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I'm not sure about QC (Quade Cooper). Yes, he has all of those attributes Alt. but he still lacks the fundamental skill of being able to defend consistently and effectively. JOC (James O'Connor) is a 10/12 and needs some time to develop there. His speed is blinding but he also has all the skills required to be a top flight...

1. I think it is his time but he still needs to tighten up his game. If Palu is at 8 and Pocock at 7 it makes a pretty impressive backrow. 2.Yes. 3.Always was but Deans tried to create some THs to play with Fat Cat at LH. 4.Palu is the answer at 8 if fit and there are some good young options...

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Good luck to all, particularly the Wallabies. This is it boys. Give it your best.

To lose both Moore and Pocock was a bridge too far. Replace them with TPN who is on his way back from injury and McCalman, who has not played 7 since the 13bs.....and what do we expect? Surely now Deans will see that Higgers is the next bloke into 6 or 7 if needed. It should have been Hodgo...

The scrum battle was pretty even for most of the first half. The breakdown was well contested by both sides through the same period. The place we should have been dominating was the lineout. Ours was a shambles. TPN could not hit the side of a barn. A. Fainga'a showed he probably should not have...

The lineout is his bread and butter. He has been in camp a long time now and should be able to hit unchallenged jumpers. We should have been able to gain a lot of momentum from what was a very good lineout just 1 week ago. I am not suggesting he was the only player at fault. It was a very...

TPN was shocking....sorry to say. His lineout throwing was terrible, as usual, and he could not hold onto the ball. We really missed Squeaky Moore. And not one dominant tackle from him. With no Pocock Moore is a necessity. Higgers should have started at 7. Our forwards lacked any sort of...

In Deans we trust

He wont be the only backrower on the field with that ability.

It would be very nice to have George Smith on the bench right now in place of McCalman. Eddie is still carrying on with that line to justify his repeatedly failed 2 X openside experiment/theory.

I am not familiar with it. Hope Pocock plays because he can be a point of difference for us at the breakdown. Rocky is starting to run into the form that he was in when he played in your neck of the woods. The backrow battle should be fascinating. Can't wait for this one!

Must have been keeping their "maul-turnover" tactic in the back pocket against the Eagles?

It is possible that Deans may go with Sharpe to counter O'Connell and co in the lineout. Mind you Vicks did a good job there last week so he could stick with him. Other than that, JOC (James O'Connor) to start in place of Diggers and Shmoo onto the bench. Looking forward to this to see if the Wallabies can...

This is the time for Shmoo to stand up. He was in scintillating form prior to his injury and the Wallabies will not lose anything with him as Diggers replacement. If Ioane is back for the quarters then it really is not a big deal. Anyone who watched the Ireland-USA match will not be too...

Both Romania and Namibia were fantastic to watch and gave their more fancied opposition a good run for their money. It is great to see the talent from the 'minnow' nations running around and mixing it up with the players we watch week in and out. Both these teams have already left their mark on...

The threat in this game comes from the Italian pack. In the past we have struggled with them because of our set piece and our inability at times to man up at the coal face. In our last test we were very physical and the set piece, while not yet good, was heading in the right direction. I would...

Unfortunately universalsports.com will not let me subscribe for the online deal. "we are unable to stream video in your area" Any other packages that might be good floating around? I will be moving around a little during the tournament. Should be here in the Bahamas for most of the pool games...

Barney, where did you subscribe to online to get the games? I have directv and universal sports but would like to watch as many games as possible. Cheers