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Can't jump into the tackle.

Fuglistaller hasn't offered much beside his tackle count so far. I wouldn't be surprised to see Reid get a run-on start sooner rather than later.

Worth having here too. Can talk about the general direction of the team and similar. For example, does Sidey being dropped suggest that Hill is over playing two boshers in the midfield? When Woodward and Beale are back could we possibly see JOC (James O'Connor) in the midfield?

What the fuck? Simmer down you clown. If the Reds are able to convince people to do things based on message boards like this then good luck to them, and I worry about the intellect of the players and their managers. Of course it's a rumour, I trust the person who I got it from though. I've heard...

... We'll just have to wait and see I guess.

No, because when they started the tackle they had both feet on the ground. What I'm talking about is the tackle being made with either one or two knees grounded. Scott and the lawbook are saying that's illegal. I'm wondering whether that law might be what it takes to stop TPN killing other...

Yeah I only really got thinking about it just before. Was the tackle where Robinson hurt his knee. TPN slid in a fair way and then chopped him down. The commentators did their usual 'nothing wrong with that' thing - but they only focussed on the shoulder charge aspect. I've got no problem...

Is it always legal? Was just watching the Rebels - Tahs game again and noticed a couple of times he goes in for one of those grasscutting tackles he slides in on his knees. Is that legit, or is it if you're off your feet you're out of the game? Could be applied to anyone I guess, just noticed...

Out of sheer, idle, curiosity - why is it you think the Wallabies side was so unsettled last year?

Agree with your entire post, but just on this quickly. I'd like to see Angus Roberts play 10 for the Rebels, have Woodward (who I think will be back this week) at 15 and then have JOC (James O'Connor) come in at 12. Regardless, barring injury, JOC (James O'Connor) will be in the Wallabies XV. It's not a question of if, it's a...

Mogg's defence is sketchy at best. He isn't ready to play Test rugby just yet. He started last season with a bang as well, then faded and got progressively more flaky as the season went on. The only way he gets into the Wallabies at the moment is as a winger or on the bench as outside back...

Of course they will. They won't offer a blank cheque, but they'll make him a reasonable offer which he'd be mad not to take.

Seriously, you should just stop. He came onto the scene playing 12 for the Force, and did enough to get selected as the second youngest Wallaby ever. He played flyhalf for the Wallabies on the EOYT two seasons ago and performed so well that more than a year later he has fans and commentators...

I stopped reading there.

Broken hand. Groucho - exactly. No4918 - I'd rather see it the other way around. JOC (James O'Connor) was terrible for the Rebels at flyhalf last year. Tried to do too much himself, ran as much as he passed and we didn't go anywhere. I suspect Angus Roberts will slot straight in though.

Beale gone for a month. Flyhalf spot wide open.

I just feel like this is a discussion that happens every year around Inman. And it happens because he's a massive lump of a man who moves pretty well for his size. He's White Freuan - only less dynamic and with a better defensive workrate. He needs to work on his distribution, as well as his...

It's all being held pretty close to the chest I think. I've been sworn to secrecy, but I trust the person I got the main info from - and I've heard from a couple of others that there's trouble brewing. It'll come out sooner or later. Just have to remember that rugby journalism is non-existent...

There have been, and will be, worse Wallabies than Mitch Inman. Still doesn't mean he's up to it. He grabs the ball and runs straight ahead, that's it. There's a place for that in rugby (see T. Carter) but I don't think it's what the Wallabies need. I'll be pretty unhappy if he gets taken on the...

No doubt he's the best long we have. Zero dispute. He busted his knee in 2010, and his hamstring in May last year from memory. That's really not a lot of rugby. And look what happened to Mitchell. There's just no guarantee he'll come back the same.