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I suspect that if we are well behind after 50 mins in a knockout game you may well see Cheika go for the doctor and put Kurtley at 12 to finish. He is easily the best creative 12 we have and works very well with Folau. That's why he will be in the 23 jumper. But we'll start with either Giteau or...

3. McMahon 2. TPN 1. Foley

The game would have been much better for the crowd if Peyper had insisted that the teams stayed onside. I thought his reffing pretty much ruined the spectacle. At times players were behind the last feet OK - of their opposition!

Now that takes the cake!:)

You hope! Don't be surprised if its 20K per day.

I'm really looking forward to seeing Beale at 15 this week. Last night I was watching the game from 2012? against SA on Fox. You'll remember the game because that's where Beale got his nickname "Gilbert" and where he kicked the 55m penalty to win the game. I remember it because of his play...

I think that its a matter of great concern when after two rounds a tight head prop is the leading try scorer. :) Does it imply poor back skills or 8 man rugby?

I reckon that's deliberate. NZ will use their pool matches to get up to speed with virtually nil chance of losing. Australia on the other hand, will bash themselves up in the pool of death and be exhausted just getting out.

Or Scotland or whoever else.

His record with the Force was poor! But I guess everyone just said "its down to Foley, no attack coach can survive there, he'll be better when he gets here". But he wasn't.

I assume this is high grade irony. In the words of John McEnroe, "You can't be serious!"

I agree that Hansen wanted Barrett, my key point was that on form you would never make that decision. Therefore its a "captain's call" and we all know how well those work sometimes. Sir Duke of Edinburgh anyone?

It wasn't Naholo for Sopoaga. It was Barrett for Sopoaga. That's the really strange decision. A couple of weeks ago Sopoaga debuted vs SA away and everyone else thought he had a blinder. Shag thought he was worse than Barrett would have been. Given the quality of the pool NZ are in, the...

When discussing the back three the elephant in the room is Savea. His defense this year has been worse than awful, he has a tackle completion rate around 50%, and he's supposed to be an experienced, committed player, not a newbie on training wheels. I suspect that if Naholo is fit then NZ will...

But the ITM one was into a piggies head, CFS is a hairdresser.

I think the SFS capacity is somewhere below 50K now (I seem to recall 43K being the number) but if it was increased to 50K at the same time as they put a roof over the top it would be an absolutely awesome venue for football, rugby and league.

This is too much of a put-down to be a realistic contribution. For a code that prides itself on the fact that any shape and size can get a game, the fact that you have to be 100kg of pure muscle to reach the top is very exclusive. In football, if you are quick and skilled with the ball at your...

As I read the proposal it actually goes on the ground the Waratahs train on. But it will cost an absolute fortune and traffic issues will be a nightmare. My money would be on a redevelopment of the existing stadium to fit another 5-10K patrons.

Sounds like he'll be the busiest bloke in the organisation!

Opened up my beloved Waratah's thread to find it filled with discussions about schoolboys. Ugh!