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Even the worst Aussies on that site are alright.

Yeah, it's been like that since Friday, I think. People were talking about them bringing it back up on Monday but it never happened. Expect to see more people on here if it closes!

It wouldn't surprise me to see PR disappear at any time. People there occasionally sail quite close to the wind for a website owned by a mainstream publisher.

Beale, JOC (James O'Connor), Hynes Mitchell, Turner, Davies, McCabe AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Inman Giteau, A.Finger Cooper, Barnes, To'omua Genia, Burgess, Kingi McCalman, Brown, Mowen Pocock, Hodgson Elsom, Higgingbotham Mumm, Simmons, Douglas, Sharpe Alexander, Kepu, Ma'afu Moore, S.Finger, Charles Robinson, Slipper...

If Horne stays fit he will cut up in next year's S15. As, hopefully, will Chambers, although I think Horne has more to offer than Chambers, having watched him come up through the ranks. Reds fans won't like that assessment. ;)

It was entirely, erm, tongue in cheek, Hugh.

I have high hopes for both Horne and Chambers. I think Horne suffered from the game plan, which seems to bypass 13. My feeling is that one of those two as 13 with AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and Ioane on the wings is our strongest combination. We are then also starting to have a very strong defensive lineup from 12 out.

Hi there AC. Yes, it's looking a bit dead over there.

I'm not being nasty. I'm engaging in banter. Hence the winky smiley. ;-) Harden up. ;-) I hear your arguments, but nonetheless think Deans has been playing Genia with a niggling injury for strategic reasons. The tactical win is probably to play Burgess. I'm torn, personally. I'm sure the...

Yes, that is what I trying to say. :)

cyclopath, the irony is that Burgess does have a good long pass. We've seen it many times. But as several posters have pointed out, it hasn't been reliable in the past: for every three good ones there is one in the stands. I agree - give him some solid game time and introduce some proper...

Giteau has been thwarted regularly by the posts moving left.

Nanai, I think it is obvious (not ludicrous) that Genia is still affected by his injury. My objection was to your 'ludicrous' judgment. Many players have struggled recently with niggling injuries to the detriment of their game, including Elsom for example, and TPN. Deans clearly feels Genia...

Either way, Nanai, you seem to be saying Deans is making a stupid choice. It seems rather convenient to say that one stupid choice is more stupid than the other, and use that argument to rule out the possibility that Genia is carrying an injury.

It's gay code, MajorlyRagerly. It means they're available.

We're on the other side of the draw from both the ABs and the Saffas. Either one of them or us would have to come second in our pool to meet before the final. But I guess my point is that I'd rather play any other team than the ABs in the final. If they choke before the final then we probably...

We sure have to beat them to win the Tri-Nations, but the RWC draw is cunningly arranged for the ABs to play all their bogey teams before they get a chance to play us in the final. Give 'm a long enough rope and they're fairly likely to choke themselves with it.

I think we did reasonably well. It would be wonderful to be winning more games but the fact is that we're not as good as the ABs - yet. That isn't due as much to our failings but to them being a very good team. Clearly we have problems closing out games. But at least we're in a position...

No one trained for professional rugby in either code is going to get anywhere near their sprint times when they trained for athletics. The training objectives are entirely different.

There is a very good arithmetic reason why hookers throw into the lineout. Firstly, 2 and 8 are the only forward positions that have just one player in the pack. If you were to use dual-player positions, you'd have to train twice as many men to throw in order to have freedom of replacements...