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McCutcheon has been poor the last few weeks and you could see how disorganised the Tahs were when he was given the ball to run with. He has no impact in contact - maybe he is good in avoiding contact but I didn't see it last week. I would start Alcock, by all reports he had a good one in...

Great education, but you obviously gave spelling a miss. :)

It wasn't a mad cycle. It was one scrum totally dominant over another. The only problems with the ref was the fact that he wanted to lecture everyone endlessly and he was far too slow to give the card and the penalty try. Conditions for giving it were right two scrums previously. Like...

Even longtime rugby fans get it wrong, mainly because they are too far away to see. I love going to the game to get a wider view of what is happening, the TV is so focussed. But unless the action is close to your seat, some of the ref's rulings leave you bewildered. Then you get home and...

So, following this sage advice, when you use your wildcard you would then pick those with high average returns per game rather than the fly-by-nighters, right? Trust me, it hasn't worked so far!

Injured I think.

We need a reality check. He was lifted above the horizontal and then driven down. It was not innocuous just because he didn't hit his head and get carted off in an ambulance. Take off the rose coloured glasses, it was a bad tackle and will get at least two weeks.

The 15 you quote would be mine too. I agree that for some games a 5:2 split is very effective, especially the ones at the pointy end and Giteau's flexibility is very useful. I have indicated where I have unresolved options in bold. The only certainty I have right now is that Shepherd is a...

Just back from watching most of the second day of the Adelaide Sevens and was fairly disappointed with a number of things: Australia: I think the Australian team is under the misguided belief that you can't play sevens if you are over 80kg or 175 cm. We looked like a team of midgets. As...

You've got Toeava for 63 X 2 and I've got Payne and Treeby with 30 between them. I takes me hat off....

3. Mitchell. Made yards every time he had the ball, even in traffic 2. Kepu. Wrong side of the scrum for him and he was still strong. 1. Carter. Did his job with purpose and committment. Honorable mentions to Beale, who led well but kicked too often and Pakalani who was not perfect all...

What I have noticed is that Mumm has been hitting a few more rucks than Douglas. Mumm does have a pretty good engine, which means he can go from one ruck to the next very quickly. Whether he's better when he gets there is another question. Austin's video was not a good look.

Maafu for Palmer against a very good scrum. Salvi on and Colby off. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) sent to Coventry. Gits, CLL and 2M in the wrong spots. Valentine and Phibbs but no Nick White. Brumby coaches have no idea what they are doing because they haven't had enough coaching experience. You can't make...

Remember this is an odd week for the Rebels, who only play well on the even weeks, and they are away. Blues play the Cheetahs so I would go with Mathewson. Brumbies are playing in Invercargill I believe and while the showers are forecast to dry up in the afternoon the ground will be wet to...

Like you, I love Mexted and his flows of psychic energy. It adds real colour to the commentary and you get a sense that he does know from experience what's going on but between his brain and his mouth things get somewhat scrambled.

Austin's analysis highlighted that the Tah work at the breakdown has been poor in the last two matches. In the first two matches the Tahs were very physical but didn't seem to get that much reward for it (the Reds half time score had me really worried). I didn't notice it then but maybe the...

There's been a lot of love on G&GR for Jarrod Saffey, including having him as a contender for our WC squad by Bob Dwyer. I selected him for my squad as a reserve and gave him a run last week when I had to bench Thompson. It wasn't an inspired choice. Despite an excellent game result for the...

Presumably because he's going overseas next year, though why I can't imagine. He's 25, finally starting to break through in Super rugby and if he stayed he'd be a post WC contender if he doesn't turn out for Tonga this time. Had a rough trot at the Brumbies behind some ordinary people but...

Love the sentiment major, but I fear another outbreak of underdog syndrome leading to yet another Cheetahs experience. Hope you're right though.

Apparently the financials were not the bonanza everyone was predicting, so I don't expect it to become a regular event. But it was an awesome game and I think some of those who went will long remember being there.