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It Hooper didn't use his right arm at all and lead with his shoulder. I don't think he'll got off because he attempted to wrap his left arm around him. I don't think using one arm counts as legal. It's a 50/50, cos it looks fine from the left picture but horrible from the right picture. I...

Looks good from this angle, but I have to admit from the opposite angle it looks really bad, he is leading with his shoulder and no arm involved. Does using just one arm count as legal?

If Hooper is out then keep Poey at 8, the more time he has there the better so he gets experience at the back of the scrum. Just do a straight swap with McMahon and Hooper who play a similar role anyway - plus McMahon deserves it.

1 Sio 2 Moore 3 Kepu 4 Simmons 5 Douglas 6 Fardy 7 McMahon 8 Pocock/Hooper 9 Genia 10 Foley 11 Mitchell/Speight 12 To'omua (Give Gits a rest - he's an old man after all) 13 Kuridrani 14 AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 15 Folau 16 Hanson 17 Slipper 18 Holmes 19 Mumm 20 McCalman 21 Phipps 22 Cooper - needs to build...

Might be a good time to bring in a development player. Maybe expose Vaea to the set-up, or bring back Kerevi.

You'd think Cheika would consider starting Beale there now. If form is anything to go by he's actually making less errors then Mitchell.

Agreed. Git's left boot came in handy too, especially clearing from our 22, takes a lot of pressure off Foley.

With the way they acted pre-game, all the shit talk, they deserved everything they got.

Folau limped off apparently.

To be fair our line-out worked pretty well today. I think tactically it is fine, we just lack a jumper. When we have that extra jumper we are always strong in the line-out. So we don't need a miracle coach in that department just players who can jump, although I guess Matfield couldn't hurt.

I thought about this exact post as soon as it happened. It's a beautiful thing to be proved wrong. Something not talked about much, but Foley's kicking in play was much improved also.

So many players deserved points, it was a hard choice. Foley or Poey for top honours Gits, Beale - great performances Front Row - deserve honours for dominating the scrum. Surprisingly the poorest game was probably Falou with a few errors but he still managed some threatening runs. Oh and...

Fardy was injured. Moore was injured (Hooper was Captain). Sio was available but too fresh, We had Carter instead of Douglas. McCalman instead of Pocock. Front row replacements no where near as good. The shape of the team is hugely different from last year.

That's what England said before versing them too.

The 2 charged down were probably the right choice too, no fullback on one I think. He is just so slow and predictable at executing them.

3. Foley 2. Pocock 1. Kepu HM: Front Row. Gits.

I think we now nee to bring Lilo in for the injured Horne. A back-up 10 to Foley who can play a similar role.

I was the biggest Foley and Beale doubter 3 hours ago. Now I want Beale to start on the wing! Oh how I love rugby.

Did anyone notice TPN nearly knocked himself out in a tackle in he last 10mins. Lucky we flew in Hanson.

I'd think about keeping Beale on the wing for Horne. His combo with Foley is dangerous and he is tackling well... (fuck me I did just say KB (Kurtley Beale) was tackling well?)