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You're probably right on Lucas, but it slows Volavola's learning curve if Barnes takes his spot. I'd take Mitchell for his long left foot kicking to compliment Crawford's right foot kick (keeping the ball in play) and his big match experience. You are probably right on Skelton but those who...

The Tahs could try to do what the Reds did to the Stormers a couple of years ago - kick to the corners and bottle them up. But I hope they don't try. They need to continue their gameplan from the last couple of weeks with a few tweaks: The Stormers will try to kick for field position and...

If you put X's in for Waratahs, Y's in for rugby and Z's for NSW then this is a direct pinch from "How to write your mission statement without committing to do anything." When I was in business I read hundreds of them. The American ones were definitely the worst, but some Aussies had a pretty...

He certainly looks multi-talented the way he plays!

I'd rather be playing in Pool A than Pool C. Pool B looks the weakest, but there's not much in it between them and Pool A!

This bit I definitely agree with. But the support running has been building since round 2 from a very low base. It has now reached a level where it has become a MAJOR offensive threat to every team that plays them. But it has to become how they play every week at that level.

Putting pressure on the back 3 is about 50% of the Bulls gameplan. The other 50% is rolling mauls. Cam did fine under that pressure. He's a real keeper and the Brumbies will regret throwing him away.

Awesome choice, qwerty!

He went fabulous. Absolutely carved up every time he touched the ball. Tuesday is replay day on Fox but you'll have to be able to be at home during the day, have iQ or a DVD/VCR recorder.

Its the eternal argument. Will a tight defense always throttle a running attack? Answer: It depends on the quality of the attack. There's been much criticism on the site about how terrible the King's defense was. But they seemed to do OK against other sides, particularly OZ sides. And...

Worth a look? Think early-80's Randwick with the Ellas in their prime. Almost made up for the whole of last year. (I did say almost.)

Kings have used that defense against a lot of other teams and been pretty successful. It wasn't woeful, it just didn't work against the Tahs who are starting to play the sort of rugby Cyril Towers would have been proud of. Against a team who run at you with lots of runners and angles, you...

Took a punt this week and made most of my backline Waratahs. McKibben, Foley, Horne, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Folau. Worked a treat.

The quality of McKibbens pass is his Achilles heel. By comparison with the bullet-like passes that Cooper gets from Genia, McKibbens pass always looks slow even when it hits the hands at the right spot. The velocity of his pass slows down the backline and allows defenders to get up quickly...

Agonised for over a quarter of an hour going up and down the stats before picking AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) over Folau. Not my finest hour. All my reasoning was totally logical, but Fantasy can be cruel sometimes.

Would suggest switching Cowan and Ferreira. Force have the Brumbies and points will be hard to come by. Ferreira has been excellent all year. Whitelock's been excellent and is up against the Rebels who will probably get a hiding. I prefer him to Du Toit. Think about switching Lilo and...

Sort of. He's scoring well but he's my reserve until I see him do well against a noted defender (like Horne this week). If he scores well then he can move into the top 15.

Whatever injury Fardy picked up, it is taking a loonng time for him to get back. Has Oosthuizen also got a long term injury? You'd have to think that Palmer has picked up an injury from the Reds game too.

Everyone to their own tastes. I think the current Blues home rig is sensational but this leaves me stone cold. Especially the maroon.

Funny how when I watched the game I thought Horne was pretty OK but I never would have picked him for most run metres. Fat cat must have been close on the basis of his 120 metre break in the first five minutes. :)