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Massive to deny New Zealand any points there

Ugh, what a coach killer

Great awareness from Gordon

Huge steal

Stevenson can't afford to be making mistakes, this is maybe his only chance at the RWC squad

It has a ways to go but we're mauling at least as well as last week to my eye

It's been a great start, but 2 front row down after 20 leaves us up against it

Kerevi's mobility going into the tackle remains a big issue

Great support play so far, still need to work on some of the connections though

Rebalancing of the backrow is already paying off, both McReight and Hooper had key role in that play, each using their core skillset

It's been a rough start to Eddie's reign, but the one out and out positive so far is that we are starting matches so much stronger than before.

Aside from rugby Xplorer, Qld premier rugby will usually do a post on Instagram on Friday once all the teams are in which tends to be a bit more accurate/up to date (though not perfect), but they haven't posted yet for this round.

I'd have him ahead of both Pietsch and Vunivalu as a winger, and despite his troubles ahead of Donaldson as a Fullback.

Don't forget Eddie has planned out the ~15 man shadow squad in the UK with the Barbarians, it definitely gives him some freedom in the early stages around a 3rd halfback/hooker/fly half and 6th prop. The other big question is going to be how many not quite fit players he selects in the initial...

Just a couple of minutes short of the Chiefs v Reds game earlier this year. 44 according to Eddie (via Cully):

I think he's so much better suited shifting back to 6 and focusing on his impact. Should combine really well with McReight if he can get some more dominant tackles in.

It's definitely an option given the shadow squad he has managed to organise with around 15 players in Barbarians duty under Australian coaches in the UK at the same time. More likely at halfback than hooker though.

You didn't see the 7 man scrum getting one over Argentina while Arnold was off with a yellow card?

I thought Jono Lance made an interesting point on the pick and drive podcast this week - a big part of the wallabies fitness issue is their inability to pace themselves. We came out of the blocks so hard last week doing everything at 100% where as New Zealand did a better job of keeping...

I really like Skelton off the bench, assuming he gets good minutes. He played well last week but was cooked by the time he came off. Ideally I'd like to see him come on just before half time to rip in.