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Yep great game really enjoyed that, thought wests were hard done by. Even when they got the yellow card in 74th minute I didn’t think that tackle was that late but I thought Hamish Stewart should have been penalized instead for his shove and that would have been in an easier position to kick...

Yeah or just keep going with super rugby but everyone plays each other twice so 22 game season, and if test players need to go play tests during it then so be it, that is when the other players step up

Happy with that team, glad we are not risking kerevi or marika and good to get a few debuts out the way. Bench props definitely a concern though

Yes I wouldn’t be surprised if we see some shifty stuff going on over the next few weeks I have been listening to some South African commentary and they are pretty convinced that Pollard and/or Am will make their way into the squad. They named 4 half backs so they will find a way to get one...

You are referring to an article, not what Eddie said in the press conference where he was referring to randwick as “we” and talking about their style of play and that is why he likes Donaldson anyway hope he goes well

Donaldson set for Wallabies warm-up against France This is crazy. He is basically admitting what everybody speculated that Ben Donaldson has only been picked because he comes from Randwick. Picking a Super Rugby player to play at a World Cup because of the style of his club team is close...

Yep and pretty sure prior wouldn’t be there if IFL and White were available Quite a few other names missing who are on international duty, playing NPC or have been playing club rugby so building some nice depth

I don’t want to bring up old rants but I would have been happy for him to pick any one of cooper/foley/O’Connor/hodge/lolesio in place of kemeny. This I feel is going to really come back and bite us

At this stage I would be more worried about playing Fiji and potentially Argentina than wales and England

Ignoring cost one of the other main issues around the NRC is that the smaller rugby states (WA and VIC) were happy to get on board because they had the Force and Rebels to barrack for but the bigger states were not keen to support a manufactured team and you lose that tribalism. Then on...

Surprising that they chose to play a warm up against springboks rather than try get one of the European teams just for a difference in playing styles and based on their likely fixtures

Yeah it is an interesting one. I am expecting it won’t be long until we see the exact scenario in an international game and will be interesting to see what happens. I expect the try would be awarded as long as no double movement but you would not be happy if you were the defender and told to...

Glad to see some of these players like Samu still on the radar and Toole and Paisama back in there. You cannot honestly tell me though that Seru Uru is a better #8 than Harry Wilson

On the subject of refereeing decisions I have a couple of situations I have thinking about and how they are treated. 1) with the relatively new rule where you have to release a player if he gets his knees to the ground what would happen if the defender was holding the player up 1 or 2 meters...

Yeah this is still a concern, will be only 2 recognized lineout jumpers in the starting 8. However I did notice Skelton and Valetini both won lineouts during the bledisloe though so it is not like they are completely written off as options. Should have enough to get by

I was coming here to say the same thing, Vunivalu will score 4 against Portugal and then get picked for the QF, can see it happening

Naming Skelton captain makes me think Eddie has not decided whether he will start Tate or White in the big games, otherwise wouldn’t he have just made Tate captain after last week? Or he might be thinking each of them suits different oppositions better My big concern is that Donaldson is...

It it is World Cup, you pick your best possible squad and try and win it. Next year you can bring in all the kids. Also will be a massive shame to see MHooper out but will be happy if it opens the door for Samu or/and Gleeson

He could just name Tate as captain with White and Slipper as VC's. That way you are guaranteed to have one on the field at all times.

I agree with this, the more I have thought about it, with these new concussion protocols I don't think you can afford to take the gamble with 2 hookers or 2 halfbacks. Is Josh Kemeny completely out of the picture now? Assuming it was a straight out battle for a spot between him and Tom...