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Exciting thing is the number of locally produced players. Burton, Lacey, Godwin, Hardwick, Hoskins, Longbottom, Haining and Hodson. Also Kane Koteka and Ryan Louwrens are from the local competition. About a quarter of all players named.

The extra pressure of being captain didn't improve Pocock's game. Pocock had a fairly quiet year in the Super Rugby and few tests that he played. He might have looked better in Super Rugby because he spent about half of the 2010 and 2011 seasons injured. His Test form in 2010 and 2011 was much...

I call bullshit on that. In the Waratahs game in Perth last season Ma'afu got sinbinned on the Force 5m line for repeated scrum infringements. Longbottom came on and the 7 man Force scrum won a turnover against the Waratahs. Sure that is only one game but people who are not Force fans...

Depends how they meant it. It could be that he is a key player for the Force who is a Wallaby. Or it could be, as you read it, that he is a key Wallaby player. Personally I think Ben McCalman > Dave Dennis. But being a Force fan of course I would.

Brumbies optimism :) Force optimism would be: The Force fielded a side without a lot of experience playing together compared to a very stable Brumbies starting line-up. It took them about 20 minutes to click.

Very interesting. I guess it kind of makes sense if you have Stanley, Dellit, Rasolea and Cummins all capable of playing 13 and Mafi wants to be a winger.

I don't think seeing him train at the Force at the moment will tell you much about what he might offer. I've seen his Shute Shield highlights and you get a bit of an idea of what he is about. After a few years of Ryan Cross (2010) and Rory Sidey at 12 (2012), who both offer little other than...

If he has the pace to be a wing why not play him there. He would be very handy at the breakdown, which would be an asset for the Reds as it should reduce the risk of turnover if you send the ball wide.

I'd really like to see Kyle Godwin get a fair bit of game time this season. Depending on how things go, it would be tempting to try Godwin at 10 and Ebersohn at 12. Against the Kings for example or if we are late in the season and no chance of finals. It would be good to see a bit of CTM at...

No. Sexton was born here. There will be no eligibility problems. R. Murphy was not born in Australia and does not have any Australian born parents of grandparents. That is why, despite living in Australia for around 10 years in the past, he is not currently eligible for the Wallabies.

There is too much talent in the Reds backline. Share the love. We'll take Lance off your hands. It will help you out with all of these selections dilemmas.

I think it will come down to who comes out of the blocks fastest. The last two games between the Force and Rebels have seen the Rebels put 20 odd points on the scoreboard in the first 20 and the Force playing catch up for the rest of the game. I would back us to dominate the Rebels in the scrum...

I agree. I actually think that if you are going to play a defensive 12 you should go for Rory Sidey at 12. He isn't as big as Inman but he is a touch faster and he is very good at the breakdown. He would make up for the fact that the Rebels don't really have a good 7 (or at least not a proven 7).

Yes, but you have to wind them as you film so the promo will have to be fairly short.

That's a tough one. I agree in principle but it is hard to argue with the fact that while Matt Giteau was playing for the Force we won more, often put in good performances and the profile of the game (based on local media coverage) was higher in WA. We also had bigger crowds. Not that it...

I don't think we have one high profile player in our whole squad any more. Sure we made attempts to pick up a few high profile players in the last few years but who wouldn't want Will Genia or Quade Cooper playing for them? And to be fair from 2006 the 10 years Jets quoted would see us...

Sounds like whinging from McKenzie and Cheika. The Reds only want Horwill, Genia and Cooper to play for a chance at winning their game and to make a wad of cash from gate takings. Seems unreasonable that the Reds, who already are getting a weekend game that the Brumbies, Force, Rebels don't...

That Tahs game will be the second last game of the season. The Force will be well out of finals contention by this point. The Force must play their best team against the Lions. It would be great to start of the Lions tour with an exciting close-fought match. We are highly unlikely to contribute...

I agree completely. At best I think the Force will have an ok season in 2013. So if you will be mid-table at best (and I mean best), why use an EPS spot on someone who probably won't be at the Force long term? Rohan Saifoloi instead maybe?

Hodgson was the second choice Wallaby 7 behind Pocock until Hooper hit the scene. He didn't play 7 for the Force last season but he played a handful of games at 7 in 2011. He wasn't nearly as good as Pocock at the breakdown but he definitely has a better skill set and has a lot more mongrel. I...