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Personally hoping that Paia'aua is the one we get, but each day the Eastmond murmurs continue and the Paia'aua stories are fading.

Damn that's a great jersey. Absolutely brilliant.

It's in the Tahs' best interests that we get the 8th seed. We head over to NZ, knock out the Crusaders, and then the Tahs have top seed all the way to the final. It's as it should be. Come on, Sydney. Do what's right for Australia. Do what's right for yourself.

I think the idea with playing DHP at fullback (and resting Folau) is to try two general wingers. It's also a chance to see if Hodge as a winger (and our goalkicker) is a realistic option.

Frisby was the best scrumhalf in Aus in 2016, I still wonder what could have been if he had kept that form going in the spring and carried it to 2017. Clearly has talent and it will be interesting to see how he develops in a different environment.

If we're in with a chance of winning the whole thing (say we steal the Bledisloe game in Sydney), then we pick our first choice for every game. However, if that isn't happening, I think we should be using the Argentina games as an opportunity for fringe players or unknown quantities (Rona at 13...

Yeah, that's the struggle. Probably better to get Beale to work on his goal kicking. If White was still in Aus, I'd argue picking him at scrumhalf as a solution, but it is what it is.

Not having a go here, but how do guys like Coleman, Rodda, and Philip compare in lineout experience? By the world cup, Arnold will have been a regular Super Rugby level lineout option for five years, and an irregular lineout caller, and a Wallaby for three years.

If we're putting To'omua at 10 (a man can dream.........), then we need to be picking Hodge on the wing as our goal kicker, or getting Kurtley to start practicing.

The noises I'm hearing are that Sio and Carter aren't necessarily fit, but, if they are, then they'd prefer to use them off the bench. Cusack is meant to be okay, but we'll see. Failing that, I imagine we will see Ben Hyne get a bench spot with McCaffrey starting. Lucas over Powell is entirely...

Hunt will be 32 at the start of next season, and there are whispers about Kyle Eastmond or Duncan Paia'aua at Brumbies HQ. Little to no chance of Hunt coming to Canberra.

Likely line-ups:

The Waratahs are confirmed top of the conference. A win here will guarantee them the second seed, while a losing bonus point will mean it can only come down to PD against the Lions. The Brumbies need to win with a bonus point to have any chance of finals rugby, but they also need the Rebels to...

Words we all can live by.

I'll say "some of the best in the world" means "would improve any team they went to", i.e. would be a regular in the matchday 23. We'll exclude the Darkness (nobody compares Banjo to Homer), and I'll say that Sio, Ala'alatoa, Rory, Pocock, and Naisarani all do that. On top of that, the work rate...

I'd expect Sione back (edit: there) in blue next week to be honest, Sio will be back and Mayhew has reminded us all of his class. Cusack probably won't get a Wallabies spot, so I'd expect him too. Muirhead is a unique option in Australia, so him getting a Wallabies call up isn't an insane idea...

Pedro is class, always has been. Russ Ingram often joked that he'd marry his daughter to him if immigration ever caused trouble, just so he could pick him. A lot of our resurgence in this half of the season is because of Ben Johnston. Lots of weakness elsewhere, and I expect it to all fall...

Why are people arguing about the cap; they're either over it and will be done, or not and will be fine. I'm definitely inclined to think the CFO will make sure it's the latter.

Season remains alive but why do we live in a world where more than half of the Chiefs' point came from us giving away possession as they were defending their line? Simple errors that should have been dealt with by coaching. Our forwards are some of the best in the world.

I've heard serious noises about Paia'aua moving to Canberra, and we all know how many ridiculous out clauses there are in these contracts.