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I know that's a joke (and a genuinely funny one) but I remember when I was a grommet, Russel Fairfax was widely criticised by rugby traditionalists for having long hair, because it was 'feminine'. The similarities with today are telling. The truth is that as we age we remember the precise...

According to Link, visiting teams win three times as often by traveling on the day compared to a long acclimatisation.

GO WALLABIES!

I wasn't talking about silencing critics of the Waratahs - I really couldn't care less about the Tahs. I meant silence foreign critics who describe our tight 5 as soft, which those two aren't. It would be quite quiet round here if people stopped hearing the franchise voices during the test...

Erm... he passed it 2 meters in front of Banes.

That would be optimal but Horwill is always broken.

A locking combination of Timani and Douglas, while uncouth, would sure silence some critics.

Yeah Douglas is a hard case. It's good we should have competition for this role, with Pyle, Neville and Jones coming through. One or two of them is going to be world class.

The Wallabies needed him today!

3. Douglas 2. Hooper 1. Sharpe

You can't grow the game by storming off in a huff if the place you're trying to grow it doesn't fill the stadium first time round.

The 100 km/h wind also disappeared about then.

Good post. I for one firmly believe that after the headlong development of the last couple of years, we now have the resources to develop players more conventionally. The fact that we can be missing ten first-choice players and yet still not have to pick our best young prospects is a good...

+1. It seems likely that JOC (James O'Connor) will struggle for form in the same way as Cooper and Beale.

Stay classy.

Sheehan won't let us down. I'd be comfortable with him starting.

I've never seen Sharp's head move. He's a log with eyes.

In Australia? I guess that must be because the Citing Commissioner is a Kiwi.

No one expects charity but we do have a slightly more civilised approach on here than most forums.

We need Beale in form, not out injured.