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The forseeable consequence of this is that the refs will need to man up and dish out a lot of cards to stop the defending team infringing. Otherwise there is no disincentive to not continually collapse the scrum if you are being dominated. So further to your rule, maybe the first player to the...

Ahhh, didnt realise he was a seppo. That explains the pronunciation of his name. He would be a good addition to the Eagles. he certainly hasnt looked out of place at super level.

All of the rule changes I can think of, that I would like to see would essentially disadvantage australian players when they have to revert to playing under the standard rules, so I'm not really keen to see any changes to the ruck, maul or point scoring (our kickers need to practice kicking...

1. Slipper 2. Moore 3. Alexander 4. Simmons 5. Fardy 6. Higginbotham 7. Hooper (C) 8. Palu 9. White 10. Cooper 11. Cummins 12. To'omua 13. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 14. Mogg 15. Folau 16. TPN (Just, I would list Charles but I think that is my Force coloured glasses) 17. Sio 18. Kepu (Not that he deserves it on...

All Quade will be feeling at the moment is a longing to get in the Wallaby setup and into the warm embrace of a decent coach. I think he should get first crack at 10. He was excellent on the EOYT and was also very good during the 4N. Even the kiwis were saying his game had matured after the...

Watching the individual players, many of them did good things and none of them I thought were individually dire. That tells me that the systems and team cohesion are the problem.

I raised it in the game thread too. The flanker clearly had to drop his bind to slide up and hook it, so he should have been done for that too. Slim asked which other props are in contention, Longbottom was excellent last night for the Force.

Yeah, he sent Robbie Deans packing.

The cheetahs played pretty dumb tonight in hindsight. They were very lateral. By the end the Force were stepping off most off the rucks and letting their second man in blow through because the cheetahs were just swinging it wide straight away when they could have gotten some pay by playing close...

How far away is Morahan.

I think they pulled Sias more as a precaution in the end. The loss of Halylett Petty isn't the end of the world. CTM played Ok when he came on, though he really only got the opportunity to defend. Not much attack by the Force in the 2nd half. Considering CTM's defence has always been...

I was happier with the line out tonight because the locks only lost one ball. The other losses were Cheese going cross eyed and throwing to the wrong line out. Against the bulls most of our line out losses were bad timing and organisation. Would love to see Longbottom get looked at for the...

Disagree about Pollock. He let a lot of shit go, but he let both teams go. The Force were pretty bad at the breakdown, trying to pilfer ball all night with their hands on the ground in front of the ball. But for once I think the TMO got all decisions right tonight.

What a transformation from Hodgson. At the start of the year I thought he would struggle to keep Alcock out of the starting team. He is the heart and soul of this resurgence.

With a game in hand

What's with the adds? Are we going to hear from the Captains?

Force back into fourth :)

Ahhh yeah. God damn I'm going to have a heart attack with all these close wins. Growden can neck a bag of dicks.

Don't jinx us mother fucker.

First one was harsh but second one was cynical, so it all probably works out.