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Have you ever considered moving to WA? :) The France test will be shit though.

I wouldn't have thought that would be in the Brumbies best interests unless Alexander wants to play LHP. Brumbies have Ruan Smith and Alan Ala'alatoa as other options at THP. Why have four? I'd anticipate the Force move Faulkner to 3 (he played there in 2013). Between Faulkner, PAE and possibly...

Grind it down. But grind it down in the direction of the sideline. That way if the referee gets pissed off and penalises you, the opposition are kicking from out wide. EDIT: Beat me to it. :)

It's hard to know what to do with seconds left on the clock and less than a converted try ahead. I have seen a lot of referees find an excuse to penalise the attacking team if they try to wind it down. Usually for sealing off. I guess that taking that risk is probably worth it compared to...

I haven't had time yet. It was reported somewhere that they lost 25% of their own feed scrums and 25% of their line-outs. South Africa are a tough team in the lineouts for anyone but those aren't good numbers.

See I am less worried about Ireland. I didn't watch the game, but it sounded like Ireland struggled in the set piece. If you can match or better them there, I would back our backs to get the job done. Need to do a bit better at the breakdown than we did against Wales but they have a good...

I prefer the tears of a Kiwi. It's a delicacy though. Don't get it too often.

Was about to say that the scrum seemed to get better with Skelton on but that one was unfortunate.

Great venues. Great atmosphere. But you can't beat Loftus Versfeld as the most awesome stadium name possibly in any sport.

On the other hand, how often has Hooper been injured (knock on wood)? Why carry a player on the bench solely to cover the risk of an injury to a player where McMahon would at least do a competent job at 7. I wonder if Cheika keep Hodgson on the bench partly as a reward for demonstrating the...

Sure. But I would more put that down to the minimal impact other bench players (primarily Horwill, Alexander) had. Hodgson wasn't brilliant- but he tackled hard and won some turnovers and was easily the best of the bench players. If Hodgson did come on, I would have him replace McMahon rather...

I didn't think he got that much game time. But you would know better than me.

I heard the WP outside backs were carving it up in the Currie Cup. Anyway, I'd have thought he'd have a better chance of making the match day 22 with the Force than with the Stormers. But who knows- maybe he thinks Perth is boring or misses home.

Part of me would like to see Luke Jones and Will Skelton as the bench 19/20. Will adds a lot and Luke counter balances what you lose by having Will on the field. The other part thinks that our entire back 5 can play a full 80 minutes. If Skelton comes on for McMahon, Carter could move to 6 and...

Does he have any grounds he can hire out to the Waratahs?

I reckon he'll come back. Too many good players he would be behind at the Stormers.

You're right. Completely dominant is an overstatement, but that 10-6 looks a bit better when NZ snuck a penalty right on half time. Also, England came pretty close just before half time which could easily have seen the score at 17-3. The scoreboard doesn't tell the full story though and I'd have...

I will watch it again. I thought he did little but the numbers came from the post-game stats. Here: http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/match/225445.html I didn't sit down and count it out and I'll admit that the stats aren't always bang on. But I didn't bullshit evidence and I don't have...

Doesn't seem to stop many of the Aussie commentators either and, sadly, most of them are former internationals.

Parsons almost joined the Force once upon a time. Only held back by a contract with North Harbour. Good luck to him. England could win this one but they need to play their power game for the full 80. We saw them roll it out in New Zealand earlier in the year and completely dominate for 40...