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1. Higgers was solid without being exceptional. Good enough to get another run, though maybe a better balance would be Samo starting and Higgers on the bench. His hands a couple of times were not great - his pass from the foot of the 5m scrum was a little ropey without being a disaster. He...

Delicious.

It was super rugby, but the reds tried to play without a strong fetcher in super rugby couple of times and fell over badly. It's not so much that players like Pocock, Robinson, Waugh et al are going to win you as much ball this year so much as (if they can find the balance in the ref's eyes)...

He kicks too much.

+ ABs intensity was very good esp the first half - good to remind the wobs what it takes. Deans is right to imply that was an education. When the going was beyond tough, Horwill and Ioane were able to step up, and I thought that Alexander, Moore and Kepu showed great signs in well beaten...

To be fair, McCabe is a little faster over the ground than Chariots, and 15% more likely to pass the ball. He struggled with timing last night, but it takes two to tango, and Cooper was deeper and more random with options. In fact that depth really caused problems for all his runners inc Beale...

Give it (the kicking) back to QC (Quade Cooper). Its good for the rest of his game and he is consistently inconsistent in a surprisingly valuable way - he kicks tough 'clutch' kicks more often than you expect. :fishing

That seems both unlikely and a Brumbies coaching tactic. You can keep it.

Looking forward to the stats. Horwill's was immense and effective. Carries, tackles, rucks, backing up the (very) occasional break. And he gave the halftime comment to Kafe. Moore, Kepu, Alexander, Pocock were more workmanlike than dominant, but better than Simmons, who seemed to do a lot of...

He was no chance of not being turned over on his goal line. They were already way behind. A successful pass to JOC (James O'Connor) and a break down field is a big turnaround. Thats what I thought he was doing. Holding the ball and conceding a try is just about as bad as it gets, outcome-wise.

At least one effective one would be useful.

Thats Cooper. Playing catch up, he becomes redonculous. But did it cost them? No - same result, 5m scrum.

chinajerseys = robbie deans?

The wallabies are exploring the wrong way to do stuff, so when the right way comes along they will look fucking brilliant.

3. Horwill 2. Ioane 1. Genia

I think it is almost as fast as the time it took a Samoan winger to move him 40m in a tackle. Poor bastard, I feel sorry for him.

Rod Davies apparently went a little faster in pre-season - 4.59 seconds.

And that MacKenzie will reap the benefits of the current nebulous coaching paradigm. And that people will naively infer that coaching the wallabies with purpose rather than playing 'Pick-up Sticks' with positions and selections was the reason.

The backline was pretty solid through the game defensively, with or without Higginbotham. ::) Soft tries through the "guts" are disconcerting and are a mark against the forwards on the field at that stage. Apart from Higginbotham. Of course.

Critical levels of hyperbole. EVERYBODY OUT!