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Fake, fake, fake. The ARU are just fake.:)

So to an outsider it appears that the remarkable "Coxy" has vacated the scene for $1. How precisely does that align with the alleged $10m damages he was supposed to have the ARU by the short and curlies for?

Jooste heading back to the Spirit for NRC 2017 according to today's Canberra Times.

I think the likely starting side is ok with the exception of the backrow. But I have no confidence at all in the coaching of the side or the game plan utilising essentially two open side flankers and three underperforming lineout jumpers which has failed for most of the past two years.

IIRC Timani (and the squad as a whole) was selected before any of them had the benefit of Cheika's fitness regime. Surely, you wouldn't be suggesting that a Super Rugby franchise, least of all the Rebels, had their players up to Cheika's fitness standards?

FP, either you are Cheika posting under a pseudonym or you have some magical power to read what goes on in Cheilka's mind. I do grant you have some evidence to support your claims, but I have grave doubts that anything with logic attached to it goes on in Cheika's mind these days - you know what...

Exactly. However, the usual meaning of a term or phrase also has some legal standing. The usual meaning of a game between two teams would not include three halves played by three teams anywhere else than in NZ.

I largely sgree Ash, except for the bolded part. It speaks volumes to the quality of our coaching, especially at the national level, rather than the players imo.

Ok, then the way I read it, Cheika then thought Higgers was a better No 8 than Timani (even though their whole histories would suggest the opposite was more aligned to his game plan - Genius) and now that he has discarded Higgers, he is left with, in his opinion, the second best option and...

I fully expect WR (World Rugby) to tighten the definition in the review later in the year so that this type of loophole will no longer be available. That would be consistent with their initial stance that the trial game did not have match status. A bit like the NZ 7s side having 8 men on the field when they...

:):):):p

In spite of all the fans' criticism of Higgers towards the back end of the season (incl the June test window), I reckon his form over the whole of the season hasn't been too bad. He is playing closer to the breakdown these days and is one of the few forwards who looks like he could break the...

But the broadcasters have committed to their full obligations until 2020. Can't see that they would be financially compromised by the retention of 5 Aus franchises.

Michael Hooper has fantastic skills, but to my eyes he leaves the pack, at both Tahs and Wallabies levels, almost one man short in the way he plays the game. I think he, or at least the way Cheika is using him, is one of the factors in the decline of the Wallabies in the past couple of years...

Kerevi would also be a Wallaby Allocation, surely?

Some very good scenarios playing out on this one.:) Think I like the Genia one the best.

You're right about the 8s BH. If Timani fails to come up, just who are the options to fill that spot in the RC and EOYT? I do not like the look of a light weight back 3 comprising Hanigan, Hooper, Hardwick. Or even McMahon in any one of the spots if he's even available. Talk about all the eggs...

I well remember many posters singing the same lament about Pocock when he was recovering from each of two serious knee injuries. "Wait to see if he comes back at that level before putting him in the Wallabies side". I do not share those misgivings about his ability to rise to the occasion again...

Without being across the detail, I think Pocock will return for the 2018 pre-season training later in the year. I don't think he will be available for the RC or EOYT.

Gnostic, I agree with your observation about Cheika's selections, but you've lost me with your follow up comments. If Hooper gets injured, I really can't see George Smith being an option to replace him, and even less so Ben McCalman. George is in the twilight of his career, and has said he...