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Wingers actually have more freedom to roam in the modern game than fullbacks do. JOC (James O'Connor) can play at the back, or Beale if he wins a spot.

It depends how he plays. If he comes back fit and plays like his highlights reel he'll walk into the team: not only is he electric but he has invaluable test experience. If he comes back fat and takes a month to get back into form then it's hard to see how he can possibly be considered, with...

Higginbotham made a big statement today against the Crusaders.

Any flyhalf needs to defend in the line, not just Quade. The reason other teams don't switch the flyhalf and fullback in attack and defence is they don't need to. It's a substantial added complexity and an obvious impediment to fast realignment. If JOC (James O'Connor) was playing 10 he'd defend there, as would...

He's showing few of the assured pinpoint abilities that made him such a wonderful Supe player, and potentially such a good test player. When he gets the ball he props and looks around instead of passing it instantly and accurately to the best option like he used to, or else he fires a pass at...

JON is probably a lot richer than Pulver, given his background.

Cooper defined flaky today. Hesitant steps into contact. He has a way to go to get back up to test standard and he needs to get on with it pronto.

Congrats Reds. Blues clearly better but points on the board!

That means defend in the line.

It's not ridiculous at all. I just wouldn't be picking a zero test Auelia over a 50 test Palu.

The Wallabies surely don't have to play it as a slugfest when in possession though? To do that would be to give the Loins their best chance of winning.

Obviously I don't mean picking all the incumbents, any more than dropping all the incumbents. That would be equally daft. I'm saying pick the best team. Experience is important, even if past teams lost. Anyone who doesn't see that has rocks in their heads. Hands up everyone who says we...

That's not true. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) was caught just short of scoring after a long chase. Freuen definitely had better sprint endurance.

Sorry, I was guilty of irony. When I said "Our win ratio would be far more respectable if we did better against Samoa and Scotland", what I meant was losing to lesser teams. Anyone who imagines a golden past in which we consistently beat the All Blacks, which Deans has thrown away by his bad...

Davies has every chance to come back.

We don't always lose the "big fucking matches". We keep losing the "small fucking matches". Our win ratio would be far more respectable if we did better against Samoa and Scotland.

Palu also has 50 tests of experience vs. none for Aluea. You don't promote a debutante over a 50 test player in a crunch match unless they have considerably more on offer. As it is they're probably about the same.

He just played his best game for the Tahs.

The Crusaders weren't shabby. The argument that "he had better cattle there" is hopefully wrong by now.

New Zealand gets one economic immigrant in fifteen years and it has to be bloody Speight.