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Just a little taller than Angus Bell. Both look to be what Nutta on the front page refers to as No 8s playing front row.

Now you're in the same company as the vast majority of test referees.

Pone has been exciting with his ball carrying but scrummaging is a big query. Not sure if he is ready yet.

Back for pre-season training this week. Anyone know if Tom Hooper and Luke Reimer are with the squad?

Joe Marler out - tested positive for Covid 19. Rest of the squad now tested and waiting for results.

Tex, in case you didn't get it, I was "off" about the lack of criticism of another player. Yet all and sundry fans of certain other sides seem to be only too happy to criticise those not from their favourite team. A little bit of consistency wouldn't go astray on these threads.

Didn't miss the pages but must have missed all those mentions of the poor kick for touch.

It is almost at the point where someone has to threaten JOC (James O'Connor) with amputation if he kicks again with a full backline running in support.

He is a standout in terms of being a consistently poor performer.

I have some issues with the Scottish rolling maul try. Can someone with good knowledge of the laws help out please. I reckon it shouldn't have been awarded for one of a couple of reasons. To my eyes, the catcher retained possession, ie he didn't knock/pass it down to a support. He then turned...

Have been waiting for someone to acknowledge that kick and draw a comparison with Banks. Tom comes in for a savaging on this site whenever he misses touch, but until now almost complete silence on JOC (James O'Connor)'s effort which really couldn't have come at a worse time, game-wise. Thanks Wamb.

I wouldn't mess too much with the backline. We are sorely missing both Quade and Kerevi but we probably should give the present combinations time together especially as some of the suggestions involve players in spots where they don't usually play or have less recent form than the ones they...

Tupou's head knock has suddenly pointed the spotlight on our Prop stocks. As much as THP might be our present issue, the LHP spot could be the bigger problem leading into RWC23. A couple of months ago, it all looked roses. But with Sio's loss of form, and Angus Bell being shown to be a bit of a...

Would really like to see Lolesio go up against Smith from the start. Smith was very impressive off the bench against Tonga and looked much sharper than the starting No 10. Lolesio had a fair to good series against France before failing to step up against NZ. This would be a better contest to...

The game itself was a close, hard fought affair, marred by indiscretions by Wallaby players that brought about the loss. Poite I thought was fairly good; my main gripe with him was a failure to properly police the Scots in the rolling mauls. Seemed to be their tactic for one of their players at...

3. White 2. Rodda 1. Ikitau HM : FF (Folau Fainga'a), Valetini, Hooper, Wright, Kellaway

Dru, you are right on the money in saying that the WB coaching team should make their calls for whatever reasons suit their purposes, but I'm not sure I can agree with your claim that criticism is devolving into anti Red hype. Most of the vitriol atm seems to be directed at MacKellar and through...

No need for umbrage then Cyclo, because Braveheart just put all the logical arguments together supporting the player(s) being questioned by channeling the thoughts of the coaches. Mind you, there really must be something odd about his thought processes to be able to make logic out of Cheika's...

Would that not put NZR on a similar footing financially to Europe and Japan? Then would we not have another competition devouring good players from here?

I remember Rocky Elsom, rated the best player in the world by some when playing in Europe. came back to Aus and really disappointed. Think there might be a few others in similar circumstances, Lolofakisolea?