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That's Coleman's 4th penalty conceded by my count. Good going in less than a half

Not for a decade dillyboy:D

Send him off! QC (Quade Cooper) has to go Edit Ref bottles it. Hate those proffesional fouls. Has to be a yellow

Brums setup with Poey on right side, Valetini on left side and No 8 with the locks in the first pod

Is Hegarty taking pressure off, or performing some of the key roles of a 10 that Stewart isn't able to (at this stage of his career, age 20). That's the worry. We have a bunch of pretty good reserve 10s, and zero Super rugby starters.

I reckon Ben's best position in pro rugby was 22. And that's not at all a criticsm.

I'm not sure the coaches know who's going to be playing there next week

They have the most money, and the biggest budget, but through spectacular mismanagement they lost 31m gbp just last year and have to tighten their belts fairly dramatically

Nailed it!

Genearlly how it's done. But not by the All Blacks or Hurricanes. ;)

I'm guessing based on Hegarty at 10 and Stewart on the bench

Kiwis are usually ahead of the game on these sort of things! Given how critical lineouts are these days - work out a system around keeping your thrower less exhausted.

I wonder if it's more that we are expecting our hookers to participate more and more in attacking and defensive structures, and then expecting them to perform a precise skill while exhausted. A structure where they are on the edge (eg the 1 in the 1-3-3-1), rather than in th eline hitting...

The battle of the two worst kicking teams in the competition. Think it might come down to shallow open side kicks to Izzy Folau, versus shallow open side kicks to Hegarty

The law doesn't discriminate for why they can't come back once they come off for an HIA, so the replacement is fine.

See Thorn, Brad

Search for world rugby HIA protocol if you want more info, or law 3.27 Basically, yes, getting knocked out on the field gets you on the HIA protocol and you can be substituted.

If you're glass was half full you'd look at exhibit 2 through 200 - current members of the national, Super rugby and first grade teams all over the country. We don't get them all, but we get alot

Their kids will be wearing gold so welcome cuzzie bros!

Maybe the game plan wasn't to have the 20 year old lock on debut leading the attacking pods.;). Rodda had even fewer runs than HH. ASY (Angus Scott-Young) and LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) had the bulk of the carries with Higgers when he came on. Bit like how Stewart was taken out of the spotlight at 10. He's kind of the reverse...