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Very erratic. Phipps should be warming up

OUCH

I wouldn't call him an expert as he is green. I was genuinely surprised when he used the term and had to check one of my kids hadn't switched to Foxsports 1 to the NRL.

Nick McArdle is hopeless isn't he. The class of Eales and Gregan don't buy into his idiotic questions

Don't know what you're talking about. That test match never happened.....

Many stuck the boot into Leon MacDonald for that game, but how crap was Mealamu at LO time? He was shocking. And Joe Rok might as well have not been out there the way he was defending. Alright off to watch the same fixture but 8 years later....

Nah Bullrush has just been hanging around this joint far too long :)

Yeah I'm sure the Waratahs and Wallabies will be laughing their heads off.....

You seem surprised Braveheart. Hansen's been doing this for years, even before he was head coach.

Not sure what your definition of settled or generally settled is Bairdy, but I swear this 9-15 has never ever started a test match before or even been on the park at the same time. New halfback, 1st 5 combo. New midfield and new back 3. The upside is that there are provincial links in amongst...

Interesting take emu, however I'm not sure how that is relevant given that the way the ABs attack and defend is quite different to the way the NZ Super franchises play, even a couple of years ago. And with naming an extra person on the bench, hasn't Australia been doing that for quite a few...

Is that you Eddie..... I think the Qantas ACT Waratahs back line is pretty good. I think if Speight were eligible and available he would've possibly made his debut, but what this line up does is allows you to attack both left and right (with quality) from set piece. You may see formations with...

Even though the ABs have come out on the right side of the ledger more often than not over the past decade against the Wallabies, the test matches have been for the most part tight affairs. Like fatprop referred to earlier it has often come down to the little things the team does when under...

Not sure why all the focus is on the Beale selection (IMO the guy is a natural 10 that has played a bit everywhere else on the park for varying reasons), and not on the tight 5. Some very good players in there no doubt. Guys who have performed at S15 level but there are still question marks...

Slightly off topic, but I remember at the time thinking that was one of the biggest OZ backline's (11-15 that is) I'd ever seen.

What's the area qwerty?

On Phipps v White, you'd have to think that Phipps defensive game would be very attractive to Link in starting a test match. His tackling and cover defence has been superb this year. I think in the latter half of the Super season Phipps was the more steadier of the two. Huge turnaround from...

Not sure how much depth is required waiopehu. We have three test ready loose heads in Woody, Crockett and B. Franks and then on the tightwad side we have two very young (for props that is) fellas in O. Franks and Big Charlie. I'm less concerned about hooker that many others seem to be. Coles...

I think KB (Kurtley Beale) is the perfect bench option for the Wallabies right now. To my mind it seems a no brainer given Foley and To'omua are in very good form and both provide what the Wallabies need in those positions. To'omua is basically Matt Giteau circa 2002-03, an excellent attacking player (but more...

Fixed..... Has Dagg ever been dropped by Hansen despite up and down form? No. Look anything could happen but I'm hoping they stick with Dagg because right now there isn't a better right wing going around than Ben Smith. A lot more upside in terms of test match footy of Dagg and Smith than...