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Liam Gill. Digby Ioane. Tala Gray. Manu Tualagi.

On the basis of round 1, I'm comfortable saying that Scotland should get through to the quarters. It's still anything but certain, you can never assume anything when it comes to the Samoans, but we should.

If the Coaches want the 6-8 months commitment from players, they should be entitled to get it. In the SH, that means they miss the Super Rugby Season. Don't know what arbitrary point will be selected up North, but they'll probably pick one. It'll be interesting to see which players make the...

Timani's massive frame behind the tighthead is too valuable to give up.

Good signing IMO. Still need a couple more across lock/blindside/8, but not necessarily best 23.

European Repechage finished, their spots for world qualifying finalised. Russia, Germany and Ireland through for the mens. Spain, Ireland and Portugal through for the womens.

There's no allegedly about it. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/33547714

Horne is injured, isn't he? Otherwise he'd be in the side.

With Genia and Horne out, I'd say take a couple of risks. 1. Slipper 2. Moore 3. Holmes 4. Horwill 5. Simmons 6. Fardy 7. Hooper 8. Pocock 9. Phipps 10. Foley 11. Mitchell 12. To'omua 13. Kuridrani 14. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 15. Folau 16. TPN 17. Sio 18. Kepu 19. Arnold 20. McCalman/Higgenbotham 21...

Cooper was by and large shovelling the ball tonight. Don't get me wrong, they weren't bad passes by any means, but calling them crisp or slick or any other synonym is a bit delusional.

It's not so much Mitchell is better than AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper). It's more, Mitchell is still up to test level, having a more dynamic winger was beneficial to the teams structure, and Horne was better than AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), if you get me. The other option for scrum halfs would be to pick this game to roll the dice and go for...

I'd make the following back switches 9. Phipps 10. Foley 11. Horne 12. To'omua 13. Kuridrani 14. Mitchell 15. Folau 21. Genia (White if injured) 22. Cooper/Gits 23. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) Plus swap Horwill and Pocock on for Skelton and Higgers.

Taken too long. Not gonna be awarded. Edit: nope got that wrong.

Think you can't really judge any backs properly from this game so far. Horne's played well, but otherwise the poor scrum and ruck work has meant the halfs have been shovelling the ball along all night.

Kepu looks to be struggling. Might see Holmes very early in the 2nd half.

That'll be a combination of the Brumbies wanting Anae to play hooker for the Vikings and the VRU wanting current Vic players to be played in the Rising.

31 minutes 24 seconds.

http://m.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/33547714

Heh.

Thought the squads had to be officially lodged end of July, beginning of August. That's the impression I'm getting. Rising just put up an article confirming that I think. Edit: Early August. http://www.melbournerebels.com.au/news/article/rising-ets-progressing-nicely Suggests that they're...