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Agree. Hooker, Cooper and Palu are probably the only first choice players out. But having said that, players who would certainly be in the extended squad is still a significant loss. Imagine having To'omua, Pocock, Moore/TPN, Palu/Higgers coming off the bench. A lot of people have blamed the...

Douglas had a handful of forgettable Test matches before last year. He certainly did not play well enough to cement his place in the squad. You can't blame link for that. Then it was simply poor timing, Douglas already signed oversea's, then had a standout super rugby year. If he hadn't...

Butler would be a good choice. Not sure where his line-out skills are at though.

IMO that's pretty alarming for us. You know what they say "class is permanent, form is temporary". Both are classy players. I don't think it would take much for them to get back into form. Cruden especially, and that will only strengthen the depth of the All Blacks. Smith is certainly one of...

Dagg poor attacking ability? Gee what happened? He carved it up at the last RWC.

Well it looks like Cheika will be coach of the wallabies and the Tahs next year. And that is going to bring all sorts of problems.

Yes and he came out and said he wouldn't take the England role if offered it as he had commitments at the Brumbies he would honour. He came to Brumbies with a goal turn them into title contenders and he achieved that goal. Why come here for 3 years, in order to put him in a good place to...

People break contracts all the bloody time. White's reasons were valid. Get over it. White left the Brumbies in a good place. Their was little negatives from his departure. All this negative attitude towards him is pointless. You say "What's to say it wouldn't have launched him into...

Gee I don't know. He would be in an assistance coaching role not a head coaching role so he couldnt be marked down that much. Being an assistant would enable him to learn what works at international level and also he would be able to learn from Chieka's mistakes without having to make the...

This is ridiculous. He stated their is no point being away from family if it is not helping him become an international coach. Might as well coach locally and be closer to family. Not sure why that is hard to understand.

Strange decision from Larkham. I thought some international coaching experience would do wonders for his personal career as a coach.

And which coach do you think is better at implementing "winning rugby" as opposed to "attractive rugby"? Jake White.

Well it was first game at both super rugby and international level where CL played good at 12. Previously he was best at 10. Its a massive shock. Who knows what to do now!

So Dagg was picked ahead of Smith? I thought Smith was injured. That's surprising.

Cheika as coach. I have so many questions I want answered. What is his veiw on Simmons & Carter. Is Cooper his first choice 10. What's his view on To'omua at 12. Will he bring some NSW bias, does he want Kurtley back. Will he favour players like Robinson, Palu, Horne, Foley.

Exactly. Plus the wallabies should be aware the All Blacks would always chase the win, I doubt they would have gone for 3 points if given the chance, they would go for the win 99% of the time. So keep the god damn ball at their end of the field.

Does anyone think going for the kick was a poor choice. I would have gone for touch for these reasons: 1. if you get the kick the All Blacks will have a re-start where they have been dominating, and at best you will be in your own half under pressure with only 6 points up. Which is what...

Braveheart, the funny thing is he has 100 test caps and has never made an impact when playing at 13 to the level Kuridrani has. Kuridrani has done this mulitple times now against the best opposition in the world. So I think its valid to compare to AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper). AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)'s best Tests have been on the wing...

Speight coming in would push Tomane out. Alternatively, if you keep Tomane is would push AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) to the bench. Kuridrani has proven to be better then AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) at 13 at Test level so I don't see AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) playing their unless their is rotation or injury.

Horwill hasn't been too bad. I think he is getting better each game. Agree with the others, Alexander has been horrible and Robinson has made no impact at all.