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His dad is Michael, that makes Louis Australian. To be clear, I'm happy for Dan Carter's kid to be called a Kiwi under the same circumstances.

Gold. Simply just a matter of disallowing a drop goal attempt prior to the first contest.

I hope I’m not being overly optimistic, but I sense we are at the dawning of a new era. Agreed that we need a winning Wallabies, and I like the idea of allowing more flexibility when it comes to selecting foreign based players, but only when it’s in a position where the developing players are...

I notice England are avoiding playing the All Blacks as usual. Cats.

That wouldn't affect his ability to tour, only to get back into Qld.

Yep

Covid was a bit of a stumbling block for the latter version too.

Quite possibly. Having read a few articles over the past few days, my read on it is that the O/s players in the actual squad are earmarked for RWC2023 duties, but other European based players may be called in ad lib, KB (Kurtley Beale) would fall into that category. I also read that Rennie is keen to try...

You know what, when I typed in that team I didn’t even notice there weren’t any Brumbies in it. I made it clear what the intent of that team was, it still is not a preferred Wallabies side, and I was wrong about the concept anyway.

Nothing against him as a player, but like Hansen I don't think they are going to be handing Meehan a test debut without a really good reason. I'd have him as the break glass in case of emergency option, I don't think Phipps will be getting a start on the tour either, but if there are a couple...

If we call in a European player as cover for fullback it will almost certainly be Kurtley. I didnt mind Mack Hansen as a player but we can’t go selecting fringe players for test matches just because they have another passport. BR won’t like this proposition but might take some comfort in...

Yes - 32 + 4

‘My’ goal was to finish the year at #4. Not counting baby chooks just yet but they may well outperform that.

This is gold. I have several takeaways from the game, none of which I’ve brought up yet. We seem to get distracted by meaningless crap sometimes. Petaia is definitely worth a discussion but as you point out hardly a focal point from last night.

I agree. But if it’s true he’s doing nothing wrong.

With all respect, MST didn’t ever say he was a drug cheat. He intimated that he might be experimenting with alternative medicines, or peptides.

I am literally sitting with my nephew right now discussing this, he was in Petaia‘s year (TSS though). Says he was a freak, which we all know. Bad hammys though.

The general rule is that loose head is the more technical position and tight head is more the proverbial brick shithouse. From my perceptions after 35 years in the battlefield I’d concur with that, however I did play with Fletcher Dyson back in the day and he was much more the technician but...

I’d go with Sio as he can also cover hooker in an emergency.

Haha I don’t think mst was suggesting he is taking ivermectin, only using it as an example of extreme things people do