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That's a complete misinterpretation of what I said. It is only stamping if you are doing it intentionally. I am saying that if you put your foot somewhere, and we don't know if it was intentional or not, and no damage is done, then it seems fair to give benefit of the doubt because no harm is...

Given how bureaucratic the whole system is, if the appeal reverses the decision about Horwill, there will probably be some avenue to appeal that decision as well, which would probably end up with Horwill being able to play. Let's face it, Horwill has once or twice in the past done things that...

Ahh ok. Makes sense. I think so too. It is just a shame that he isn't good for much else.

That seems pretty low for a city as big as Melbourne with a test coming up on Saturday. You'd have thought that the BIL groups would have shown up in force.

Pieter de Villiers is available. He was going to sign with the Tamil Tigers but then he found out that they aren't a Super Rugby team.

Sud, you've rekindled that flicker of hope that this is just hardball tactics from Cummins' manager. You'd hope that with Drew Mitchell and Digby Ioane both moving overseas that Nick will stay on with the Wallabies. But from the Force's perspective, he barely played any games this year. It...

Pools for next year will be interesting: Pool 1 England Argentina Australia JWT promotion Pool 2 Wales France Ireland Fiji Pool 3 South Africa New Zealand Samoa Scotland Anyone know where it is going to be played?

Where did you hear that? Please let the "bigger" name be Ruan Botha.

Tahs result puts the Force v Lions game into perspective.

Deans has a game plan. Play what is in front of you. He just doesn't have a good game plan. We'd be really fucked if the Lions got out rackets and tennis balls.

If Cummins stays, I'd prefer to move him back to 13. Rasolea looked good on attack in his few games there but his defence might need a little work.

Had to wait 24 hours. Too upset to post. I actually missed the game and I'm not sure I actually want to see it. But of course I will humbly take back what I said and crawl back under my rock to wallow in my misery.

When the Force toured the UK in 2008, Andy Farrell and Owen Farrell both took the field at the same time for Saracens. I believe this was the first time this has happened. Andy was 16 when Owen was born.

Shute Shield is a big step down from Super Rugby and Timani is up against one of the hardest working backrows in the competition. I don't think he'll be up to the pace. But fair enough I don't watch the SS. I still stand by what I said. I'll happily take back what I said if he proves me wrong...

There are some cranky Waratah fans out today. Timani is lazy. Not as lazy as Sitaleki but still lazy. I reckon he'll struggle as the games wears on. Skelton hasn't played much but I will wager my right arm that he is lazy. I'd give him about 15-20 minutes until he starts doing a Salesi...

Quite a few lazy forwards in your line-up. I reckon if our guys turn up we'll have a comfy win.

I think you are wrong Qwerty. Plenty of teams worse than the Force have pushed the Lions close. I reckon if the Force put out their A team it would be closer than you think. I don't think the Lions would play well if the pressure of an organised team was applied to them. The Force have a habit...

Hard to know. He hasn't played much rugby in the last few months. I know Digby is out, but you wouldn't want him undercooked.

Surely you can't be serious? Competition integrity was gone at the point the Waratahs were going to have to rest 10 Wallabies for the Force game. With neither team now realistically able to make the finals, the Tahs game means very little. For the rugby community of Perth, it's the Lions game...

Don't underestimate the value of a match fit team that regularly plays together. Worse sides than the Force have pushed the Lions right down the wire. In 2009 the Royal XV and Cheetahs were both probably worse than the Force and were one score from being ahead in the game against the Lions at...