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But earlier posts suggested that the Japanese winger was a better player than Speight. How's that going?

I have noticed in pretty much all of the tests this year that the ball very seldomly gets to Speight despite him going inside looking for it or even ending up on the end of the backline on his opposite side. I gather from the posts that he is having more involvement this game. Is that a factor...

ARU when the Force were introduced was probably a differengt animal to the one which continued to throw money at the Rebels. But that's not the issue to me. I accept that the Force have been cut and the Rebels retained. My concern now is that the distribution of the ex-Force players doesn't...

But appreciated.

Score please and scorers?

Depends who you were listening to and when.

I think that is precisely the brick wall that rugby is up against in Melbourne, and it has little chance of being able to scale the wall regardless of the strength of the roster. My feeling is that Melbourne will always fail as a rugby centre no matter how much money and how many top line...

TSR and others. It's not just a matter of wanting the Brumbies to get their hands on some of the ex-Force players, but what is best for the four remaining Super Rugby teams. There really should have been a more equal sharing of talent across the four teams imo, and while the Brumbies will be well served...

Yeah - the axing of the Force was supposed to be in response to the poor quality of all Aus Super Rugby teams this year. So, why is all the talent now going in one direction only in the main, and how will that assist the three other sides gain parity with the NZ sides? Just highlights the bullshit behind...

GMR, it's been a bloody tragic story so far down Melbourne way, so a bit of comedy doesn't hurt at all. And labeling the Rebels now as the Melbourne Force has quite a pointed edge to it.

And what about our mental damage Dan if Foley doesn't return or gets injured or sick later in the tour?

As an outsider, Daz, the tight 5 still looks a bit thin imo. Will definitely be strengthened if Coleman come on board.

Which is precisely the scenario some of us have lamented in the past couple of weeks, and for which there isn't one simple solution like a back up No 10. Foley goes down sick, and there are three positional changes to cover for him. Not what I consider to be a selection or coaching outcome at...

Although there are a few questions about the makeup of the backline, there is a real possibility that they will run amok. Hodge is not inexperienced at 10, and his defense there will be better than Foley's. Beale will be the second play maker, and probably the primary playmaker on most set piece...

Probably more like ragged, untidy, error-ridden. Very small odds on a poor performance after the travel to Japan, and little real training time with the intervening Baa Baas' game.

Weakening the team over multiple positions - just like at the Wallabies over the past 2 - 3 years.

Not sure if the Brumbies have yet named their wildcard player, but Powell will probably still just be coming back into some fitness after the later off season for Wallabies, so George Gregan would probably be a valuable inclusion.

SBS rocks. Catering to the elitists among us.

Expect Oakman-Hunt to start with Swain, as postulated by Rugby Reg on another thread. Backup? One of the Wests' locks was pretty impressive in the finals series. Can't remember his name.

Yep, don't know what I was thinking about there BJ. Can only plead a poor mental state day. Anyway, the match ups will be different but the results could well be the same.