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James O'Connor Phipps has been great for the Rebels and the Wallabies all year - As fantastic as White is, I can't see Phipps being taken down with all the form he has.

So you'd expect Brodie Retallick, Liam Messam, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Aaron Cruden and maybe Gareth Anscombe to come into the mix after the Super Rugby Final? Predicted lineup for TRC opener B. Franks, Coles, O. Franks, Romano, Whitelock, Messam, McCaw, Read, A. Smith, Carter, Savea, Nonu, Ranger (Heard...

Rugby Championship squad Note: Chiefs players in contention for the All Blacks will not attend the camp as they are preparing for the Investec Super Rugby Final. The players attending the camp are as follows: Forwards Hookers: Dane Coles, Andrew Hore and Keven Mealamu. Props: Wyatt Crockett...

Slim 293 As opposed to thinking he's playing conservative when he kicks cross field in his own 22? He is a very instinctive player and knows that. Scrubber2050 Genia is great in big games but can go missing in lesser games. I think the link between him and Cooper is overrated but still a factor...

I don't think anyone wants South Africa gone, if nothing else then the history between some of the sides is too impressive to sacrifice. But more importantly, the breaking of Super Rugby would be to the detriment of every single team in it. It's just bad in general and I don't think anyone really wants...

Solution: Let RSA have the Lions, the Kings and the Griquas. Also give them the Force to make Foley happy. That is conference one. Set up some sort of promotion/relegation system for the remaining nine teams. Top 8 are conference two. Conference teams play each other twice, 14 games in total...

The pinnacle was when they turned down the second three. To quote Clyde Rathbone "The Bulls aren't playing Bulls rugby."

Best thing about Quade is he knows his limits - He doesn't want to try play a conservative style if his best play comes from being expansive.

Horne is a massive re-sign, he and AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) might be the best midfield in Aus next year.

Ugly, wet, pedantic refs, underdogs - all these favour the Brumbies.

One more point: Only team in Super Rugby this year to play every other team.

Blue Potgieter won't be captain of another team for a long time.

Welcome to the site Buster. All the mumbling says the teams already have academies, now they're just waiting to buy up everyone who comes out of the ARU academy.

Zander No need for personal attacks here. System is as fair as it can be.

Regular Season: 16 games played, 10 wins, 2 draws, 4 losses. Five 4-try bonus points, three losing bonus points. 43 Tries scored, 25/43 Conversions (58%), 55/71 Penalties (77%), 0/1 Drop Goals. 31 Trues conceded, 28/31 Conversion (90%), 28/40 Penalties (70%), 0 Drop Goals. Made 72 Linebreaks...

Zander the very idea of corruption just doesn't make sense. It makes SARU look silly to have kicked the Lions out for the Kings, only for the Lions to rip them up and come back in. Rule 6 could apply here as well, calling SARU corrupt is playing the man, not the ball.

If the Kings win with a 4 try and the Lions get nothing, the Kings stay in. Otherwise, Lions are back in the game.

Ruggo Fardy over Kimlin in the second string? Little pedantic but Folau has played 14 and Tomane has played 11 99% of their time on the wing, why switch them? Ant Fainga'a at 12? He's not a bad player, but surely you'd play Lilo, JOC (James O'Connor) or Harris ahead of him there at the moment - A 90% kicker is...

To be honest, I would have been happy if the Brumbies just went down fighting. This goes above and beyond expectations and I don't mind if the Brumbies used their final at Loftus. That said, I don't think they did. George Smith had his best game in a Brumbies jersey, but everyone else was just...

I don't have the stats with me, but I recall the Brumbies have one of the highest linebreak to try ratios, and that just translates overall - the Brumbies can capitalise on their opportunities.