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KOB1987 Not that I'm proud of it, but I tipped South Africa by 11 last week......... Robinson, Moore, Slipper, Fardy, Horwill, Mowen, Pocock, Higgenbotham

I know that Vikings has such a dominance in the ACT JID cup because of their ability to get players a job and pay them well for playing, so the best go to them and stay there, even if it means dropping from 1st to 2nd. Does the ARU even give JID teams anything other than the paperwork for...

Congrats to Ben Mowen, Wallabies Captain.

And I think I have to tip Argentina here. They'll score a couple and be ahead by 16 with the game almost over, but we'll score a try in the end to lose by 9.

Mowen needs to step up at 8. He's shown his skill at 6 but been average at best at 8. Douglas needs to show he deserves the spot or he might not get it again. Moore needs to show how good he really is. Folau needs to show he can kick. Cummins needs to show he can catch.

You wouldn't play Speight at 13, why would you play O'Connor there? Both are good on the wing. O'Connor is gone next year anyway, once Speight is eligible you play him on one wing, Folau on the other.

1-8,10,15 are A team, 9,11-14 are B team? I'd be taking Fernandez over Contepomi anyday right now.

I'd say a back 5 of Simmons, Fardy, Mowen, Gill, McCalman has 5 lineout takers in it. That also means we could swap one of them out for a non-jumper and still have four jumpers. Mowen needs to be on for the 80 if our lineout is to survive. Fainga'a has thrown well this season and honestly Moore...

We need to inspire those great players who aren't performing, specifically Moore, Genia and AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper). Best way to do that is make them ride the pine. Mowen has been effective at 6 but poor at 8, so let's put him at 6. Fardy deserves his spot and Douglas is showing he doesn't, so let's put Fardy at 4...

Earlier this year I said how screwed the Boks were, playing us in Brisbane and the All Blacks in Auckland. Now this is shaping up to be the game of the year. For mine, the winner of this game wins the rugby championship. Boks will probably be unchanged, their forward pack worked very hard...

Guys, regarding Cooper and "provincial bias", let's just invoke rule 10 and agree that we've spent a good five pages arguing something and nobody is changing their minds.

Louw has something to say about that.

Just watched the game again - Have to give high praise to Leguizamon and Sanchez for playing as well as they did against the best.

Whoever loses comes last overall.........

Yeah, he did screw up a couple of times and I would prefer To'omua starts next week, but I'm also completely fine with Cooper going again.

I thought Cooper did well with the garbage he got from numbers 1-9. He and Lilo we obviously trying and, for my mind, doing the right thing at the right time, with no support. They were doomed from the get go but tried anyway. To numbers 4-8, ATTENDANCE AT THE BREAKDOWN IS NOT OPTIONAL!

I completely understand not dropping Genia, his poor form is fixed by a break and then a game - aka a week off, then playing the boks in Brisbane. What I really think he needs is competition for the jersey, and the only way to get that is to drop him for the argies game. I don't mind if it's...

Winner next week wins TRC.

EPS player, plus if you recall 2010 we released Lealiifano to play for Waikato. That also happens to be where we discovered Speight. I'd still say he's our new backup 9, only guy I'd want to chase is Phipps but the Tahs have him.

3. Hooper 2. Fardy 1. Lilo (yes, a fortnight late, sorry :P)