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Great game. Really enjoyed it. I admit I was a bit concerned the Rebels would drag the Reds into a dockyard brawl and Matty To'omua would kick them to the win - but very happy the Reds got the win. Kudos to the Rebels. I appreciate the Rebs fans will be disappointed, but I thought both teams...

Thanks HJ - great shots as always. I always love looking through your shots the next day - it’s a great addition to the game. Appreciate you posting them up here each week.

I get what everyone says about Kerevi being a one trick pony and also that he might stifle our outside players. But the comment here by you, and it is one many others have made, that international teams will contain him has been shown to be false. He might have one trick but he’s extremely good...

There has to be balance. Including some of the younger brigade is a must IMO, but if we don’t bring any experience back then our cupboard is very bare. Guys like Hosea and Blyth will benefit far more from competing in a team environment with Arnold and Skelton then they will from getting an...

I definitely think lock & 10 are the spots of weakness at the moment - but there is no one overseas at 10 who is, to me, a better option than To'omua & JOC (James O'Connor) at this time. On the other hand our best locks are OS & the next crop lack experience. I’m confident they’ll be great in time, but 1 or 2...

Maddocks has been hot and cold. If you compare their play purely at fullback Campbell has been better across the tournament and also earlier in the year. Banks was good earlier in the year but has struggled at Super AU. DHP has missed most of the tournament through injury. Personally I do think...

If players have to be in a bubble for 10 weeks are any international players going to be given a break from their club contract for that long? I assume they’ll need quarantine at the end of that. So almost 3 months not being available for their club.

Is he really better than Fainga’a & Ulese though? Or did he just have a good tournament. I’m not to bothered by the offield stuff if he’s left it behind him. We all did various levels of dumb shit when we were young (and sometimes not so young) and I take it as a given that most people on here...

I’m not convinced on Latu. Credit to him for having a great World Cup, but aside from that he’s been very inconsistent and, at his worst, he is a low work rate, low discipline option whose throwing is poor. I get that the options here have been a bit Meh as well, but I don’t think Latu is worth...

Fair enough - but if your going to take that line on it the you’d also have to concede (IMO) that he was being generous to Kellaway & Meakes in recent form. Both teams have the cattle, it just depends on which version of both teams turns up. If the best of both teams turns up it’ll be an...

Do you have the same table for the last 5 rounds? I think you’d find it close to reversed. The only LHPs that have stood out over the last 4 weeks are the ones that have stood out for the wrong reason. Orr has just been the best of a mediocre bunch. I can’t see him threatening Wallaby...

If we know one thing about Thorn he will he making the boys train hard.

Don’t worry about the rain - how many of our guys get hay fever?

In his last two press conferences Thorn has made specific mention of how hard & patient Sorovi has been working in the back ground to get his game to where it needs to be. His passing game seems much more accurate to me in the last two weeks. If he nails that piece, he will be a real weapon...

1. Orr 2. Ready 3. Tupou 4. Salakaia-Loto 5. Philip 6. Wright 7. McReight 8. Wilson 9. McDermott 10. JOC (James O'Connor) 11. Koroibete 12. Stewart 13. Petaia 14. Daugunu 15. Campbell

I take the comments ‘he could be world best’ with a grain of salt. Technically anyone could be - but it’s easier said than achieved. But I do find it interesting that it remains the view of several guys who have coached at top level and know the players well that his best position is 6. I would...

Speaking of our halves, I’ve been impressed with Sorovi in the last 2 games. He always had talent but seemed in the past a bit indecisive/flaky. Last night and last week I thought he was energetic and crisp. I think I remember 1 bad pass, but otherwise I thought he was good.

No - Tuttle never went off the rails. He had back to back injuries and we had to chose between keeping him and losing one of our other halves. We opted to let him go. I don’t ever recall anything coming out to suggest it was anything other then being unable to keep all our halves. I do recall...

Sorry - I’m not meaning to be disrespectful. Absolutely agree on your central point. Brumbies will be much tougher at home and I am not for a second taking for granted that the Reds will be the ones to play them. One of the reasons last night was such a good result is that the Brumbies are a...

I’d reckon McKellar would be pretty happy with how Samu goes in the wide channel.