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ha. I could see chuck getting red carded pretty quickly.

I think you're probably right about Jones being considered a 5/6. Perhaps not for this series, but I suspect Link is looking at him as a player of the mold of Fardy. Link seems to like the idea of playing a lock type 6. He's preferred fardy in that position and when Fardy wasn't available on the...

While we're at it does anyone know whether Dan Palmer is available for this test?

I like the team. really excited to see what Skelton has to offer in terms of impact. If he's anonymous he'll probably go to the back of the queue, but I don't expect him to be. I think this will be the start of an impressive test career for big Will. Last week was an exercise in no risk...

I suspect we'll just play short, five man line-outs for the most part.

@Tahdan - calling Douglas the form lock of the Aussie conference is a bit rich. He's been good this season. He makes the occasional bone crunching tackle, but the form lock? The stats show that Douglas's tackle and run count are no-where near the likes of Jones, Carter, Simon or Horwill. He's...

I remember reading that article and scratching my head. Horwill did some good stuff. Not in career best form but an adequate performance for a starting test lock. If it wasn't for those two penalties I would have rated his performance right up there with the best on field. Luke Jones didn't...

If that is the starting side, that's really a massive pack. I would think our 8 would weigh close to 920-925kg. If I'm not mistaken the Boks pack on the weekend was about 930 kg. I was pretty drunk at that time (1am sunday) so i might be wrong about the numbers but I remember that catching my...

Could we see Higgers and Skelton starting this week? I hope so. Will make for some exciting footy!

If we had played England on the weekend (with Tuilagi on the wing) I would have seriously considered putting Rob Horne opposite him. Horne would have to be our most staunch defensive back, do you think?

I find it strange that people are calling for AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) to replace Kuridrani after a game in which we relied on Kuridrani more than any other back to get us over the advantage line.

3. Kepu 2. McCalman 1. Slipper HM To'omua, Folau, Fardy

Agree re the lack of Up and Unders. England used them to get effect on the weekend. Not just the up and under from the back three but the up and under from the 10. which goes out towards the opposite winger. The Wallabies now and then attempt the cross field kick. I'd like to see those kicks...

To be fair to link, I think the tactics were fine, it was the execution that let us down. seemed like the idea was to keep the ball in hand when they got the ball in france's half. Unfortunately when they did get ball in the French half the execution was poor (in effective clean-out and a few...

This game is on a knife's edge

Yeh at the time i was thinking about this. I wonder whether McKenzie had the sign off on what blurbs we actually heard, or whether someone from foxsports had the final say and perhaps had a specific set of rules from Link as to what he didnt want them to air. The comments they aired were...

The selection of 13 will become more difficult when the likes of Speight and Tomane become available, but for the time being its a moot point until the Rugby Championship begins. I don't think there is a big difference whether you play AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) at 13 or 14, he manages to inject himself in either...

Leave the backline as is. In fact I'd be minded to leave the team exactly the same if it wasn't for the fact that we are not going to get many better opportunities to give our greener players test match experience before the world cup. With that in mind I think now is a good time to see what...

Not that I really wish to dwell on this point any longer (since I've already made my views clear) why do you presume this has to do with QLDers vs the world? Are you implying that Genia's only supporters are qlder's? From my point of view it has nothing to do with provincialism. I think most...

It's the truth mate. The wallabies rely lot on our 9 and 10 to direct our team. If Cooper had played like Foley did last night. There'd be 20 people on this board calling for him to be replaced. If Genia had played White's game people would be crowing about how Genia was no where near his best...