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Ireland have a good record recently against the saffers. Ireland tend to be the saffers bogey team (England is ours, Scotland for the Argies and France for the kiwis). If they beat us to top the pool (not unlikely) then they face six nation opponents right up to the final (assuming that the...

To be fair the Reds and Tahs have a pretty decent rivalry built on the whole NSW vs QLD thing. But the other 3 provinces dont really being quite new. Where in Adelaide are you Hawko? I just saw your location.

I saw a stat the other day, where they were ahead in 9 games this season at the 65 minute mark. And they have 4 wins :( On another side, Kieren Longbottom is starting to emerge as a good player. In a couple of years, he will be a real option for higher honours if he keeps it up.

JOC (James O'Connor) can take the closer ones, Kurtley the long range. Giteau needs to prove he is over the yips and I dont think Cooper is a consistent enough kicker to be relied upon at the knock out stages.

That, and we just dont have the depth that the saffers and kiwis do. Injuries for our super teams mean a major step down in quality, where its business as usual for the kiwi teams (consider the Sadists, still competitive with all of their injuries). Edit: And consider the Highlanders for...

I think 3 of the Australian sides struggling is more an indication of levels of depth than anything. We have the least number of registered players, and rugby is the fourth sport in Australia as opposed to the top as in NZ and SA. However, the Reds are doing well, and the Tahs forwards are...

A bit of payback for the disallowed Haig Sare try back in the 2006 Force v Sadists clash when the Force were denied a maiden victory due to poor reffing. Not that I remember stuff like that...

So Stannard at 10 next week. Cool. He and JOC (James O'Connor) will work nicely.

For a 30 man squad for the 3N Id go with: Props: Robinson, Kepu, Slipper, Palmer Hookers: TPN, Moore, Charles Locks: Sharpe, Horwill, Simmons, Samo (can cover 6/8 as well) Flankers: Pocock, Hodgson / Robinson (we want a backup fetcher for Pocock), Elsom, McCalman, Higgenbotham, Palu Scum...

I hope he is as good as the hype, because that will make for a great matchup with pocock. But call me cynical, but much like super rugby, form in the HCup doesnt mean they will maintain that level on the international stage.

Isnt it disappointing that both Chambers and Inman have not followed up their excellent debut years. Last year we were thinking we would have 3 or 4 genuine contenders for the 13 jersey. Now there is only really AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and he is out of form :(

I have a horrible feeling we are going to get flogged :( And three weeks ago id pencilled this game in as a win. Like last weekend as well :(

No. He has proven he is captaincy material at the Force. He would be my selection as captain if I had to choose. And regarding Rocky. We know he is class. Higgens has done OK, McCalman too. But Rocky has been one of the best performers for a number of years. lets play him at least in the...

AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) should be our starting 13. He is out of form, but i think that he will do a lot better when he gets away from that Brumbies set up. When he is working under RD he will be a much better player. We know the guy is a world class player, but the Brumbies are in a bad spot at the moment. It...

When he is in form he is one of the best blindside flankers out there. For that reason I want him in the team. We should be playing him off the bench for the 3N too allow some of the other contenders to have a run as well (Higgenbotham and Wykes are my choices) then see what happens in the RWC...

He is doing well. We needed one of him or Hockings to stand up this year and partner Sharpe as I doubted that McCalman would want to play 4 given he is now the starting Wallaby 8 (Palu is going to have to work to get it back off of him). He is not a lineout running lock however. He is more a...

And is he the marquee signing? Ripia is still the development player, and the marquee spot has been freed up by Smtih leaving. Only I would have liked a better player as the marquee.

Not a bad signing, but we need some backs.

Not a bad shot at it Hornet. The changes I would make would be to bring Nathan Charles in ahead of Fa'ainga - Charles is very good in the tight and I think ahead of Fa'ainga. Also, while Gerrard is on form at the moment, Im not convinced his playing style would suit the Wallabies. His...

I think the bigger question regarding our scrum is not whether our players are in form, which is important, but whether the refs think our players are in form and capable of holding up the scrum. I can certainly see wylie old props in our opposition deliberately collapsing scrums and causing...