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Yeah - it unfortunately whenever they won the ball back they gave it back with a dropped ball or a shit house kick.

I’d prefer JOC (James O'Connor) was there - but Lolesio can’t have done much more to push his case this year. And he seems a bit like Wilson in terms of composure - so I’m sure he’ll relish the chance. Likewise To'omua/Simone at 12. They’ve both had fine seasons and their selections reward good form. Look...

No idea. My guess would be that, after his involvement in the training so far, Rennie has concluded Horton isn’t ready yet and wants another hooker in the squad. Best to bring McInerney now so he is up to speed if they suffer a couple of injuries. Either that or McInerney was always the...

Yeah - I dunno. Both attracted condemnation pretty much across the board this week (and deservedly so). I don’t think anyone has forgotten them or is forgetting them anytime soon unless the respective players have a blinder.

Plus if he is out of contract and no one else is offering he’ll possibly find the travel far more appealing.

Go the Fish

I’ll concede the statement about the ability & depth of the players Rennie has to choose from is probably premature, but I don’t think Deans consistently had far better players. For starters, saying that he had better players, other than the props, doesn’t work because other teams ruthlessly...

Yeah - but he was used and was okay. He has good hands. He is unlikely to ever become a primary target, but he is a sound 4th option. I doubt many 4th options feature high in the ‘line outs won’ stats. Most of the Reds problems stemmed from the throwing missing target and I found it...

I’m a big fan of Rennie. Have been for a long time. I am also a big fan of all the emerging talent we have and, whatever people’s thoughts are on Cheika, McKenzie & Deans it is highly likely IMO, that Rennie will have better talent and depth to choose from. I also think he has one of the best...

Well our lineout was better. How much was him, I don’t know. Generally speaking I thought he was okay though. But then I didn’t think they should change the team from the previous week, so what would I know.

He got a cut on his foot while got infected and his foot swelled up. They pumped him with anitibiotics and he was fine by game day. Nothing I’ve read suggests it is an ongoing issue. In fact, the opposite.

Are you talking about his foot injury? He got cleared to play the last Bledisloe, so I can’t see it would be a reason not to play this one. I can’t see him being rested yet personally and I think Ned will be retained at 6.

I believes it matters. I feel confident in saying a great many others do. I also feel confident we would be in a better shape in every respect if had better indigenous representation/engagement.

I’m not sure I see the value in Mack either when we already have Hegarty. Unless he has significant potential above what I’ve seen.

But that hasn’t really been a problem for top level wingers for some time. Generally they are most likely to get a roving commission and be allowed to attack across the field.

I do think the lack of indigenous athletes in rugby is a sad reflection - not necessarily on the intent of anyone - but on the lack of strategy. However I have seen first hand that there have been significant efforts made to improve that. Not all of the efforts, IMO, have been perfectly...

I’m not sure of he correct stats - but surely the figure would hold roughly true as you break it down. ie if 3.3% of the population is indigenous, surely a similiar percentage of males aged 17 - 34ish are also indigenous. After all there are no women of any age or 45 year old men, indigenous or...

I think we are sometimes a bit over keen to move our best wingers. Guys like Campo, Tune, Jonah, Roff & Habana played the vast majority of their game on the wing and are recognised as some of the games best. Campo, Jonah & Habana are legend status. I get that some of this is played driven -...

I will say, having watched his video, that did look like a couple of times he has wandered into a pathways game. The first poor kid in particular looked like he came up to his waist.