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Hugh Jarse, you should write for Fairfax. though surely you could find more ways to drag more people through the mud with a juicy story like this

I agree that depth is part of the problem. technically depth should be more of a problem for us at Super level than it is at Test level. We have always punched above our weight at test level because whilst our national depth is very poor, our best 15 - 20 guys generally put us in the top 4 in...

TWAS you've hit the nail on the head. The fact is that a lot of the player in our national team are argued to be "inferior" to their All Blacks opposites because truth be told at test level they often are. The most admirable quality of the All Blacks (and a reason that I love to watch them play...

Maybe... I do think Smith is probably the form HB in the world atm. Smith and Barrett haven't won a Super title though, nor have they spent as much time playing along side each other. Not sure there is much between them, its more the pack that I'm worried about. As TWAS said we need big games...

tough game of rugby. good stuff

Finally starting to get a bit excited about the game on Saturday! Hoping the mood in camp-wallaby is better than last week and the players have had a chance to get their heads back in the game. The Wobs generally play best when their backs are to the wall and people are expecting them to get...

I think at heart Genia is a leader. He does a lot of talking on the field, even without the C next to his name, and is pretty fiery and opinionated. If you put him in the starting side he is going to take a leadership role whether its official or not. I like that about him, but he does have some...

I think we wait until July next year to decide on the captain but i think the options are:- Pocock Hooper Moore Slipper

I would think Horwill would be the best captain we have but i think its pretty clear that Link doesn't see him as a starting player. He has a pretty good performance last week and Link still dropped him.

The big question for me remains whether Hooper, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and other tahs players will be in hot water when it is revealed which players received the infamous text msgs for Beale. If it is revealed that Hooper received those txt message, there is at least an argument that he should be stripped of his...

Ordinarily I don't believe in resting players, but if your aim is to win the world cup and you feel some of your players would benefit from being rested, it should be considered.

I'd probably look at resting all our big names in the game against Argentina in Argentina on 25 July. - Avoid travel and reduce the chance of injury and have guys fresh for the game against the kiwis on 8 August. We don't really stand to win much from beating Argentina, nor do we lose much if...

The problem with resting guys is that you don't create a winning culture in the team. Resting our top props in particular would be a dangerous game to play because we run the risk of encouraging perceptions among referees that we are a poor scrummaging team. The result will be that every 50/50...

decent Backrow.

Hard to make that kind of comparison. The fairer comparison would be to say that the socceroos' recent performances are much, much worse than the wallabies

I think we'll at least have some clarity on where we are at after Saturday's game. If we win or go close, I think that shows that Link is still able to work well with the playing group and that he'll be our coach for the world cup. If we lose badly, I think it will indicate that the set up...

With the RWC so close I cant see many smokeys being selected. I would have thought they'll take a squad with a similar make up to the RWC squad (minus injuries), so 32-33 players. maybe Jones / Godwin, Neville might be the smokiest. I'd like to see a guy like Paul Alo-Emile on tour, but I...

Arguably the best the wallabies have played this season was in the first half against the Boks at Newlands. Simo and Carter started then and did a terrific job I thought. No major objections from me.

The criticism of Lilo is a bit much. The guy actually played some quality tests in 2013 (including against the Lions - which is played at the same intensity as a Bledisloe Cup game). Yes he was average in Super Rugby this year as he has seemingly taken a long time to find his form after his injury...

bravo sir. post of the day