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So the JWC is from the 31st of May until the 18th of June. Super Rugby has only one round that overlaps with this (although the round before comes close) where the Brumbies are playing the Rebels. If Jooste has earned a spot in the U20 side, it would be crazy not to release him for a game or two...

I'd be surprised if DHP left Oz before the next RWC. After that I'd be surprised if he stayed.

I always thought he got dropped because he was leaving, but I'm sure you'd know better on Rebels issues than I would.

It'll be interesting to see the wear and tear from the 6 Nations and Super Rugby. New Zealand have some amazing depth, but not so much in the tight five where you'd have to pick the Lions to be strongest. Unless injuries hit in a big way, this would probably be the strongest Lions team selected...

Who is the other one? I am trying to think of other players who are complete numpties but most of them are only numpties off the pitch (O'Connor, Beale).

I wouldn't object to 5 years if it did not have to be continuous. The main problem as I see it is player drain from the Pacific Islands. Better to focus energies on strengthening pathways and having professional competition there. Other than that- make the rule that only two players per nation...

I guess its a matter of perspective. I personally have no problem with what he did. Not a player I associate with being a grub. There are far worse out there.

Funny. I am not an enormous fan of Hooper. I think there should be no Pooper and Hooper should have been retrained as a back long ago. But... We don't know the context to that. Coles pulled a swinging arm to the head into a ruck earlier in the year. I doubt that is an isolated event. What...

Its a tough one, isn't it? On one hand I agree completely. On the other hand, Genia is head and shoulders above all our over 9s it is folly not to play him. Perhaps the best thing would be to have a compromise- Genia plays a couple of tests to remind him of what he is missing while time is put...

Agreed. I don't think anyone wants to see the Tahs menstruating.

It is hard to look at overall statistics and say we were hard done by or not. In last nights game the issue for me was that if DHP was a YC then why wasn't Tom Wood given cheese for his around the neck tackle and throw on David Pocock in about the 10th minute? I'd love to know the penalty...

Swings and roundabouts. 12 months ago Australia embarrassed England and Argentina with Ireland. Fast forward a year and the four teams are in entirely different places. Who is to say that in another 12 months it will be the same? Surely the Springboks can't be as shitty as they have been this...

Yep. The following guys are eligible I think: 1. 2. Jordan Uelese 3. Sham Vui 4. Harry Hockings 5. Ryan McCauley 6. Angus Scott-Young 7. Liam Wright 8. Rob Leota 9. Harry Nucifora 10. Nick Jooste 11. Liam McNamara 12. Sione Tuipolotu 13. Izaiah Perese 14. Henry Hutchinson 15. Jack Maddocks...

Is TPN the polynesian version of Seth Rogen? http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/super-rugby/wallabies-star-tatafue-polotanau-turns-down-overseas-offers-in-favour-of-move-to-western-force/news-story/d5fe2d7ee5d4e275350fa40e9128597c Shows promise but needs to learn to scrum.

100% Seb V. We take Scotland for granted far too often. Rest Moore. Rest Hooper. Everyone else from the Wales game who is fit starts. If we are giving Scotland a grand shellacking, start the subs around the 50 minute mark. Otherwise business as usual.

Ready made replacements in Staniforth and RHP.

Nice one. How much did you pick up? I followed your lead with a fiver (big spender).

Do you mean Frappuccino the slighty fruity* Tahs fan? *Do I need to include this adjective, or can we take it as a given for Tahs fans?

McDuling would be good. I'm sure we'd take him and I imagine few other Super teams in Oz are looking for more locks. Apart from maybe the Tahs. Coleman, Matwijow, McDuling and either Philip or Arnold mk 2 would be a good mixture. Really hoping for a more solid set piece in 2017.

That about sums it up on Godwin. A bit like Larkham in that sense. Godwin has never been shy of taking the ball to the line, maybe with a good kicker at 12 he could do alright. Would love to trial him against the Barbars.