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Does anybody have a consolidated list showing the current contract status of the squad members? Would be a good starting point for further discussion.

IS, I disagree. Folau was for most of that time regarded in the same category as Dagg and Ben Smith. Up amongst the top No 15s in the world, and rightfully so imo. His drop in form seems to have coincided with his move to 13 in the Tahs. Give him time at 15 and he'll be thereabouts for the...

rugby.com.au Just need earplugs to drown the hysterical commentary when something looks to be on.

What should Cheika do if the best players on form are all young and new to Super Rugby, eg, Powell, Gordon, Louwrens (until he was injured) and Tuttle are the form No 9s in Aus this year. In the event Genia isn't available, should he ignore them and stick with Phipps and Frisby as next best? I...

And in similar vein, those who keep crawling or rolling along the ground after being tackled. Just meant to disrupt the set defense of the other side. Hit them with full arm penalties until they get the lesson.

Can only think now that Jooste must have been playing to instructions against Samoa. If so, I have some real doubts about the quality of those instructions, and it would seem out of character for Cron after his standout attacking season with Norths last year.

I agree with most of what you have posted MST, but no way I'd be looking to send TK to 7s. He is our (Wallabies) premier No 13 and every week is proving to be better than Kerevi this year. But with Kerevi improving over the next year or two and Rona also coming on at 13, the competition should...

RR and Slim - players like Hawera, if they prove to be good enough, will be eligible for the Wallabies after the resident qualifying period. If those types of players aren't to be encouraged, then where would that policy have left Henry Speight and Naivalu? As examples. There are probably quite...

Given that Fardy is off o/s, I would place Jordan Smiler very near the top to be retained (assuming his contract is about to expire).

Agree there BJ. It was mostly about the inexperienced 9, 10 and 12 (after Cubelli went down) that posters here wrote the Brumbies off for the season. They haven't been going too badly considering. Powell is probably the leading No 9 in the Aus conference this year. And we really have been...

I was one TOCC, but that was before Mayhew was signed and has since shown his wares as a LHP. Still not sure if other teams' fans should be quite so vocal in wanting to change another team's makeup, but I'll now have a go. Reds really need to relieve Kerevi of the captaincy. It has a bad look to...

I don't think they abandoned the straight feed, just redefined it. I recall some information coming out a year or so ago that required the ball to be fed in a straight line to which the No 9 was facing. That meant that the No 9 could face towards his side of the scrum (as they all do) and feed...

That's like saying no No 10 has ever been good because they weren't (aren't) as good as Lynagh, Mertens and Carter. A bit like saying Hawera isn't any good because he's not as good as Cooper, Foley or Lance. You are a very hard marker G. But I think you are also a bit off the mark. First...

Gnostic. I used to think you had a very good take on everything rugby, but if you think Larkham only constantly recycled and shuffled the ball on, then I'm afraid you have hugely disappointed me.

The Blues must have held the ball for over 60% of the game. So, wouldn't more kicking just gift them more possession? I think they are trying to play the game with more intelligence and creativity and really want to see them continue and hopefully improve. They are mostly missing a strong...

The ref didn't win the game for the Tahs; Quade actually lost it for the Reds with a very sub-par effort in the second half. Mistake and poor decision after mistake and poor decision. But that should not excuse the ref from critical examination. Consistency has to be the watchword. In this...

IS could have watched the U20s last Friday - though it wasn't of a high standard.

Purely on form this year, Nick Phipps will not be in the 23.

The first two Reds' lineouts in the game, the Reds' jumper was interfered with in the air (first by Mumm and the second I didn't notice who) but no call by the ref. This kind of inconsistency really is spoiling the game as a spectacle, even for impartial viewers.

Scrubber, you are way off the mark. Sio has been very good this year, and the Brumbies' scrum has just about dominated all they've met, including a bit of a thrashing of the Reds' scrum.