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The downside, Rebel rouser, is you'd have always have to select a trained thrower on the bench. That's a pretty important dependency. One might argue that it'd be good to have more throwers, but training a thrower takes a lot of time! That time would be taken from other skills.

Go Gilbert!

There is a good mathematical reason why hookers should throw: there is always precisely one of them on the bench. You can never be sure of having a lock, a six, a seven, eight on the bench, but you can always be sure of having a hooker. If props were to throw, then you would have to train all...

Interesting points, especially about Barnes at 10 and Cooper at 12. By good luck and good play, Cooper has not only made the 10 spot his own, but changed it in the process. Our game plan is now based around width. Which makes the 'unlocking' approach the right one for us now, I think. And we...

An 80kg man weighs the same as a 120kg man if you can't get your hands on him. This is the argument for JOC (James O'Connor) in a nutshell. A 120kg man is unquestionably better for hammering down defences.

Of course we will. JOC (James O'Connor) often goes to first or second receiver for the Wallabies.

The Force played well this year. They were probably the second best Australian team, losing half a dozen games against higher ranked teams at the last gasp. Labeling them as failures because of their low chart position suggests you didn't watch them play.

I didn't make that avatar, PaarlBok, I liberated it from a thread on Planet Rugby. :)

The two Reds in the pack are very grunty.

I think this game will be much closer than we hope. There will be rust - there always is at this stage of the Wallabies schedule. I reckon they may also have had their legs run off at training. Factor in the wet, and I'll take a win, thank you very much. If I'm wrong I'll giggle into my...

I meant the same, disco. It struck me as slightly unusual for a Suncorp crowd.

I'm going online tomorrow to put some money on Samoa to qualify for the quarters.

And yet when fans refuse to accept poor performances, like the Waratahs fans did this year, they are widely pilloried. Being 'hard' must mean being hard on your own players, not on opposition players. Booing visiting teams is as soft as.

I think there are two issues here. The Wallabies' performance as a brand derives from their success in the market. The Wallabies' success as a team derives from their success on the field. Arguably you can't have one without the other. Without success in the market, we will hemorrhage players...

There seems to be quite a bit of pro-Tapuai sentiment around at the moment. Are we really considering promoting him over JOC (James O'Connor), for example, as a potential 12?

But those are good stats, particularly in a beaten team. 12 runs over the advantage line is quite tasty.

What Robinson has said (and I presume it is what his surgeon said to him) is that a small number of people are functionally stable without an ACL, and he is one of them.

How fast is McCabe in relative terms? Genuine question - I don't know.

Don't cross them too hard. We don't want any soft tissue damage amongst the fans as well. ;)

I'm certainly in the party that thinks Elsom is the main obstacle to a properly committed attitude. I'd much rather Horwill was captain, in part since it would also enable Elsom to be dropped if his form warrants it.