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He might not be the sole selector, but haven't seen any proof of a selection panel, and as mentioned above, probably does seek the opinion of his assistants. But being the head coach and ultimately the man held responsible for winning or losing, I would imagine he has the final say.

Cheika is human and probably does let likes and dislikes influence selections. On a very tough course with a very high scrub out rate, we were given one piece of gold advice: "If it is a close call between passing or failing, the decision will come down to whether the instructor likes you or...

That is the problem....the search for the next head coach seemed a forgone conclusion. Maybe the Reds could approach fox to run a show like NRL Rookie but about finding their next coach. They probably couldn't do any worse than they have with last two coaches. Once the coach is picked, the ARU...

Of course Cheika picks who he wants......that is why ended up with the likes of Horne until he was injured and no doubt Phipps and Mumm again come June. Pick any player who wears gold who has skill deficiencies that the player appears to have made no attempt to improve. Skills like kicking...

Folau won't be dropped because the heads of the waratahs and ARU are worried if he is, he will take his bat and ball and go back to league or to europe. There is no accountability for the "stars" of the game and because there isn't, we have international players with more limitations than not...

As head coach, Stiles is ultimately responsible for the Reds performance or lack of. I would imagine that the new head coach would want to bring in their own assistants. The current assistant coaches aren't getting a free ride, they will go down with ship.

I think the Reds would be wise to cut Stiles loose at the end of the season and look for a head coach outside of the Ballymore car park. Close losses are still losses and there is no indication he is the person to right the ship. The poor ball skills, poor discipline and poor tackling is on him...

Pop Goes the Weasel

To be announced later in the week, but here is the new look trophy to be awarded to the winner, it is called the Hankey Nugget.

I think Folau has played his best Rugby when he was on the wing. Since moving to 15, I don't think he has been as effective or dangerous.

Unless of course Cheika thinks Gibson is the cause of the Waratahs problems and backs himself to bring out the best of Phipps.

I think Cheika will have phipps in the 23 whether form warrants it or not.

It is a given that Cheika will pick Foley at 10, unless injured. Like Babarian, I am still on the Hodge bandwagon. 9. Genia 10. Foley 11. Folau 12. Hodge 13. Kurindrani 14. DHP 15. Hunt 21. Phipps (I think Cheika will ride with him) 22. Kerevi 23. Beale

With Foley running the show, the Waratahs should put 60+ on the kings.

With Foley, Beale and Kerevi at 10, 12, 13 the wallaby midfield would be better placed acting as a turnstile at the stadium entry.

In general, I am not a fan of kiwis, but I will have to defend them here. If you were a Hurricane fan and saw that Foley was going to perform a clearing kick from in-goal, you would be happy, knowing that you were probably going to regain possession 30m out, in good field position with a broken...

I think the haters need to back off Foley. Not only is he the best 10 in Australia by a mile, he is easily in the top 3 globally. He is redefining how a 10 plays and if not for him, the Tahs don't score 28 points tonight.

In all honesty, you are pretty much right. The problem for me is the yellow cards are a sign of a wider problem. So whilst the yellow cards are mostly from poor technique, they fit the perception of grub behaviour. Things like Hooper throwing sand in the face during a scrum, Phipps throwing a...

The yellow cards, in my mind, are a result of the players confusing aggression with niggle and cheap shots. The increase in this crap under cheika is killing my enthusiasm for the team and a lot of people i speak to feel the same. The wallabies have never been a grubby team, yet under cheika it...

There were two Scottish players from the world cup who were suspended for the same thing. Yellow card deserved, guy is a muppet