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I wouldn't begrudge Link too much for his pre-game comments. The media and fans need something. It was either what he said or some fluff about 'being on a journey', or 'building'. OZ have a proud history of belief that playing a test match on home soil is always a winnable one no matter what has...

Bring back Brial aye Nick :)

3M has had some rotten luck with injuries. You can't help but feel sorry for the guy. I won't be surprised to see Link go with the two flyers on the flanks to start especially with the ABs being forced to play a new 10. Setting Gill and Hooper on to our 1st 5 could really do some damage and...

Read was nowhere near as effective on Saturday as previous tests. It seemed McCaw took a lot of the ball carries that Read was doing in the French series. But Read still attacked the gain line with ferocity and dragged in multiple defenders to bring him down. I noted on another forum that this...

Jolly, I'm interested in what you think happened in the time Link had with the Wallaby squad in the lead up to the test. If your point is that he didn't have a lot of time with them and hence wasn't ale to make huge changes, what was he doing/able to accomplish? Was he relying on past plays? Was...

No. The cloak worked fine last night... :) I too was a little surprised by the lack of tactical kicking by To'omua to get Folau more involved or putting the ball in behind the AB midfield. I wonder how his nerves were? Whilst not a sell out it was still a massive occasion. Playing a Bledisloe...

3. Hooper 2. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 1. Moore

I just think it comes down to poor coaching [grabs coat] :) I really liked the physicality of the OZ forwards in the 1st half, but they lacked cohesion to work as a unit as Slim pointed out. As a result I never got that feeling that even though OZ were ticking over the scoreboard that they...

Mogg and Mowen very disappointing IMO. Hooper very good and I thought Gill looked sharp when he came on. 3M was very anonymous in the 2nd half despite an overall positive half by the OZ forwards. Moore another good game and Kurindrani has a future at this level. Link may be tempted to start...

I can understand having an Aussie coach that understands the systems and politics of Australian rugby, but what is this so called "Australian way". Between the Rebels, Reds, Force and Tahs I don't see a lot of commonality in both the way they play and their intent. Did Eddies Jones or Knuckles...

When you consider all the backs named in this extended squad and despite all the post 3rd lions test chatter, it's very hard to see JOC (James O'Connor) not making your best 23 or even XV. And I'm not sensing the same level of outrage with the selection of Phipps that was a frequent occurrence in this place...

One of the best lines I heard from a front rower some years ago when there was still a hit, and they got a massive hit, sending the opposition team back a few yards, the scrum went down and to most peoples surprise the ref called a a rest, one of the front rowers called to his opposite and said...

I think Betham is a very good prospect. His ITM Cup was awesome last year. Didn't lose the ball as much in contact as he did during this years S15, but it's still a concern. But like Nonu and Lauaki before him, who like Betham has a poor technique issue, this can easily be turned around by just...

The term 'bro' isn't just a colloquial one :)

Come on Bull, Ali was acting like an egg for most of the game. He was playing poorly so was taking his own frustrations out on the ref. I played a lot of rep basketball growing up and I hated my team mates talking back to the ref and getting tech fouls. It got so bad one game that I went off...

Wouldn't get too stuck in these 40 man squads. Just means there are extra tackle bag holders.... Over the next couple of weeks, Link will just throw out a few different experimental combinations just to have a look at. The other thing with some of these players is that they're in the squad to...

Anyone got a link to stats for the game? Cheers in advance

Moving forward? Is that you former PM Gillard :)

I wasn't sure if that was actually real or just some stunt. Bit I didn't really follow it closely lewisr

Super coaches? Really? Why would they have any input in a team they have no contract relationship with?