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Lions 1-12 @ 4.75:1 That'd be worth $50 as an emotional insurance bet. $250 can buy a lot of grief beer.

Force should release Burton. It's really only one game and one we will probably lose. Fair enough there is good cover with the U20s but you don't want to have different standards. U20 is more important that Super Rugby when it comes to playing a 20 year old.

Injuries play a part, sure. But the Rebels had a bit of a mixed start to the season and have since beaten the Force and Brumbies in Melbourne as well as the Reds in Brissie. A win over the Waratahs would big up their confidence. There are some top players for the Rebs, particularly in the...

Reckon this game will be a good yardstick for how the Rebels will fare next season.

I think Giteau would do great at the Melbourne Rebels. I am surprised the there has never been a news article about him being sounded out. I'm not a huge Giteau fan, but he is a great all-round player. Good kicking, good passing, good defence.

I'd be happy to give up McCalman to the NSW Country team. WA has some talented young backrowers who would do well from getting a chance at a higher level. The Spirit team should not be about selecting their best X number of Super Players. We should be about getting as many local players ready...

Sure it evens the effect out. You watch the Highlanders get minced.

For what position? 12? Godwin! Deadset. If you want Folau at 15, you gotta have someone like Godwin at 12.

I bloody hope so. Normally I would be super confident but we need this so badly that it worries me. Teams always play a lot better after a disappointing loss. Hopefully that's exactly what the Stormers game was for our boys. I expect the Crusaders to do the same and put 20-30 points on...

Version 1.4. 13 rounds gone, 6 to go. Table and future fixtures: Sharks (40 points/played 12) Blues, Stormers, Cheetahs, Stormers Brumbies (35/12) Bulls, Rebels, Tahs, bye, Force Chiefs (35/11) Canes, Tahs, Clan, Canes, Blues Waratahs (34/11) Rebels, Chiefs, Ponies, Clan, Reds Highlanders...

Bunch of Lions gone home injured. Force probably pretty buggered from two weeks in RSA and a shit load of tackling. Who is gonna win?

What's Ferners? Who cares about the ref. The Stormers played very, very well and would've won even with a perfect one. They won the collisions and their line-out/maul game functioned very well. We've won one on tour and that is good enough to keep us in the hunt. I think we got the favour of...

I don't think either team can. Hopefully its like last week against the Bulls.

I don't get the decision to sign Richard Graham on for multiple years. He failed at the Force. So he's given a go at the Reds. Surely you'd either make it a 2 year contract (1 as assistant, 1 as head coach) or make it a contract with a get out clause if he totally fucks things up. It's not like...

Who cares if it is a red card, a yellow card or a penalty? At that point in the game having 14 players didn't really matter. It definitely looks penalty-worthy and that was all the Rebels really needed. Attacking the face is weak form. Maybe its karma for the fairly questionable yellow on...

I think I just jinxed the Crusaders.

Could be a good photo for make a quote for this picture thread thingy. How about: "Those are MY fries."

Are the Sharks going to win another game this season?

If the pack does a good enough job, our centre pairing shouldn't matter too much. They certainly aren't terrible.

Stats also miss the big plays. Hodgson's snatch, run in traffic and offload for the Force's first try against the Cheetahs turned pressure on the Force into a try. Hodgo does a lot of that kind of thing- throwing himself at the ball on the deck. He's score a few tries too. Stats also don't show...