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There is a lack of foresight in the selection of this team and it lacks balance both in the 15 and on the bench. We start up front with Fainga'a and Maafu. S.Faing has done reasonably well but he is not in the same class as Stephen Moore. Maafu has not fronted physically and is not in the best...

Problem was that it was not even penalised. I think that Hougard(sp.) bumped into Owens when he could finally get his hands on the ball and he ended packing down a Bok scrum. McAWE came in from the side and sealed off the ball before retreating after Owens told him to. No penalty or warning but...

It was a great test and one that the Boks will feel they let slip away. Juan Smith made a huge difference to the Bok pack at the breakdown and in general play. He and Gouger showed up Spies in every aspect. Hougard, De Jonge and Aplon all played extremely well and showed that they belong...

No question that we would all (even folks who are not from Qld) prefer if he stayed and Australian rugby would be the better for it. But....there are just better ways to go about the re-negotiation process

I say let him go. He is obviously enjoying the attention despite it distracting the Wallabies from the job at hand. He had better perform in SA.

Brown has to be the back-up 7. They should start with McCalman or Higginbotham at 8 and have Brown on the bench. What happened to Hynes???? I thought he said he was ready to roll.

What is it that he wants exactly? If I understand it correctly he is receiving around $600K now if you include match payments, endorsements etc. That would seem to be pretty good I would have thought. If he's not happy give him a deal worth $700 all told for 1 year with an option for a...

I guess......but the only centre who was anywhere near as effective as Mortlock in his absence was Ioane. We need at least one of our centres getting us over the advantage line and dishing out some offensive tackles......as offensive as possible!!!

That was before this years 'new' law interpretations. He might go a little better there now.

That is true. We need to be converting Horne to a 12 and plan on playing Morty there if and when he returns as well.

It is a real shame that he didn't even make it back on the pitch for the Wallabies this time. Thankfully Hynes is back.

No, not necessarily like that. More by taking the pressure of Cooper by giving Genia another genuine first receiver option and by ripping the Boks up when put through a gap by Cooper or Genia. A. Fainga'a is a good player but he does not have the game of Giteau just yet. In contrast Giteau...

We need to get back to what we were doing before the Melbourne test against the ABS which was run the Boks off their feet. Giteau has a big part to play in this and agree Hodson must also play the majority of the first test in SA. Also hope Deans starts Moore and gives Fainga'a 30 odd minutes...

This. Giteau will be right back at 12 and Deans can carry on where he left off before QC (Quade Cooper) was suspended. Giteau will take off after the RWC next year and then JOC (James O'Connor) will be given the opportunity to settle in to a starting role in the midfield. He is a very good bench option because he can...

That game was recently and there is no point in Deans leaving him on the bench when Genia is not going so well. It's like pulling teeth to get Deans to use his bench effectively. He was a little better in ChCh but Burgess would have been a good option around about the 60 min. mark. I am a big...

Genia seems to lack confidence since returning and is slowing down the play at the base of the breakdown. It could be that he is just waiting for his team mates to reset or he is being indescisive, an old failing of Luke Burgess'. Burgess on the other hand has been very good at ensuring the...

Fair enough about Higgenbotham. He just has speed and size to burn and someone just needs to show him how to use both, preferably at the same time. It could be his time will come after 2011. So if not him then how about Chapman or McCalman or Mumm at 6 and Rocky at 8?

Fainga'a went OK but I am sure Deans will revert back to his first choice 10-12 combo of Cooper-Giteau. There is amazing potential with Giteau running off Cooper and Fainga'a is a little limited in attack. Looks like Hynes will be back on the wing. I agree that Beale looked excellent and I hope...

I would slot "F*#*ing" in there somewhere and that would just about be it.

Either way there was enough there for the citing official at least to have it looked at. If at that point it was decided that there should be no futher action taken then so be it. You cannot tell me that this was not as serious as either of Fouries or Coopers citing offences. Some refs may...