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I agree with that sentiment. I think that the notion that our Super Rugby teams must be completely is a bit misplaced. I would also love to see some Kiwis playing in our teams and some Aussies playing in Kiwi teams and still being eligible for their respective national sides. All that being...

It matters because there is (or at least was) a maximum limit of a 2 year contract for those "marquee" signings. This was temporarily waived for the Rebels upon their inception (with their max imports decreasing every year until they reached the same rules as the other team), but I assume the...

And the usual assumption that, being a rugby player, JOC (James O'Connor) is naturally inferior on defence to any league player. JOC (James O'Connor) is actually a very good one on one defender, better than most league backs. JOC (James O'Connor)'s significantly better than Folau, for instance. I'd rate JOC (James O'Connor)'s defence high enough to actually...

Most of the Kiwis here tend to be pretty reasonable, the odd troll aside. I doubt that @dam0 and @dan54 are actively trying to bring the supporters down a peg, I saw nothing wrong with their contributions.

3 is three points (best).

I reckon there were periods in the second half where Joubert had strings of penalties in a row against both the Wallabies and All Blacks that I thought went the wrong way. Was a complete lottery. Wallabies let down by ruck work and handling errors. Defensive alignment needs work too.

We really missed Fardy out there, out backrow was outperformed, even with Cane struggling to replace McCaw I thought. Horwill and Slipper also really struggled. Horwill looks to be way off the pace. Overall, I reckon our forwards were well beaten again by the All Blacks pack. Kuridrani...

And.....it's over. Insane after the siren. Good game to watch in the end.

Nooooo foley :(

Come on TMO!

Cooper's first mistake, a decent pass to Folau and we were in. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) needed to give earlier though and it was a try.

Agree on Horwill and Slipper, thought Simmons was OK though.

Now, that was blatant from Cane. Could be in some trouble here.

Wow, reckon that's harsh on Cane. Thought he got back to his feet.

QC (Quade Cooper)! Nice try saver on Messam then AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) over the top. God Hooper needs to work on his ruck technique.

QC (Quade Cooper) stole that ball, thought he might've earnt a penalty!

Foley on. Who is off? Betham Foley to fullback?

That said, that ruck and Retallick was identical to what Joubert penalised Kuridrani for earlier.

Betham too much across field. Retallick too good over the top.

Wallabies looking more spritely now, at least. Watch the Kiwis sore against the run of play, it is what they do best.