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3. McMahon 2. Dempsey 1. Hooper HM to Kepu, TPN, Coleman, Tui, Hodge, Folau

You got the first two sentences right. Its only "garbage" because the NZ team was put under pressure. All night they had questions asked in a way that they were not used to. They were waiting for Australia to open up and let them walk through and they just never did. 11 missed tackles from the...

The man has held up our scrum all season and made some huge contributions around the park. I'm prepared to cut him some slack. He will be a key part of our efforts to beat NZ next week.

I'm on Chrome and only Reg gets a spot. His avatar has eaten all the others.

This week I'd start Koro, carefully review his game and then decide who to start between him and Speight against NZ.

Team announcement must be soon. I'd like to see Rodda and Coleman as starting locks, with Tui, McMahon and Hooper in the backrow. Simmons, Dempsey and Hanigan on the bench so that we can inject an energiser bunny as required. With all the travel and consequent fatigue, I would keep the 6:2 bench...

Yes he had a good attacking game. Yes, when he tackles someone they stay hit. Yes, he's potentially a star of the future. But his defensive positioning on multiple occasions was awful. Against a team like NZ who score against you every time you make the slightest error, he would be a huge risk...

This post has to be taking the piss!

I assume you would agree that the NZ side has tinkered a lot in the last two years and Hansen is therefore a stupid coach too! Look at the changes Hansen and co regularly make to bring in new players for the future, prevent burnout in his senior starters by rotating them and cope with injuries...

There is some logic to what Cheika is doing if only people would look beyond the idea that if they think something should happen then the coach should agree with them. I don't agree with everything that Cheika's done but there is some logic to it. While he is trying to win as much as he can at...

At his best, when he was in Ireland, he was the best 6 in the world by a good margin. After that injuries cruelled his career.

In my opinion Hanigan can be at least as good as Elsom as a player. His potential is almost limitless. But right now he lacks the strength and impact he needs to be the Waratah/Wallaby 6. I am sure Cheika/Gibson are hoping he will develop into that, as I am. But continually playing him now is...

I don't really rate Wells either, except perhaps as a back-up 7 to Hooper. But the guy really does have a go! He puts his body on the line, when he makes a carry he is going flat out, unlike others who just jog into tackles. He gets recognition from me for that - he genuinely tries to be...

Where are the Tahs weaknesses? Put aside the everywhere answer; the key weaknesses are in the locks and backrowers and at 13. We have plenty of energiser bunnies in the pack but we need more players like Vickerman/Palu/Jackpot. To prioritise those needs I would say we most need: 1. A...

We have ZERO depth at 8. Not one player in the club that fits the Palu requirements. Holloway might at some time in the future, or he may not.

If ever you wanted proof that the Tahs recruiters haven't got a clue then the news that Naisarani is going to the Brumbies just confirmed it in spades. We should have opened every cookie jar and gone in to hock to get him. He is already head and shoulders above Dempsey, Wells, Hainigan, Holloway...

How like the Tahs. One good announcement and one bad! With all the talent coming away out of the west, why did we rush to sign Hegarty? We could have bid for DHP, Rona, Newsome, Peni, Verty Am, Lance, Masirewa or Morahan. (Assuming Meakes is coming). They surely can't all fit in at the Rebels...

You have got to be kidding me. He would have to be the worst scrummager of all the Force props and has a major history of injuries. Of all the Force front rowers he would have to be the last one you would want if you want to be competitive.

Ideal if you like your starting scrum to be pushed backwards at a rate of knots. Vui, Uelese and Lomax on the other hand would have been legendary. What did Totality do to piss him off so much?

Ain't that the truth. Unhinged humour is still very funny. Scrubber's point, for all his stridency, still has some value. 7A's is learning that being an international TH prop is seriously difficult stuff when you are up against the top level loosies. And Sio, too, has looked out of it in the...