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Wessels has selected his big-boppa backrow to play against the Hurricanes??!! Timani will be totally unsighted given the speed at which the Hurricanes clear the ball to their backs. He'll be totally knackered after 10 minutes just running in the general direction of the rucks. Did Wessels not...

Coles hasn't played this season (did his ACL), Ardie Savea isn't going all that well now and Julian hasn't gone well for at least 12 months and I think is now injured. The Hurricanes are favourites for the tournament because of the totality of their team not because of a few stars. They could...

Sorry, I missed the irony/sarcasm.

But it wasn't a yellow card offence. By the laws it was a clear red card. You can be absolutely sure that the ref will get a rocket from his assessor and I don't expect to see the TMO listed again any time soon.

Can we clarify something? Braveheart has Staniforth and Palmer on the bench, Fatprop has Staniforth and Miller. Who's right?

Sure looks like the plan. I would have had RHP and Colby starting, with Timani and Hardwick to finish. By gee, Parling is getting a nice all expenses paid holiday in Australia. Can't even make the bench.

His loss is massive. If the Waratahs had any chance before I reckon its gone now. Short's injury was supposedly season-ending. He's made a miraculous recovery. Gibson is starting with the "Hegarty at fullback, Folau to the wing" formation. It will be interesting to see how this pans out...

Its just Fast Eddie trying to be a prick in a semi-private function. Now the word has got out at the very worst time, just when England didn't need for Ireland to get any more motivation. Karma.

He's the head coach so he's responsible. If Hore was over-ruling him he needed to resign, just to maintain his coaching credentials and reputation.

Its a bit like this game is a microcosm of the rest of the season. Can we find a way of winning without being able to dent the gainline or maybe find some way not yet tried to dent the gainline? As we did last year we can score 20+ points a game. Its all a question of whether we can score more...

Cheika has been gone from the Tahs for two and a half seasons. Even if he did not learn from his first year in charge, when he still had his training wheels on, Gibson should have learnt from last year's disaster. What did the season review say about the forwards performance? What did Gibson do...

Tell you Sunday at 3 pm. Given that the scrum is probably the weakest part of the Rebel game, its probably not critical that he returns this week, but I'd sure like to see him back.

I think that just reflects where the bookies think the money will come from. That's how odds are framed so money can be made. If there is a sudden rush of money for the Rebels, their odds will quickly shorten. The opening price is just a bookies guess, later on the bookies odds are more like a...

TOCC, You are hereby appointed as the Site grandmaster of understatement! The fundamental problem is that Gibson does not understand the need for, and use of, power in the pack. People, not just me, who are Waratah supporters have been shouting this since early 2016 but no one has been...

On form at the moment there is nothing between Newsome and Rona; that's a coin toss. But Naiyaravoro HAS to come in to 11 to supply some midfield starch because we do not have effective hard-running forwards. Big T should be running on Foley's inside shoulder on every play. Even if the big...

Advantage Goodhue. He's a Crusader.

Didn't do them any good anyway. Canes have just circumnavigated the world and should have been exhausted. They looked fitter and faster for most of the game.

That was pretty comprehensive. The Tahs should have won 40-0, but somehow contrived to stuff it up repeatedly once they got over the tryline. I don't think the NSW coach will be all that happy as the ball didn't get past 13 all night. NSW just bashed them up in the scrum, then through the...

Well, I'm pretty happy with those selections. Beale and Gordon fit! Newsome in with Taqele on the bench! Latu gets a break! Swinton has had a good holiday, I would have liked to have seen him on the bench with a 5:2 split. But with Gordon and Beale both under a cloud, a three man backs bench...

It appears that there is at least one person who doesn't get that.