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Based on Moala's game last week he was lucky to be benched.

Big changes. Stiles had to do something, dropping Frisby and Ready hadn't got the message across. This team is close to right but the locks are wrong and behind an inexperienced front row that will be a scrum disaster. This is the Kings, everyone rests a few stars against them and still...

Speight grabs a kick from an offside position, goes in to score. B21-7W. Then Gordon goes in from one of the few pieces of good back play B21-12W. Robinson misses the conversion.

Now B14-7W. Brumbies try from a rolling maul.

So far this year the best Australian flyhalf on show has been Jono Lance. Unless Cooper comes good, I see Foley/Lance at 10 this year as Cooper has not been sooper. That's why Foley's recovery is absolutely critical. What's worse is that there are NO talented young 10's on the horizon and two...

Note that Curwin Bosch has been sent back to 15 (impossible to believe after last week) and a 20yo rookie is at 10. I know its the Kings, but Bosch looked very good. He could still score well from 15, probably not as well as from 10 potentially. Not sure who will take the penalty kicks.

If the coaches think van Rensburg is going to be better than Curwin Bosch was last week then the Sharks have got massive depth at 10!

Bloody good if the last game's any indication.

Unintended consequences of law changes: The last Crusader try this week was cleverly scored and correctly adjudicated according to the current law. But IMO it was clearly against the fundamental spirit of the game, where the laws are supposedly designed to always ensure a fair contest. When...

Looks like the cold and rain are conspiring to even the playing field between the Kiwi's and everyone else by taking out all the key backs with injuries - hamstrings and the like.

You'd have thought Ackerman would have learnt something from last year. If the Lions had played the Hurricanes at altitude, I think they would have got up. They weren't in the hunt in Wellington. When you are a potential top team you have to win all games, home and away to get that precious home...

Good call.

I think you mean Robertson. Apart from an attempt to get a yellow card every game for a lifting tackle Robinson's been pretty serviceable. This is Robertson's second year in the team. Although he's gained Wallaby status he's still very green in a position that requires maturity. Second year...

If you get 300 you'll be at least 100 in front of me. If I make 200 it'll be a miracle. My captain, Ardie Savea, scored zero, Rieko Ioane 7, Hooper 8, Ranger 1 and Coles 16. I have been translated to a parallel universe where form and reputation have been reversed!

And the only hand that touched the ball in the ruck was a Brumby one. But they still get a penalty for hands in the ruck.

And that's the ballgame...

Terrible penalty decision by Hoffman. Pinged the Force 8 for not rolling away when he wasn't the tackler!

Half your luck! I had Kepu at -15.

The lifters primary job in the modern maul as the carrier is coming back to ground is to set up just enough in front of the catcher not to get pinged so that the catcher is protected from being sacked. In my view, because they are not getting pinged for truck and trailer, it is very difficult...

The second half was pretty strange too - different to the first half, but still strange. I remember my predominant thoughts at the end were how unsatisfactory the whole game was. I don't think the Lions played all that well. They got a lot of points from rolling mauls - probably close to the...