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I'd imagine all the same that the Force would have been crowing. You can only compete in the competition you have. All the best to Rebels. One round remaining.

If they have it is a lesson well-learned. Chance to get back to reality.

Over Ala'alatoa? As captain? It's possible but not really in the streets of likely.

Personally I'd prefer White and To'omua. You are not wrong on likelihood though.

oops. :oops:

Yep. Bishop's article though was full of "White is very good at xyz" but everything quoted was historical. Is should be was and what we have seen of him is two 30 min sessions off the bench. A much smaller opportunity to demonstrate his selection let alone captain. However, the choices are...

Wow, Baba you are so on this! Why can't everybody see? ;)

Double 6 v Double 7. Eddie is quite progressive in how he melds skills in a team, sometimes a disaster but he learns. hard not to like. Agreed - I am looking forward to seeing how Rennie builds this team and the way it plays.

Oh tosh. Ben isn't trying to make the ABs greater (though I bet he'd have a plan if you asked). NZR did that. Behaviour is different to quality analysis.

Ben Darwin: Quality analysis cogently argued. Impressive not only because of how rare that is in rugby. Still... If the Wallabies is your sole driver in design of rugby in Australia then I'd suggest that Darwinism is on the button. But you still need to build it from a successful and...

I re-watched the Reds Force game. Even though he only had a little over 15 mins I though Flook looked really comfortable out there. People have been rating him for ages, look forward to seeing how he goes.

He made his bed. Now he sleeps in it. (And it has taken time to get there.)

This.

Dan, from Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Rugby Super 6 was the start with three provincial Kiwi teams - Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington. Then expanded with Super 10 with Waikato, Auckland, Otago and North Harbour. Thence Super 12 with five from NZ.

I'm no expert on NZ Super origins, but didn't they start with the top teams from the domestic comp? Then swap to regional rep teams to be able to compete with the Australian Unions? That amalgamation still sees emotional discourse from Kiwi rugby fans. [South Africa started with and stayed...

What you describe in retrospect not allowing additional teams into Super would simply have seen the same trend, just steeper. Here in Australia. It may have kept the quality up but eventually at great cost. You are right of course - 5 Teams in Australia, on it's own, is no more sustainable...

This level of issue with props - is it just (bad) luck?

Different metrics, Dan. As I said above, condensing down the number of teams very likely would increase the quality and in turn the performance or at least experience of WBs selected out of it. But this presumes that the rugby back here in Australia remains commercially sustainable. Which it...

Response to the issue brought up by others. Clearly a big spend on THP is different to a 7. There are two in every game day and a theory that the 3 is the first signing required in a team and the second being the 18. Long term deal with a THP does not spell the same message as with a 7...

Sure. But in this case correlation should at least suggest further consideration of the claimed experience. And of course, without correlation there can be no causation.