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These are my takes from the game. Lineout is verging on dysfunctional as hookers continue to throw too low. Ball is being picked off in front of the nominated catcher. Defence around the ruck is a bit porous allowing large metres to be gained on pick and drives. Missing Samu and Hooper...

No need to be quite so pessimistic Derpus. Missing two of their most effective players, away to the Hurricanes and four tries each. Not to mention the natural advantage the NZ sides enjoy with the NZ referee interpretations. (When is a NZ lineout throw not straight? - when it goes down the...

Thanks Reg. Three things : 1. Appreciate the clarification of the Law. 2. Wright's action probably shows he was aware of it and took action to ensure the ball wasn't available for a quick throw. Could have been a penalty/card but I repeat that I haven't seen that happen since Mitchell's...

Throwing the ball away after it went into touch. Just like any of the miriad of players in every game who kick it to the shithouse after play is pulled up for a knock on or a penalty. The ball was already in touch and had been handled by Wright so there was no chance for a quick throw by the...

Examples from last night Qwerty? And not just the type of errors every player commits in any game, the really atrocious ones that qualify as "brain dead"?

I think we saw a bit of Eddie Jones' philosophy in practise tonight. Kick in the first three phases if you haven't scored a try. Does it work? Against the top nations or the best of the NZ sides, I am doubtful.

As an outsider. I don't understand the selection of Campbell on the wing when he is better at 15, and Petaia at 15 when he is equally as good or better at wing.

Quite so.

Expect the Landers to improve with Aaron Smith back at the helm. Should be a good contest.

The losses to injury is interesting Hawko. My impression is that when so many players were falling over in Wallaby training and in games last year, very few of them were Brumbies. Might indicate some better preparation by the coaching group?

Don't agree with this take at all. In my recollection, Kaituu came on while Horton was in the bin, and a hooker was needed on field for a scrum. Warren-Vaisayaco was the player to come off to allow Kaituu on the ground. IIRC, at that time W-V hadn't been on for much of the game as he had been a...

Could be a good chance of getting one over the Brumbies with two home games to come. :rolleyes: ;)

And Tom Horton had an absolute shocker tonight. Piss poor handling, lineout errors and just too small and too light for this level of rugby. Don't know what it did to the team structures but Fines-Lelaiwasa seemed to end up in the centres late in the game.

O'Keefe is a reasonably decent sort of ref. But I've come around to the view that NZ refs and Aussie refs see the game through quite different interpretations. Hence, a NZ ref like O'Keefe and Williams this weekend look to be favouring the NZ side but are really just seeing the game the way it's...

I thought the backline defensive system was sorely lacking. Crusaders made huge gains just about every time they ran the ball, sometimes through the centre of the backline defence or around the outside. Scrum was caught napping a few times by the power of the Crusaders' shove. Need to keep...

Ripley. Another one to get away from the Reds I believe? Had a very strong game.

As an unbiased outsider, I can vouch that Bowen looked like something special in a late trial match last year here in Canberra. I was also impressed with McLaughlin-Phillips in the U19s last year, but Lynagh will probably beat both of them for the starting spot. Marley Pearce must be a near...

Didn't Latu debut for the Tahs way back when?

Forgetting John Ulugia Reg?

BH, my comments were only in relation to kicking from the tee. However, now you mention it, I would say any of Cooper, Lolesio, Gordon, Hodge, even Debreczini who isn't in calculations atm but wait for it- Eddie hasn't finished with the squad yet, would average many metres more than Foley...