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But who do we think will win? Neither team looks top eight material and we need to know who would have won in the open!

He's getting a terrible bagging for one missed tackle. It was a two-on-one situation 10 metres out with the backline all running at him at full pelt. A better culprit to look for is how the mismatch happened. Who was the player who drifted in onto the inside player so that it became a...

In my opinion its only a pain because Timani's form is so poor. Jeffries looked worthy of a start in his time on as a replacement. I think you need to look elsewhere for the reasons for that loss.

Skelton's set-piece play has improved, he regularly takes a lineout or two at the front. Unfortunately it appears that the rest of his game has been diminished. When was the last time you can remember that he threw a delightful off-load or made a major linebreak? Certainly not 2016. So he is now...

I'm looking forward to the Stormers-Sharks game next week. It will be very telling,

The only reasonable cause for the Rebels to lose next week is they don't cope with the travel. They do have to deal with Timani's lack of form, but I thought Jeffries was good and dropping Jones back to 6 and promoting Jeffries would allow Timani to go back to the bench as a lock to rediscover...

I do not agree with this analysis, or much of what has been said previously. I know the game looked slow in comparison to the Hurricanes-Highlanders game that preceded it, but that game was of exceptional quality. This game was not the worst I've ever seen and the Force do not need to go back to...

The number of stupid handling mistakes the Rebels have made is breathtaking. Thompson's drop over the goal line must be one of the all-time great fails. This game is lost already unless the Rebels change their skills.

Try!!! Never thought I'd see it.

If you want to understand why Fantasy football is fantasy, consider this: Blake Gibson scored -3 points yesterday for his efforts. Lies, damn lies and statistics.

Spoken by someone with blue and yellow glasses. At virtually every ruck the Brumbies went off their feet and continued to play at the ball while they were supposedly out of the play. To use the word ruck is something of a misnomer; in order to have a ruck you have to have defensive players on...

Neither. Taiavo merely gets a muscle strain and Ryan comes straight on.

I suspect they may do a switcheroo: Start Ryan and Taiavo Sub Ryan at 45 for Tilse Sub Taiavo for Ryan coming back on at 65 Sub Tilse for Sandell at 75 to give the young-un a taste.

I agree they'll be tough but with the inexperience in the backline if the Rebels play field position and use their two long kickers they could well force an error or two. The key thing the Bulls have got is their very, very good front row. It will be a long day at the office for Smith and Co if...

At this stage they are the best hope, but its only round two and they are not the only hope. The Waratahs set-piece will improve as the comp goes on and they have to be a team with a realistic chance. On what we know now the Jaguares, Stormers, Brumbies, Waratahs, Blues, Chiefs, Highlanders...

Its at the Bulls on the high veldt. Putting Hodge at 15 and telling him to kick is a no-brainer. Do you reckon the Bulls will run it back? Never in a million years, never in a thousand tears! But instructions have to come down to Ellison to never ever kick. His field kicking was diabolical and...

I reckon that should be easy. Brumbies are playing well and might go all the way. Should get a few thousand Tahs from up the road. Match is potentially an absolute cracker!

I thought the Blues-Highlanders game was an absolute cracker and I'm almost ready to get on the Umaga-is-king bus now. The Blues did not fall apart and in years gone by that would have happened from about the 50th minute, or maybe even earlier. At the start of the season they were my smokey for...

No, cause that's not really rugby, just NH shit.

Probably had run out of chairs. If Lavanini gets 3 weeks rather than 10 minutes he'll be spewing. I thought Berry was pretty lenient - the attempt to kick the ball out was a red in my view. Not like Berry to be lenient on non-SA teams! I thought Creevey was immense. I doubt there is a better...