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Coleman is a lock.

Serious question, but with Alexander and Kepu shaping up as the first choice tightheads in the Wallabies 23, who do we go to if either of them are injured (touch wood)? I consult the team lineups for the weekend, and starting at or subbed in at tighthead, we had Laurie Weeks and Paul...

That is what I anticipate, yes.

Good on him for taking his chances. Wasn't it only two/three years ago that he was a bank teller? A loss for the Chiefs and a superb acquisition for Connacht, but I couldn't help but think that with the backlog of midfielders in Waikato, he would've been one to hold on to, over, say, Fruen...

You make it out like only the Chiefs had an off game, but the Rebels were just as poor, especially in the first 10 minutes, and the last 5. Granted, the Chiefs are missing a string of players. With 6 points in it, I would've thought the gap between the bottom ranked Aussie team, and top ranked...

No real leadership on the field now with Higgers off. This could go pear shaped in the next 10 minutes. Cmon Rebels

Haven't watched the game in its entirety yet but have seen the Moore-Quirk incident. Definite yellow card for the uppercut. The forearm strike on Quirk's arm to break free from his grip is fine, but the punch warranted a yellow. Steve bottled it for sure there.

An observation I've made of the Reds in previous games is that they're using that fan-out defence a la the Stormers employ, and are not putting in any numbers into defensive breakdowns. I think as a result, their work in offensive breakdowns when hot on attack is, to an extent, ineffective. I...

Quirk might get penalised here, even though Moore threw a punch

Because of this post, I put $15 on the Rebels ha. Hard not to when the odds are $5.6 for them to win.

Mogg to play an absolute blinder to make up for the shocker he had in Round 1. Brumbies by 5

Ha agreed. Had considered bringing in Pulu as backup to Kerr Barlow, and start Pulu, but it doesn't really make sense to have players from identical teams, and waste the transfer when TKB will still score 10+ points from the bench (touch wood). I transferred in Woodward after the...

The Tahs have won the last 4 matches in a row against the Force so the stats would indicate that it will be a comfortable win for the men from NSW.

My foxsports lineup for this week: I think I am about 60-75% settled on my 23, but still tinkering with the props, a backrower or two, and the outside backs. Captain was a tough choice. I went with McCalman last week and was planning to go again with him this week, but with Folau fit...

God, or Vishnu help us if Paddy Ryan comes off the bench in the June tests to face Thomas Domingo or Yannick Forestier/Vincent Debaty.

Force should be watching the tapes from the Brumbies vs Tahs match. They managed to keep him quiet for about 60-65 minutes with their tactical kicking and effective kick-chase. In any case, the Force should hold on to the ball and run the Tahs pack around. But if the Force need to kick, they...

I would've thought you as Brumbies supporter would be championing Mogg for higher honours. Jokes aside, Link seems to rate Mogg, if his comments from 2013 were anything to go by, so I think he will get some game time between now and 2015. To be honest I think Mogg's decision making under...

What we need to do is play Turkey. No chance of it resulting in a draw this time.

Very clear and thought-provoking post. I take it you would have 4. Simmons 5. Horwill to start with that backrow of Fardy, Hooper and Higgers. I put it to you then, the following scenario: Say that from now and up to the French tests in June, one or both of Horwill and Simmons were to be...