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If the backrow is Mowen, Gill, McCalman then we will have four jumpers. We CANNOT afford to have Simmons at tight head lock until he learns how to scrum properly. And with the amount of experience he's had at the top level, its unlikely he can get out of his ingrained bad habits. I agree...

As I said in this thread (post 23) it is with huge reluctance that I am promoting the selection of Timani at tight head lock. He's currently in dispute with the ARU over a contract release and that's not going to have him in the right headspace anyway. But we are absolutely desperate. Before...

Given the Argie performance in the scrums on Saturday, where they basically dominated a pack who dominated us totally last week, it will be necessary to shore up that first before we do anything else. What I think we need to do is: Bring Robinson in to start and Sio to back up from the bench...

I had hoped that two years of Connolly followed by five years of Deans meant that our famine was coming to an end. But I have to say it doesn't look like it!

After seeing Argentina play tonight, I'm not entirely convinced we won't be thrashed next week.

McCaffrey certainly looked like a Super (not necessarily Wallaby) star of the future until he got crocked badly a couple of times. He's definitely worth a look IMO. Whittaker on the other hand always looked to me like a solid back-up/bench player. Given the Tahs are very thin for hookers...

Do you mean "lame" as in team rehab or "lame" as in poor, slow etc. If you mean the latter I beg to disagree.

This is very good news for the future of the Wallabies, not just the Force. He has shown a lot of promise, though I would have liked to see Foley give him a bit more game off the bench. In the longer term he will put pressure on the current incumbents and those being developed at other provinces.

Not a ref but I think the ruling that you have to come through the gate and not from the side before you can attempt to prevent the placement of the ball over the tryline needs a rethink. He was not attempting a tackle, he was attempting to prevent the ball reaching the ground over the tryline...

Confirmed. He has had knee surgery and MIGHT (big might) be ready for the EOYT. Most likely scenario is that he will have a preseason Super preparation which should allow him to be in top shape to run on in February.

I'm not sure why they had the whole week off; I would have liked to see them back together last Thursday for much the same reasons as you cited. No one seems to be thinking about the type of game SA will bring or how that differs from NZ. After seeing the hash we made of short bombs last...

While he might have been less than impressive overall, he had some massive games for the Tahs - I still remember one of the tries he scored and that was years ago now.

There is just so much wrong with this that I think its just better consigned to the trash. Deans biggest fan getting the knife in.

There is some talk on another thread that it has been increased to 32 to cover for the extra prop required and one other. But I have not seen any official confirmation of this anywhere. Last year, when injuries were endemic at the Tahs, they used something like 38 players in a season that...

Right now its seven Wallaby squad players for six positions. I'm betting that at least one player will be injured each week. If not then Betham in my opinion is the one to ride the pine. There's a million ways to cut the cake but maybe the position Beale started his international career in would...

I agree Bruce. A pass mark for me would be to make the last four, a Credit if we made the final, Distinction if we won it and a High Distinction if our players made 10 or more out of the Wallaby 23 and we won the Bledisloe. Like Braveheart and all the rest of the Tahs supporters I have been...

Like was just not enough. He is only 18 and needs a year in the EPS at the Tahs to get the coaching he needs to step up to the next level. Getting park time at a franchise with no decent 10's is not the way to start a career. He'll end up either with terrible habits learnt in a bad...

Fox are reporting that Folau will announce he is signing with the ARU and the Waratahs tomorrow. YOU BLOODY BEAUTY!!!

Without going into the detail of what you have said, two things stick out to me clearly: Only one player in that whole mish-mash is on his feet other than gold 9 who was legally the halfback, and some could argue that the player on his feet was bridging anyway (though I would not). This is not...

Pumped is the wrong word for me. I've got that hollowed out feeling in the pit of my stomach because I know that NZ would have been flogged by their coaches during the week due to a less than spectacular performance in a number of areas. They will be much improved this week, especially in the...