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This is the second time this year that it has rained in Perth, and it has coincided with another match.

How on earth Luke Whitelock gets into the ABs over Braid, Vito, Shields, Manu, Christie ......... I'll never know

Just tuned in. What is going on?! 38-8 to the Canes - Chiefs off the boil?

Boy was my prediction wrong. Brumbies look flat. They have been absolutely manhandled tonight.

Tahs carving up. Not sure why I listened to Growden and put Beale in my preferred Wallabies XV over Foley.

Hooper on my fantasy bench. Fuuuuuuuuuaa-

Higgers is such a pork chop; does he go out each game looking to get carded

Ha, this is the same QC (Quade Cooper) that exonerated Horwill of any wrongdoing after he 'accidentally' stomped on Lions player Alun Wyn Jones. I doubt he'll get anything for the comment - except a fine maybe.

I was warming to Mehrtens' commentary but since that Crusaders v Brumbies match, he has become quite churlish and as one eyed as Marto at a Reds home game.

English to 13, Veainu to 11 and Roberts at 23?

1. Slipper 2. Moore 3. Kepu 4. Jones 5. Simmons 6. Fardy (c) 7. Hooper (vc) 8. Palu 9. Genia 10. Beale 11. Cummins 12. To'omua 13. Kuridrani 14. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 15. Folau 16. TPN or Charles, 17. Sio or Cowan, 18. Alexander, 19. Horwill or Skelton, 20. McCalman, 21. White, 22. Leali'ifano, 23. McCabe.

My unbrindled opinion of this match can be viewed and/or scorned here: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/preview-force-v-lions-2/

On the game, like the look of that forward pack with Power's inclusion and Fardy's move to 6 - should give the Bulls some hell at breakdowns against their lumbering lock-cum-flankers Hattingh and du Plessis. Brumbies should win this but the Bulls will be livid after being pipped to the post...

I'm not taking a shot at To'omua or anything, but is there a particular reason why he doesn't kick for goal? I only inquire because I find it peculiar that he is a very fine kicker in general play, but never gets brought up as a viable goalkicker. Is he not confident or willing to take the...

It looks like a rotation policy for Blackadder, but that front row is nothing to sneeze at, that's for sure. Tim Perry is arguably a better scrummager than Crockett.

Just to expand on your point, I've noticed the Reds are not as combative in breakdowns in previous years, and don't like to commit many numbers in this area in attack or defence.

Lions 1. Corne Fourie, 2. Armand van der Merwe, 3. Ruan Dreyer, 4. Rudi Mathee, 5. Franco Mostert, 6. Jaco Kriel, 7. Warwick Tecklenburg, 8. Warren Whiteley (capt), 9. Ross Cronje, 10. Marnitz Boshoff, 11. Anthony Volmink, 12. Alwyn Hollenbach, 13. Deon van Rensburg, 14. JW Jonker, 15. Coenie...

If you don't mind me asking, how does a West Australian end up halfway around the world in Germany (an airplane excluded)? Do you have family there? Sounds like an interesting story!