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Based on the last 30 minutes of the game on Saturday (which is all that I caught) Mason had a shocker. Poor passing, dropped balls and little in the way of backline management. His defense was the only good part of his game. Mason will eventually go the way of Horwitz, McIntyre, Deegan etc who...

The current form of the Rebels has to be the most disappointing part of the 2018 Super Rugby season. Not only because the reduction to four sides was the supposed panacea to all of Aus rugby's problems, but because with the talent available to them, they really were the best hope of one of the Aus sides...

The Reds backline is very inexperienced and atm very one dimensional. How much of that is Lance's doing, and how much is down to the other players? Perhaps that answer might become obvious when Stewart or DP or someone else gets to trot out at No 10. All I can say is that, career-wise, Lance...

Only saw the last 30 minutes, but enough to confirm my belief that Berry isn't competent enough to referee any match, let alone a SS or Super Rugby game.

This paragraph should ideally be the job description of the new RA CEO.

And very likely to have more after the Ireland tests. Think the RA will still be around, running things (down?) for a few years yet.

Is this true or is it just fudging? It seems to be the stand by excuse trotted out every time the crowd on the TV looks to be miniscule. I have been to quite a few Brumbies home games where the crowd has been posted as around 8000, or less, and every time it has looked to me that the crowd...

True, the Lions made plenty of mistakes too. By my count, both sides probably butchered three or four tries each. The lack of true top end speed is a problem in all of the Aus teams as far as I can see. Very rarely do we see a long distance runaway try by an Aus player (against NZ or Saffa...

Agree Gnostic. He was also again very poor in defense, seeming to do anything but wanting to tackle an opposition player. Two of the Lions tries included very poor defensive efforts by Beale. If Kerevi is widely held to be unsuitable at Wallaby level because of his defensive deficiencies, then...

The Rob Simmons bubble has been burst. Outjumped one on one by Mostert in the lineouts, bad calls in other lineouts so that the Lions actually stole about four or more of the Tahs throws, virtually invisible and actually ineffective at the breakdown and couldn't push forward in the scrum. That...

Looks like just the tipple for the selection committee when considering candidates for the All-Time Criminal 1st XV.

Too true Slim. Lucas has been caught with the ball at the back of the ruck far too many times. And I will have to disagree with Tomikin - I believe Lucas did knock on at that particular ruck whether it was called or not.

Tuipolotu had a big U20s competition last year and was impressive in the early trial match against the Brumbies. I really thought we would see him in the 13 spot at some time this year, but so far hasn't been seen even on the bench.

Any news at all about the upcoming game v the Jaguares? Has the club shut down perhaps? I take it that the absence of any information is a sign that they are anxious about Naisarani's fitness. But surely, thay should know by now if he can take the field on Sunday or not.

That's my take on the situation too. Had the ARU allowed the Rebels owners to go broke, and had they insisted then on taking the license back, both the Rebels and the Force would have been on equal standing so far as the decision to cut was concerned. Had the ARU done that, there would have been...

Expect to still be charged interest after you've died.

You'd have to be crazy to believe Yassarian's preachings and that would be an accepted reason for bypassing Hell, but having a wish to avoid Hell would indicate that you are not crazy, so Catch 22.

Thanks for the clarification BH. I now see where Richie's cloak of invisibility has landed after he disposed of it, right over the whole of the JAB system. I wonder why NZ has let it lapse if it could be used as a vehicle for tying more of their players for test purposes?

As a matter of interest, what is the second tier organisation in NZ rugby that limits eligibility? Apparently, not the Junior ABs for whom Shields played in 2011.

Assuming Dempsey makes it back in time, I'd prefer 6 Dempsey, 7 Pocock, 8 Timu. If not, then I'd prefer to see Timu kept at 8 and Pocock at 7 with 6 up for grabs. Maybe then a workaholic like Hanigan might complement (notice the "e" not in like saying how good the others are, ie compliment)...