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French Team Meeting with PSA. Seriously, I can't understand French Rugby sometimes.

So a few changes in the Stars lineup. Tom Carter and David Hickey return. I think the front rows are fairly even, but I think the Rising are stronger in the rest of the pack. Tom Carter will give Sione Tuipulotu a decent lesson in tough Rugby, but overall I think the Rising have a strong...

He's injured. Not sure what he's got. Source: Zane's blog. Kind of worrying having two less props to pick from. Nature of the beast I guess.

Melbourne Rising team is unchanged form last week. Continuity is a good thing.

Righto, the equation is fairly simple here. We win - make it to the finals We lose with a BP - likely to make it, hoping other results go our way. We lose with no BP - we're out Hoping that we have a full squad to pick from because it's going to be a torrid battle. They will bring a good...

Some suggestion for a Dismal Avatar. Just warming up...

Fark, you're starting to sound like a grumpy old man now...

You know when you're in an AFL town when a fan walks up to security and asks 'how many quarters does this game have?'. Few chuckles in the crowd.

Didn't look high from here. Have to see the replay of that one

A do or die match for our finals chances this weekend. Single equation as I see it; we win and we have a chance of top four, if not we are out for the season. i thin the short turnaround and the injection of a few Rebels will really help our chances. Who is heading down to Geelong?

Gee the Brumbies dodged a bullet by only playing the Rebels once.

Jones has played twice: QLD country and then Rams match

Weeks isn't on the Rising roster this year. He played stars last year. Guessing he had post season surgery. Have seen him at a Rising game, but not in kit.

Think there has been more publicity for the Geelong game. Remember seeing Darren Lyons on TV talking about it.

Same discussion on the match review thread. My thought were to look at a medium soccer ground like South Melbourne; close to City and can seat enough people. AAMI is way to expensive to run and looks terrible on TV when half-empty.

One little thing about yesterday: the scoreboard guys were very slow! Might have cost us the game as the players almost didn't realise they were only a point behind after tom's second try. Lucky Jack D didn't take that drop goal attempt.

OK, so he may have had a little rust from the BaaBaas. Still one of the better backs out the yesterday from either side.

Winger against a raging prop, yeh if I was Dom i'd probably wave Jed through :) Jed was quite good yesterday, a real best at Scrum time. I remember getting a cracking shot where he yanked down Tom Moloney at scrum time and earned a penalty (I was standing next to the big blue stand, north end).

Despite Ayuob's kicking yips his game management wasn't too bad. Slow to start, but pick up as the game went on. He does need to work on his conversion kicking; there was not a breath of wind and the ground was like velvet. The Rays Scrum dominated the Rising, but through the Rising forwards...

They really play well yesterday against the Rising and probably deserved the win. However I did think they took their foot off the gas in the last 15, which did cost them. Bloody good forward pack.