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The Kiwis don't respect him at all, at least not at Test level. It's the Spencer thing all over again, they think he's a flake who can't deliver under pressure. Anyway, the entire point of that article was that people 'hate' Cooper because he 'speaks poorly and sounds working class.' That's...

Like who? There wouldn't be anyone on here, there wouldn't be anyone on PR, there wouldn't be anyone on any major rugby forum you can think of. The majority of the Australian public probably don't know who he is, let alone know him well enough to hate him. If you're talking about the 'yellow...

Ridiculous, chippy, paranoia. I don't think there's a single person in Australian rugby who hates him. There'd be a good proportion who wouldn't trust him to lead the Wallabies around after some of his efforts in 2011, but that's a different issue entirely.

And talking about actual rugby stuffs, I really liked what I saw of Sitauti when he came on.

Ignore the lunatic conspiracies boys. The logic goes something like this. The Stomers are the better team than the Rebels but the Rebels won. The Stormers can't have been outplayed, because they're the better team, therefore something else is to blame. Easier for some people to blame the...

Stirzaker must start for the rest of the year.

Those bitter tears, they taste so sweet.

I don't think anyone is saying Lachie Mitchell should be cut. He's the sort of guy every club needs, and he's a valuable utility. However, he isn't really a good enough player to be in the starting XV at either 12 or on the wing. And that means we need to recruit better in both positions in the...

Fruean is much better than Kuridrani. He'd have 20+ caps if he came from anywhere other than New Zealand.

Need to be scouring the entire world for a 12. Sidey isn't up to it. Mitchell tries hard but gets exposed way too easily on defence. The pretty simple solution is JOC (James O'Connor) to 12, at which point we suddenly find ourselves with the best 12 in the world but noooo he got stepped by McCabe one time so it...

What's he done off the field that hasn't met your standards, Bowside?

Normally I'd agree with you, but broadly speaking Henderson has been our worst player this year. Has he got through a single scrum without propping himself up with his hand?

As long as the next coach isn't Nucifora I'll be reasonably happy. I think Hill's got the team moving relatively well this year. We're actually scoring for one thing. But, we consistently get dominated and lose the ball at the breakdown. Our defence is a shambles, both on transition and when we...

Can only assume you're trolling. Henderson has been found wanting in every single department of the game. He's just not good enough. Probably a good guy to have around the club etc. but if we want to go anywhere he can't be starting next year. Lahiff will help there. He's an adequate scrummager...

Just my suspicion. It's not something the club would really know until he actually got out on the park either. He just seemed to get absolutely beasted in contact almost every time he ran the ball earlier in the year - although that wasn't helped by the fact that he was used as the blind winger...

Can play a bit of flyhalf as well. He's very small though. Reckon the coaches have got concerns about his ability to deal with the physicality of the Soup, especially against a team like the Stormers.

Maybe Hill thought he'd make life easier for Hegarty by giving him a scrumhalf who can actually pass?

Stirzaker starting! Has Hill finally seen the light?

STIRZAKER! WOOOOOOOO -CELEBRATORY GIFS-

Bowside On Palu, I think there's an element of perception in that. I can't think of him having any huge games against the All Blacks but he's done very, very, well against the Home Nations before. Still, it's the whole plus/minus thing. I'd say the team balance would be better with Higgers and...