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Prediction 4 is the most likely to get up.

Agreed. I'd schedule it so that the lowest seeded team got the long break. It ain't perfect, just better than the current system IMO.

Right, forget that Wallabies stuff, we've got a Super title to win. Three devlish hard games in three weeks, two against teams who must win to survive and one against the old enemy. We must win all three to get the home final so necessary to do any good. I suggest: Ryan to start and Kepu to...

My proposal is only for 4X3. It means each team plays twice in group play. Because there is a wide disparity in class between 1 & 12, its unlikely that group play will end with all teams in a group having one win. The bottom four teams play off for positions 9-12 as they do now. Teams 1-8 play...

3. Palu 2. Kepu 1. Skelton.

Some random thoughts: The next time I read one of those "Palu is crap/broken/over the hill/never good enough/made of glass/only there because he's a Tah" posts I'm just going to reply "Australia vs France 3, 2014". Man those posters give me reflux! I thought Sio was super-impressive and put...

Once again the pools are not very even, because the pools this year gave Ireland a leg up and they retain it for next year. To get the loser spot in the semi-finals you have to do the following: Beat both bottom-rated sides in your group with a bonus point. Get a bonus point loss to the top...

The order of merit would read: Conrad Smith Richard Kahui Big gap Rene Ranger

He's 19, he'll be French qualified at 22/3 and can then choose where to make his money - Australia or France. Good luck to him for getting a chance to go forward so early in his career.

In not just your post Fowi but in several above yours, there is an implied criticism of Latu's performance this year. Its his first year as back-up hooker, he has been injured for several weeks, yet before his injury he was, to my viewing, coming on to replace TPN with no discernable loss of...

Time will tell. I have been known to be wrong (can't quite remember when :)) but right now I think the Rebels picked up a goodie and the Tahs let someone go who had a lot of skill and promise. Had he not been injured, he would have got Betham's cap last year (Link said). Based on this year and...

Time will tell.

If Crawford regains his 2013 form (remember this is his turn for second year syndrome) then the Tahs will seriously rue the day they pushed him out. He will go straight into 15 for the Rebels and I forecast that they'll forget they ever had a Woodward. He gives them a long boot from the back, a...

I really like the thinking behind the first paragraph. I think another reason Jones was in the squad was if Fardy got injured then there were two different options for no. 6: Jones, who is a straight out workhorse and Higgers as a wider-running attacker. That gave Link and co. two options...

Two minimum. But the tricky question is WHO?

Like Braveheart, I think this is unlikely to happen immediately after the World Cup. The Lions money will cover up till 2016, so if its going to break it'll probably be in 2017. Forecasting disaster three years out is tricky; so much can change in the interim. If the Tahs can top the table they...

That's step one on the Hawko changes needed this week. Are they forecasting any changes in the backs or other changes in the forwards? Weight in a pack means stuff-all. What is required is raw power to push and the technique to make sure that the maximum power is properly directed. Skelton adds...

Not to distract from this thread, but if we are going to lose the title this year I think that not having a scrum/lineout coach is probably going to be the reason.

Not sure of your vintage FP, but in the sixties, seventies and early eighties the Wallaby pack never had front foot ball. But we still were able to run complicated backline plays behind the gain line instead of kicking it away. Those plays were our forte as a rugby nation. Granted we didn't...

I thought Jones was a bit overawed. Not shit-canning him, he has a lot of potential, but I think he and Fardy might end up sharing 6. He didn't make a huge impact on Saturday and that's what you need from your bench.