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Awesome Eagles front row, with a great back 5 for the Vikings, this should be a beauty. Thought the Eagles weakness last week was Deegan at 10 (apart from his goal kicking) interesting to see if he can turn it around.

Very similar to the side I would have picked for Bled 2 Slipper TPN Kepu Coleman Douglas Fardy Hooper (c) Pocock Genia Cooper Morahan Hodge Kerevi AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) Folau Res: Sio Hanson Robertson Mumm Timani Phipps Foley DHP

Likewise when player are running through at a man who has, say, taken a kick. If you just run straight at the man, he can easily go either way and beat you (even though it makes for the more spectacular 'big hit'). However, if you are marginally to one side, the ball carrier can only go one way...

Forgetting Cheika venting in the coaches box, about which I don't give a shit, one of the big defensive problems we have is players positioning themselves to make a tackle. When you are cover defending against a man running at pace, you have to run at an angle to put yourself level to just...

Thoroughly enjoyed that game, intensity in defence from both sides was awesome. For Brisbane, big Tui has wonderful potential, but has to play a lot smarter, Houston was a constant danger, but the bloke I really liked was young Jake Strachan. He's a tough little bugger, has a really good boot...

I',\m not convinced Foley is the defensive disaster many here seem to think. He's not an in-you-face knock-em-down type defender, but is pretty solid these days, certainly a lot better than we he first came to Super rugby. I don't mind the team, not the one I would have selected (Slipper for...

I think a bit of the criticism of Foley is over the top. His kicking game is awful, see my earlier post, not up to test standard and he wouldn't be in my starting team. Having said that, he defended extremely well last week, made some effective runs with the ball, and how he could organize a...

FWIW my side for next weekend Slipper, TPN, Kepu, Douglas, Coleman, Fardy, Hooper (c), Pocock, Genia, Cooper, Mitchell, Hodge, Kerevi, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Folau Bench Sio, Ready, Alalatoa, Mumm, McCalman, Phipps, Foley, DHP I know the outrage my choice of captain is going to cause on this site, but Moore, at...

3. Folau 2. Genia 1. Hooper

Looking at Torpeodo's teams, they may be pretty close to what's selected, but I'm sure most Australians would be delighted to see Barrett and Ardie Savea speding the first 60 minutes of the game on the sideleine watching. As to the Wallabies, again you may be right, but I would prefer to see...

Not saying he is at this point, just that I think he has the potential to go there. Let's face it, with Holmes going overseas, we don't have many top level THP's apart from Kepu.

I commented earlier that I thought Kepu actually started his career as a LHP, and moved to THP as Benny Robbo occupied the LHP job. The point is, if Tom Robbo contuinues to improve as he did this season, he could quickly become the best THP in the country, in which case it would seem silly to...

Read what I said about Phipps passing, I didn't at any stage (nor did many others) say it was good enough. To go from there to say they aren't trying to improve, or are electing to lose is a mindless and quite offensive comment. I don't know whether you've ever been to or even seen a...

No gel, we're all wrong, you're right. These Super rugby players don't practice at all, and they purposely elect to lose!! GAGR has a lot of conflicting but thought out posts, and the odd mindless one. Count yourself among the last group!

I thought he was commited to the Brumbies?

I have always been a Phipps fan, even though I am first to admit his passing isn't accurate enough. The sort of things that I like about Phipps are the energy he injects into a game, his speed of service, which in 2014 was such a breath of fresh air after watching Gregan and then Genia standing...

I think it's essential to take good players out of the level they are currently in and see how they respond to a higher standard, it can sometimes be surprising. I am mindful of a certain country area in the 70's where two clubs each had an exceptional centre, with A a more dominant player at...

Seb, I'm afraid I don't agree with you. It is quite possible (even probable?) that it was a try, but there was also the distinct possibility that either a) the ball was never made it over the line and/or b) someone got a hand/arm/whatever under the ball. You can only award that try if someone...

I agree Seb, replacing Beale at 12 is the number 2 issue for the Tahs after finding a couple of locks. Obviously they won't come up with another Beale, so who for 12? The applicants are Horne - solid player who doesn't let you down, but severe lack of creativity means he's probably better...

I'm fascinated by the questions that are raised by so many around Cheika's quality as a coach, by many of the same people who saw him as the mesiah 6 months ago. Cheika has coached Randwick, Leinster and The Tahs to premierships in their respective competitions, and the Wallabies to a WC final...