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Get your votes in today, will collate the team this evening.

Even if Lolesio stays at the Brumbies, Lucas would be a great option to partner him at 15. I think it's where he has been playing most of his rugby recently anyway.

I'd love to see Isaac Lucas back but if the tahs go from having Edmed, Harrison, Donaldson and Bowen all on the books last year to needing to bring another twenty something year old 10 they have royally screwed their planning and development. Even with Donaldson having gone to the force there's...

Sounds like there's more to come with that tease of a Bundy comp.

Round 1 goes to the blues, their retro jersey is top notch

Yeah, if they're not going to use him better he plays the A game, but development aside I think they're losing out on field not having him out there for 20. As far as Kalani goes I'd like to see him get more minutes, but he has had plenty of time over the past few seasons and his play compared...

Any word on what's going on with Teddy Wilson? Thought he was great off the bench in the first round, seems like they've lost confidence in him and barely played him a couple of weeks in a row before dropping him, but it feels they're missing a trick not having (and using) him for 20 minutes of...

Yeah, mostly play on unless the ball is trapped, then sometimes resets. There is still plenty of room for the refs interpretation there and some have gone penalties to that leading side and occasionally against it when the dominant prop tries to press his advantage too far. Just to be clear...

No info in the article beyond the fact that he's going through the protocols, so it could be a re-occurrence of the original or a knock from the game or training.

Also there's like 7 different fonts on those graphics. Faux kiddie scrawl aside the choice of font for starters/finishers seems insane. Why add that one in when you're already trying to do something different with the player names and you've got to work with the super rugby kids round logo doing...

Great match up for a neutral, either team losing will be a source of much joy and laughter.

1000%. I do really love when he goes on his anti O'Gara rants though, so much hatred for a great player who just seems like a normal likeable guy. Incredible to watch.

And it has begun:

Petaia is going through the HIA protocols again, no idea what caused it but if it was a second knock at training there's a pretty good chance he'll miss the Brumbies game. Hodgman was out 3-4 weeks from his injury in the round 2, so hopefully back next week but not guaranteed.

Interested to see how Potter goes at Fullback, he looks to have a good skill set for it, but that's tough for Burey. Not sure Kuenzle really strikes me as a winger either, but maybe the play is for Potter to be kicking more than chasing kicks to stop him from getting penalised in the air again.

Yeah, I have to assume Kemeny is in someway injured because it seemed crazy enough to pull at halftime last week, even worse to leave him out entirely this week. Either way I don't think this is going to help the Rebels get their breakdown work right, particularly not with Kirifi out there for...

A bit of rest and rotation from the Cane's there, but it still looks like a very strong side. A lot more rotation from the Rebels with half the starting pack swapped out. Gibbon and Kemeny very unlucky to be dropped entirely unless they're injured.

HURRICANES (1-15): Pouri Rakete-Stones, James O'Reilly, Tyrel Lomax, Justin Sangster, Caleb Delany, Brad Shields (c), Du’Plessis Kirifi, Devan Flanders, TJ Perenara, Aidan Morgan, Salesi Rayasi, Jordie Barrett, Ngane Punivai, Daniel Sinkinson, Harry Godfrey RESERVES: Asafo Aumua, Tevita...

So Paisami straight in for Henry and Annan on the bench for Petaia who is going through the HIA protocols. Probably means Petaia is in doubt for the Brumbies game too, given he was only just out with a concussion.

FORCE (1-15): Ryan Coxon, Tom Horton, Santiago Medrano, Thomas Franklin, Jeremy Williams (c), Tim Anstee, Carlo Tizzano, Will Harris, Nic White, Ben Donaldson, Chase Tiatia, Hamish Stewart, Sam Spink, Bayley Kuenzle, Harry Potter RESERVES: Ben Funnell, Josh Bartlett, Tiaan Tauakipulu, Lopeti...