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I agree Bru. I don't know why the ARU don't just disband the Force and have two teams in the ACT. I hear Robbie Deans has already pencilled Dylan Sigg in at 6 for the first of the June tests.

The Tahs should be wetting themselves. Come the end of the season Hooper will be soooo pissed off that he hasn't got any game time he'll be ripe for picking for the Tahs. Jake White is the Steven Bradbury of the rugby world.

Michael Hooper was an absolute pain in the ass when we played the Brumbies in Canberra last season. White should watch the video. Hooper was helped by the fact Pocock and Hodgson were out injured but still. The Force have a better record in Canberra than they do at home. Two from three and the...

Ewen McKenzie tried something similar when he played Leroy Houston, Ed Quirk and James Horwill at 8, 7 and 6 in the first game last year. They repeated it the following week except with Higginbotham in for Houston. Both Reds sides were completely overwhelmed at the breakdown and was a reminder...

The Cheetahs won their first game outside the Republic since their re-entry last season after 5 years. Last season Lions won their first game in 2 years breaking a 17 game losing streak. It might be tougher this year but go back two or three years and it would be far and away the easiest. As for...

Bad news for the Force. He will feel obliged to penalise the shit out of David Pocock since the shit storm from the world cup. Breakdowns will still be a mess though. Better hope Sharpie is fit, and Stephen Moore isn't, and play for territory.

I'd pick the Reds to take this one- their backline is too cohesive. How much by will depend a bit on how the ref polices the breakdown. You'd have to back the Force backrow over the Reds but we will need to disrupt you a lot to stay within reach. Our line-out probably won't function well either...

In the long term having the Rebels will be great. I'm just saying that it could be tough for a couple of years. There are a couple of positions where few of our teams have quality depth. The ARU could've given each team an additional marquee slot and a development slot and phased that out after...

The Melbourne Rebels came too soon. Australian Rugby was just finding a bit of balance after the input of the Force when a whole new team comes in. There was also the post RWC wave of retirements and Japan/France/UK departures. ARU needs to give out more marquee allocations until we can handle 5...

The Force will make a squad announcement tomorrow.

Sorry. Should have clarified that. I mean are you sure he was with the Force?

Don't want to doubt the oracle but are you sure about Jesse Leota, LG? Never heard of the guy. Stanford also played a few games for the Rebels Rising. He looked pretty decent for them in a trial against Western Force 'A' last season. After the Tahs trial he's just a rep for the Reds away from...

Super Rugby teams don't have the depth to rest players- not in Australia anyway. When players get to the Wallabies there is a bit of scope for player rotation without losing too much on the park. There are a couple of positions where we don't have the depth in the Wallabies either. Particularly...

Ben Afeaki? He is a whopper.

Someone from The Whole Force will probably post some updates.

Fair enough. I don't really mind if he goes anyway he is too much in the same mould as our other backrowers. I'd like to see Sam Wykes used as a 6 or getting a Palu style wrecking ball.

Whats the source? None of the articles I have seen have said anything about 1+1.

Sorry bud. McCalman signed on for 2 last year. Unless there is a clause or he is released, the earliest you'll get him is 2014. Richard Brown will be off contract at the end of this season. Don't know about Higginbotham but I don't remember him having signed on with the Reds recently so he...

Pek Cowan played for the Wallabies in 2011. Yeah you could swap around Slipper and Cowan but you can't criticise Cowan being in the 22. Slipper will be playing mostly 3 this year anyway, won't he? But then again I could make a great argument to start Nathan Charles over Saia Fainga'a. Winston...

I guess the banana skin depends on the team that runs out. I think it would be a pretty top side. Assuming they are available and its only Reds and Force and you could have: 1. Pek Cowan 2. Saia Fainga'a 3. Salesi Ma'afu 4. James Horwill 5. Nathan Sharpe 6. Scott Higginbotham 7. David Pocock...