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Calling him anything but Rob Valetini, or naming others as Ned Hanigan, Matt Phillips, Nick Phibbs, Allan Alatoa, Israel Falou, Isaac Rodda etc is just laziness. I know - I've done it myself on odd occasions. It is quite easy to look up the correct spelling on the various team sheets. Grammar...

Ridiculous post. Getting a players name right is not grammar. It does show a bit of respect.

Going through the HIA protocols to establish his fitness for the weekend. Coleman, himself, says it's just a bruise.

There certainly are many shit reporters in the news papers these days. And editing is a thing of the past. Actually, I find it disappointing rather than amazing. Probably surprising that it didn't evolve into Valentino.

BH you are not alone. Most poster here, including some Brumbies' fans, seem to have adopted the Valetini name, incorrectly. It is Rob Valetini. Just like Melbourne have Matt Philip and NSW has Nick Phipps (not Phibbs as I saw again with some disbelief in a post earlier today).

My main point BH is that the collision with Barrett was accidental and not worthy of a red card. The bump by ALB was obvious but fairly minimal. I don't think it was sufficient to overturn the red card; I think the red card was not justified in the first place. ALB should have been penalised for...

Slim, I'm with Barbarian on this one. I was watching on Fox, and the game did not get underway at 8pm as advertised. It was delayed by a matter of some minutes. Have you noticed how any evening Super Rugby games in this country now start at 7.45pm when they used to be 7.30 and are still 7.30 in NZ? Fox...

I actually think the reasons given are just a smokescreen. I reckon the JC didn't agree that the incident warranted a red card and they had to construct an explanation for rescinding it that didn't leave egg all over the ref's and TMO's faces.

I don't think you are right with that argument BH. I clearly saw the bump in real time and on replay. There is really no reason why the ref and TMO should not have seen it too and considered it in their decision. If nothing else, this matter highlights a couple of issues imo. First of all...

Yeah. Wasn't it just last week that the TMO said he had more vision not available to the officials and public that confirmed a knock on had occurred in the action of scoring a try, in the Wallabies/Irish test match?

I am not overly happy to see Isa move, but think it will be in his best interests, and possibly the Brumbies' best interests, in 2019. He has been earmarked as a future Wallaby and his early form with the Brumbies was confirmation of his talent and abilities. He has gone off the boil a bit...

Surely, the TMO had all the angles to JC would have had, and all the discussion between the ref and TMO should be ample for a correct ruling to be made. I think the JC is trying hard to tin plate the Ref/TMO's collective arses while overturning what was in all sensibility an incorrect decision.

So, he has a 28% win rate when he starts and 57% when he's in the 23. That is a hell of a success rate when he's on the bench! Talk about a rubbish stat, KOB. I think you're just making things up.

Well, Joe Schmidt is canvassing the idea of leaving a couple of his stars out of Test 3 to give the next rung a bit more experience in top class rugby. I don't think it will happen, but if it does, it will be because he sees that as the best way to develop depth in all positions leading into the...

Froggy, just one point to make - I am very confident that we gave more possession to the Irish through poor kicking, by both Foley and Beale, than they won through turnovers at the breakdown. I asked the question in an earlier post, that no-one has yet responded to, but how much of the Irish...

IIRC, Mostert ate the Wallabies lineout, including the guru, for breakfast in that game. I also seem to recall Rory Arnold & Co getting on top of Mostere at lineout time for the Brumbies subsequently.

BH, what were the lineout stats for the game? I seem to remember a couple of steals by the Wallabies (Rodda with one - 5m from our tryline - and maybe with both?) and not sure if there were any losses on Wallaby throw. The lineout was much improved on the first test, I believe, and I don't...

That's quite a step down when Phipps/Foley combine (if I'm reading it correctly). Would be interesting to see the makeup of the opposition in each of those situations - I assume most of the ABs tests would have used the Genia/Foley combo.

Could not agree more with this post, Barb. One thing I have noticed though is that other rugby test matches seem to get started at the advertised time. Only seems to be the Aus tests in Aus that are delayed. Would that be at the instigation of Foxtel, maybe?

Agree BJ, but I wonder where that leaves the officials in their interpretation of the contest in the air? Hopefully, puts the TMO back in his box, only to ever come out at the invitation of the central ref. Can't see it happening though.