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There were plenty of ways Cheika could've used him better. Beale was not up to international standard, consistent liability on defense, an error-ridden, knock on merchant at test level - and Cheika constantly comprised the team balance in 2019 and 2018 by accommodating for Beale at all costs...

Just confirms what I already posted previously on here re: Cheika mismanaging O'Conner last year.

It seemed to me that the Wallabies forwards options were slightly better during Cheika's tenure compared to Deans. Ala'alatoa, Tupou, Sio, Fardy, Arnold, Skelton, Rodda, Coleman, Fainga'a, Kepu, Latu, Uelese, come to mind, (but particularly the front-row options) were arguably better than was...

Farr-Jones is a conservative christian, so it shouldn't surprise you.

I agree with other posters, Rennie will want to retain experience in key positions. There's not a great deal of experience in this team after the amount of caps lost after 2019. It's imperative to retain the O'Conner & White halves pairing. This is not the match to debut a 20 year old at 10...

That isn't the course of least disruption by any means. Rennie won't be debuting a 20 year old at 10 in the must-win Bledisloe decider. The All Blacks would be licking their lips at that 10-12 defensive channel. Did you see how many tackles O'Conner missed on Sunday? His defense is bad...

From a defense perspective which combination you'd rather field? Lol'o & O'Conner vs O'Conner & Simone. I'd definitely take the latter.

I get the same disturbing feeling I’ve been getting for the last few years. Individual talent is overcoming poor structure. Why do we persist in box kicks off the back of hard win ball? Smith kicks possession away nearly all the time. Who actually does take the kicks? When the game got frantic...

The Wallabies have a heavier backrow than the ABs going into this match, I honestly can't recall the last time that happened.

Apparently in the past 24 hours NZR and RA had agreed to push back the Springboks matches to allow them to play 500 minutes of match time prior to the RC, but the SARU still refused to travel. Also the SARU is boasting that next year's Lions tour will more than make up for the loss of revenue...

Samu wore 20 for the Crusaders and was excellent there. He's a dynamic impact player in the mold of Ardie Savea, should be injected into the game with 20 minutes to go.

I can accept the reasoning for Hanigan starting, with targeting the line-out and all, what I cannot understand is why Rennie has dropped both Samu AND Valetini from the 23 altogether. They are ideal impact players. That 20 jersey belongs to one of them.

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Your attack had Wisemantal's signature all over it. I thought his influence was the most evident of the new coaching staff. They were running great lines, varying it up with different angles, and playing brilliantly off 9. If you watch the world cup semi-final you can notice England doing very...

I see all the Aussie posters liking this in pure desperation Robertson never get's the All Blacks gig, as they know he'll bring the steel back into the NZ pack. Fear is a wonderful thing. Keep talking up your performance against a soft, disorganised Foster coached All Blacks playing in the...

Mo'unga has been mismanaged at test level, as with All Black's dual-pivot system under Hansen & Foster, Barrett spends too much time at first receiver instead of playing the natural fullback role, crowding Mo'unga's space and inhibiting him from playing his natural game. It's no coincidence...

I expected more reasoned rugby knowledge from a seasoned G&G veteran. 10 isn't even BB's best position. He hasn't been the best 10 in the country since 2016. Even then Cruden was arguably the better option due to his superior game-management.

There's no need for the hostility coming from certain Australian posters on here, you fellas ought to have learnt to more tolerant towards your Kiwi counterparts considering your 2nd NZ head coach in 7 years now.. you lot are mostly pathetically predictable, we all know what's going to happen...

Woah, woah.. let's not trivialize player welfare.

But "Up The Guts" assured me that Mo'unga was only hit once off the ball? Huh..