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Gil should play one or two games this year starting and a couple more off the bench. The Cheetahs and Rebels games would be ideal for starting and the Lions, Brumbies and Chiefs to sub. Its essential that he doesn't get too badly bashed up before he's had a chance to grow and develop. Playing...

Yes, the first few minutes were painful to watch. Martin's dismissive comments of the Rebels were completely over the top. But that's not the last Super team the Tahs are going to make a mess of, and sooner or later the Rebels are going to embarrass someone and it may be the Brumbies...

Well, Link has finally made up his mind and I think the Tahs will be cheering. This team has two problems, both of which have had airplay before; there's no fetcher in the pack and Fainga'a and Daley are lousy scrummagers. The lack of a fetcher will be less important this week because of the...

Its 4am after he's just played in a team that's had an absolute shellacking. He should be tired, depressed about his performance and every muscle in his body should be aching. So why, please tell me, is he in a nightclub filling up on vodka. Every time I have been in heavy training and my...

Come join me, I'm in the low 2000's.

Just watched the Bulls/Lions game (there's not enough time in the week to watch everything and keep up with the blog and forum). That game was super-intense, unlike the Sharks/Cheetahs, and the tackling was really hard, knock you backwards stuff. Now watching a replay of the Rebels/Tahs game...

Perhaps not this week, but we'll certainly know by the end of next week. The Blues/Crusaders game was a belter.

Can anyone throw any light on this for me before I make another disasterous choice?

According to Fox, last week Ita Vaea didn't play, record any stats or anything. What don't I understand? I'm considering him for this week, but if he's not going to be scored its a bit dodgy to say the least. Match cancellation has royally stuffed up my team and changes. Instead of...

The more I think about this question the harder it is to answer. Burgess is a renowned defender, Barnes is excellent, Carter is the top defending 12, Horne is lethal, Turner is renowned, Kurtley is now just about impregnable. Only leaves Mitchell I guess and he is no slouch. I think the...

This doesn't seem to reflect reality. Was the quality of rugby played in NZ streets ahead of anywhere else? And were the Saffers all so bad that only one no-name made the top team? This is not the same Super rugby I was watching. There seems to be a problem of statistical bias somewhere...

Forecast at the moment is for fine weather both on the day and a couple of days before.

According to Fantasy, FdP made four tackles and missed five. Ended with a game score of -7 which ruined my round and caused Moses to miss first place by a whisker. Both raters can't be right, though I hesitate to identify you as the guilty party. While I often fast forward through some of...

Won't be fuse, he's way too smart. Unlikely to be a Tah at all, Mumm is the most likely and he got a warning yellow last week.

Injured. Out for a few weeks.

I'd have Hanson in for Fainga'a and Holmes for Daley. The scrum needs support for this week after last week's demolition by a weak Force scrum. I'd have a 5:2 bench with two props and a hooker in the 5. That way as soon as trouble appears, Link can ring the changes.

It looked to me that Shep was short when he grounded the ball. I think the TMO's message was basically "I couldn't see it grounded, your call". Then the ref decided that he was probably held up.

I agree with you Bruce. Especially as he is not a noted runner with the ball. He's been around the traps though, so he does understand Super Rugby. Sad to see Davidson couldn't get a bench spot, Chamberlain must be good.

If the Blues take their game from Auckland last saturday then the Sharks are in for a torrid time. The Crusaders/Blues match was as intense and competitive as Super rugby gets and the skill level and speed was very high. It looked like a semi-final rather than a first round hitout. I'm...

Except that, as I posted elsewhere, the look on Ewan's face near the end of the game could have frozen molten lava. He didn't plan to play that badly and to leave it that close.