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forecast for Dublin is positive at this time. Google, harbinger of all knowledge, says so. Good news for the wobs. I really hope our forwards come out fired up. If we can match Ireland's intensity we have the talent (even in the forwards) to win this. But alas I can only see another...

ha. What reputation?

Agree with Train Without a Station re players like Chrisholm and Mumm. Mumm was one of those players that generally stood out for the tahs, but was amazingly ineffective at test level. Not big enough to be a test lock, not dynamic enough to be a test backrower. The same with Chisholm, but to a...

there is something to this comment. Without the likes TPN and Higgers (and now Timani who had the second most metres in the forwards last week) we lack ball runners, which is probably the reason Hooper retains his starting spot. Im really hoping Link gives Gill a good 30 minutes. hopefully he...

Alexander is gone! Well done Link. Congrats to Paddy Ryan. Aim up buddy. Not a bad side. some good impact off the bench. Would have liked to have seen Gill start but no major complaints. I hope TPN isn't too rusty.

any idea when we get a team sheet? tonight perhaps? Saturday night is shaping as an all nighter. England v Blecks then Ireland v Wobs!

Rule 10 - No Tah fans ;)

Just curious what the three most popular sports are in Ireland. I've got Football and Gaelic Football, but I cant figure out the third. League? surely not. Also nice post. It actually got me a little bit excited to see the game on the weekend

I cant see us winning this game. I'm yet to see us thrive under pressure. Next year cant come soon enough

Im not sure those stats assist your argument that much. Timani had equal most runs, and hit more rucks and mauls than any other players, despite the fact that he played less minutes than the likes of Hooper and Moore (our best forwards). If anything i'd say the stats support my view that timani...

Guys like Timani and Palu seem to be very easy targets for people of this board to call them lazy, etc. People expect to see them barging their way through the opposition for 80 minutes. Truth is Palu does more work than most of our forwards and Timani's work rate is generally ok (very poor...

well that explains why he didnt take the bait

Yeh i actually got the feeling that the Italians were purposely collapsing the scrum early on the assumption that the ref would just penalise us, but the ref was on to it. they then seemed to get on with the job of actually scrummaging. This is a problem we are going to face against these...

I'm trying to figure out why you would drop Cooper? Is it for Lilo's kicking ability? that is really the only reason I ca come up with. please enlighten me. my team: Slipper Fainga'a (rotation) Kepu Timani Simo Fardy Gill Mowen White Cooper Cummins To'omua Kuridrani AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) Folau bench...

3. Cooper 2. Simmons 1. kuridrani HM Badger, Mowen, To'omua, Folau

i agree with all of that. It's unfortunate we dont have a few more ball runners in this team, as hooper seems to be doing a lot of that work atm. Guys like Horwill and Alexander just arent going forward; they are in desperate need of the offseason. If we had the likes of TPN, Palu and Higgers...

For the next game I'd like to see Gill get a start. Our defence around the ruck solidified when he came on at the end

mmm i wouldnt go quite that far. we certainly held strong and even dished a bit out ourselves, but id still give the italian scrum a slight points decision. but really that is their tradtional strength so you'd expect them to win that area. a good effort at scrum time. consistency is the key...

We definitely seem like a confidence/momentum team atm. If we can get ahead by 10 points we are comfortable. even last week we looked pretty comfortable when we were 7 points up. but as soon as it becomes a tight contest we buckle under the pressure. need to fix that

pretty decent game. better effort from the forwards. defence and set piece needs more work. Guys like Horwill, moore and Alexander still look spent. They are in desperate need of an offseason. hooper was generally the forward getting us on the front foot. Simo was also great. cant remember...