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Noddy; don't forget the "...allegedly". Anyone have any clue on the attempted mediation? A part of me wonders if cash was requested. Would love to know if Cooper was actually caught with a laptop or not, or what the deal with the stolen laptops is, and what the deal is with the accomplice...

Oh, and can't see where agression at the breakdown is going to come from. Wallaby forwards often seem like they need at attitude adjustment in big games. Against Ireland I don't think it will stand out, but teams like England, SA and NZ it tends to be obvious.

Hmmm, looks like this is the squad Deans wants to take into the Tri-Nations, minus the expected players returning from injury (Robinson, Moore, Genia). Amazed Ma'afu and Mumm are still there, though. Mumm needs to step up I think. Maafu I just don't think is a test quality prop, although he...

So we have a rumoured hooker, inside centre and fullback so far for the accomplice. Any more?

Alleged accomplice?

Yeah but you have to credit England. They played with some width and adventure and tried to play some real rugby. I don't think anyone on the Wallabies were expecting it, in fact I doubt their own supporters were expecting it. O'Conor would probably prefer to forgot his first twenty odd...

Mitchell missed his fair share of tackles and Horne hasn't yet been able to adequately set up his outside man. They are not why we lost though. Thought Genia went well for his first match back. He obviously isn't 100% fit and I think Burgess should've started another week to give Genia more...

Hope Ioane is Ok as well. Looks like a dislocated should or similar to me. Hope he won't be out too long. Congrats to the English. We offered you the game and you took it in two hands. England were the better team, led by their forwards.

At least the scrum has improved greatly. Slipper seems more steady than Maafu at tight head. Would be nice if refs were more strict on offside lines. England have lurked offside a lot, but again the Wallabies haven't played it smart. A lot of headless chook stuff.

It would be nice if the Wallaby forwards showed the same aggression in defence that they show when carrying the ball. Pocock quite often looks like being the only one able to force a turnover. Fainga'a has done alright, as has Pocock although Pocock has missed more tackles than usual. I am not...

The reffing has been pretty poor so far but the Wallabies should be able to rise above but they can't. Absolute lack of aggression in the Wallaby forwards and the English forwards have just out enthused them.

Pretty sure Turner is gone for six to eight months. ACL I think. Force will need to find another back up halfback for the S15 in 2011. Their unlucky run continues.

Sports Ears are outside the normal FM frequency as well, so the only way to hear it is to buy he overpriced Sports Ears sets. And beware, you need the rugby one, not the NRL or AFL ones.

Must all resumes be submitted on the back of a blazer? Is Moses going to apply after seemingly missing out (harshly by all accounts) on the Force coaching gig? I would try to bring rugby more to the people and reduce the apparent elitist feel of rugby to non-rugby supporters, but this is a lot...

Hmmmm...isn't the Aus v Eng semi match supposed to be streamed now? I can't seem to find where on the U20 IRB webpage...

My votes were desperate too. A tight head who could hold his side would help whatever rookie LH is chosen, and I voted Baxter for that. Really though, we don't have anyone unless Baxter somehow manages to keep his bind up in test matches - something he has really struggled with in the past...

Thought I would try to find a few positives from that big steaming mess. I was impressed with the half Simmons got and thougt he accounted for himself well in the half he got. Chapman also got involved at times. Beale made some nice runs but he needs to cut the chip kicks. I think that once...

Australia need to clean up their own rucks though, the SAffas did brilliantly at pinching junior Wallaby ball - especially the junior Bok number 6. Robbie Coleman was impressive and showed a great turn of pace. Thought Morahan could have backed himself a bit more and used his size a bit more...

Bit drunk, but what irked me about the second penalty try were the two stable scrums before it. The poms pushed and got nowhere for long periods of time and thus the scrum collapsed. They never tried to use the ball. Third time sure they got a shunt on, but they should have lost the ball...

Yes, Slipper was. All three of them were, and although Slipper and Weeks have a few initially stable scrums, they were soon found out. I think Deans believe that Weeks and Slipper were hammered because Weeks was moved to LH, a position he does not play. Why Weeks was put at LH and Slipper...