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And yet the screenshots from just half a second later than yours show that Alexander and Horwill are no longer marking up the beast and louw. They do not come across in defensive formation. This is their problem to address in future. Also the play is quite clearly not going wide, LILO (and...

I strongly disagree. Horwill and Ben Do Nothing are not coming across in cover and LILO and Kuridrani also fail to read what is happening here. The fact is there a three forwards on one no. 10 who s alone with no assistance. If QC (Quade Cooper) tackles the drive from the other two forwards and it is a try...

If I recall correctly the referee called for the TMO to look at both the offending tackles AND the "tussle" afterwards - but once the referee saw the replay of the tackle himself and made up his mind, the tussle afterwards was forgotten. Perhaps something may have been picked up or not, but...

Very poor from all of the wallabies. I just have no idea how a group can have no will to attend to their own (obvious) deficiencies. Have a bit of pride in yourselves guys and practice (and stop saying "something that we talked about" - it sounds cliched and fake given your performances)...

Ben Alexander is seriously the worst footballer I have ever seen. He just flaps his arms around pleading with whichever official is closest. He should really concentrate some of his red cordial energy towards tackling, rucking and keeping his feet underneath himself in the scrums. Gees, there...

To'omua is clearly ahead of Cooper at the moment. I wouldn't say he was playing with confidence as such, but a level of certainty about what he is doing that is light years ahead of what Quade has since is knee blew out. I didn't think anyone thought he played poorly or ordinary or subdued or...

Oh, I see. It’s OK for you to hang shit on everything from Queensland at every opportunity – but not OK for me to have a strong dislike for that shithole down there. Hypocrisy at its finest. And it is not trolling to speculate that perhaps there are many reasons other than just not getting...

Yeah, thanks for not reading this bit at all... "I read somewhere that he may be seriously wifed, in which case he has made the right call (and I hope that is the case - he really doesn't come across as the kinda guy to not finish what he has started" And ignoring the fact I was replying...

If what is implied in that article is true: His status as a great coach is not in doubt, but is it really fair for him to break a contract half way through, just because he feels miffed that he missed an(other) opportunity that would have seen him break a contract halfway through? I read...

I think To'omua is playing better than Quade Cooper at the moment and deserves to be starting for this match. If Quade Cooper is not starting, I don't think he offers much in the way of a bench spot because he needs time to settle into a game and that is a luxury the bench don't have...

Mogg is having surgery.

A short while ago on rugby HQ, he mentioned something along the lines "training the hard things" instead of "training the simple things" because it is easier to make the game plan simpler if required but not the other way around. Could he elaborate on what this encompasses? Does he see the...

Who is the one that is doing the right things and who is the one off to France?

Fair points all. I guess we will see. Tbh, I am just happy for him to continue writing The Walking Dead:

There have been several posters who have been pushing Benn's case pretty hard and tbh sorta comes across that way. With regards to why I am dubious, I tend to see him somewhat like this guy does (who summed it up pretty succinctly a while ago): I could be very very wrong though. Scrums are a...

That was kinda my point: I am unsure how some on here can be so certain he will solve our scrum woes. I am unconvinced but its definitely going to be interesting to find out.

I never said that. I actually said in the post you quoted that I thought they had clearly changed even when Australia wasn't involved. Having said that, our scrum has clearly disintegrated whereas the other nations have merely struggled a bit to adapt it would seem. You may well be right -...

Whilst I can't say that anyone have gone zero to hero, I would say that there is a very clear difference in the behaviour of the scrums - even when Australia isn't playing. I would say that ALL of the australian scrum so far have gone from slightly less than passable before the change to...

Regarding all this talk about Robinson coming back: was his stellar Shute shield game/form under the new scrum interpretations or the older ones? If it was the older ones, then there surely is no certainty that he will be the cure for the scrum (not that one guy is going to fix it anyway)...

I would like to see Shipperley on in lieu of one of the Davies guys, but otherwise I think that is probably the pick of the squad. :P