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So, you'd drop one of Hooper, Pocock, Timu or Dempsey altogether Derpus? Which one?

Brick walls and hitting heads, Sully.

Angus Allen probably. Essentially a No 7. Has been around the Brumbies age group teams for quite a few years and was in last year's U20s squad. Played with Wests last year and moved to Vikings this year. I also thought he might have played for Aus U20s but could be wrong about that. Played in...

Froggy, I said nothing about the order of merit for THP, though I thoroughly endorse UTG's view on Allan A above. At the least, one way or another, he is in the best three THPs going around atm. I was simply saying that he has played LHP previously, is in good form, and could be an option to...

Well, there goes the synergy from the broadcast box.

Surely Allan A could fill in at LHP. Was where he specialised earlier in his career. And he is in top form atm.

Hawko, I agree the Brumbies played better than the scoreline indicates, but probably not good enough to earn a losing bonus point. You can see that they are trying to improve their attacking structures and at times were looking quite dangerous. There is a bit of NZ style about what they are...

Names please BB. And a bit of info about just how they are better than Tim Walsh.

Have to agree RN. I'll watch if it's on TV, but poor quality streaming does nothing for me. Many times tried to stream Super Rugby games but often as not the stream went down mid-game, on some occasions wasn't even there at the start.

A very competitive game up to 60 minutes. Could say the Highlanders were rusty after the bye (as some have), but there really didn't seem to be a lot of rust whenever they had the ball. More to my eye that good defense mostly kept them at bay (except for Ben Smith's outrageous try of course)...

Not just inexperienced refs UTGs. I have often noticed that Gardner seems to award numerous early penalties to visiting sides as well. First half penalty counts are often lop-sided when he's in charge.

Foley has actually looked very good the past couple of weeks playing 13.

Berry lost all control in the last 5 - 10 minutes. Breakdowns were a mess with players coming in from the side and others playing the ball on the ground. Berry should not be anywhere near a Super rugby game.

DP, I thought a lot of errors, esp dropped ball, were unforced and not particularly an indication of the pressure being applied by the other team.

Will have to beat Pocock over the ball to make those turnovers. Maybe not as easy as you might have thought, FP? But certainly, ball retention will be crucial to the Brumbies' chances. All NZ sides are deadly on turnover ball.

Anybody else think it wasn't a particularly high class game? McKenzie and Barrett were standouts, but without them neither side had a lot going for them.

Think Brendon needs a spot on the worst commentator pole, just so there will be one there who doesn't rate a single vote. He is by far the best of the sporting commentators.

Think the Brumbies can match the Landers in the forwards. The big test will be containing the Smiths. Will need to see greater teamwork than has been shown previously, except for the last half last week. Could be close with the Highlanders getting the win.

Criticise away Scrubber; free speech and all that. Wasn't it you who implied Pocock had no personality?

Beale had a shocker in defense against the Sunwolves - missed tackles that directly led to tries on at least two, maybe more, occasions. Reds need to exploit this weakness.