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No, we need to take it up a notch to give ourselves a chance. Pocock in and maybe Petaia if he is ready, both on the bench. If we can stay with them for 60 minutes and then up the ante it will give us our best shot.

Stick with the same starting side and maybe fiddle the bench. Pocock and possibly Petaia come on in place of Jones and Banks. However if they are not ready go for the same bench. What a boost it would be to have Poey in there for 25 minutes.

Maybe we will. It was noticeable that when our confidence picked up the forwards went even harder and were getting more metres. The first 15 minutes last test was brutal from both sides packs and then ours started to win the war of attrition. They should go into next week with confidence in...

Petaia is absolutely up to it. Having Pocock on the bench would be mammoth. Imagine bringing him on with 20 to go in a tight one? Coming home strong is becoming paramount.

It was a great start for JOC (James O'Connor). He surely brings something else and with the two Ks and Petaia offer many good midfield options. I look forward to seeing him with a little more space

3. Hooper 2. White 1. Hodge

That was the beauty of this win. We were smashing the AB pack in contact and when they came back at us we went in harder. When our confidence started to build we went still harder again.

Initially yes. After that they would have a pretty good shot at teaming up for the Wallabies if it works. We may even see them together as soon as Samoa in a few weeks?

I doubt it. Hasn’t he signed a 2-3 year deal?

We are about to find out if he is up to it. I’m guessing that he and Jordan Petaia will make a decent centre pairing post RWC.

The AIGs are going the Pooper............who would have thunk it?

Why change the formula? Latu will give us better presence at the breakdown. Pretty excited about seeing JOC (James O'Connor) at13. Hope they have been working on forging more of a unit of the backrow.

No, but if we want to score tries then our 12 and 13 should be able to distribute, particularly with Beale, Banks and Koroibete outside.

I like it. The modern game demands a ball playing 13. The only question will be if his defence is up to it.

I don’t think TK is the issue. It’s Kerevi. While his individual numbers are good he does not link well. The only decent move that linked with the outside backs last test was when Koroibete came in and cut out both centres. Other than that Kerevi generally ran away from his support. Having JOC (James O'Connor)...

I would say that Hanigan got through a ton more work without as much grunt. He was much more accurate. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) seemingly has it locked down. The only other person given a run has been Jones for 10 minutes? For all the talk of trying other options there have been few alternatives trialed in most...

I guess he does but he’s not really a backrower. I reckon Coleman is firmly in Cheikas plans but injury has kept him out of the past two tests.

Foley will be there as well if JOC (James O'Connor) not up to playing 10. CLL not the biggest bloke and vulnerable to injury.

Coleman in front of LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) on the bench. Can add serious grunt and make an impact. He also is a good option to play out the whole game if a lock goes down early. I think Cheika will bring him back in this week or the next.

How many is that? 36. Remove 5 to come up with your RWC squad.