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Take my hat off to you Reg. Drua win by 5 when you tipped them by 4. Didn't think there was any way it would be close with that half time score. Final score 40 - 35.

33 - 14 to the Drua at half time. Drua appear to be able to score or at least make many metres every time they get the ball. I said elsewhere that the teams in the NRC don't put a premium on defence, and so it is in this game. Many of the Vikings must think tackling is optional. EDIT : a...

Still, you'd have to think the differences in the stated weights are close to the mark if every one of them is cheating about their actual weight.

The Vikings front row has been having quite a few problems in recent weeks, particularly early in the games. The loss of Makin has been huge. Any news about his return? or is he out for the year? Tom Ross will probably find the Drua scrum a little less of a problem and with Mann-Rea beside...

Reg, when do you anticipate a game thread being opened for the Drua/Vikings game? I would do it myself, but I seem to have lost the privilege of creating threads.

Barb, out of respect I will post one last time on the subject, but in truth I am now so disillusioned that I'm not of a mind to take any more interest in the Wallabies until Michael Cheika has been given the flick. I mentioned Hooper in all of my comments because he was the player central to...

Latu will add weight? Is that what you meant? Latu, 178cm, 110 kg. BPA, 183cm, 117kg.

Nice to talk about some real rugby Reg, not the crap elsewhere. I think the most promising prop on the Force roster is Harry Lloyd but I do harbour hopes that he will return to Canberra in due course.

Thanks Barb, especially for not calling me out for regional bias as many with waratahs in the corner of their posts do. In fact, I have been consistent all year, and before that, in looking at and suggesting better options from other Super teams rather than just picking the Brumbies'...

Hey Reg, says a lot about my opinion of the other No 10s, right?

Can you explain just how the calls are being picked off by the opposition, please, when the call is transmitted to the thrower by a prop and is not made at lineout time itself? The opposition can't know the call. But to lose so many lineouts indicates there is a problem. It seems to me it must...

Our real problem in the forwards continues to be the selection of Hooper and Pocock together. That weakens our ability to win the collisions, get over the gain line, and to win the lineout competition. Not the only problem, but the one that has most far reaching implications. I agree, Coleman...

I have been banging on over a few weeks about the lack of a proper fetcher in the Vikings, but I do think the three No 6/8s might be the way to stop the Drua. The Drua don't give too many opportunities for the opposition to win the ball at the breakdown with their high paced off-loading game. A...

Of the new names, I think Archie King has been offering more at 10 than any of the others, including Mason.

Beale at 12 has not been ok this year. Two wins from 8 tests is not a record anyone should be proud of, but in Beale's case, many posters have lamented both his lateral running at 12 and his inability to exert himself in defence. He has contributed very little to the Wallabies' cause at 12 or...

Ian Prior?

Too true Slim. Why would anyone call a lineout to Hooper at 2 when he's being marked by Etsebeth? Never played in a lineout in my life, but I bloody well know I wouldn't do that.

Need to add to my earlier post that the young Brumbies also produced a couple of very good front rowers; the hooker and LHP were both strong performers at set piece and in the open.

And what about Genia's even worse effort after Fainga'a had missed Pollard?

Yep, but most of the detail is lost in the murk of a full day's watching rugby. As I recall, it wasn't a really high standard game but very close until the young Brumbies scored a couple of tries late in the game. The No 12 was very involved and knows how to beat a tackle. Hopefully, he grows a...