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Looking at the 'onwards' part of this thread, it will be a pity if a few really promising young players suddenly find thenselves as bit players because 30 plus year old Wallabies are coming to their franchise, with ther obvious danger of Australian rugby losing these young players. I guess at...

I'm not sure how you arrange this better, but with the exception of the Lions the SA teams seem way off the pace, and the NZ teams a mile in front. You would have to say the Tahs and the Blues were well ahead of the Sharks and Stormers, worth noting that the Tahs, who could only manage one win...

ACR, the srum would have given up a penalty try if, on two occasions, the Brumbies number 8 had kept control of the ball. Believe me, as a Tahs supporter, I know what a beaten scrum looks like! Look, I like the way the Landers play, and as I said, I just love watching the two Smiths. However...

We desparately need locks. Of that 26, Skelton is the only specialist lock, and he doesn't play 80 minutes! Being in the bush I know little of McCauley and Toleafoa, but I would suggest one of them needs to become a Super rigby player pretty quickly. I imagine they will be trying to re-sign...

As to the Landers, I can't see them going back-to-back. They were good enough last night, but it's hard to see them winning a title with that scrum, and such a weak centre pairing (yes I include Fekitoa in that). On the other hand, how good are the two Smiths. Ben Smith just gets better every...

On the Brumbies, what a dissapointment they've been as the year goes on. Halfway through the season they were really looking the goods, were by far the best team in the Aus conference, and looked geniune title contenders. Then they just lost it! Whether they got worse, or the opposition got...

Regarding the ref, the only decision I thought was out of line was not at least penalising the shoulder charge, I thought it was a pretty clear intention to hit with the shoulder , and not just a 'collision' as Gardiner suggested. The Brumbies no try, while most likely a try, just could not be...

I have to say it was the season I expected. Back in about week 6 of the Super season I said I didn't expect us to be finalists, just to improve as the season went on, finish about mid field, knock a couple of good sides off and blood some good young talent, and that's exactly what we did. Keep...

They are going to open an agricultural high school out there (or at least have promised to do so) which I imagine will include boarding, using the old Hawkesbury Ag College campus, part of which is currently a UWS campus. My point was, the selective school at Glenfield that was Hurlstone will...

A question was raised about rugby at selective schools. The demographic of the kids getting into selective schools is very rapidly ending rugby at those schools Hurlstone is a good example, a school with a great rugby tradition, including a couple of wallabies (Garry Grey and Dave Lyons). As...

Yes that was a woeful performance, I was as angry as everyone else, but some of the comments on here? You've got to be joking. Phipps was inaccurate (but amazing in defence, for those who don't bother to watch that), Foley had his worst game in gold, but suddenly they are the worst we've ever...

Not 'we mightn't', 'it will be hard', but 'we won't'! You're a cheery little sole Sully

3 Hooper 2 DHP 1 Folau HM Phipps, Foley

IMO, Slipper to start, Sio to the bench, Horwill in for Simmons, McCalman for Pocock, Palu to replace McMahon in a 5/3 bench, Nayarovoro for Horne if he's not fit, Hunt to the bench. Not sure between Lilo and Kerevi for 12, probably give Kerevi another shot as Lilo didn't exactly play the house...

A couple of comments. Firstly, the hand-wringing about Foley's kicking. It has been pretty damn good all year, he actually DOES land a lot from the sidelelines, and he's kicked well for the Wallabies in the past. Yes, he had an off day (we were well beaten even if he'd landed every kick), but...

Torpedo, Kepu looks busy!!!!:)

We lost because of ill discipline, a poor set piece, and a bit of panic that saw us keep drifting away from our game plan. Foley had an off day with the boot, but if he'd kicked them all we would still have been well beaten. England played hard, unrelenting rugby and stuck rigidly to their game...

Very impressed with this team. I probably would have gone the conservative route with Lilo at 12, but you never know if you don't have a go, and I'm excited by the idea of the two big Fijians in the centres. Like many here, I would have gone for McCalman over Mumm, but think he's just there...

Brian Moore's article in the SMH this morning http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/australia-rugby/wallabies-v-england-2016-australia-will-try-every-trick-to-gain-the-advantage-over-england-20160606-gpcia5.html This guy has elevated the whinging pom to a whole new level! Surely he's taking the...

Groucho, Exactly the point I was making, you can have pretty much whatever opinion of Eddie you like, and you can find genuine facts to back it up. As you have just done!