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I believe we were no chance anyway as the French for/against was far superior to ours. We would've had to beat Ireland by 35 I think. The NZ Spain game was called at half time as well. On the upside the Saffers didn't progress and we get a game against Wales.

His combination with Tupou in the scrum was immense, it wasnt just the front row doing all the work. He also had about 6 hit ups in the first 15 minutes, all with good post contact meters. Since he had missed a chunk of footy lately and was ill earlier in the week i thought he was good.

Williams to 6 for me. Faster than Wright and good in the lineout. Made 13 tackles on the weekend as well, team leading. Start Pietsch, Smith and Hodgman with Frost and his speed on the bench. Kailea on the bench for 2nd test and Georgia to gain experience.

Variety! 99,000 box kicks aint variety. People forget Rennie was one tackle away from beating France in France and a Tupou injury from beating Ireland in Ireland. A win is a win these days but Im not sure we have the cattle to compete against the top dogs yet. Great to see some depth coming in...

Still looks to be plenty of tickets available which is a shame. The only section sold out is the travelling Welsh section. If we cant get 30k at least it is a sorry sign of the times.

I like the fact he is looking after Smith. Based on the stats i think he played more minutes and made more tackles and hit more rucks than any 2nd row in the comp. JS also said they would be trialing a few 2nd row combinations. I reckon he will get a gig against Georgia where his grafting...

Nothing in the article about whether Slipper is in or not, so Hodgman may join Kailea.

Most teams are fairly equal by the look of that (if it is accurate as Jarrah is not 6.4), apart from a couple of outliers in each group. Barrett really needs to hook into a few steaks though, cant play top level at 111kg.

Anyone know the rough size of our starting front rowers? We seem undersized compared to the opposition every time.

Could be a huge problem if both Barrett and Alatini are ruled out of the comp through injury. Cordukes will also be lucky to get any more playing time after the red card. Strong win against Georgia but will at least need a 5 point win over Italy and at least bonus points against Ireland.

Not much talk of anyone going to Brumbies or Force.

Dont know why Isaac Kailea would go to the Reds. They already have deep stocks and still haven't used Massimo Delutiis who is going to kill it. Tahs need to get rid of half their props, Force need some power and depth at the Brumbies depth has been shown up this year. Kailea would be one of the...

Dan Palmer has just quit Leicester as well, could be heading home, would be great for him to learn from Cron while he is here.

Canham has signed with the Reds. Exactly who we needed but have missed. No chance of Lukhan Salakaia-Loto coming to NSW, which means the reds could have four wallaby locks, the brumbies 3-4 and the tahs none, and only one genuine lock. There will be a Tahs logo in the dictionary under the term...

Captaincy options are short for Scmidt. Slipper cant play enough minutes and there are very few players who are guaranteed a spot. It probably leaves Alalatoa, Wright (no guaranteed spot), Mcreight and Kellaway. Kellaway more likely a VC, so I think Mcreight might be a solid option, lead from...

What happens if Sam Costelow gets injured?

I thought it was more SA getting a bit lax and moving away from their plans. When they stuck to their gameplan they were making yards at will. Also that SA team was missing 12 of the WC winners, so a newish group including the 5/8, so fairly impressive. Agree our tight five aint nuttin on those...

Wales were terrible against SA on the weekend. Couldn't hold the ball, forward bashed aside by SA backs, scrum falling apart and no discernable game plan. They also looked very undersized compared to SA. While the Wallabies are at the start of a new era (hopefully) we should finish them off...

They wont sign a coach until the GM Rugby position is filled. They certainly wont sign Cheika unless they know he gets on with the GM of Rugby.