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Serious question, what would be more benificial for him? A cameo from the bench in highest level rugby or another full 80 for Uni again. Both have there pros and cons but it poses an interesting question in the context of building his match fitiness.

Yes really. Are you trying to put words into my mouth? I am getting that impression as you have left out the guts of my post which actually adds context to it. I made no mention of prioritising one form of silverware for another and am clueless as to where you have come up with that.

I am feeling a real vibe through the community about the Wallabies. People who don't normally care for Rugby are talking Wallabies. There is much more talk in the media also. This is happening even though the NRL and AFL are entering the home run into the finals. Whether by design or by...

For the first time in a long time, the Wallaby pack is showing positive signs of being well balanced. There are no logical reasons to change it at current but every reason to keep building from it. Against the Bokke it looked like one unit where in the past we have had 8 individuals. While...

It already has player x = Simmons player y = Sharpe. It is childish.

He is a real head down, arse up workhorse.

This is no disrespect to the other sides but how the Reds players won it is more the point. They have proven to be blokes who are hard working, well grounded and extremely coachable. They are very good attributes for an international player me thinks. All players at this level have immense...

They prove a player is fit enough to play but doesn't answer the question of whether they are fit enough to preform. That is my train of thought. I hope they both come through, don't get me wrong but if they are not up to scratch, I want the tough decisions made.

What's the go with Matfield? Resting the old fella is one thing but he will also be losing match fitness.

Tamani must have been training the house down. No other explanation for that one. Face it, Sharpe is on the outer but he may not be completely expired yet. NZ this week then Durban the next and maybe this travel is a factor in these selections.

And they are not great at replicating match fitiness.

Fit players please and proven they are fit. Love Drew and Ben R. but we can't afford to carry unfit players.

I say that option for diversity. There is only one way for a player to be proven an international lock. Simmons is hardly proven but is delivering. On the basis of proven I would go sharpe because what has not been proven is Vickerman's match fitness at international level. They might...

I think he had trouble as our players generally don't play with the instict of kiwi players. The young crop has changed this somewhat. He has pretty muched coached in the same niche as UCK pretty much said. Coaches evolve and I think Robbie has also.

The writing was on the wall for Sharpe a couple of years back. Circumstance through injury is the only reason he has made it this far. He is in carear best form but it comes as no suprise he is yesterday's hero in Deans's eyes. Simmons is the future and he is delivering in the present. I...

We blame front rowers for scrum deficiencies but why are the locks rarely blamed when the scrum does not perform? Please ask him will the Reds return to Darwin next year to defend the Territory cup they won against the Brumbies? Ask him about the differences in coaching style between...

We could all sing khe Shan before a game or would that be bogan? Seriously, we should just have the music and let the crowd belt out the national anthem. No disrespect but I find the way those northern hemisphere nations belt out their anthems far more inspiring and challenging.

This is just childish shit. Would somebody like to define cheat? Open your eyes fellas and blame the ref. ALL rugby players do what they can and will so until they get pinged for it.

A couple of positives for the Bokke I thought were Russouw has some real impact at 8 and Johnson is quite a handy bench player. The ring in lock played well, Steyn is a woeful fullback and Stegman was just plain ineffective. I think the Bokke will look better when their first strength team...

Bring them on whoever they are. Lots of talk about England and Twickers last year. Big hype over how our scrum will be roled and on the day they actually ambushed us by playing our own game against us. Don't forget in 08 and 09, we roled right on into Twickers and spanked their pack. Our...