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Change the competition to touch rugby with contested breakdowns. They'll win for sure.

The gap between 4th and 5th is much, much larger than I would have expected on the table. Not come game day, mind you, but still very large.

Maybe if you took the S15, T14, Aviva and Heineken champs you could have a round robin of sorts? Something to do in January.

The only Wallabies who really could have been there were Hooper and Barnes, and I can only see Barnes having made it. As for the Saffas, Habana and Louw could have made it. But really, if it isn't the Darkness who wins it this year, it's wrong.

I'm really surprised Jonny Sexton, Danny Care and Fracious Louw aren't on the list. Gotta give it to Carter or McCaw of the four. Will probably be McCaw but either would be fitting.

I don't care how this ends, I'm proud to be Australian today.

Being in the guy's class, he is pretty grounded. Not that he has experienced this much fanfare before. Hopefully this year he gets a run-on in the final.

Barnes showed a return to form, Cummins was good under the high ball, Hooper played well enough to retain his position, both hookers were impressive, Tapuai could be a long term centre solution. The scrum was god awful, the line out not much better, we fell off of too many tackles, over...

Does the Fra-Aus game remind anyone else of the RC match in Pretoria, or the Super Rugby final this year?

Pumas showed the benefits of a competition with the top three. A dominant display. Speaking of dominant displays...

Rathbone would be down the pecking order, if he was to appear I'd expect to see him covering for an injured winger.

I'm of the opinion that, until O'Connor is available, Harris is the choice 12. Have been since the Wales series. The XV we saw before Rosario had no intent. They were proficient but they didn't want to work, the true depth of this being seen in South Africa and on the Gold Coast. When I saw...

So, as much as I want to see CJ at 8 and Lambie at 10, the lineup will be Beast, Strauss, du Plessis, Etzebeth, F. van der Merwe, Coetzee, Louw, Alberts, Hougaard, Steyn, Mvovo, de Jongh, de Villiers, Pietersen, Kirchner.

Australian international rugby might not have been brilliant this year, but can you say the same of New Zealand, South Africa, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Argentina... ect? And what about Super Rugby? Supporters of the Reds, Brumbies and Rebels are surely still happy with the two years in the...

Has to be Etzebeth, he'll be the best lock in the world given time and experience.

I like the idea of Harris at 10 anyway.

Our backrow just needs a good eight to be equal best in the world. Honey Badger can catch.

1. Robinson 2. Moore 3. Palmer 4. Timani 5. Sharpe 6. Dennis 7. Hooper 8. Higgenbotham 9. Phipps 10. Beale 11. Ioane 12. Harris 13. Horne 14. Shipperly 15. Ashley-Cooper 16. Polota-Nau 17. Slipper 18. Simmons 19. Pocock 20. Genia 21. Barnes 22. McCabe

Pocock would have earnt a squillion during the world cup and the wales tests, same for Digby. I'd love to see Hooper get it though, he's been amazing :)

3. Hooper 2. Higgenbotham 1. Beale HM for TPN, Harris and Phipps. McCabe was pretty good too.