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Blind Freddy maybe, but not our old mate Dan.

Be my guest D.

Like your narrative Phil. Sorry I don't buy it. Wombs were distinctly worse in every respect in Auckland. I'm with Derpus on this one.

Could be so, Guts, but then if Aukland was a case of experimentation,Wellington must have been his first choice starting side. Wouldn't he then be more likely to revert to thr Wellington team, with maybe Hanigan in for Simmons who hasbeen invisible or worse in both tests?

Doesn't hit as hard, but who does? Otherwise his defense and tackling abilities have been unquestionably good throughout SRAu.

He's a Red. Enough said.

It just makes sense to have the rock on to start and to bring the animal on in the second half. I would do the switch at half time because AAA can always come back on if TT cops an injury in his 40 minutes.

I agree the forwards were struggling to get back to the play, but Ned was stable in position when Smith dove for the line.

Too true. Nic was on more than two or three occasions forced to enter defensive rucks to do the work of the missing backrowerrs. On another occasion he had to physically enter the ruck to retrieve the ball as it was about to be turned over by the ABs. Things that no other halfback in the...

Interesting Dan, thhat had Rennie been coaching the ABs perhaps Ardie, PT, and Mo'unga would have been dropped for Bledisloe 2 because their individual form in Bledisloe 1 was sub-par.

Wright was playing out of position. We had all hoped we'd seen the last of that crap with the end of Cheika. Not a good look from Rennie at this early stage. Hope he has learnt a hard lesson. Wright would be a different proposition at 7. We were missing physicality at No 6 today. High...

3 Philip 2 Wilson 1 LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto)

OK. The first error was Rennie making four changes to a side that had exceeded expectations instead of retaining a consistent side with a bit of reward for their efforts last week. I said before the game, it would prove Rennie to be a genius if the Wallabies won, or a visionary if they were...

Yeah, let's just go with the Reds. After all, the Tahs, Brumbies, Rebels and anyone else are just pretend Aussies. GTFO. Any player from any franchise is a Wallaby when they're selected.

While we're at it, the selection of Coles doesn't infer anything. It might imply or insinuate, but taking inference is what the reader does, not the actor.

Would Paisami play 12 like Kerevi? Looks like a similar type of player with similar skills to me. With the rest of that backline I don't think the game plan would be a restrictive "give it to Paisami " as it was with Kerevi, but no way you'd want slow ball getting to the likes of Petaia, Daugunu...

Nah. Not many would, disagree that Rennie put out a strong, fairly balanced team in Bledisloe 1 and got a result. Few would have made as many changes as he has for this game and it's a risky approach. Win and he will start to be regarded a genius. Draw or lose in a close one and he'll be a...

Happy news KOB. I'm ok. The result will show if Rennie is a genius, or more of the same from the last 5 years.

Not forgetting Stewart returning to his rightful spot at No 7 too.

Why BT? Seems to me a better arrangement would be for the Super Rugby winning coaches from Aus and NZ, McKellar and Robertson, to share the coaching job.