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I think Frisby would be at the bottom of that list at present to be honest. Which is a real pity, but he has come a long way off the boil.

Is that where the levy is going though? I had always understood the NRC is cost neutral.

Maybe the Reds should just call it off on the basis they can't make it there and split the points. Seems only fair.

I can understand why Cheika would go for Phipps if Genia or Powell were injured. Particularly if it was Genia, and particularly against the AB. I think it would be an amazingly gutsy call to play the ABs with Powell & Louwrens as your halves and it would probably expose them to an unfair level...

Where do you see Tuttle? Genuine question - and not mean to imply in any way that he is part of the equation for Wallaby selection at present. But I do see him as being very strong across the basics and uncomplicated - two things I thing are very important in a half. The sort of guy who could...

Wasn't Ruru injured at the time as well?

Maybe. It certainly seemed Cheika was reluctant to use Powell. But I saw his selection of Phipps more as him not wanting 2 inexperienced halves in the squad (I wonder if he would have been prepared to take that risk if Louwrens was fit). Honestly, who knows what Cheika will do but I personally...

Personally I thought Louwrens may have got the nod if not injured, but I thought Powell had good form. I do really like the way Ruru plays as well - but give him a bit of time. Fat Prop/Braveheart correct me if I'm wrong - but Phipps was dropped even before he was injured wasn't he? From the...

Bit harsh to say Powell was terrible. Didn't he play about 10 minutes all up across the 3 internationals? And none of those minutes against Scotland, if I recall.

That's marketing gold. Surely we can get onboard this. After all, if we can get the rugby powers that be to bring pressure on Joe to scrum fairly, wiring Shiggins up for a game can't be that hard. Maybe we should give him the refs mike so he can give the ref some helpful pointers on the run.

Been doing it all day, sir!!!

To be fair, I though Browning seemed to show a fair bit more upside in his last season in the Reds. But he was let go/forced out (I don't know which) by the recruitment/retention of Higgers/Tui/Smith/Houston et al. You could argue that Browning was coming through at about the rate that he...

We didn't this year because we had two senior locks (Simmons & Douglas), 1 experienced backup (Neville) & 2 promising rookies. As it turned out the rookies outperformed and were able to win starting births. Next year we have 1 'senior' lock & 4 rookies. They may well handle it - but it is...

It's very unbalanced. If two of Douglas, Tui & Rodda are injured then both Hockings & Blythe may be required in the match 23. And this ignores the potential for one or both of Tui & Rodda to suffer 'second year syndrom'. Unless we plan to pick up another 'journeyman' type lock on a low value...

I think it's worth noting too that he was very young when he walked out on the Bulldogs.

Haha - yeah fair enough. Even after I posted it I thought that bit was a bit dumb and didn't really make my point very well.

Jeez some blokes make it hard to dislike them.

Is that realistic though? Do you really expect any coach to regularly front the media and see 'yep, it's all my fault. I'm shit.'

Well, I knew at least one person would take my comment this way. I have no problem people being critical of Cheika, and have been myself - but he does have a comparatively successful record as a coach at super & European levels, he did take us to a World Cup final which I think most would...

One thing I found intriguing, in the modern age where role definition is so much less defined by the number on a players back, we did we continue to give Foley the job of kicking for line on penalties. Hunt or DHP both have longer kicks and have pretty trusty boots. It would seem to me such a...