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^I'll be even more optimistic if Deans' chooses our best team :D

I don't think anyone here believes we are going to win 3-0... Especially not with the team that our head coach will most likely pick. I see it (personally) as logical to have your representative side made up (mostly or more than other teams) of the team/ nation/ region that is performing best in...

http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies/lion-tamers-vote-for-the-players-you-think-should-play-halfback-and-fly-half-against-the-lions/story-e6frf55l-1226644687499#.UZTNB7WmiAg Get your votes in Gents. Edit: Sanchez and his good mate Quados have comfortable leads. To'omua ahead of JOC (James O'Connor) at...

Hahaha yeh mate calm down. He was missing the 8th reserve anyway?

I think he is simply making the point that if genia gets injured we will lose anyway, so why even bother with a backup? Quade can play 9 if sanchez gets injured

Fair call on that. I guess I have always grouped him with McCabe in his style of play and just assume hes going to do the same thing... I wasn't very impressed with his performance against Wales (Botched tries, knock ons etc.) but I'm willing to give quade another shot so I don't see why Horne...

Is this who we think will make it or who we would pick? I would go Props (4): Robinson, Slipper, Alexander, Sio Hookers (2): Moore, TPN Locks (4): Horwill, Douglas, Pyle, Simmons Opensides (2): Smith, Gill 6/8 (3): Palu, MMM, Higginbotham Scrumhalf (2): Genia, White Flyhalf (1): Cooper...

I would personally avoid horne at 12 with quade. Depending on how the game is going/ who gets subbed, you would be better off putting JOC (James O'Connor) at 12, horne into 13 and AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) to the wing. Not that a number on someones back really matters... Have we tried JOC (James O'Connor) at 12 with cooper at 10? It's risky! But in...

I'll make a prediction that Gill with be the Wallabies (and reds when Kev leaves) Skipper. He was a School Vice Captain and strikes me as just the right kind of guy to lead a footy team. Leads by example, is well spoken and is always composed (even at 21!). This leads me to another point of...

Have you been watching? Are they playing him at 15 in defence? BGS used this tactic in an identical way to the reds and Quade. They scored in excess of half their tries through a Greene receive and counter attack. The team last year showed a resemblance to the Reds style of Rugby (albeit at...

Dare I say it... But Quade's claims of toxicity come to mind. I sincerely hope Pulver has the business mind and integrity to repair the ARU in the wake of JO'N's tenure. They have a good board (the likes of Peter Cosgrove, John Eales etc.) so I hope these people can help Pulver improve the ARU...

He won a number of games for Grammar whether it was directly through goal kicking or a brilliant 70m kick and recover try against (cant remember haha but one of the absolute best individual tries I have ever seen - no doubt). Or indirectly through clearing and penalty touch kicks I find its...

I have to say I agree with this. He is key for his team because he is such a good leader and obviously plays consistent rugby but I don't know how he will go with the step up to tests. If he gets chosen I think it is deserved but I can't see him being the impact player we need... I suspect deans...

That would've been Sam Lane who played a few times last year but we let him go to the Tahs. Big mistake in my opinion. He was absolutely brilliant and integrated straight into super rugby like hed been playing for the reds for years. South Aftrican School boy but Aussie at heart. Unfortunately...

http://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby-gold/super-rugby-coaches-leave-israel-folau-out-of-potential-wallabies-squad-for-lions-tests/story-fndptke0-1226642500385 http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/05/15/deans-promises-ball-in-hand-rugby-for-the-wallabies-against-the-lions/ Two interesting articles...

Does anyone know why he thinks they look good? Remember the old pony tail he used to rock at training? Jesus....

You're justifying Barnes' inclusion in the team solely off of his goal kicking ability (which is not at Johnny Wilkinson level anyway). We have hardly seen any of him this year, why not wait and see how he goes next weekend (coming off the bench for the tahs, they obviously value foley more or...

I only see it as another benefit to add to his cause for the 10 jumper. Both his attack and defence are ahead of JOC (James O'Connor) at the moment. Barnes is yet to show whether he has regained his title as the best tackler in the world (seemed to drop off after the head knocks) but it appears he will be...

How can you not factor them in? They are part of the 'key mistakes' Quade has made in the past and he has been criticized for it on numerous occasions. With the Lions and their enormous centres, defence will be extremely important. Rating a player entirely on what he has done in the past is...

Stirling Mortlock - massive fan of JOC (James O'Connor) - has also thrown his support behind QC (Quade Cooper).