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I actually think Phipps has been playing very well this season. He's definitely our 1st choice half on current form but if Genia can regain his top form, yes his partnership with Cooper is our best bet imho

To be fair to Link, he's obviously still tinkering with his selections and tactics. he has until 2015 to get both right. He's clearly made some progress with both since last august. The teams overall performance for the first 70 minutes of this game was arguably their best this year. This is the...

I've gone back through the GAGR player ratings for the games over the last 12-14 months, and found:- -vs NZ (wellington 2013) - voted a top three performer by quite a few posters -vs NZ bledisloe 3, 2013 - voted by most posters as a top 3 performer -vs England 2013 - voted by most posters as a...

To'omua looked best outside cooper last year - i thought they complimented each other well. that would be my 10/12 on the EOYT and the third bledisloe. put foley on the bench. get rid of beale.

First of all, there's no such thing as a dead rubber in Test rugby. A loss to Argentina would be a step backwards for this team. Secondly, Beale was never the incumbent 10. He played 2 games there after foley was given 3 starts. Cooper was before injury (and arguably is) the first choice 10...

To'omua didn't have the best game, but anyone saying that he should be dropped is mad. he the incumbent 12, has been consistently decent for us over the last 12 months. Let's drop our incumbent 12 because he made some poor decisions on attack and defended like a demon. FFS. Just out of interest...

Well I thought the Wallabies played very well for the first 60 minutes but just couldn't hold on in the end. jet lag may have played a part in the poor finish. A valient effort though. the starting forward pack surely silenced a few critics. Fardy had a great game, and I thought Saia Fainga'a was...

what a fucked call

Vermulen in a machine. havin a great game. although i must say at his last steal he wasn't really supporting his body weight. Great discipline from the wobs. I'm liking the defensive patterns.

well fuck. not sure if its cause iv been drinking since 2pm but that was fuckin impressive. wallabies looking shit hot. Not sure they'll be able to hold on in the second half but if they can perform like they did in the first we're a real chance. go you good thing. also, two words - tevita...

Agree with Querty - If you look at our record over the last ten months:- v Ireland - Win v Italy - Win v Scotland - Win v Wales - Win v France - Win v France - Win v France - Win v All Blacks - Draw v All Blacks - Loss v Boks - Win v Argentina - Win Any other country in world rugby (apart...

btw I've been watching some of the Toulon games and JOC (James O'Connor) is looking quality on the wing. He appears to have beefed up a bit. He occasionally roams off his wing and slots in to a distributers roll. He's being used how he should be used. As much as I hate the tool, he is going to be a great...

JOC (James O'Connor) is certainly an option but Hunt seems best suited for Fullback. I never saw much of Hunt during his Biarritz run but I was a big fan of him in league. The reason he always stood out for me was his perchance for catching the kick and running it back into contact at a million miles an hour...

Yeh I agree a bunch of those guys maybe wont make the squad, which makes me wonder why Meyer is currently selecting guys like Botha and Burger. Does he plan on selecting those guys in his squad next year? Fourie I agree seems to be out of the picture atm.

@ Urich - Ages at next year's world cup BDP (31) JDP (31) Matfield (38) Bakkies (36) Burger (32) FDP (33) Jacques Fourie (32) Beast (30) JDV (34) Habana (32) Pienaar (31) JPP (29) Steyn (31) Vermeulen (29) Louw (30) Alberts (31) Strauss (29) Van der Merwe (30)

Interesting to see the amount of experience Meyer is packing into his team. If this were the wallabies people would be moaning about our inability to blood younger talents. There is a lot to be said about a good mixture of old heads and young guns. In fairness to OZ rugby tho, the fact that the...

Other than the Eden Park debacle, the wallabies results since Link took over last August have continued to improve, but there is still a long way to go. Beating the Boks in Perth was a massive improvement on the same fixture in Brisbane last year, but they are not yet world beaters. Some of our...

any idea when Link's going to name his team? maybe tomorrow night? Genia to the bench maybe?

I dont agree that we should be using some of the most important pre-RWC games to blood young players. Those games are very important to how we fair in the world cup. Our starting 15 (minus our injured players which includes a decent amount of caps) is relatively green. Guys like Skelton, Carter...