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Happy to see a a lock on the bench. Real tough on Slipper to go from injured into starting THP. Hopefully there aren't too many knock ons.

I know it's from last round but honestly the most exciting and devastating 10 minutes of rugby I've seen in years. That drop at the end is just soul destroying. They did it all but make the very last catch!

Jolly good

You can only replace an injured player.

We are fucked. Do we have a fit tighthead besides Nongorr? We might get away with it against the Fijians but definitely not the Welsh.

Are you implying Pocock wouldn't have been strong enough? Bold.

How the fuck can a still of two peoples heads being mushed together not be relied on to establish head contact? Seriously...

Tom Wright firmly played himself out of a gig but I agree Noah would be a good inclusion. But anyway, this is the squad we have now.

Gordon kicked very well out of hand (mostly) and is definitely a better distributor, ball runner and defender than Donaldson. Can't see him being dropped for Donaldson purely on the back of goal kicking.

Its tricky. I think I disagree. The 'no dick heads' policy is vague and potentially arbitrary. The 'no head contact' rule is pretty straight forward.

The fucks the point of a touchy if we have a machine that can do the job?

They do have rules for that in Football too but the players have got very good at only going down when there is enough contact for there to be at least the chance of a foul. A full blown dive is pretty rare.

Honestly I don't think it matters what you think they 'need'. It's already happening.

Or just put Philip in? sometimes I wonder if EJ (Eddie Jones) is too concerned with playing 4d chess and doesnt just use the obvious solution.

Wouldn't it cost EJ (Eddie Jones) a bunch to quit his 5 year contract 4 years early?

This is why simulation exists in Football. Back in the rough old days there would regularly be players whose careers ended early because they would get hacked to bits (hell, even Brazilian Ronaldo was ruined to an extent and that wasn't even that long ago). So they cracked down on the foul play...

Id have swapped Pocock. Malcolm Marx seems a very similar build and skill set.

I look forward to the dawning realisation of all Kiwis that maybe the ABs just arent that good anymore and that this one single bloke isn't solely responsible for all their failings. Hardly Foster's fault Akira is too lazy and fat to rely on and that all the actual hard working flankers are...

Wait for the teams to be announced and just pick the best players from the best nations. Dont think there is any trick to predicting exactly who will run in the most tries. You can probably get some fairly affordable players that will score a lot in, for example, the French side who are running...

Nah, with respect, fuck all that.