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Anyway, the Qld nursery doesn't feed the Reds, just Japan and France.

Well, locally grown Oli Hoskins will step in to cover Kieren Longbottom. Local Dane Haylett-Petty is starting to look like a decent winger, and local Luke Burton is ready to take over at 15. Force will be fine.

Both sides played expansive, exciting rugby. To be honest, unlike either team through the season.

Im not sure that lost it for us, but not selecting Matheson and Ebersohn was a big call. I guess he wanted to reward the guys who had worked in the second half of the season. But our strength was when everyone was fit. Wrong choice. Brumbies, well done, much better team, now go and do...

What results do we need for both the Force and Brumbies to sneak in the six? Bonus point draw?

Reading this thread has just made the win that much more enjoyable.

Some Reds fans seem to be poor losers. Force are winning tight games. Bring on the Brumbies!

Re Dan Palmer, everyone seems to think that he was going to be the saviour of the Australian scrum. Um. Has anyone seen him actually do anything worthy of that title. He isn't getting game time in France.

Slipper Moore Kepu Skelton Simmons Fardy Hooper Palu Genia Cooper Speight (wrong wing but I don't care, he plays more like a left than right wing) To'omua Kuridrani JOC (James O'Connor) Folau TPN Sio Alexander Horwill McCalman Pocock Giteau AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) Charles, Weeks, Carter, Higgenbotham, Gill, White, Godwin, Cummins...

Everyone in my office was calling it boring as batshit. But I am in Melbourne so not RL heartland.

Yep. It looked to be a directive from above. But it was poorly implemented and White was the main offender.

White had a bad game. Last week he was quick to the ruck and threw it wide in front of our backs. This week he was under pressure and it rattled him. He kicked and kicked poorly. He fiddled around behind rucks and this stifled our attack. It was ten man rugby with our 9 looking for field position.

Nick Phipps is a great running and sniping fullback, but his pass is Burgessesque.

Having me in the squad would be an enormous benefit over someone like Phipps.

Channel 10 probably thinks that Nick Phipps is a good rugby player.

His second half was ok, his first poor IMO.

Anyway, only change for me for Sydney would be Genia in for White. I felt White, under pressure, was rattled. He had a pearler last weekend mind.

This is the sort of game a Deans lead Wallabies would have lost. But the Wallabies looked in control for the last twenty and I knew we wouldn't lose.

It's only one or two. Most of us enjoyed that game.

Ben Lucas would be a great pick up. Not sold on Davies. Schatz or Quirk would be good value as well, but would prefer a taller backrower capable of playing lock.