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Must be bittersweet for them. Imagine being a young front rower and winning an all expenses paid rugby trip to Europe. Then being told that beer and pizza were off limits.

Personally I'm really interested to see how Timani & Hodge go. They both have a great chance to stake their claim to their jersey. Reece Hodge must be pinching himself regarding how good his year has been.

Still a shame. I really hoped that Taps would be one of those players who had a second coming. In a position where there are so many arguement re ball player vs ball runner, he was effective at both. Unfortunately though he never seemed to recapture his best form since 2012. Hope he goes well.

All good points and most likely correct. But, in the back of my mind I can't think of a time so far this year when there has been a compelling reason for Cheika to really choose between Pocock & Hooper for the 7 jersey. This, IMO, has been the first time both are on an equal footing fitness wise...

Tapaui is also very effective at the breakdown. I don't know why he has played so much 13 over the years. To me he always looked very good at 12. I remember reading on numerous occasions that he preferred 13, but I think he was wasted there. I'll be very interested to see how he goes back at...

Hawko - honestly mate, thats rot.

'Bushing' is perfectly acceptable vernacular in my parts.

Haha - yeah, fair enough. Very classy post that one.

I'd be happy with the leaving Genia out and going with three domestically based halves, despite how good Genia has been. For me Phipps & Frisby are good enough to be test options, despite both having some short comings. I'd like them to include a third that helps us build depth in our halves...

Honestly guys - is it that hard to work out. You two really are coming across like a pair of plonkers. Either show some class or fuck off.

Haha - when I posted that, I knew someone would come up with an example like that. I didn't think of him - although I did think Tui's form tailed off at the end of the season (but maybe that was more to do with the environment here).

Fair points Amirite, and you sound more on top of this than me - but people coming back from Japan haven't tended to go well going straight into a super rugby season. I get that we need our best players to give us the best chance to win, but we also need our players at their best, particularly...

When does Australia name our 24?

I always though his original pairing with McCall was the best balanced 2nd row we had over the time he played. There were no frills to McCall, but he was very effective.

I'm sorry Michael, good on you for putting out your opinion, but personally I think it is complete bollocks. The only threat that the majority of these guys wouldn't have been successful in the modern game is if the modern Australian development structure managed to strangle the talent out of...

On the flip side, I can potentially see Tui in particular get opportunities (most likely still off the bench behind Neville) + some of our second string backrowers early in the season to take some of the pressure off Douglas and Simmons coming off test duty and guys like Higgers coming from Japan.

I wonder if the will take the approach that, at the moment Talakai will give them a strong and steady option for 50 minutes then they can bring Tupou on for the last 30 to be allow him to be an impact reserve. Whilst I think Tui looks really good at this stage, I wonder if a similiar approach...

To be fair I distinctly recall McKenzie referring to Digby as having a 'roving commission' & Digby referring to getting off his wing. Your point about what the coach wants is fine - but it's not as if the casual rugby fun invented the term. Some wingers are harder workers & instinctively better...

I agree that the Medic shouldn't have touched the ball and that he should have been sanctioned by World Rugby. I don't see how that exonerates Phipps though. Edit : sorry - I know you weren't suggesting it does. Personally I have focused my comments on Phipps given he is the one in the...

I am feeling quite positive about the next crop of boom youngsters coming through the Reds ranks. But I do temper that excitement a bit knowing the hype that was attached to guys like CFS, Toua & Browning and the failing of the Reds system to develop that talent to its potential. Although, in...