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Our forwards coach, Simon Raiwalui for those who forgot that we had one, has managed to keep quiet and escape any scrutiny since taking on the role this year.........

It was still there about an hour ago.......... This conversation has fueled discussions on other rugby forums today.

I don't think anyone would seriously argue that the two players in question haven't "cut it" at test level............ They've both been world class at times (both have been nominated for World Rugby's player of the year), and were certainly tremendous during last years RC.

To be fair, JW used the term 'calling,' meaning that Coleman is determining where the throw is going to go, so for eg. saying "alright, let's throw it to Hooper at the front" and then not adjusting the call when 2m lineout expert is lined up against him.......... and then following that up with...

Nah, his lineout throwing wasn't very good for the Reds towards the end of the season, and as barbarian mentioned - Fainga'a's throwing wasn't the problem last weekend. I think a different caller might help, but there seems to be a deeper issue as we had good lineout guys there in 2015 and 2016...

Darcy Swain received the Rising Star nomination for this week.............. I didn't realise that he qualified, and now that I know that I'm a bit surprised he didn't pick up a nomination sooner. He's definitely a strong contender for the award this year.

Great piece on the front page.......... I couldn't agree more: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/why-i-cant-support-brett-papworth-and-alan-jones/

The lineout issues haven't really been with the hooker though............ There was nothing wrong with Fainga'a's throwing on the weekend - the lineout has just been a basket case in that team for a few years now. He did have a very nervy start to the game, but appeared to settle in after a...

On a different topic......... In this week's Top 5 piece mst talks about the Fairfax article that flew under the radar a few weeks back which went into a bit of detail of Pocock's contract............... The big (non) revelation being that Pocock was not paid for his year off...

For fuck’s sake........... what’s 88mph in km?

We threw to him quite a number of times, for whatever reason............ But there were back to back to back throws we lost to him with Etzebeth easily picking him off.

I was going for a top shelf lineout backrower and he just happened to be the first that came to mind..........

You might have to ask someone in the Force's media team why they couldn't fit in 'Western Force' when writing up the fixtures on the Force website............

Ummmmmmm......... https://www.westernforce.com.au/fixtures/

It's interesting that the blame for the lineout issues are being laid on the players and not the coaches........... Paul Cully's take from weekend:

From Paul Cully: This has been a constant problem throughout Cheika's tenure............. we've generally had two of the best lineout teams in Super Rugby in the Reds and the Brumbies, and even when those key lineout players have featured in the Wallabies it still failed to function. We could...

I don't think this story is about any current Super Rugby player, because "rugby star cops 4 year ban for drugs" might have just made the news..........

Wallabies losses always bring out the strangest posts........,

The Canberra mafia??? Please, tell me more.........

3. Pocock 2. Hooper 1. Koroibete