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I also don't know his personal circumstances, but none of that warrants his selection as a Wallaby.

And selections like that are just pure Waratahs bias and sense of entitlement. I cannot see how anyone, bar Cheika, could in all good conscience suggest the Tahs would have the major representation at Wallabies level again this year after the absolute drivel the whole team has served up during...

And earn quite a bit more coin. Not a bad career move I'd have said.

Add in Hodge as well. I think we must be getting close to accepting that Hodge must play somewhere, and my idea would be to put him at 13 outside Hunt/Meakes at 12. To my eye, Meakes is a 12 rather than 13 in the manner those positions are played by the Wallabies. Meakes and Hunt are alike and...

TOCC, I'd add Lomax (Rebels THP), RHP (Force No 6), Louwrens and Ruru (Force No 9s), Enever (Brumbies Lock) and Falalei Sione (Brumbies LHP) to those names, and just for balance I'd suggest some like Naiyaravoro and Nabuli should be discarded while others like Hanigan and Dempsey be given...

Seems to me that it might be anyone advocating for any Tahs atm is getting carried away. There are good form arguments to suggest DHP and Lance at 15 and 10 respectively have done more than Folau and Foley in recent games to be selected. And we just might find out if Michael Hooper is an asset...

Been thinking for a little while and now convinced after tonight's game in Perth. The Wallabies for the RC should be bereft of Tahs altogether. There are only three whom it could be argued are up to standard, being Folau, Foley and Hooper. Folau is world class in some aspects of his play but...

My pet hate atm TOCC, but honestly it isn't just the NZ sides doing it - the Lions were pretty adept also, and just saw Hooper do it against the Force.

Maddocks is looking good.

ATM a poor man's Quade Cooper. Runs like Quade with a bunny skip to start; tries to beat a tackle like Quade (actually QC (Quade Cooper) did beat most tackles, WH just tries); many questionable decisions; not the strongest tackler (though probably better than QC (Quade Cooper)); hit and miss goal kicker. But he's learning...

And it's not?;)

Jooste on the outer?

I am confused. A large part of this thread, and about half the Future for Super Rugby thread has been about how the Rebels were safe from the cut because they were privately owned, and now the story seems to be that they are safe because they will soon be VRU/Vic Govt owned. Which is the true...

Recruiting youngsters for the Brumbies already. Great move Matty.:)

Is there a long kicker anywhere in that backline? Brumbies might be forced to run the ball whenever they have possession. The pack should still give a good account, but I think that backline will struggle against the Chiefs. Whole team will need to muscle up in defense, otherwise a massacre is...

That's right. Test squad members should be refused the latitude to take flexible o/s contracts but be paid enough here to keep them here. That might not be possible of course given the purported financial situation of the ARU. The disruption to a Super Rugby squad of a mid range player, viz Toua...

And every time Will plays, I count down to the charged down box kick. I haven't yet determined which happens the most frequently - Genia's charged down box kick or Phipps' brain explosion, but I do know that Phipps' poor passing occurs much more often than the other misdeeds.

Hoping that the defense continues to hold up so that it doesn't become a blow out in the score. On Godwin, he is one of the very few recruits who haven't surpassed their previous standards after a season with the Brumbies. He really has been a disappointment, and I can't see his involvement...

Thought I'd seen that Nigel had signed o/s. Maybe not, but his form this year hardly had him in consideration for the match-day squad anyway.

R3, I pretty much agree, but think you've over-rated Will in his tests this year. He was not outstanding in any of the tests, below par if anything, and was way off the mark in the Scotland test all test long. One of the many brain-farts by Cheika was not to substitute him early in the second...