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I see Poey has to play out of position at 7 to make way for the second best No 8 in Read.;):rolleyes:

I agree Slim, but I am not yet convinced and I would really like to see Simone reach his potential as well.

Three Wallabies and the most promising young player in the country all in the mix for the second row. Hardly iffy in my book Brumbieman - I'd have Valetini in the No 8 spot with Samu, Cusack or McCaffery starting at 6. I don't think any of these last three are No 8 material. I really think NRC...

From what I saw, he likes to avoid any collisions. Adds to his speed in attack, no doubt, and minimises chances of injury in defense.

Exactly. Cheika is the national coach, past his use by date but at the very worst to be replaced after the RWC. At this stage, he should have no say in the makeup of the Super rosters, especially given his extremely poor record in selecting players for the Wallabies where form seems to count for...

If the competition is reduced to 14 teams, then playing each of the other Aus sides twice and all the others once would surely only provide 16 games in total. To make 18 games, would most likely involve Aus and SA teams playing two other international sides twice as well. NZ teams would be 8...

Whether true or not, Kafer was widely regarded by Brumbies' fans at the time as being the architect of their second half plays in a period where they often ran away with the game after half time.

In this sense at least, he would be a great role model for Cheika.

Latest news is that Cheika will be doing the rounds of the Super sides next week ostensibly to sell them his Plan and lay out some ideas/rules about resting players in the lead up to the RWC. I have an uneasy feeling the real reason might be to recruit the current Super Rugby coaches into the Wallabies...

Sounds just like a description of Michael Cheika to me. So, where's the change?

And while he had to make some sort of compensatory payment to the Brumbies, the split didn't seem to be at all vindictive or recriminatory. I think there was more to his bailing out than has made it into the public arena.

I like his aggressive approach to the game. Always willing to get into the tough stuff, probably better than any of the other No 9s in the country, especially including Will G.

Rory was a stark omission from Reg's squad. I too think he will make it. Otherwise, I can't really see any real or perceived bias in the squad. I'd just have a few other changes as well. I would not have Beale in the squad simply for poor form reasons. His unsettling effects on the rest of the...

Yeah, why don't the HO muppets grow a backbone and sack the under performing "he who can't be named".

He was. Got on top of every Th he played against. And is more than handy in open play as well. Definitely one for the future.

The pity is BH that they appear to have no other option than to fire a non-performing coach because of the (apparent) terms of their contracts. Surely, a properly managed organisation would include performance targets in the contract that would allow a coach to be let go in such circumstances...

Probably because Link had the personal integrity to recognise he wasn't wanted (at least by a substantial component of the team at the time) and had the good grace to resign. Cheika is not wanted now by the vast majority of the rugby public, and probably by a fair component of players, but he...

Yep, that's right. Will was back to his very best at putting shit on his own players for Will's own mistakes.

DHP's defense has been very marginal at best, one on one, this year. He did get hold of the big England winger just short of the tryline though which was a very solid effort, for which I note Michael Hooper gets most of the kudos for getting under the ball, but it was DHP who brought the winger...

That has an element of truth Slim, but I really liked the way he put in the effort and actuall broke the defensive line and also showed good off loading ability in the last 5 or 6 games with the Brumbies this year. Looked like he had had the shackles removed and was given the go ahead to play it...