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This Folau drama is really pissing me off. The Wallabies won plenty of games before Folau was around and would win plenty without him. He may be a commercial asset, but he would probably have less effect on the likelihood of a Wallaby than a good tighthead prop.

Hey South Africa, the stone age called and want their neanderthals back.

I also opted to watch Neighbours instead of the U20 game.

As far as I am concerned, the only benefit of Phipps being on the bench is that at least he isn't fucking starting.

Ardie Savea played against the Aussie U20s last year in France. Pretty sure he had been playing for the Hurricanes at that point.

I reckon a few talented 19 year olds will be playing in the NRC. I think that is enough. A big help would be a home and away series against the U20 NZ side.

The positives for the Wallabies are that the last two years have seen two very good THPs for Australia U20s (Hoskins, Ala'alatoa).

We could clutch at straws. Wales might beat France. Then we'd have to beat Italy by a lot more than NZ beats Scotland.

Sorry- missed that one.

Yeah but that Italy side was fully shit. In the first half, when the Italians had the ball, the turnovers came from Italian handling errors rather than being demolished at the breakdown. They made some good metres at times too earlier on.

Bloody oath. When I say shame, I mean it's a shame for the Rebels. It would be great to trot the guy out in the NRC and get a good sense of his strengths and weaknesses and get him familiar with the Rebels set up. With Pyle gone (and Thomson too?) and Jones with the Wallabies, it'd be good to...

Says on Rugby365 that Cummins had signed with the Southern Kings until the end of the year. Maybe a bit of Currie Cup experience to get him ready for 2015? Shame- he'd be a good player to run around in the NRC.

We will have to be careful of the maul. We will also have to be careful with turnover ball. The England backs have some gas. I only watched the first half of England vs Italy, but I was pretty unimpressed by England's breakdown work.

I don't see why not. We were unlucky against Argentina in 2012 and undone by really poor selections and game tactics. A couple of things to tweak for the England game (Auckland weather report is for clouds but no rain) and we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Intensive session in kick off receipt and maul defence required.

Combined, the Chiefs and the Saders play each of the other three NZ sides. They can pretty much torpedo each of them with a three game winning streak coming into the finals.

Great fucking round! Come on Tahs for top spot. I reckon you can count the Blues and Bulls out. They are a statistical possibility but super bloody unlikely. Things are looking very promising for three Aussie teams in the top 6. A Brumbies win over the Force should do it. The Force winning...

Always the wanker in Christchurch?

Can you fly directly from RSA to Argentina without going through Europe or the Middle East? If so, SAH's idea sounds good- only I'd consider adding a second team into the Asia Pac 2 and making it Super 20.

We haven't seen anything of the two South African props we brought over. Good decisions were made on Brache and Stander so I wonder how those two would go. I don't think Hoskins would be ready to start next year but he would definitely be earning more time off the bench.