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Just on breakdown stuff quickly, I know everyone is busy hopping on board the Jones bandwagon, but his breakdown accuracy has regressed since last year. I'm not sure if it's because his tank is even bigger than before and he's hitting more of them, but he's getting himself into weird...

@daz I haven't actually watched a replay yet, so my impression of Pyle was formed at the ground. Happy to take your word for it if you reckon he had a big game though. Where do you come down on the whole player rotation thang? Give Stirzaker and Lahiff another game, or say sorry lads? I...

The perfect chance to actually implement the whole competition vibe though? Now McGahan can go to Smith and say sorry mate, not your fault you got concussed, but Max has given us no reason to drop him. We'll give you 30 minutes off the bench, if you want your starting spot back you'll have to...

Definitely his best game. I reckon he's starting to catch up to the pace of the game down here. He was blowing very, very, hard when he came off. I'd say Smith is the better player right now of the two, but is there not something to be learned from the Force debacle? The boys have got a win...

I wouldn't count on it. Another first half of quality territory rugby before the players get sick of hating themselves, remember they can pass, and start to play properly again. I'll be interested to see how Jones goes up against Thorn and Hoeata, properly hard men. Thorn, in particular, he...

Ha I'm a Bombers fan as well so you can add that to the punishments the universe is dealing out. How good would Cyril have been at rugby though?

Sorry boys. Mea culpa. Being drunk on the internet is never a good idea. If it helps I'm paying for it today. Feels like I've swallowed broken glass and am having nails enthusiastically hammered into my head.

WOOO WHAT A WIN! Beat the cheating fluffybunnys fair and square.

Yeah, I was kind of going for a sweeping statement about a player based on narrative without any actual proof. Mentioning Cips probably didn't help in fairness.

Kuridrani for captain? He plays for the Brumbies too. Seems almost rude to leave him out at this point.

Marto and Davies by an enormous margin. Probably Marto for me, if only because we have to endure him so regularly. He makes rugby genuinely unpleasant to watch.

No he isn't. I can think of two times I've seen him bounced, Deon Fourie against the Stormers and Sio last year I think? And the Fourie one he got back up and chased him down from behind. I'd love to hear some more examples. His defence isn't as strong as say, a Burgess or Mike Phillips, but...

Yep. It's just kind of obnoxious at the moment. I know what you're saying about the footy, but this is kind of like if GWS came down to Melbourne to play Geelong then started talking shit about them. It's all a bit desperate and undignified.

FFS. How about win a game or two and then start talking shit?

How can it not be a surprise? He's played one game of Melbourne club rugby after an eight-week layoff, and now he's starting against one of the best rugby sides in the world. I've probably pushed for Stirzaker more than anyone on the internetz and I'm surprised and really not sure it's the...

I think I like Stirzaker starting? Burgess has been a bit slow and directionless the last couple of weeks. If they're trying to crack on Stirzaker is the best bet, he's hardly played any rugby at all though - no way he can play 80. I reckon they'll be aiming for 50 minutes from him, 60 at most.

Promising colour scheme. Interesting at least.

There are a lot of seriously shit-hot designers in Melbourne. Very, very, talented people working for interesting labels who could do some really cool work. So... It's going to be awful. Imagine team and supporter wear that actually looked good. Can but dream.

I really like him as a player. Think he's getting as much out of his frame as possible. However he's smaller, weaker and not as good at rugby as JOC (James O'Connor). I just think it's a bit silly trying to compare the two. They're both a bit undersized, but that's about as far as the comparisons go that I can see.

Top post, Stu. On the whole NRC business, Rising isn't too surprising given the whole Rebel Rising thing. It's a bit meh, but not the end of the world. I just hope the uniform is good.