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I think the word Mallet was looking for in reference to the second yellow was "reckless". Yes players fend all of the time, but rarely do they swing an elbow into the throat of the tackler. I really don't think the second one was as "debatable" as the first. I've heard that Poite gave Bismarck...

This this this and also this. We won but I'm still not convinced and not anywhere near satisfied. Still no sense of cohesion on any level.

Penguin They're taking all the tall blokes and making them skinnier than ballerinas!!!

Shipperley has been very frustrating for me over the past year. Plays like crap in some of his Super Rugby appearances and then looks like a man reborn against the Lions. Get it together Dom!

What worries me the most about Genia "not taking advice" is that this isn't even close to the first time I've heard this about specific Wallaby players. That in itself is extremely disconcerting. There are some players out there who legitimately could probably get away with self-coaching (Dan...

Kuta88 Who would you like to see wearing 8 this weekend who doesn't normally play 6/Lock and isn't injured?

fatprop I was really talking about general play but the same logic applies to the scrum when it's going backwards I guess. How do you reckon the #9 dive passing helps the #10 go forward when the scrum is going backwards though? I've only ever really been taught the dive pass as a tool to get...

Pfitzy Have you ever been wearing 9/10 when your pack is getting physically dominated? Because it is just as bad as the scenario you described at the end of your post. There has been a lot of mention of our halves catching the ball standing still.. But what else are you expecting when they...

If I recall correctly Alexander's work in the loose at test level has been horrible since the Lions.

Gee I wonder why they were behind the advantage line?...Unless you're referring to someone other than the pack this statement makes absolutely no sense at all. It is their job to go forward in the first place.

The Brumbies pack was able to physically dominate most of their opponents..the Wallabies current forward pack would be lucky to match Georia at the moment. If I recall, the Brumbies didn't go so well in some games where their forwards couldn't stamp their mark as easily. There are nuances to...

Kicking everything back and 'playing territory' are two entirely different things and you should know better than that. You've also seen the AB counter attack absolutely destroy the Wallabies on enough occasions to know that ignoring it as a facet of play like we did in BledII is absolutely...

This ain't Super Rugby.

Him kicking it every time he touched the ball was a bit of an issue in the 2nd Bledisloe. If he's only doing it in the 22, of course that's fine. But if he starts kicking back every ball he catches again we aren't going to get anywhere that way. He can run like the wind and I'd like to see him...

I'm assuming this was in response to my post? I'm not saying the forwards were the only problem. Just the only problem I'm addressing with that post.

True. I'm just being an nitpicker honestly.

I wish they had refrained from using the word 'era' at all. It was never an era. We won one title, and got embarrassed in our last two finals appearances. What's the word on Enever? Hopefully he can fill out that 6'7" frame and give us another body-moving option in the middle row (that isn't...

Scott Allen for Wallabies Forwards Coach. Make it happen. In a seriousness though all I want to see next week is black eyes, broken noses, flat backs and driving legs. I disagree with you Richo that backs play is simpler than forwards play, you just don't have to zoom in and go frame-by-frame...

If the 8 is trapping the ball at his feet he's not really adding a ton to the scrum other than just some of his body weight. Gonna have to rewatch the scrums this week to see about the Mowen repackin thing.