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And probably a fair bit of time at 10 too, now that Quade's done a collarbone.

If he means he's carrying a few extra kilo's all I can say is "poor bastard". Look what the trainers did to Skeletor.

Move him back to 6 then, Luaaki's form doesn't look up to scratch.

I thought it was only the winners who were allowed to rewrite history.

I guess I want to see the results over a two to three year period, but I think that the S&C at the Tahs last year was light years better than in previous years. If we see a bucket of injuries this year then I'll admit we were lucky last year; but until then I put it down to differences in...

No. I thought he was outstanding in the NRC. Hadn't seen much of him before that but he went up the ratings with a bullet IMO. He might be in front of a lot of people by the end of this year.

2014 I hope!

Someone earlier posted about the need to have a 7:15 game every Friday and Saturday for every week of the comp. The structure of the conferences we have agreed from 2016 means that this objective will likely not occur. It could almost have if we had insisted on three conferences of six teams...

This has got to be a gee-up!? An Irish bid for last year sounds like just another Irish joke.

Maybe it has something to do with the the resigning of Laurie Weeks. He probably felt he was going to get no more than 10 minutes a week for this season and maybe next. That means he's going to be 24 before he can get a starting spot at a province and he just felt he was going to get bypassed at...

Not bloody likely. There's a reason that Wales win so few tests against teams rated above them.

Thanks. I fear Horwill's knee hasn't fully recovered. I think Beale will be wing cover with Folau staying at 15. This would be my preference anyway.

Apart from White replacing Genia (a choice I really like) ther seems to be no news anywhere on the bench players and its now just 24 hours to kick-off. It looks to me like the problem is not mind games or picking the best team from training or whatever. IMO the most likely reason is that Cheika...

Likeable he may be and I can put up with the ums BUT.. he wouldn't know a rule book if he fell over it. I reckon I would disagree with about a third of his rule interpretations every game (not setting myself up as an authority, just a keen fan). He's likeable because when a French referee makes...

BH posted this just one year ago. Of his 31 man squad we've lost Douglas, Pyle, and Cummins for the RWC and the 23 looks very different to that which we are starting on Saturday. Which only goes to prove that a year is a long time in Aussie rugby. If we had done the same for NZ there would...

I think you'd want to add Fardy and Phipps to that list and probably Hooper. If Hooper is not a certainty then only Pocock will displace him so its not too big an issue. I would think its between Macca and Palu for 8 and Simmons as one of the locks. Lots of positions are a choice in two (like...

Ex-NZ player glen Jackson.

Added to which he is carrying a knee injury (note the taping that was already there) and it clearly got injured further during the game (after which he had so much tape his knee looked as big as his bum). I know about miracle cures these days but from experience it is bloody hard to run fast and...

I think we might see the three dropouts being Alexander, Skelton and Horne. My reasoning is: The Irish scrum is not as good as the English scrum so this is the best week to trial Faulkner at tight head. Skelton is only there to cover for Horwill's knee injury. Hopefully he will be right to play...