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Too many defenders went to the open. Although initially when the maul was set up it was close enough to the sideline that 2 defenders were possible, but the ABs drove it sideways first to open up more space. Unfortunately none of the Wallaby defenders recognised the problem except Nic White and...

Which of our hookers exactly would have made that tackle? Folau Fainga’a certainly wouldn’t have.

I have been very encouraged by the form of BPA. It does seem to give some substance to a comment attributed to BPA about him being helped by the fact that the Wallabies lineout structure is more straight forward then the Reds lineout. By extension, if he can bring some of that back to the Reds...

His prefered position has always been 13. You’d think if he was going to move he’d try to find somewhere he can play there?

3. BPA 2. Hooper 1. Slipper

I agree there is a gap, but I remain confident the current crop of guys are the best group we’ve seen for 30 yrs. But they need time. They’ll have some good results and some ordinary ones, but if we can keep this crop together and this coaching group I remain very confident they’ll be much...

Agree 100% that people need to be realistic in their expectations of Lolesio. I did think at half time that this test that debunked the old truism that forwards win matches, backs decide by how much. Not to say our forward pack was great in the first half - but all the damage was being done in...

They did. O’Connor defends at the back too.

I just can’t see why we’d be putting a line through anyone after tonight. Any/all of these guys may or may not go on to be quality test players - but tonight’s game isn’t a good litmus test for that.

This is where I think Kafer sucks - Lolesio, and most other 10s - defends at the back all the time. And he’d know that. I don’t understand why he trots stupid shit like that out. The ABs gave us a lesson tonight and it was a tough night for a young kid whose been otherwise good all year, but...

It’s really not. You just appear to love to be negative. Which is your right, but maybe you should choose not to watch anymore. I honestly think you should consider it. You appear not to enjoy rugby at any level, so why put yourself through it.

I always go into tests with high expectations. But was this result seriously that unexpected??? Our run on side included BPA, Phillips, Wilson, Petaia & Daugunu all who have 6 tests or less. Then we had Lolesio, Simone, McDermott & McReight all debut. That’s more than a third of the team. We...

I think age will count against Neville when there are guys like Hosea, Blyth, Frost & Swain coming through. You’d think Hosea is likely next can off the rank. But if we suddenly got 2-3 injuries at lock I’d prefer they bring someone like Neville in at the moment rather than go to someone...

Agree with all of the positive comments above. The guy I thought was really good was Bell. Not test match ready - he has some way to go there I feel, and I hope they take their time with him - but test player in waiting, without doubt IMO. Very impressive kid and I look forward to watching him...

Maybe. Or maybe he had some work to do to earn his spot and he was rewarded when he did the work. I wouldn’t have a clue either way, but you wouldn’t think he’d get a run in this side without some sort of endorsement from Penney.

Agree. I thought there were plenty of other good performances from guys like Maddocks & Fainga'a - but I guess my list above focused on guys who haven't debuted as yet. Mostly younger guys, but I also thought Neville showed if there is an injury or two it would be with giving him a shot.

Agree. For me, one of the big things is the emergence of talent in positions we are/have been weak in. I thought all of Bell, Neville, Hosea, Swinton, Harrison, Ramm & Wright did enough yesterday to show they will be contenders for Wallaby jerseys - some of them right now, some of them in the...

Without wanting to down play the seriousness and downside of COVID in any way, gee there has been a couple of real positives out of It. Super AU may not be sustainable in the longer run, but I really enjoyed it this year. And being able to give a bunch of these young guys experience against...

Thanks for sharing Slim

At the moment they probably intend to play one at 4 & the other at 5