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Lee, I hope you have not been wearing them since the last win over the ABs! ::)

McCaw is the only one who is bigger than his opposite number in the list you made. In every other case the Wallaby is bigger.

What? Sharpe is 2.5 inches taller than Thorne and 1 kilo heavier. Elsom is an inch taller and 5kg heavier than Kaino. Reid and MacCalman are the same height, and MacCalman is 3kg heavier. Alexander is 2 inches taller and 8kg heavier than Franks. McCaw and Pocock are the same weight.

The French are a greater risk than the Italians.

I think we have to be very careful. Five internationals in five weeks is too much, and presents a real injury risk. Of course we should rest players. I think most of the first team should get that week off to rest for France. Italy may present a danger, but the French will roll us if we...

If it was a choke, then we may indeed have erred. If we beat them, then we have done the right thing. All winning runs must start with a single victory.

The first XV needs another game together before playing England, not a further rest. We should play the team we intend to field at Twickenham.

It's a delicate equation for Deans. He has to do some rotation - five tests in five weeks is simply too much for the first XV and risks injury. England and France are the biggies, obviously. He could and should play an experimental XV against the Italians, then go back to...

I've heard that NH referees have been instructed to deliberately vary the time delay before engage.

No, the English press roll over for New Zealand, and always have. The papers will be full of fawning, obsequious AB player profiles. Only Stephen Jones will buck the trend, by droning that the ABs are hopeless, but he'll predict an AB win as well. It is one of the reasons New Zealand do so well...

Van was picked to lead the dirt-tracker forwards and should be given the opportunity to do that. Where is the value in putting him out there for one test? Better to give Mumm game time, which he needs, and give Simmons a go off the bench. Lets be honest, there is little chance of Van the Man...

Indeed. Thank f*ck our selectors aren't mired in the dopey provincialism of Australian rugby fans. Half the people that post here only seem to see players from their own Super 14 team. Super 14?!? It's like picking players because they shop in your f*cking supermarket.

Wallabies 72 - 9 New Zealand Rugby Team

Sounds like a Nudgee boy to me.

Re the accent, bullshit. Born in Australia. Played all his football in Australia, except for five years in Auckland as a child. Educated at Nudgee. Speaks with a completely standard GPS Queensland accent.

But Reddy!, he wouldn't even make the bench in his ideal position, 12, only as a utility. His career isn't being hurt: he's getting valuable development time. And he may yet turn out to be a very good winger.

He's fishing for Mutton. ;)

Kowloon is one my favourite places in the world, Lance. I'm extremely envious. Go and eat in Temple Street, south of Mong Kok - marvellous. And Fook Lam Moon on Kimberley Rd is great if you want to spend a bit more. Also Tung Choi Street for bars.

I'd rate Hodgson as pretty close, but he hasn't been given a chance to show it for the Wallabies this year.

He is the new skills coach, not the defence coach, I think.