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1. TC absolutely deserves a chance in something like the Scotland mock-Test. He's performed well-to-very-well as 12 for the Tahs this year, and we need to expand selection options for the remainder of 2012 at 12. 2. From what I can see on the NZ and SA rugby sites Jnor, we are the only nation...

The other dimension to this 2012 "Test" roster stupidity is the extra risk it poses to our Aus S15 teams' chances of performing well in the S15, via injury in this extra "Test" and/or the fatigue of having to train for and play 4 Tests in the S15 break period. And clearly, in this case, it's the...

Indeed Gnostic indeed. My only point above was not to question or argue Harris' value to the Reds _somewhere_, but rather to simply note his actual value as a really productive _12_ per se has not IMO been proven as yet and via only 2 or so 2011 games as 12 and when he had good support...

The recordings are in HD, there is no higher delivered resolution at sports grounds, to my knowledge anyway. BUT, the difference in acuity for such purposes as detecting overlapping lines or images, especially in fast motion from multiple camera angles, can be massively enhanced by the use of...

I don't think there's any tickets on sale yet, except maybe in full tour packages. See, for example: http://www.weloverugby.com/lions/ THe ARU's main site www.rugby.com.au will likely be amongst the first to announce ticket availability for the BIL tour.

Precisely the thinking needed re Reds game plan for the Stormers - when the direct attack cannot match the enemy, what can (more than) compensate in a powerfully indirect one.

The nature of rugby fans, a nice story from the game: http://m.warwickdailynews.com.au/story/2012/04/10/veteran-allora-prop-shines-off-the-bench-in-reds-w/

Just btw: when has Harris clearly and consistently established himself as an excellent 12 for the Reds?...in a handful or less a number of games in 2011 before he was injured and out for most of that season?...or when?

We only beat the Stormers in 2010 and 2011 through superior cunning in game planning and related tactical execution accuracy, not 'beating them at their own game', quite the contrary. We set smarter traps for them, that they didn't see coming. Their classic strengths of offensive defense were...

Gnostic - agree of course re A Fainga'a, just seems a lot of uncertainty still as to when he'll be back. Ioane back v Blues April 27. If Lane's confidence keeps building, I actually think he'd be a better 10 than Harris showed he was (albeit in only a few matches). Eg, IMO's Lane's passing was...

Link is quietly conceding that a number of Reds players have been impacted - at least to some degree - by the very long playing season they had in 2011. This quote is from an April 8, 2012 interview he did with B Cannon for The Herald Sun:

Some speculation, perhaps worth discussing: in what scenarios, against what oppos, or with what game plans, might it make selection sense to bring Lane back at 10, say Taps 12 (his best spot), Harris 13 (and kicker), Lucas 15 and drop Morahan or Davies altogether? Both Morahan and Davies have...

We also beat the Stormers @ Suncorp in 2010, by a handful of points IIRC.

The one dimension not mentioned here is that undoubtedly, up there in his viewing suite, the TMO will have screens of the highest resolutions, and probably other technologies like frame-by-frame, frame freeze and single frame blow-up software to guide his decision-making in very tight...

"Brumbies seek ARU Extension on Mogg". Btw, this emerging issue re status and use of the EPS highlights the total squad sizes that Aus S15 franchises are finding they need, and we are at just Rnd 7 of the S15...

Swarley, yes, but. Note your emboldened players above number 22, a match day team. Now, the new ARU policy permits 10 more players only in the 2012 and 2013 Wallaby squad(s). There are 12 player type lines above. To get to 32 players, we can only choose 1 more player from each of only 10 of...

It'll be some night at Suncorp on April 20. Reds getting key players back (or so we hear), Stormers looking fabulous, but Reds morale is rebuilding, won't want that Suncorp record shattered. It'll be an electric night. And build up banter we'll surely enjoy with Paarl maybe just as electric...

Some great points in there Hawko, IMO. Yesterday, I got to thinking this: The QRU has just repaid - 2 years early - some $2m-$3m cash to the ARU. That's clearly a sum the ARU didn't plan to have back until (hopefully) 2014. Now, you and I share a firm view that we probably need, starting in...

I just can't add much to tl12's excellent list above (though do disagree re Morahan), and Sully's good game summary on the blog. - outstanding to have a 31,000 crowd during Easter when a lot of Brisbaneites go coastal and with school holidays on top. And I thought we might see a few...

...they fill up blogs though, do they ever...