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Super Rugby Trial EMIRATES WESTERN FORCE v AUSTRALIAN BARBARIANS Saturday 5 February 2011 at TG Millner Field 4:00pm – Brumby Runners v Emirates Western Force ‘A’ 5:30pm – Australian Barbarians v Emirates Western Force 1. Pek Cowan 2. Nathan Charles 3.Tim Fairbrother 4. Sam Wykes 5. Phoenix...

Moore is the current incumbent Wallaby. It is up to TPN to force his way in. TPN has been broken for a year. When he is fit, he will certainly challenge Moore, but he has been broken for a long time. He needs to find form. And watching that video, TPN gets very low to tackle. While it is...

Yes he will start, yes I have the positions mucked up or yes he will be fighting Sommerville for the starting spot?

Well, based on the games I watched and what I saw at the end of the spring tour: 1. Jenkins 2. Moore 3. Cole 4. Matfield 5. Sharpe 6. Smith 7. Pocock 8. Read 9. Youngs 10. Carter 11. Mitchell 12. De Villiers 13. Smith 14. O'Connor 15. Beale 16. Meelamu 17. Franks 18. Thorn...

It will be an interesting one. The Reds have a strong lineout (Horwill, Humphries and Simmons all there for lock) but the scrum is average and the back rows are mobile but not really there for the rucks. So I would almost consider going for McCalman and Hocking (asking Hocking to stand up) at...

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Will Weeks start? He will be fighting Sommerville for the starting TH role wont he, or have I got Sommervilles sides mixed up?

Bloody hell, anyone want to buy it for me?

There are 3 spots for inside backs, and 3 for outside backs. 13 would have to be an inside back by this definition surely?

Dribnk driving and driving with a suspended license.

Sounds like Sharpe will be back after the bye. No need to risk him for just one game. Wykes and Hocking to start, and they will be a suitable locking pair. Shiggins, its there twice. but you can never say it too much anyway. Go the force!!!!

Who are the guys we need to concentrate most on retaining post world cup - being that we would build a team around them in the long term. For me, Pocock, O'Bieber, Genia, Slipper, Fatcat, Beale, Cooper, Simmons. Who am I missing?

I know people say that, but up until this new super format, the H Cup finished a few weeks prior to the Super final. All teams would have had a chance to get their teams into form over the course of their respective tournaments. If the IRB put a decent purse up for grabs to entice teams to play...

I personally prefer my earlier prediction in this thread.

So Ryan Tyrall is gone for good, Justin Turner is out for the season, Cameron Shepherd might be in jail for the season. This is feeling like 2010 again :( I predict Ripia and OConnor to go down in the lead up to the first game (being players that we cant really replace).

Ah Bugger. Where did you hear that Lance? Its a pity and I feel for him. He was never going to be a starter but as you said offered a bit of depth and was one of the first WA guys to come through the system and represent the Force.

They have about 100k players, so you think would be able to field 5 competitive teams. But from a financial point of view, they may struggle with 5.

Oh, and I see Inman running off of OConnor as a very different proposition to Inman running off of Cross. OConnor will put him through gaps, and Inman is big enough to really exploit that. The main weakness in the Force team that I see of the back three. I am confident that the halves will be...

Cummings? That fat bastard who used to play for West Coast? I dont really want to see him on the wing! Prop maybe... But yeah, if Cummins can find the form of 2009, and then build on it, then I will be really quite happy. Ripia wont be available for the Wallabies for another 3 years I think...

I predict that by the end of the super rugby season, Cummins will be the form winger in Australia. Inman we shall be saying is better than Mortlock. Ripia will be challenging Carter for the starting 10 jersey, after the ABs decided that they couldnt handle not being able to select a player of...