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It was grim for the Farce.

Good win the the Rebels. Jeez those kiwi commentators were an embarrassment. At one point one of them launched into a riff on Tamati Ellison's name. The other one ruminated on how Stirzaker, a halfback (actually Fugistaller) would go in the backrow. It was like Roy and HG.

You get quite a few Brumbies fans on Waratahs threads when they sniff a loss (and their tight game is after ours).

Yeah, but it's early days. The rout against the Canes was misleading, but they can get back to that quality easily, having shown it once.

Mate, you surreally mock all Australian sides equally, including the Waratahs. Rebels a couple of classes better than the Sunwolves. 15+

Brumbies by 10. They're a pretty good touring side.

A lot of Rebels negativity. They've been quite good -> very good in parts. Should easily deal with the Sunwolves, but for the unknown Tokyo factor.

I quite like the sound of tacos stuffed with lobster!

We tend to underrate Hooper when comparing him to Pocock. He's more than just influential. He's often our best player, as a string of MOM awards attest. And that's at 7. Even with Pocock in existence, he's a fringe World XV contender, especially now that Macaw has actually disappeared. The idea...

I tend to disagree Scrubber. Playing your best 6, best 7 and best 8 sounds obviously right, but it's like putting all your favourite ingedients in a recipe, rather than those which work best together.

Yep. It's been our most effective backrow since the days of T Kefu. The old theory that you can't play two sevens isn't evidence. It's been disproved.

Heh.

I do. Why not? We have a near-test quality team. They just have to play better than the other teams of similar ability. Any of the top five or six teams is in with a realistic shot of winning, as we discovered last year.

I think this has the potential to be an excellent game - one of the best of the early season. Both sides full of quality. slightly but not completely different styles. If the Tahs try to outplay (rather than squeeze) the Highlanders it'll be a cracker. Interesting portend of the Tahs' year to...

I'm not sure the Tahs are underperforming, after two games. There are only two unbeaten teams in the competition, and the Tahs lost to one of them. Underperforming compared to what? Either team is able to influence the result. The Highlanders are an excellent side, and the title-holders. If...

I likewise have concerns about disabling injuries, but it's more to do with the growing disparity between muscle strength, body mass and human soft tissue in regular collisions, which will inevitably lead to health problems for players in later life. And unlike your impressive tirade, which...

Yeah, that was it. A dreary game of rugby with occasional spurts of anger.

The chances of Foley not starting is zero, barring injury.

Meh. Of course it can be measured against quantitive data. It's just harder to do so because you can't look up the number from the couch after a couple of beers. As it happens I agree with you at the substantive level of Simmons. But let's not pretend that the subset of stats published online...

Kafer's an excellent analyst. People who think they know more than him are, erm.. wrong.