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This seems a bit left field to me. Why would we choose a lock who is 26 as a future developer (which is what he will be behind Douglas, Mumm and Jowitt) and who has had a series of bad knee injuries instead of Timani. We took Cross over Staniforth presumably because Staniforth was too injury...

As I posted on the Waratahs thread, his loss brought back memories of losing Al Kanaar. He is one of my favourite Waratahs and if I had a magic healing wand I'd pick him and Douglas next year and along with Benny, TPN and the Fuse we'd cream every pack in Australia and even give the Saders a...

I guess I feel the same way I felt when Al Kanaar had to retire. Will is a huge loss to the Tahs and was under-appreciated when it came to wallaby selection because he was always in tight and seldom noticed seagulling. For me, he was a player who made the hard yards, one of the first forwards...

This is probably a real dumb question but do we have a strength and conditioning coach? Is that the Skills coach (Graham) or someone else.

Has Cummins been passed fit or is he still in the hands of the medics?

Fatprop's point is good. We lost people where we didn't have a lot of depth - had we lost Giteau we could have slotted Barnes in and certainly done no worse, had we lost Pocock then Hodgeson would have been good (maybe not quite as good but based on his Force performances pretty close), we...

I want it on the record. I am a Deans doubter and a Kane Douglas fan.

Everyone is talking Douglas as the up and comer for development (why Deans chose Simmons on S14 form is one of the all-time mysteries). I am a Douglas fan and would love to take him on the EOYT for development purposes. But right now I would take Kimlin over both on potential. He's had a...

That's got to be apochryphal, but what a great line!!

Its worse than that. PAE is a prop and props need to develop, both from a strength and skill point of view. Selecting any prop for Super Rugby before the age of 23 is fraught with danger as they are just not fully developed before then. Locks can come in a year or two earlier, depending on...

Of those only Palu and perhaps Mowen could be considered for 8. McCaffrey is reportedly the back-up for Palu based on Shute form and on that basis with Wallabies getting some rest before the World Cup you would think that he would get at least a few runs off the bench. But then Hickey uses his...

According to reports the condition of the ground was an issue in some injuries. McCaffrey also broke his ankle early. Don't know if anyone else was hurt.

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Has to be Hodgeson, because, although Pocock appears to be indestructible, if he is injured we will have no one to carry out his role. Hodgeson covers all three positions at a pinch, McCalman only two. That said, if Palu gets injured you'd select McCalman in the run on team for the next match.

Every day!

Over Dickenson? Not if the S14 performances are taken into account. He was awesome.

Gits has been very hot and cold. Because you don't lose points for playing crap, that hasn't hurt him. I would reckon he's been getting points every third or fourth test, which is about the proportion of tests where he is playing OK. Structurally 3/2/1 scoring tends to discriminate against...

From a scrummaging point of view I have been a big Palmer fan and was mortified when the Tahs let him go to the Horsies this year. BUT, I saw him play earlier this year and his field defence was AWFUL, Campese turnstile-like. I would not take him, I think he needs time to mature and develop...

Blue, Why on earth would the Cheetahs want to sell someone with that much potential? Are they in financial difficulty or do they just want to remain Super easybeats? They seem to be losing some good players and gaining unknowns from Paarl's list. Paarl, Are the Lions staying out of...

This thread started out by being about the draw and has morphed into a hate session for the S15 concept. If I've got to get over the loss in Sydney, surely others have to get over the S15 concept. That was fixed months ago.