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Plead some more ignorance. And address my post before you call it rubbish.

Cant argue with that team. Subs will be crucial, glad I'm not making the call on the last back position but I'd like to see dingo have faith in his squad and pick the fittest player. Also like to see deans rotate the props with 'injuries', like link did on occasions this season. I still don't...

Look it was always going to come out badly, better examples could have been picked maybe, but they were certainly not front of mind. Why not address the argument instead of taking pot shots.

Who were the alternatives?

I'd argue that what we needed against ireland was beau robinson. The failings in the backs could be put down to inexperience but the forwards not so much, what we lacked in the forwards was effective breakdown play. It was a game where players like ben daley, james slipper and beau robinson...

Even if the tahs didn't have all the horrible injuries, they still wouldn't have won playing the style of rugby they were playing. Their execution was too poor.

Would have loved to have seen beau on the plane, he has a great combination with the backrow and halfs for the reds which is really the crux of any good rugby team. Offers an option at first receiver and just generally a warhorse. But sensible selections all the same, openside and winger is what...

Quoted for truth.

You always want to beat the best, very sad for dan and for the world cup in general. It just highlights to me though how much of a hash we have made this world cup. The springboks and all blacks are both looking very beatable, but our run upto this point has been anything but smooth as well. If...

South africa are going to kill us at the breakdown unless we aim up.

There are ways to control the chaos though - Carding multiple offenders and reintroducing rucking? This is probably not the thread to discuss this in, I dont want to sound like I'm trying to take away from the all blacks win.

I understand quite clearly what interpretations are, but the point I was trying to make is that the interpretations differ wildly between refs. What Muttonbird originally said about the game being 'broken', came about because certain rules are not enforced 'the same way' in certain situations...

That bit of your post highlights everything that is wrong. Of course your game plan should require a certain set of ref interpretations, because there should only be one set of interpretations. Winning should not be about trying to guess which rules are going to be enforced this game and which...

Are you a scruncher or a folder? But seriously, If you were offered the wallabies assistant coaching job for the next 2 years, and Queensland rugby was willing to let you go, would you work under deans?

Yes as a cover for 7, but if he we have to bring in two forwards then I suggested dennis might be who they will take as the second one. All a big misunderstanding.

That's why I said he was a great player.

Dennis is uncapped but he's pretty much all we have left in the way of backrowers, unless you go for mowen. Pretty sure chapman, kimlin and brown are injured.

Carter is a great player but he's never played behind a really poor forward pack, whereas pretty much every australian fly half has.

My world XV would be: 1. Franks 2. Servat/kev/du Plessis/Moore 3. 4. Horwil 5. 6. Kaino 7. McCaw 8. Reid 9. Genia 10. Carter 11. Ioane 12. Nonu 13. Fourie/Smith 14. Mitchell 15. Beale/Dagg I'd have Hougaard and Pocock on the bench.

Dennis name was being thrown around to replace Palu.