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Fair enough. But I doubt Inman will get any faster, which is a shame because he could have been the next Stirling Mortlock. With Quade Cooper as our 10 it might be better to have a bigger 12 and a more skilled 13- a bit like Nonu and Smith. I am really hoping Will Tupou makes good on his...

Inman is too slow. Kingston is too small. 13 should go first to AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper). Then Horne- he might be in poor form but that's no surprise given how the Waratahs have been playing. I'd be interested to see Luke Morahan there. Or maybe Nick Cummins. Anthony Fainga'a isn't a bad option either.

It's hard to know whether it was the winning or how they were winning that brought the fans back to the Reds. Winning pretty is a guaranteed recipe for bringing them back but is much easier said than done. The Tahs need to go down the line of losing pretty over winning ugly. Perhaps like the...

I think that is a pretty tenuous call. I think regardless of whether Horne was there, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) would have been able to power through Sidey's tackle and across the line, but it was still obstruction. Horne ran into a player who could potentially have tackled the ball carrier. You can talk about making...

If the Tahs were dumping 5 players, they would be dumping players that didn't offer a lot to the team. They wouldn't be stupid enough to get rid of guys like Mumm, Carter, Elsom, Halangahu etc. They'd dump someone like Tevita Metuisela (30 this year), BKH (injury prone and not considered ready)...

That's mostly true. But the Force's focus should be on Kyle Godwin. In a position where the Force have a history of dramas, you can't afford to have two development players and you've got to go with the local. There will be a lot of quality players who can play 10 on the market at the end of...

How do you judge the entertainment of a game that doesn't exist? The Tahs played the Force in Perth in 2010. It was definitely a bore-a-thon. The only thing more boring would have been showing up at an empty SFS and wondering why nobody was playing.

Yeah. Good call. Given that Ben Seymour isn't considered ready now, he shouldn't have been signed. If there were any doubts over Ripia, which there were, Harvey should have been signed in Seymour's place. Harvey would have also made a good cover option for Cam Shepherd too.

The positive to take out of last weekend was that our defence probably couldn't have gotten any worse. But a whole new set of starting outside backs has me wondering.

Highlights reels have a way of doing that :)

I know bugger all about Rugby League. What are the chances of PNG getting a team? Or a second NZ team? I reckon an NRL team might do well in Darwin. Lots of people in the tropics seem to be League bogans fans.

It would be a complete joke if the ARU throw money at him to get him to the Tahs. They trying to cut down their top up list to 25, which in it self is pretty moronic. Be a bit of a slap in the face to some of the toilers- like the Fainga'a twins.

Hah! You would love to have him back. As soon as Stephen Moore gets injured you guys are up the creek.

Jake White is the Kevin Rudd of the rugby world. If he wasn't seriously considering it, there would be a blanket 'no' statement.

All of the last few derbies have been grubby. Nathan Sharpe isn't well known for carrying on outside of play. Whoever that was that he elbowed probably deserved it. As for Nathan Charles, who wouldn't want to hit a Brumby? You guys are seriously annoying. Also, you probably deserved it.

Is that even going to make that much of a big difference? Club rugby in Perth will improve but slowly. Since the Force started junior numbers have greatly increased and you can bet that the kid's skill levels are higher. In 2011 WA had one Australian Schoolboy and 4 Australia A Schoolboys...

Came despairingly close in 2009. Come on now Slim, play fair. None of us are as bad as Mudskipper. It's a bit more like a fine china pot and a kettle that aspires to look like Wesley Snipes.

Have a look at the stats. Waratah wins with all referees excluding Kaplan vs Waratah wins with Kaplan. It's something like 75% vs 25%. Something is up there. Maybe like the rest of Australia Kaplan just hates the Tahs. Refer to (a).

The Force have never won a season opener. We have a pretty good record in Canberra though. I think if it was the third or fourth game of the season, we'd win it, but our handling and defence won't be sharp enough to win this one.

He was ahead of Nic White in the U20 pecking order before his injury. Fingers crossed the knee injuries haven't taken all the potential away.