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Any score updates on today's U20s games?

That can happen when you don't just shovel the ball on :)

Ireland. We were a bit under done. I think that the referee did a really poor job with the scrums. The Irish tighthead was being lifted off the ground a couple of times and we got penalised for boring in?! How do you not bore in when your opposite number doesn't have his feet on the ground...

Height is probably less important than wingspan. I guess with Cottrell he is one of those notters. Higginbotham has been out of form, but he has the potential to be explosive, Messam is better at the breakdown and can also be explosive (but he is a really up and down player). Read is something...

Not that it will make a difference to the Reds, but I would love to see what those kicking stats are like when they aren't at altitude.

Fardy's breakdown prowess definitely has his nose in front. Personally, I prefer to have an openside flanker on the bench. Unfortunately for Cottrell, I just don't see him taking the step up to Test level. He isn't quite tall enough to be a 6, isn't quite explosive enough to be an 8 and...

Mosese was in WA before he went to the Rebels. I remember seeing him play a couple of Force 'A' games. Magic feet. Heard the same about discipline- but he is still a young fella. Maybe he's come good.

It'd be great to have a game or two with the whole team together, but what exactly did you have in mind?

I still prefer the 2012- "We're going vertical" interview.

We haven't ever had back to back bonus point wins.

I'd have said the Brumbies. Now that Quade is coming good in a big way, you wouldn't want bringing James O'Connor back to threaten that. The Reds would be better off spending their money on getting... a) A time machine to get Radike Samo back b) A shit-hot tighthead prop c) Horwill and Genia...

So who is going to win the national U20 championships?

I wonder whether the bye the Highlander had will be beneficial or not. The 'Landers might be fresher, but will the Force be more match hardened? Man for man, I'd say we had the edge, but it really depends on which Force team and which Highlanders teams turn up.

Did you know that the Department of Incomplete Statistics reported that 8 out of

I reckon Waratahs by at least 12. The Tahs have a very dynamic pack and, line-out concerns aside, have too few weaknesses.

Okay so dropping 6 players didn't work out too flash in practice, but was it such a terrible idea in theory? Rebels v Force games, prior to yesterday, had always been decided by a try or less. So the impact of the bench is paramount. If you were confident in your guys (like Neville and Lahiff)...

I'm over the moon. But I'm not going to be a shithead and rub it in. Check yourself.

This. Woke up late from an afternoon nap and saw 32-0 on the internet and thought we were being shat all over. Nice surprise. Sorry Rebs fans. I am sure you will get your own back when we meet again in Melbourne, but we needed this.

The majority can go fuck themselves :)

That makes a pretty tidy team likely to look something like: 1. Sa'aga 2. Scoble 3. Alalaatoa 4. Backhouse 5. Staniforth 6. Thomas 7. Koteka 8. McMahon 9. Powell 10. Burton 11. Robinson 12. Tomane 13. Foteki 14. Lacey 15. Koiatu