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So will Deans stick by Burgess or will he go with Genia? Last year with Cordingley & Sheehan as back up halves I would have stuck with Burgess but I have a feeling that Deans may go with Genia after being so quick to throw him into the squad after injury & very little match practice. I thought...

Spot on Deans made the same mistake as last year he picked a bench he had no faith in & didn't use when we needed some spark. For all this depth we've talked about Deans still didn't back them to get us home.

Don't blame the ref Aussies, we blew that game because we don't know how to win that's why we didn't have one team in the super 14 finals. Berrick Barnes should have but the game to bed inside the 1st 20 minutes but we missed our chance, we lost this game because Luke Burgess doesn't have a...

Don't you just love this from the Aussies? The wallabies have been saying this for the last 6 years I really long for the day when they say we should have won but we are easily the most stupid bunch of rugby players on the planet. The All Blacks offered nothing last night but still won on the...

Because Sharpe didn't make line busts, crunching tackles & pilfers like an openside as well.

3.james Horwill 2.AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 1.Benn Robinson lachie Turner looked good but didn't see enough ball, Stephen Moore was very good also. Don't know what Barnes was thinking when he skipped Mortlock that was 7 points lost right there & eventually the game. Good thing for Barnes is that JOC (James O'Connor) did exactly...

This is the Aussies best chance of winning in NZ for a long time I think we can win but over the years have learnt that the Wallabies have this knack of letting you down when you think they've turned a corner. I personally didn't think we'd win in Auckland last year but I'm confident we can...

Paarlbok, I agree I think the Lions team was very strong much better side than 2005, plenty of strong running backs with good footwork & the forwards were very tough as you would expect from a NH side. I also agree that the Boks squad is definitely the best in the Tri-Nations man for man I...

Ummm you've just backed up what I already said. If you read my sentence again the boks WERE getting killed UNTIL the last 30 minutes of the game.

Definitely, Yes I do think they would have won if the game had not gone to uncontested scrums. Don't try & make out that the Springboks won game 2 easily they won with the last kick of the game. Once the scrum was uncontested the Boks defended the Lions 1st phase ball much better and the...

I'd go with that Bokke 15. After game 1 against the Lions I couldn't really pick any weakness with this Springbok side but in game 2 I think the Lions showed that the Bokke scrum could be out muscled & out thought & this really upset the Boks brilliant 1st phase set piece. Sure they still...

Why would anyone at the ARU or other super rugby franchise pay him that much, what a joke. The bloke hasn't proved anything at test level & still isn't a Wallaby starter yet, I personally wouldn't pay any player that much money until they have proven themselves year in year out at test level.

As the Dutch football team Ajax call it "Total Football" were they believe in picking the best 11 players available & expect them to be able to cover any position needed. A bit harder in Rugby were we have so many specialist positions for unique body shapes but along those lines.

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Deans will pick Pocock for sure, not 100% on who will start out of Brown, Mumm & Palu but I think I've got the right balance. Smokey may be Hodgson on the bench.

Oops didn't even pick that up, well Rock it is.

The only person that did Lote out of $100k was Lote, it was probably just easier for the number crunches at the ARU to do it at the EOFY.

Sivivatu is the best attacking player in world rugby for mine, he'll make a massive difference for the All Blacks. I'd start Leonard before Cowen & probably drop Rockococo for Masaga on form but Henry will go with experience for the Bledisloe. Otherwise a very strong team, only weakness...