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Well I didn’t specifically mention that point as I have no idea as to whether that is a valid claim or not. I agree it doesn’t look good. But plenty of pro rugby teams have periodic bad injury tolls. The fact that the Reds, Rebels, Force, Tahs and Brumbies have all experienced a period of high...

They are also a reflection of their pathway system, the quality of their club S&C, the level of overall depth in rugby, the cooperation in Super Rugby to adopting a national framework, the ability of Australian rugby to successfully bring through consistent talent in key positions (like 10 where...

I’ve been pretty impressed with Nonggorr. He probably got overextended a few times last week but he’s far from the only THP guilty of that. He looks to have lots of promise.

Interesting looking at some of the stats from last week. One thing I notice is Dane Zander made 9 tackles with none missed. I don’t check the stats religiously, but I do often have a quick scan. Last year my impression was that Zander and Fotuaika would regular finish games with minimal runs...

I don’t write this to defend Rodha - but if you read some of the comments on here it would appear some think all of the issues with the Wallabies come down to Rennie (and Chieka before him).

Maybe a flood of frantic calls from the UQ coaching/management group :)

Interesting call. Good that it minimises players playing out of their best spot. You have to also say that Thorn remains happy to back youth. Maybe he has limited options but he obviously could’ve gone a different way here. Good luck to the young man.

Has Jock moved to Wests, or is that a typo?

Yeah - I don’t have a problem with Daugunu’s selection. It wa well deserved, as was Wrights. But Muirhead has been up there. Maybe not quite to their level, but more consistent than most wingers. Wouldn’t be the unluckiest player to not get a test cap if it never happens but a good quality...

I wouldn’t have been surprised if Muirhead a crack when Wright & Daugunu got their first opportunities- but he is just one of many fine players who has been a bit unlucky. The pipeline of wingers is growing quickly and I suspect he might be a bit far down the pecking order now - but with Jones...

I thought Tom Wright was pretty good on the EOYT. Seemed to have really roped in his mistake rate while still being a strong attacking threat.

PS Sorry - couldn’t resist.

To be fair I think BR just wants to preserve the integrity of the Team of the Week and make sure supporter bias doesn’t elevate any unworthy players from the Reds, Tahs, Rebels or Force into the TOTW selections.

Sorry, yes - move Flook in one spot. I guess you could go O’Connor at 12 but I think him at 10 with Flook and Petaia

Surely if Hunter is out Petaia just goes to 13 & Campbell to 15? Otherwise same team but start O’Connor and out Lynagh back to the bench.

Okay - that does actually make sense given you can’t tackle from the ground either. Still think he was a bit unlucky as I suspect it happens all the time. Happened in the Blues v Hurricanes game yesterday without a murmur and I remember a game last year where I think Ryan Smith crawled about a...

Did we appoint Bill Young as our scrum coach?

That’s a massive over simplification of why happened but, in any case, Gordon wouldn’t be where he is now if he’d stayed in Qld because he would have been behind O’Connor. It is still disappointing as a Qld fan though - although I was thinking about this yesterday. If we had have kept Gordon I...

Maybe you’re referring to me - although I said he wasn’t up to standard based on last year and that wasn’t surprising based on his age/experience. Didn’t specifically say he was too young and I definitely didn’t say he should go OS. More than happy that both he and Langi Gleeson are out...

Interesting thing there though was I thought Campbell was excellent when he came on and Petaia appeared to have moved to the wing when he played his best rugby yesterday. It’ll be interesting what they do next week. I’m certainly not against them continuing with Petaia at 15, but Campbell made...