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But it’s a tactic we’ve employed consistently KOB, against various opposition. In that sense, I can understand To'omua doing it - presumably he was following the game plan. But, gee, I know I am but a mere hack, but if I’d just pinched three line outs in a row I’d be pretty willing to kick long...

Some good individual performances. I feel we are in a tough spot with our halves. Neither Beale nor Foley are in form but, on the flip side, we really lack cohesion and continual changes isn’t going to help. Really not sure what the best option is for next week. I thought To'omua was ok without...

3. Rodda 2. Kerevi 1. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) HM Coleman, Pocock & Koroibete

He’s not a play maker 12, hence the need to have someone like Foley at 15 rather than Folau or Banks. It would be a departure from our current game strategy but I personally feel it would be workable - and I don’t think I’m overestimating him or expecting from him skills he doesn’t have. It is...

I’d be surprised if too many people here think that if Foley & To'omua are playing together that Foley should be in 12. I don’t mind FPs suggestion of 10. To'omua 12. Kerevi 13. Petaia & 15. Foley but I figure that experiment at this time probably serves no purpose as I don’t think that resembles...

12. IMO he’s a better 12 &, despite all the concerns re Foley, he & To'omua (with Foley at 10) works better than To'omua & Beale at the present IMO.

Yeah - I can’t see much logic there at all. Very keen to see Petaia get a crack. Would have liked Banks to be either on the other wing or at the back. Will reserve judgement on AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) given I haven’t seen him play for three years.

My experience in my patch is the kids will play anything they are given the opportunity to play. The certainly don’t despise rugby. But it is much easier for them to play league, they are more connected to it and, if league and rugby ever conflicts league have no concerns with flexing their...

Not disagreeing with you at all BR - but it is hard to have a good attacking maul from a lineout when your lineout is shit to start with. Fix the first bit and we might at least be a chance with the second.

I would like them to give 10. Foley, 12. To'omua 13. Kerevi a go with an intent to keep them together vs England. I don’t see how Beale can be a justified selection v England, but I wouldn’t like to go into that test with a completely new combination either.

The other issue with not taking the points is that our lineout was clearly struggling, and had been all year. Maybe if the lineout was clearly dominant and our driving maul was working I could understand.

For all the criticism of Grey & Larkham (much deserved) how the hell is Raiwalui justifying his pay cheque at the moment.

Why the fuck do we keep kicking it?????

Yeah - Uelese is out injured and has been for pretty much the whole season. Wherever he sits in the ranking is presumably tempered by the need to get some game time to reassert his place in the pecking order. It’s not like he’s a Jack Dempsey after all.

Yeah - there is. Faianga & BPA. But Latu is not a train wreck either. Look - I understand that frustration. Like I said, I wouldn’t have gone with Latu (from my armchair). But, IMO, BPA had a chance to nail the starting spot and then his throwing (which was pretty good early on) went to...

Like almost every other option we have at the moment his selection is some type of compromise. He wouldn’t have been my pick, but you’d be hard pressed to make a convincing argument that one of the others has convincingly made the jersey theirs.

Well, to be fair, it isn’t really over the top to expect a test level backrower to tick those boxes.