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The issue is not so much the behaviour, but who it is drinking. By the sounds of it, Beale really needs to stay off the alcohol. I want to see a fit and firing Beale in top form. I don't see how this can happen until his off field issues are sorted so they don't interfere. Regarding that...

Gutter "journalist" (what journalist cannot under the use of paragraphs?) and player sycophant Danny Weidler has printed some rumours about Beale hitting the drink. As much as I dislike Weidler and his brand of "journalism" (which seems just as much about big noting Weidler), it's not a good...

Would've liked to have seen Kane Douglas get another shot too. He was good off the bench. I wonder how much of his struggles this year have been down to a combination of second year yips and losing his mother. Anyway, it's very, very likely that they will play on a heavy, slow pitch at...

Oh, and if Samo was in the squad, do you think he'd be played on the wing?

Anyone know how Lilo's ankle is, and how much it may or may not be affecting his performance? That running spark and step has been missing for much of this year, and I wonder if it has been because of that ankle injury he's been carrying.

Wow, surprising. Harris at 12, Lilo at 13, CFS on the wing. Betham not considered, so White and Phipps on the bench with Foley. Phipps covering wing, I guess.

Tomane's defensive hit rate was about on par with the other Australian wingers. Wasn't noticeably better or worse. Don't forget that Tomane hit a poor patch of form this year and got dropped for Rathbone. I wouldn't say that Tomane is any better or worse than CFS or the other guys under...

CFS has started at 13 for the Reds five times this year, which is more than Harris, and has also played 13 off the bench.

A "week" in a ban always corresponds to a "playing week". A "playing week" could be any week where a club / national side that the player is involved in could play, would be my guess.

The only reason I can think of is that Harris is a goal kicking utility who has played 10, 12, 13 and 15. I wouldn't select him, especially as he had a(nother) injury interrupted year, but I guess he's nice coverage on a tour. My guess is that Link sees something in him as Link ended up...

I would've thought the commissioner might have ruled that the offense comes in at the lower end of the tip tackle scale, but a ban of a few weeks was always inevitable for that tackle. Whether it was from the low to medium scale is the question. Kuridrani is a strong tackler, but he has a...

Not since the Lions series - not with McKenzie, as far as I can remember? It makes sense to go back to the RC squad at first choice, as he worked with those guys up to just a few weeks ago, and Betham started in the last game before the tour anyway.

And who do you propose we play at 13 otherwise? To the best of my knowledge, the only two guys in the squad who have played 13 are Harris and CFS. I don't recall Tomane ever playing there for the Brumbies, although Tomane did play centre for the Titans. So other than CFS, Harris and at a...

Interesting. If that's so, I would assume that he'd be likely be starting as you probably wouldn't fly over a specialist winger to sit on the bench. That'd make a backline of: 9. Genia 10. Cooper 11. Tomane/Betham 12. To'omua 13. CFS 14. Tomane/Betham 15. Folau The most likely in my book...

Pffft, it was a cluster fuck from both players. Let's move on.

Why? Apart from the obviously massive hole that'd create in the Scottish defensive backline, I don't see how that'd benefit the Scots any way on attack? CFS doesn't have the worst defence by any stretch; it's not too bad. CFS is actually quite strong and quite physical. The Scots would be...

Betham is not on tour.

If Link is down on wingers and keep Folau at fullback, then he could also put Harris at 13, where he's played a few times at the Reds, and CFS on the wing. I think that Foley to fullback, Folau and Tomane on the wing, and To'omua and CFS in the centres is more likely though. All depends if...

AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)'s beef just seems to be more with the press labelling him as suspended for being drunk instead of being suspended for missing the 12pm curfew.

Looks like team protocols were violated, so fair enough to me.