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The big thing (in my opinion as a perenially frustrated online advertiser) is that Hayne's highlights reel has almost become viral amongst American gridiron fans, and is being repeatedly posted on lots of frontline sports websites including the main network sites. It may not be our code of...

Mine says, "A chance meeting opens new doors to success and friendship".

TWAS, that's a straw man. I don't think anyone is arguing that Cheika must be right because he's an expert. I certainly haven't intended to say that. He's *more likely* to be right, which is the reason we choose experts, rather than holding a random lottery.

Why else would a sports administrator flee (erm, travel) to Spain?

Larkham in the Hurled today:

If I were planning this, I'd treat the Uraguay game as a pivot. Until that game, the goal is to preserve two full XVs so that no one has to back up between Fiji and Uraguay. All injury replacements until then are like for like. After Uruguay, two full XVs are no longer required, so the plan...

Are you insulting fatprop?

Still doesn't make Benn Robinson the 'cancer of the team'. He's hardly played a test since the law change and his injury.

Yeah, the law changes around the engagement eliminated the area where he had the greatest skills, which was attacking on the hit. That and a serious injury.

Hanson is training with the squad, and will do until the Wallabies depart the USA for England, after which he's not allowed to. Same goes for Sam Carter, David Dennis, Tetera Faulkner, Scott Higginbotham, James Horwill, Samu Kerevi, Christian Lealiifano, Taqele Naiyaravoro and Nic White.

It's very hard to avoid some element of that. We choose coaches because of their successes. Cheika credits Douglas with being instrumental in his Supe title. By picking him, he's backing himself to get the same out of him for this team. That's part of the coaching experience we're paying him...

I asked, but I can't say who I asked. However I've just asked who I asked if I can use their name online. I fully understand that people claiming to have 'mail' are infuriating.

My understanding is that we asked the organisers whether the selection satisfies Law 3.5 and it does. I fully accept that's at odds with what the papers are saying.

No one has to believe me, but 5 props including one who plays hooker satisfies Law 3.5; an injury to two front rowers in the 48 hour period constitutes mitigating circumstances; and any player unable to play in the next game due to injury can be replaced in the squad; and the Wallabies have...

There's no 2 week stipulation, old boy. People are adding that for extra spice. The player simply has to be injured sufficiently not to play. Anyone speculating that the Wobs haven't confirmed this with the tournament organisers is wrong.

This'd be my personal A-team if everyone was fit and at their best: Sio Moore Kepu Simmons Horwill Fardy Hooper Pocock Genia Cooper Speight To'omua Kuridrani JOC (James O'Connor) Folau Slipper Nau Holmes Higginbotham Skelton Phipps AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) Beale

Swaps and options!

That's a good thing. It shows we have depth. From Cheika: My prediction, based on selections thus far, and the things Cheika has said: Sio Moore Kepu Simmons Douglas Fardy Hooper Pocock Phipps Foley Any one of Speight / Tomane / Horne / Mitchell To'omua / Giteau Kuridrani AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) Folau...

If we can beat them, then they have to beat the Kiwis to get to the final. That'll be slippery ice for New Zealand, quite like 2003 in fact. A fired-up England, at home, against a Kiwi team under pressure from all sides, who they've beaten recently, all to the noxious chorus of the feral...

I think there's only one lesser game: Uruguay. The A team need to play versus Fiji, otherwise England will be their first game together since the Rugby Championship.