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I think Newsome and Clark have turned into serviceable Super players rather than 'good'. Would many other teams, especially overseas Super rugby clubs, want them?

Disagree completely- Mason has played plenty of rugby over the years in the Shute Shield and hasn't really stood out at all. If the guy was playing well and training the house down, he'd demand selection. It's probably pretty obvious that he wasn't doing that.

JJH is a bit of a shame, I always thought he has the talent to remain at an Australian super club- he's on par with Hamish Stewart or Bryce Hegarty

I've been thinking about this recently but do we think that Johnson's remit (job description) is defined to the extent necessary? The fact that he's been brought in as a Director of Rugby to essentially/ hopefully develop the structure of the rugby- side of the organization and yet somehow is...

Lucky Johnson hasn't been hired as a coach then hey ;)

How does Larkham's resume stack up against Rennie's?

So basically Brumby Runner doesn't rate him and he should be playing inside- centre?

If I were the 'tahs I'd be having a look at Pama Fou- cheap and with a lot of upside.

Legitimate question- has Brumby Runner ever voted for Hooper?

The eligibility rules should be designed to assist Tier 2 nations as much as possible without devaluing the 'integrity' too much - I think the rules at the moment are probably adequate.

I'd say Latu is significantly superior to his competitors at the moment- I'm not sure where the love for Uelese has come from either. He's not good at the set-piece and his broken field play/ ball- running isn't at a Latu/ TPN- level either.

Maybe Pocock has warranted starting over Hooper in the past but Hooper has vastly outperformed him this tournament. You're right we probably would have won a few more if we started with the same backrow as the team that beat the All Blacks earlier this year.

The only insight and understanding comes from Mitchell and Hoiles. It's amazing how poor Kearns's understanding of modern rugby really is.

So when Pocock pilfers the ball it's his prodigious talent and skill but when Hooper does the same it's off the back of other's good tackling?

He's quite a different player to Koribete really, has a lower workrate but probably more of a natural footballer. I'd say he'd end up playing 13 if signed for the Waratahs.

The players actually like it and it allows a lot more usage. You’re going to have a lot of whinging to do as it gets more widely implemented.

I'm not confident CLL has the physicality to last the England game, let alone another potential two games after that. I'm still holding onto hope with JOC (James O'Connor) though, I just wish he had the same explosiveness that he did when he was younger, because his ball-playing ability is now quite good and...

Give Kerevi a bench role and bring him on with 30 minutes to go..

It’s s good point- do we revert back to the tested To’omua/ Kuridrani partnership?

I noticed that too actually. People will say he he had a blinder but he always was going to against a side like this who struggle against those kind of athletes. Kerevi would have looked just as good- I just don’t think you can play both together.