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So, if GAGR goes, how do we keep the forum going? I am completely out of my depth with this stuff, but am happy to help if someone who is the full bottle on it all can take the lead and tell me what to do. It's certainly the best forum I've encountered, and as long as the standard can be...

I don't know who the other characters in the team are, but I agree HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) fits that bill well. Not the Tupou superstar on the field thing, but the character who can engage people. Big red-headed bloke from the country, comfortable in front of the camera, great sense of humour and plays in a band...

Talking 15 I think Maddocks is potentially the best 15 in the country, however unless he can get the mental game right he's never going to realise that. When he's on he's the full package, good positional play, safe under the high ball, a big boot and a great running game. But if a couple of...

I don't know why I keep saying this, however I will. There is a whole lot more to being a captain then making sure a couple of obvious on-field decisions meet the approval of all the armchair critics. Right at the top of all these is leadership. Some people, while they might be great students...

3 T Wright 2 Philip 1 Paisami

It always seems there are a couple of players that coaches seem to see differently to us armchair critics. Samu is a case in point, I really rate the guy, yet neither Cheika nor Rennie seem impressed. Whether it's how he trains, or he is given specific instructions in a game and just doesn't...

One thing I really disagree with is that you have to be a great footballer to understand the game. None of McQueen, Dwyer or Alan Jones were great players, but all seemed to have pretty fair grasp of the game.

Gordon and HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes)

And you're so balanced BR ;)

If we must go down the Cheika path on this thread,I think history clearly shows he has a big impact with a team when he gets there for the first two or three years. That was the case with Leinster, the Tahs and the Wallabies. After that, when the sugar hit wears off, and other coaches work out...

3. Korobeite 2. Hooper 1. Tupou HM Wright, Hodge

The biggest tweak needed is respecting possession. Yep, there's lots more needs to be done, but the lack of respect for possession from numbers 10 to 14 was what put us into record loss territory.

So we have three choices to replace LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto), being Simmons, Neville or Hosea. All have merit, but for mine I would start Simmons and have Hosea on the bench. Bring Samu onto the bench for McReight, and the rest of the pack unchanged. I am unconvinced by White, but it's probably not time for a...

Every year we get this debate about Hooper as captain, and I will say it again, some people are natural leaders, and that may not be particularly apparent looking from where we are. The fact is, the Australian U20’s coach at the time (can’t remember who it was), Link, Cheika, Gibson and Rennie...

Most has already been said, but I generally don't think our forwards were too bad, not dominant but competitive, and certainly gave the backs something to work with. The backs, however, were awful, I think the only one to emerge reputation intact was McDermott for his cameo. Their defence was...

3 BPA 2 Wilson 1 Hooper

Ignoto, I take your points about social media absolutely. When I spoke about the environment he grew up in, I was not talking about his specifically but the entire Australian culture anyone his age grew up in. My question was (and it was a question, not a statement) will it be easier for a gay...

A lot comes from his own perceptions, as he says, which are created from the environment he grew up in. By that I don't mean his family but more the overall Australian culture. I wonder if it's going to be any easier with a kid growing up now, attitudes have changed a lot in the last twenty...

Yep, I'm happy with the run-on 15 considering our injuries, but I would select a very different bench with Hosea, Samu, Gordon and Harrison in place of Simmons, McReight, McDermott and Paisami.

If it were me, the only change I would make would be Laumape to 12, Goodhue to 13 and ALB to the bench, but yes, a very strong side.