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Well exactly. We'd know what he was made of one way or the other. I know I said before the Wallabies should be focussing on picking the best possible Wallaby team, not worrying about the Lions individual players - but we really can't afford to carry someone like ROG who is just completely unable...

Scott, do you think there's a case to be made for Auelua to start at 8 given Palu's injury issues? Think it's a bit harsh on Hooper as well. He was our best player by a distance last season. Think his ball-running off the bench in the last twenty could be an absolute game-changer as well...

Guys like Tuilagi, Roberts, BOD, Visser, North etc. aren't superstars. They're good, but they're not so good that entire game plans need to be built around shutting them down. Individually, I think Australia can put out a team that is just as good as the Lions on a man-to-man basis. If Deans and...

Do we have to? :(

No. The forwards were, by and large, completely fine.

From memory last time he packed down at lock for Australia he was paired with either Mumm or Chisolm which was just asking for trouble. Throw him in with an animal like Horwill and he'll be fine.

Agree entirely. So who's available to coach? Someone like McKenize won't - but who could be reasonably chased? What I'd really like to see next off-season is for Gordon Tietjens to get involved and absolutely flog the players. The Rebels are clearly less fit than other teams this year, and it's...

I think the Hill is the big problem at the moment. Get a strong coach in, a gameplan becomes apparent, the players start enjoying themselves a bit more, they get more confident and actually start getting some results. The team starts winning, crowds will start growing and money will start...

Wasn't a great game for Stirzaker, but at the same time he came on when his pack was getting absolutely beasted and the game was over. Phipps was just horrible before he was dragged, worst game of the year. I think Stirzaker has done enough by now to deserve a start, at least to see what he's...

Hang on, so you think lock, blindisde flanker, openside flanker and Number 8 aren't specialised positions? I'm out.

No, just no.

Oh come on. Robinson plays loosehead not tighthead. And while we're on props, Alexander has regularly been shown up as an amazingly average tightead. Pyle and Simmons is too lightweight a locking combo. The frontrunners at the moment would be Horwill, Douglas, MMM and Timani - probably in that...

Sio is right now I reckon.

Who's your source? Growden?

Fine? Why wouldn't it be. They're big boys. JOC (James O'Connor) might have an ego but anyone who thinks he doesn't give 110% to his rugby is kidding themselves. He's been getting a lot of pretty unwarranted hate on here, I'd have absolutely no problem with him being captain going forward. He'd hold and maintain...

There's easily enough talent in the team to put together a very solid outfit. PAE, Pyle, Jones, Higgers, Stirzaker, JOC (James O'Connor), Inman, Vuna... You can absolutely build a team around that. Given a couple more games could easily throw Roberts and Reid in there as well. They look unfit and badly...

Not a disaster, but not good. Time's up for Hill I reckon. And speaking of time, I need some sleep.

If anyone still thinks Phipps is a better player than Stirzaker after this particular effort they need their head checked. Rebels look better than last week, Reid and PAE have made a difference. This is the level of basic competence that is reasonable to expect

Have a look at his early games for the Force if you can. They were good enough to get him picked for the Wallabies as a kid who'd barely turned 18.

There quite possibly are. They've got far more time, money and opportunity than most of us. Obviously a drinking issue should be addressed before it turns into alcoholism, but once it hits that point it would be stupid not to treat it as the illness that it is.