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Chieka's 'upset' is projection by people who dislike the idea of MacAvoro getting capped.

Cock-a-hoop?

Like shelts89's comment about Skelton, that's a weird thing to say about Cheika's first test with proper preparation time and a squad of his selection. It seemed to work quite well once Phipps, Pocock and To'omua came on.

I think Cheika very much intends to tinker with the lineup. More than just tinker. Yesterday's team was experimental in many respects.

Invoking expediency in the context of selections is like invoking fairness, kiap. Pocock is my pick as the best eight. I've never been able to work up much guilt over dropping players from my armchair team.

And when we have a bench full of threats.

Brown_Hornet, my great fear playing England is being hammered in the breakdown. Playing Pocock is the biggest thing we can do to negate that. Playing Pocock also potentially increases Hooper's effectiveness in that area by providing two threats.

In the cold light of day, I couldn't agree more. The argument that Eddie Jones tried it and failed is like the angushed bellowing of dinosaurs stuck in the tar pits. If everything Eddie Jones tried and failed at was banished from rugby, there'd be very little left to do. Pocock has every...

Bullshit.

Hooper had a *huge* game.

Damn right, shanky. You should post more.

Bullshit.

Sio and Holmes are two darned good scrummaging props.

Yeah, nah.

Yeah. Cooper + Gits is a great story but Cooper + To'omua is a great combo.

Palu will play when fit.

I have to be straight up here. I'm absolutely chuffed that we won. It wasn't perfect. It was far from perfect. There were some experiments. Some worked. Some kind of worked. But none failed. This was a great performance by Wallaby standards for the first test of any season, and against a very...

Mate, you can use whatever lucky spelling of Flipps you like. :-)

Hooper Pocock Phipps

Yes! Yes yes yes yes yes. Two comments: Phipps and To'omua made a real difference when they came on. Hooper (who was a monster) can play with Saint David (who was also a monster).