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He also want Beale on the wing ............... I see Mumm in the style of Sam Whitelock, and I don't see that as a bad thing at all.

Not sure about that, he is prone to play when he can (not a full 80 mins, but play) and when he can't he has run the water

nah, he simply isn't a test 6, he is a mobile lock and a good lineout option. He just isn't dynamic enough to play 6 at S15 level let alone test level

I would be surprised if he is selected unless Horwill or Skelton are injured, he has been wounded with no game time or form. And Mumm ain't a starting test "6"

We get to disagree there, I don't rate To'omua as a 10 at all (great 12 though), Lilo on the other hand, he is an option, if Foley and Cooper go down.

I see him as a good, flexible bench option if To'omua is about. But I also expect him to get back to test speed quickly, one of the comments from the euro based bok players suggested there is some getting back to the speed of test rugby

He was pretty bashed about, but there is more upside than downside from him. Link once talked about getting balance in a side right, one of those "sides" was experienced old pros to balance the youth and enthusiasm of the younglings.

Yep, Gits was pretty solid in the first test, he did nothing that you would think dropped him in the pecking order below Lilo

This will end in tears

This is a really strange choice, I assume he is cheap and thus worth the punt But the potential downside to the playing group? Upside? "If" his head is right, he is a bloody good winger with a "Habana-like" workrate off the ball

Foley, he played better but straighter, kicked as shit, tackled as shit To'omua, day light both should start, they have been the best two , AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) to the bench McCalman yep That is just a minutes decision starting vs finishing

Mate, it isn't that hard to pick the players who have performed best out of the last the last two tests. The tactics won't change much, we will play the way we play The fringes of the forwards will just become minutes; and who starts and who finishes

I think time for playing players into form are over for this game, pick the form team and roll the dice

well sort of, senior counsels get paid a lot of money to work through the minutiae of contract law, it gets more complicated in employment law

It gets more complicated, sometimes a letter of intent includes intentions to bind both parties ..............

Play your side and go for it, try to win some shit, our depth is good enough to cover some injuries (that doesn't mean we will be good enough to win, just that we should be trying to build momentum)

I expect something like this (with injury/suspension options marked) 1 Sio 2 Moore (c) 3 Holmes 4 Simmons 5 Skelton 6 Fardy 7 Pocock 8 Palu 9 Phipps 10 Foley 11 Tomane 12 To'omua/Giteau 13 Kuridrani 14 Horne 15 Folau 16 TPN 17 Slipper/Smith 18 Kepu 19 Horwill 20 McCalman 21 Hooper/McMahan...

I think Speight is great, but he hasn't played for ages, so nup

It would be lovely to ask Cheika why he had Phipps box kicking in this game

I would think on the form of the last two weeks, Tomane & Horne deserve to start. Speight's circumstances have put him behind those two, Australia vs USA would be his next chance of starting I reckon