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Surprised the headline didn't read - Pocock defies gravity, chained to a tractor but off his feet

Those stats are akin to the days of when Carter and Aaron Mauger played 1st and 2nd 5/8 for both the Saders and ABs. Both genuine playmakers with different skills receiving lots of ball as a first receiver. I noticed that they were split (left and right) on a number of occasions and that's...

Coaches take risks no doubt but not unnecessary ones. If say in my scenario of a starting lock going down injured in the opening play that with McCalman in the side he would move to lock and the back up loose forward would come on and then Skelton would come on later.

If I were a Wallaby supporter I wouldn't be relying on TPN, Pocock or Palu. These guys just seem so injury prone. Same way I'm not expected Dan Carter to go through uninjured next year. And I'm guessing Hansen and co aren't either given we had 4 x 10's on this tour.... Fardy has proved to be...

Is the "Skelton's too unfit for 40 minutes of test footy" a myth or has someone with authority come out and said it? If someone is picked on the bench and a player goes down with a hammy chasing the opening kick off, the replacement is going to have to play 79 minutes. If he can't do that then...

Well not anyone that is any good...... Llanelli's young 1st 5, Williams is a decent player and is thereabouts for national honours, but he is a bit of a midget.

You say that as if the current Wallaby squad is littered with hardened vets. Other than say AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), I can't think of any one else in the regular XVs that doesn't need the game time at test level. Also on the Beale inclusion, one thing that may have been a factor is, given the timing of his...

Are some posters underestimating the impact that a very unexpected and public head coaching change can have on a sporting team? I'm not a Wallaby supporter and I'm not a pessimistic sort of fulla, but whoever got the gig in those circumstances were going to be pushing it up hill in a massive...

TWAS - is it Cheika that is "clearly struggling in the role" or are the players just not stringing together enough good patches of rugby to get them past the post in some tight test matches? What is it about the coach that is appears to be not working? Has he lost the dressing room already...

An opposition coach tells media they fear player X is code for put as much public pressure on player X because player X has been known to crack under pressure before....

Barnes is an excellent ref. It should be a good test match.

Hodgson, Hooper, McCalman, doesn't seem to balanced to me. In fact there's not a great deal of size and I don't think Hodgson and Hoopers game complement each other at all as a 6/7 combo.

chas - not sure about your logic there, because coaches/teams are faced with different scenarios all the time that they need to adapt and act on. They watch plenty of film and if for example they choose to play Carter and Simmons, the coaches would've looked at games prior to last weekend to see...

That's a strong backline for Wales. Davies is a strong addition. They're missing a few key forwards though, but they have solid and settled loose forward trio starting and Tipuric is also a very good player off the bench.

Halfback but always wanted to run the cutter like Mertz.

Good post Joe. I thought it was a very willing test match from both sides. Some pretty positive things from both sides. As you say the French line speed on defence was great to watch. Led by their 7,8 and midfield. A couple of the outside backs were strong in attack. Thought Aussies...

I'm pretty sure Giteau was selected in the 2007 WC squad.

I think Vito and Cane will most likely play 80. Carter will hopefully play 80. He needs game time.

The clean shaven look is a new look as well.... As for the OZ team, good on Cheika for selecting basically the same team. The young blindside will have had the adrenalin pumping last week, first run on test and all, so he will be able to just calm it down a few notches and just play. Good luck...

May I put forth into evidence the following: 1 Mackintosh 2 Flynn 3 Franks 4 Filipo 5 Eaton 6 Thomson 7 S. Waldrom 8 Messam 9 Weepu 10 Donald 11 Rokocoko 12 Toeava 13 Tuitavake 14 H.Gear 15 Jane 16 Elliot 17 Afoa 18 B. Thorn 19 Read 20 Mathewson 21 Kahui 22 Muliaina