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Not really. I thought he got overhyped at times - but he’s always been a quality Super rugby player and is a step up from guys like Vest & Tualima. I am pretty happy with Blyth, Smith, Jones, Uru, Wright, McRieght & Wilson to fill 5 starting & two bench spots. Jones aside, the rest have shown...

I don’t see why we shouldn’t have an expectation to be successful. Or, if people prefer, I don’t see why we have any excuses if we aren’t. My biggest issue was at 3. Nonngorr will be under pressure, but the acquisition of Ravai is an important one. Everywhere else we are comparable or arguably...

I assumed it is just a culmination of all of the above, combined with the fact that Rennie wasn’t McLennan’s man and Eddie very much was. McLennan met with Eddie while he was here so, at that point, he obviously already had interest in bringing Eddie back. When England sacked Jones, and with...

It stops the legitimate contest for the ball as it makes it much harder for the pilferer to set. Prior to tightening the rules we had guys rolling or crawling up to 5 extra metres. Personally I feel enforcing the ‘one dynamic’ movement is the fairest and least subjective way to police things...

Thoughts on the trial? A couple of randoms from me - - Lynagh & Henry both very good. I thought Creighton was solid when he came on too - Liam Wright looks bigger. - Set piece needs work, but it was good to see us compete and win some line out turnovers - Backrow & Uru were excellent - I...

Pretty much I agree - but they do manage work loads very closely and they do rest key players during Origin, in the lead up to finals and whenever there is a test within the season. They’d rest a player in a heartbeat if they thought it was going to jeopardise a more important game in the...

Worth noting - Steve Smith was picked firstly as a leg spinning all-rounder :) (Not that that has anything to do with your actual point - but it still does make me shake my head).

It was an EOYT 12 months out from the World Cup. We were always going to trial players and that trial was always going to come largely against Italy. It was a risk, if didn’t turn out and Rennie paid the price. It had nothing to do with whether guys could back up or not. In terms of players...

Is this supposed to be a gee up? You aren’t seriously comparing club footballers to internationals are you?

Correct me if I’m wrong - but didn’t both Burke & Straker have stints with the Reds? Are you suggesting the Reds are going for youth (a reasonable strategy with your 5th/6th choice props - although I note your comments suggest these guys are better than most of the above). Or are you suggesting...

Why wouldn’t Zander get game time? Whatever people think of him on here he is one of our senior sqaud members. I don’t see why he wouldn’t be getting a run.

Qld & NSW Country also included in the program - which I’m loving. A few of the ladies from our local comp selected in their first country team which is pretty good when they all took up rugby in the last 3 yrs.

And yet, despite that, Genia recently described him as the best coach he ever had and reckons Cooper would probably say the same.

The big question though is whether he is actually ready or whether the Tahs are going to have to throw him in because injuries to Perese, Pietsch, Walton & Harrison and the stand down of Beale leave the Tahs light in the outside backs. The other question is how much did age play a part in the...

That’s a real shame for Blyth. I would rather we keep Uru in the backrow, but it seems likely to me there would be a fair drop from our best 3 locks to our next best. Hopefully one of the young guys have really kicked along in the off-season.

I don’t know the names of the 3rd & 4th LHPs did the Brumbies, sorry.

No - it isn’t. Very disappointing. If he can’t get his hamstrings right coming off the off season break it doesn’t sound good for the season. Terrible shame.

Thought Hoopert’s work around the ground was excellent, but scrummaged it was still a work in progress IMO. But his Australia A selection shows he was rated by people who know this stuff much better than I do.

Very few props are expected to produce the explosive efforts Tupou is though, but most are expected to counter that with higher work rate and accuracy. The game evolves all the time but I don’t think we are suddenly going to see a bunch of props with Tupou’s power & Ala'alatoa’s work rate.

I don’t recall any 80 minute efforts, but Nick Frost scored a beauty from about 60 out for the Wallabies under 20s from a kick off and also held off O’Connor and Flook to save a try against the Reds last year when Flook kicked ahead (from about 40 out I think but the move start in the Reds 20 so...