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It all comes down to struggling to execute under pressure

He is an upgrade on the current threats

Expect it to happen for Beale as soon as he is healthy as well

Yeah, the Bok away loss was the one we should have won. Losing to the ABs, the current Poms and the Irish away is not outrageous, they are all damn good sides. Although any Poms vs AB match may come down to home and away factors over the next few matches

yep, it is why they send all the coaches out to "help" the franchises & clubs

It is interesting that many of the Kiwi sides don't even get together til around now yet we think the coach needs to be in a full time job all year round. Seriously just how "full time" is a super rugby coaching gig in September? How many planning days does it take?

There was some pretty decent ads for this on Foxtel this weekend, nearly had me considering going to it

They did, but I think Phipps & Foley would have looked pretty good behind that English pack. Very few halves (if any) look decent off back foot ball

I would suggest they do try to look for those mismatches, and when it works, they look like geniuses The challenge is that their skills are letting them down under pressure, bad passes, bad catches, missed tackles etc etc especially when they a fatigued and this was a very, very good...

I do wonder what "plan B" would have been effective against the Poms last night Kicking the ball away? Really? when have ever won a kicking duel? More long passes? Really? Just how do we support a wider game without positioning more backrowers to support the inevitable tackler and next phase...

It can't be as shit as that supporters jersey from this year

Despite being low in locks, Kruis & Lawes are streets ahead of we have to put out

Yeah clearly there is this set of experienced, game changing test players who are available at the moment to make major impact off the bench at home doing the gardening just waiting for the call up

Also the fun fact that we (and most countries) don't commit many units to defensive rucks unless there is a call

I think training in winter, in Glasgow, could be a tad disheartening for a Fijian born unit as well

This is the perplexing question to me, both are 80 minute players, so you won't need to\want to budget for their replacement. So playing the other on the bench just delays the "Pooper" to later in the match as they will replace one of the other backrowers, not the starting "Pooper". So you...

You can't keep them all and I think he went to get more playing time as he was down the THP pecking order for the ponies

Lock and backrow are a drop off, but the rest are pretty good (and I reckon Slade is a bloody good)

We are in transition, and our bench each week highlights this. Actually I reckon the bench is probably the best way to look at a teams real chances in most games in the modern game Just slot in the whole bench into the starting side and whether it is comparable or a massive drop off.

The chances of both Simmons and Douglas being able to keep their intensity up for 80 minute is just not reality and Mumm gives us the flexibility to cover 6 & lock. Hooper and Pocock are 80 minute players, you budget for them to go the distance. I expect Douglas (at the moment, at peak...