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Only if by putting it to rest you mean that Higgers threw in the towel. Check the stats. McCalman was far more effective. With the exception of the Rebels vs Cheetahs game, he has been all season. Higgers might play better at International level (AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) often does) but at the moment he has far...

Jones was awesome. Can we have him back now? Please? Haha. I was really impressed by Adam Coleman though. I am pretty sure that was his first start and I thought he had a really strong game. A couple of good runs, good d also. I'm really hoping we hold on to him and that he continues to rise...

Sias was okay. Nothing special. Bombed an almost certain try. Kicked relatively well at goal and out of hand but did nothing else of note. I'd say we definitely missed Alby although there are some things I do like about Prior. Between Alby, Hayward and Morahan we are lacking spark. We had the...

Reckon McGahan is stacking the bench to get some momentum in the final 20-30 minutes. That's not fair. Justin Turner was first choice. He just busted his knee in the tournament. Nic White played well and good on him, but Turner was the first choice for a good reason. Three knee...

Yeah I'm just hoping to even things out a bit.

This season teams don't get 4 point byes like previous years. Therefore last year's finals cut off was 46 points. This is roughly equal to 10 wins and a handful of bonus points. Bear in mind that competition is a lot, lot more fierce this year and that as a result the cut off for finals is...

Good luck Tahs! Leave the Bulls bruised and broken for their trip to Perth the following week.

With the tiredness from the Tahs game in mind, I would put more of our eggs in the basket of beating an injury depleted, tired Bulls side the following week. Let Coleman start instead of Wykes and put Walton on the bench. Give whichever one of Cottrell and McCalman who is more tired (probably...

The Rebels handle the media really well. I really like that update. I think the big difference is that the Rebels are not the Waratahs on attack or on defence. We will make metres through our forwards that we weren't making against the Tahs. Hopefully we'll also have worked on our line-out...

I don't see that as being a big issue Ghibli. I think the bigger issue is that last time we played against the Rebels they had a really, really off night. Should we still be favourites playing away against a team that has mixed it well with some top opposition in the last few weeks? The Rebels...

I never quite understood why Slipper has been used as a loosehead. I don't know bugger all about scrummaging, but Slipper mostly played junior rugby through to U20 level at THP (didn't he?). Why change him over then? It's not like the Wallabies or Reds were brimming with good options at THP.

I don't agree with that one. I do agree that it was a great set piece move and we should see more of them. Boo Robbie Deans for taking that out of the Wallabies play. But Lance did get in the way of Mathewson making a tackle on Crawford. Chances are that the Waratahs would have gained momentum...

Not trying to claim underdog status :) I genuinely believe that this is the first game where the Force are likely to take their feet off the pedal. Every other game we have been favourites to lose. Our game will not work unless we are fully committed for 80 minutes.

No spray. I thought he handled the presser admirably. You'd be mighty pissed off after that game. So many coulda woulda shouldas. So many times the Tahs nearly opened the flood gates. He held it together. Acknowledged the things the Tahs need to work on. Acknowledged the things the Force did...

So next Friday the Rebels host the Force in Melbourne. Will the Rebels be the team to stop the Force's hot streak? Interesting pattern: The only two teams that have played both their derbies are the Tahs vs Force and Brumbies vs Reds. The Reds won a tight one in Rd 2 and lost a tight one in...

Unless you are a masochist. You're a Wallabies fan. aren't you?

Tell me about it. I have been wondering for the past three weeks when the bubble will burst and we'll see a return of the 'old Force'. This is awesome. I think we've refined our style to the point that we can take on anyone in the competition. With the injuries we've had, I am really worried...

I think we can safely say that Cummins just trumped Tomane's efforts for the weekend.

Fiesty one you are. Fiesty one you are.

I reckon they will get rattled by the Chiefs. I'd love it if they did get a win though- teams always play really well the week after they get rattled and we face them next.