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Is it possible that we are all wrong about Deans? Maybe he is working at a whole other level... Please, don your tin foil hat and journey with me to the land of improbability: Have you ever noticed that when one team (in any code of football actually) plays particularly badly in a match, it...

Given the rash of injuries throughout this season, would a rotation policy be useful (to limit stress injuries)? Obviously, it doesn't fit in with consistency of players and combinations - but maybe that would even improve things in the longer term as the players all know their roles no matter...

You are correct - although to look at them they don't look it. It is not the weight it is the strength - and I really mean harder. Earlier in the season (I think it was the brumbies home game) even the commentators were having a laugh at how fat the reds forwards looked compared to 2011.

I really hope the guys look at the s&c that the sharks must have been doing. Their forward pack was very impressive, mobile and strong and cohesive. The work the reds coaches have been doing so far has been really good in terms of the cohesion part, but having just one Ozzie pack (ours) being...

I take that as a "no" from you then? Or a "yes" just to get him off the microphone?

Oh and as to the issue of having reserve backs on the bench - I don't really see what was wrong with Mike Harris - he can cover several positions reasonably well and is a pretty damn good option as a place kicker.

' I might be wrong but I recall of the wins we have had against the all blacks in the last couple of years, they have been with QC (Quade Cooper) at 5/8th, where as Barnes at 5/8th has not resulted in any wins (I may be wrong - I just can't recall all the team lineups over the last couple of years). I am not...

Thank you for not reading the first paragraph in my post, but I really appreciate your efforts to just be blatantly argumentative...

I really hope Beale takes note of how he played last night. The last two years he has been very critical of his team mates on field after they have stuffed something up - it has been really shit to watch actually. Not good team mate behaviour at all from him. Well, he now has a pretty good...

Timani. Best not to mention his name around here I have found - he is near enough to untouchable according to some folk.

I presume that the guys that played last night for the wallabies were aware of the game plan and had trained for it pretty hard for the last couple of weeks and that the execution was just off last night. I wouldn't change any of the selections other than the obvious (and previously and oft...

I wholeheartedly disagreed with every single word of the rest of your post, but this part (and ONLY this part) above is completely "like" worthy and I believe critical for next weeks selections.

A lot closer on the scoreboard than what I thought it would be, but still looked reasonably comfortable for the all blacks. They are a great side. Disappointed again that we didn't get up over them.

Yes. Very different run on team in the first 8 to tonights match too. II was surprised actually - I didn't realize it was so different.

^^Which pretty much sums up why I said...

I am saying it was a stupid question that shouldn't have been asked given there is no way he could possibly answer it in any way other than what he did, because it was an inflammatory (and frankly) insulting question to ask. The question is veiled at best, and outright confrontational at worst -...

Seriously, what else could he possibly say to a question like that? "yeah, we thought it would be really good to pick as many players from the franchise that least fulfilled it's potential and lacked overall fitness in order to piss off everyone else"? It was a stupid question and it got a...

Really??? It's not sold out????

As does provincial justification for an inane selection.

Nick Phipps' passing game very consistent - it is consistently behind the receiver. Otherwise, I think he is OK for the rebels (he probably shouldn't be in the wallabies). Rob Horne was part of the run on squad that beat wales and scored a try in each of the tests so there is plenty of...