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He was. Thems the breaks though.

Jeez - talk about impact from the bench.

There is plenty of time for Foley to prove he is fit & in form. It's only March. 10 is Foleys spot to lose, as per Baabaa's post above.

Like, for example, playing the full 80 & being able to play more than 1 game in a row?

Carter is in form, but at test level he has generally been a copy of Simmons, rather than complementing him. I wonder if they'll be more likely to go for someone Coleman or maybe even Arnold who provide less work rate but more grunt. Normally I would expect it more likely they introduce one of...

I think it just comes down to the best players don't necessarily have any weird and wonderful moves that club players don't have, their execution of the basics is just so much better, and they are able to do at at a higher pace and with more physical pressure. This comes down to repetition of...

It's interesting - Tomane has been a good winger for a while now, but when I first watched him play I thought he was going to be a superstar (although ironically, I thought at 13.) That might just speak volumes for my ability to understand back play, but, in any case, it's good to see Tomane...

Good inclusions. Gee it's good to be talking about some exciting prospects coming through in the tight 5.

I do remember Percy Montgomery doing that to Lomu years ago.

No disrespect TOCC, but do we really need to do this. You don't have to be Matt Burke to think that the whole concept of a bunch of keyboard hacks like us trying to rate 'the worst ever Wallaby' is a bit of a wank.

As an aside, with regards to Australian props who struggled against England, he is hardly in an exclusive club there over the last 16 years.

No doubt he has tougher tests ahead - and quite possibly you are right. But he can only play the opponents in front of him, and so far he has done well. I don't think the Ben Daley of even last year would have acquitted himself as well (although on the flip side the injuries seem to have taken...

I know people will struggle to see any positives in last nights performance, but I thought Ready was really good (aside from that one, very dumb penalty - hope he eliminates them.) It is also noticeable to me that Daley appears to be scrummaging well. That was always his Achilles heel, but he is...

Surely that's a yellow.

I actually think the Reds have much better shape in their attack, discipline is much improved and even the defence pattern seems generally more solid. Handling has remained a struggle, but at least it's nice to see a change made to some of the long standing issues.

Maybe if it had just happened last week. But we did it all of last year too and in each of the trials. I haven't seen any sign yet that it is going to be a successful strategy.

I'm sure he'll console himself with his 60 odd test jerseys that none of us will ever earn.

Saia didn't put the complaint in - the Reds did.

Cooper & Frisby both played too deep last year as well. We are playing excessively deep pretty much all of the time. There was plenty of scope for him to flatten the attack. If he can't, then I agree that we need a different 10.

This is the disappointing thing for me. I am not saying this years squad is a top 4 side - but maybe they could be in the next year or two if their development is handled well. I can live with them losing their share, but I want to see improvement and a structure which at least gives them a...