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Or now that stats don't paint the WJ picture, we need to consider unmeasureables! ;)

I agree, pretty much. Was surprised by the penalty try, but on second viewing I definitely thought it justified. Sin binning, however, looked harsh.

Hmmm, it would be between Shepherd and Pretorius for most expensive top-line Force player, based on a "dollar per minute played" basis. Well, OK, Pretorius wins hands down, but Shepherd would be right up there. The guy is a serial crock, sadly.

His entire team has played. He won't be there for long. Ioane for captain is going to be a huge fail for me with rain pissing down in Brisbane.

Wonderful post, but I reckon he ruined the thread. Too accurate. Watching (reading?) the endless to and fro is much more humourous. One thing I will say about Carter: he's been improving every year. He's developed more from a role player in the team to a key man in the backs. And what is...

From the replay of the maul, TPN definitely came in from the side, it was blatant. The maul was still going, and he shuffled around the edge and tackled the ball carrier at the back.

For the Rebels - their tactics at ruck time were woeful. The second Carter try had 15 phases of lead up, and I reckon the Rebels competed at maybe 2 of those rucks, at most. If you let the Tahs forward endlessly recycle and roll forward with uncontested ball, they will find space for the...

The Tahs pigs were so far over their opponents at ruck time that it gave the Tahs backs a real chance to shine. Another good effort at ruck time, but the discipline needs work. Giving away 4 - 5 kickable penalties against good teams will hurt them. I can't wait till Cutch gets back, as I...

I thought the penalty try was warranted as there was no question that it was deliberately brought down; but it looked more like Paddy Ryan was the main offender in pulling it down to me. For those interested, a replay is on Fox Sports 3 now (12:20pm Sat) and the maul in question will be in...

Please keep your passing motions between yourself and the toilet.

Sommerville is/was a much better scrummager than Weeks, though. He was the cornerstone of the Rebels scrum. To me, the big discrepancy in the pack is the front and second rows. I don't think Byrnes is of starting Super XV quality. Lipman is about the age where an openside should be...

Swat; brave move for a Tahs fan to buy J'OC. Not sure that the Tahs are the team I'd bring him in against - I think he'll be fairly well constrained this week.

Can we please post to the relevant thread now?

Polarising players are great for fan discussions, and let's face it, Tom Carter is one of those polarising players.

I've brought in Hugh Pyle from the Rebels as my smokey for the week (to replace Bekhuis, my cheap-ish who did nothing) and Wyatt Crockett to replace Slipper (who also did nothing). I really wanted to buy Benn Alexander as I reckon he's a good chance of getting a tight head or two tonight, but...

The Tahs have their full strength front row, and it should be too good for the Rebs as well. I'm expecting a solid domination at strum time to the Tahs. I am hoping that the Rebels forwards turn up to play after watching how the Tahs attacked the Reds at the breakdown last week. It wasn't...

Pat McCabe on the bench? When is Siliva Siliva due back?

And I'll say this about the Tahs forwards: they seemingly combine to be more than the sum of their parts (like I've often thought the Crusaders pack does), particularly when they are aggressive around the breakdown.

I don't know if I am sold on Luke Jones yet. Not that I've seen much of him. Hasn't he been injury riddled on and off as well for the last couple years? Haven't seen much of him in the Schute Shield. Or maybe the Rebels have just done a good job hiding him from the spotlight... I'm more...

Sure, agree we should all move on in this thread, but maybe you should drop the obsession about what the Reds did or didn't do (and I would be shocked if players like Higgers weren't big sledgers), because it has little relevance to what Carter did (right or wrong). Back to the topic: just how...