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There have been suggestions of a manipulative Mr Chieka on the Northern Forums.

Nice to see a number of the Vic Boys are considered the first drops. Additionally, Leota at lock reserve is interesting. Sure he's played it at others levels, but he's about 194ish, at this level he's a bit small. Squad needs its notters I guess

So it was that James King who played. Saw the team list and wondered. So what have we got. Byrnes (Russia), Phipps (Aus), Vuna (Aus), Weeksy (Aus), Jones (Aus), Rokobaro (Fiji), Veainu (Tonga), Betham (Aus), McMahon, (Aus), Toby (Aus) and King (USA) all making international debuts after...

Key aspect to rectangular games on oval pitches is attendance. If you are going to get 80k by playing at the MCG, rather than 50k at the SFS (I don't know capacities) go for it. If you are going to get 32k at Etihad (see France 2014), you may as well play in the 29k AAMI.

Good news if true. It's our last genuine 8 point game this season, assuming NZs big 4 continue on their current trajectory. Must win if we want to be a playoffs side.

Nature of modern emigration society. British and Irish diaspora of the 20th century is beginning to bear fruits for the Rugby Sides. Kiwis don't have to pinch from elsewhere due to PI Immigration, families come over with Kids at primary school and they come through the systems. Saffas are...

Don't get me wrong, Peter Kimlin is an excellent player, and would crack our 23 no problems even if we were fully fit, just given we'd want a lock, I'd prefer the genuine lock in Chisholm to the 4/6/8 that Kimlin provides.

Undersized is not quite what I meant to say. Despite his size, much like Scott Fardy, the best Rugby I've seen Kimlin play is at Blindside (a couple of games at 8 top), in contrast to other players like Jones and Mumm, who at similar sizes, play their best rugby at lock. Rob Harley v Tim...

Fair enough, didn't know Gus had opted out. Did get a lot less gametime than perhaps envisaged in 2014, but Murray played all but 2 or 3 games last year, so his loss was someone elses gain. Ideal world is that the 3 who're fit stay fit till Cummins is at the very least, and preferably for the...

That's a fun game to play. If everybody's stripped of any foreign caps, here's my Pro12 Saffa team: 1. Allan Dell (Edinburgh) 2. Richardt Strauss (Leinster) 3. WP Nel (Edinburgh) 4. Quinn Roux (Connacht) 5. Franco van der Merwe (Ulster) 6. Josh Strauss (Glasgow) 7. Tyrone Holmes (Glasgow) 8...

Chisholm would be my pick of the 3 on a short term deal. Kimlin's a little undersized, and more suited to a blindside, while Hand hasn't really ever hit the heights of the other two. Murray Douglas would have to be the one in the running for the local boy position, Gus didn't make the Rising...

Colour me somewhat unimpressed. This is a near international team. They're playing a bottom 2 side at home, which is one of the longest provincial road trips in Rugby. And yes, they smash em by ~45, but they still concede 5 tries in the process. Don't know if anything will change when they get...

Drop JD to the bench if Harris, English and Inman are all fit. Placid, Matsushima and Sione out the 23, Sefa joins JD on the bench, for a Reece Crawf, Tamati, Mitch, Engo, Mike, Nic backline. Jacks out of form, and while we probably can't afford to drop him givem the injuries, having Harris...

Simmons being a twit/twat pays off for once.

Ok, so the card is fair, it's a no arms tackle/shoulder charge against a player without the ball. But why does the ref talk about it being late? If the player didn't ever have the ball, and was never going to recieve the ball, it can't be late, or even early for that matter surely.

So the best part of sweet fanny adams different from the one Shute game on telly now, except the Reds stream the Brisbane club game instead.

If you're drinking piss, you drink heavy piss. Tennants all the way.

What's the point of comparing these beers? Piss is piss.

Retallick is just absolutely brilliant.

Quality half. Bit error ridden perhaps, but exciting, as the Kiwis have said, Sharks have decided the pace and style of the game, and the Chiefs have had a really difficult time trying to change that.