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What you’re implying is correct, it’ll get ignored 100s of other times in various situations and, by the same token will get picked up by local refs when it has absolutely no material impact on the game becuase they feel the need to show the are in charge. None of which changes the fact that...

No, I’m really not. Attitude is of the utmost importance. But that doesn’t mean the science of S&C isn’t aswell.

Yes

You’ve changed :)

Well, I believe they are taught to hate the Wallabies from birth, so I guess age is irrelevant in that sense.

The pass was a touch high, but it was on, and it was good enough that he could reasonably expect Kuridrani to catch it.

Then, to back it up, he was the closest Wallaby player when Daly scored at the other end. Counted for nought of course, but good to see that sort of effort.

I believe when he was at Gloucester he spent most of his time at 13. And went pretty well there.

3. Koroibete 2. Kepu 1. Hooper

Gnostic - I agree with most of what you say. I guess I am prepared to cut him a break on last night.

Gnostic - I look forward to your later post, as I always do. I get that he is a victim of his own past behaviour - and I would agree he has acted petulantly in previous media conferences. But I think you are being harsh on his behaviour this morning. Do we really expect every well paid coach...

What do you want him to do? He is clearly an emotional guy. He has the cameras pointed on him to pick up every reaction. Despite constant provoking he didn’t actually blame the ref and he specifically said that the Wallabies has to work on what they could control. At the end of the day he is...

With regards to who was better/who deserved to win etc - it may seen a simplistic arguement but, at the end of the day, that is why there is a score board. You could argue that, save for a heap of dropped ball at the wrong time, Wales looked better for good parts of last weeks game. But they...

Interesting some of the comments on Hooper. The yellow card thing is tough. Yes you’d like him to clean the up, but not many of them are dumb from memory (last weeks was - but apart from that). Maybe some careless. But a lot just come from having such a high involvement rate and referees issuing...

Jokes aside, I may be alone here, but I thought most of the big calls were right. The yellow card on Hooper seemed harsh, but I think he called 4-5 penalty advantages in the one passage of play on our line. If the situations were reversed I would want a yellow, otherwise you essentially send...

I thought Enever handled it better than O’Keefe.

I did consider that BR. If Tupou comes in that does seem the most logical move. But it just seems you are then mucking Ala'alatoa around. I’m sure he wouldn’t see it that way and would be happy to take whatever jersey is passed to him.

I am really unsure what to think re the S&C. Thorn was known for his meticulous preparation. I don’t think you have to have a degree to be an expert. But, on the other hand, it doesn’t hurt and Damien Marsh, as you say, had a track record of success. If Thorn is to be success he needs to be...

I agree BH, you can't look at things in isolation. But I think that it is questionable that we needed to make the move, and it is certainly questionable that it has produced a result. I don't think you can argue he has proved to be a better option then Cowan, Smith or Faulker would have been (or...

Reg - was wondering if you could provide your perspective on something. Last year I felt we struggled with fitness levels. I understand that Thorn & the S&C staff clashed and, it has been speculated on here at least, that that was what precipitated the S&C staff seeking employment elsewhere...