start.

Not enough Wallabies KOB. I just have no confidence in Eddie Jones as coach, as you acknowledged in another post.

Like your optimism Reg. But Slipper looks to be jaded from too much rugby to me and could be an early injury away from injecting Bell into the game with SFA game time under his belt. Persisting with Porecki who has little presence in open play could backfire if injury prone Uelese has to be...

Yeah. Billy can't throw straight, is as slow as a wet week, has no foot work and is passive in contact. He is also too old. Better leave him where he is and not clutter up the roster to cause the latest SS run of the miller to miss out on a spot.

And that's what is being touted here as a missed tackle. He ought to be applauded for being in a position to attempt two tackles on adjacent players. Nobody else was there to lend a hand.

I don't feel weird at all about criticising Hooper for his performances the last couple of years BH. I also criticise our front row, especially the hookers, and Skelton for having little impact on the game. It is a problem over at least half the forward pack sent out against SA, but it was...

Uelese, Nongorr, and Vunivalu I can understand and hope not to see them in Wallaby gold again. Tom Hooper had a more than adequate debut against a top ranked side; did his job at the lineout, was as good as any other ball in hand and missed one tackle in an otherwise good defensive performance...

Did you notice BH that Michael Hooper was quite often off side at ruck time but I think only pinged once. He is now quite slow to get back onside after an involvement even when that is one of his many missed tackles or non-tackles. He now has poor tackling technique often just throwing an arm...

I strongly doubt Eddie will be with us in 25 and 27, and if he is then it's more than a fair chance the Wallabies will have gone backwards from where they are now.