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A very good point, KOB. It's interesting, those odds. Would Scotland win 1/7 of these? I don't think so. Although the game may be closer than some expect, I think these Wallabies (in form), vs. those Scots (hit by suspensions) should win every time. The ebb and flow of variables is too...

Which makes the Wobs a good bet, and probably worth taking at that money. I did.

AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) can come in one.

I'm pleased to see Folau and Pocock in the stands for this one. They'll both benefit from some recovery time.

Ross Ford and Jonny Gray are the suspended pair.

Compared to vs. Samoa: S Hogg, S Maitland, M Bennett, M Scott, T Seymour, F Russell, G Laidlaw; A Dickinson, R Ford, WP Nel, R Gray, J Gray, R Wilson, J Hardie, D Denton. Four changes in bold.

The thing about the rush defence is that is has to be done accurately. All it takes is a couple of penalties for offside, leading to points, or some missed tackles, leading to linebreaks or tries, for the whole rushing enterprise to fall to pieces. It's a high-risk strategy. Likewise mayhem at...

Or "self employed". I generally target the crack of noon.

McMahon's a pretty good 8. Good enough to cover from the bench.

Well: There was a long argument throughout the Supe season about Cheika's ability to function as both the Waratahs and national coach. Assertions were made about bias, and about his lack of professionalism in accepting both roles, when he clearly couldn't do both. Then there was a long and...

What I was responding to was this, jollyswagman: Not seeing any means you saw none. I was wondering how that could be the case when there was plenty. The positive consensus only emerged when we beat England. I guess if we win the thing, everyone will always have loved Cheika.

But really, what behaviour? He's actually done very little wrong. People don't like him because of how they perceive his personality to be, not what he's done. A food fight. Burger King. Sleeping in. Those are the sophomoric indescretions of a teenager, which is essentially what he was...

Nah, it was obviously written by his crack-whore granny from Venus. Obviously.

That explanation fails the basic Internet test of providing a scapegoat, Lindommer. Or whatever the equivalent term is for someone who might be to blame, but might not be, for something that could've gone wrong, but didn't. A scrapegoat?

Surely it would suggest he's fit?

No bad press or criticism? jollyswagman, Cheika's earned a great deal of popular trust by beating Wales and England, and by his calls proving right, but in the early days of the tournament he was subject to ferocious criticism. You'd have to have a special browser plugin that filters out the...

I think the progression of Folau's injury, and the effect it had on his game, was an unpleasant surprise to everyone. He was passed fit but that turned out to be a wrong decision. At least I hope that's the case, otherwise our coaching team and medical staff know less then we do about injury...

This whole bizzo about Cheika picking injured players seems like a beat-up to me. Journalists angling to manufacture a controversy. The same quotes could be rearranged to give an impression of players trying to find fitness in order to play.

I can see what you're doing there, but we're onto you! We understand perfrectly well the effect that Internet debate has on the outcome of games, and have gone back into training for the quarters and semis. I practised three grimaces and six stiff upper lips this morning. And a kind of dour...

Love the comments: "Why are we even worried about what the aussie got to say,he is a nothing,just another campo gob"