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Which means in typical AB fashion our set piece can be expected to be put under tremendous pressure

sorry, but what is a Super Rugby coach doing on a day to day basis as preparation in august?

You can budget for Hooper to play 80 So the back row bench option will go on at either 6 or 8, so it depends if you want to add dynamism (Samu) or have a more "like" big unit Against the ABs or Wales, I can see Samu, against England or the Boks I think we would need more muscle

Cheika said around RWC selection that they would plan around the replacements, starting off "short" in some areas with the assumption that as injuries occur they could balance out as required

His more mature mentor has a history of stupid as he gets tired as well. I expect AAA to come in and start. I have no idea who will be his back up, both come with both positives and negatives

I think Coleman has looked busted for a while, I don't how many injuries he has been carrying, but that is how it looks to me

I thought the wobs were incredibly lucky in this game that the argies played so crap and dropped so much ball in scoring positions Nice to get a win; but we are long, long way off the big boys

Kafe may not have noticed as he doesn't play for the ponies, he only really has two thing on his mind his love of the ponies and his hatred of the Tahs Naisarani has been the best Aus 8 for ages

He can't say "mate, we are screwed, lets hope we can keep the margin within 20" and the commentators need to up-sell us to get more people watching

It is always about accuracy, decision making and effectiveness. If I see another dope do a dumb, late ineffective clean out just to be a muppet flopping on the ground while someone runs though the defensive line The TV is in trouble

He needs time as a head coach, we have a great list of units who have failed to step up from assistant The reality is that the Kiwis dominate coaching and the Wobs could do a lot worse than Rennie

We have the best available Aus coach at the moment, with the best resume around (Eddie is the only one close but he was sacked as well), once he is sacked/contract not renewed he will go off and do wonders with some professional club again if he chooses We have to look overseas if he is deemed...

True, but the ability of a 10 to do well, is down to the platform, they all look like geniuses off quick front foot ball Also it is never a fair, true comparison unless the other inputs are equal, so will Tupou or Latu provide the 10 minutes this week?

I don't think you are going to see much difference in outcome

I think, today, Hodge is a better winger than Banks. Especially defensively as a winger So what you lose in attack dynamism you gain defense It think we will do a lot of defensive scrambling

Banks (or Beale) defending at 15 is quite a different animal than either of them defending in the line Beale is quite solid in cover from 15, but quite average defending at 10/12 Banks is quite solid in cover from 15, I have no idea how he would go defending at 14, but I think we may find out

Lilo's challenge is his propensity to get deeper and deeper against the good rush defenses, which is frustrating because like Foley, playing flat at the line he does great stuff through contact

;) have a look at the Boks this week, we got the babies

True, but against some of the bigger, more physical teams LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) is a reasonable option

There is no way I can agree to moving our only effective ball in hand threat to a position where he will get less ball He should be the first back picked and at 12