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From an ARU perspective, having both sevens teams win medals would be a huge marketing success and a massive boost for the sport. Toole can shoot back to the Wobblies prior to the northern tour.

I'd say the options available aren't good enough. Maybe they are looking for a sponsor to bankroll a better candidate.

On Stan they said by the end of the week. Although Schmidt had been saying they will only get five sessions together after the Super Rugby final so why not announce now and get them in camp this week.

I think his role is purely as a Valetini replacement. Interested to see how Scmidt ranks Reimer and Tizzano behind Mcreighht.

so who gets punted from the current 2nd row? Players wont stick around if they arent playing.

Assuming the Rebs players get farmed out, who gets released from their clubs to fit them in? You dont need 7, 2nd rowers or four halfs who end up playing club footy.

No details on the qld'ers outside of Nasser and Hodgeman. Very interested to see if Smith, Flook, Uru etc were asked.

Wasnt it Wilikin who got steamrolled by Wright?

Rodda, Frost, Canham, LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) in 2nd row with Uru and Hooper fighting for 6. Cale and Valetini going for 6/8 as well. Tizzano probably the back up 7 as has higher work rate than Gamble.

Disagree, i think we need a cleanout. I don't believe guys like Holz are up to the standard. Most of them are not scrum dominant, or particularly dominant around the breakdown like the Reds props have been this year. I think Tupou and Bell with Gibbon would be a great start, but it would be...

We need some more guys who are just very good at their core duties, too often we look for a superstar in every position to create some great TV shots. But a workhorse front row is fine if you have Valetini, McReight, Frost, Uru etc who have speed, ball skills etc The Reds front row have put in...

There is no way Valetini and Wilson will be in the same side. You only need one ball running 8. If Skelton is named then i think they will go with a lineout jumper in 6 like Uru, Wright or even Frost/Canham. Cale can then come off the bench to cover 6, 7, 8.

Halangahu has said he wants to stay in NZ. His wife is from Auckland and the kids are at school. The big problem is Europe and Japan pay more for coaches than the Tahs can afford so we are looking at Tier 2 or 3 coaches. The big carrot is that there could be a wallaby job around in two years...

Just get Mackellar back. Schmidt has already said he wont be around forever and there needs to be a succession plan. Dan and Palmer fit the mold.

I dont see how a culture could change if you kept 3/4 of the coaching team. However, it will be tough enough to find one quality coach to take over let alone a top notch attack coach and forwards coach. The Australians put forward are not up to scratch, Grey is unconvincing at best and had one...

Where is this better coach coming from? Also one genuine 2nd row, only 2 front rowers of real quality (when they are on the park) and the worst 5/8 out of the whole pack we had two years ago. We also have no depth in half backs, behind Gordon or any real line bending No.8. Go to Argentina, grab...

Auggies always has a fair bit of talent coming through, unfortunately a number of bigger schools use them as a breeding ground and a fair bit of that talent ends up on the north shore somewhere. For the boys who are serious about their footy i don' think the ISA comp is strong enough to keep...

Plays for the Rats so not allowed to get picked. Im sure there is a 2nd grade hooker at Easts or Uni they will pull up.

Any team lists for tomorrow? Im assuming Knox is going all out.

You can't play running rugby in a hurricane and we didnt pick a team for the conditions. The Argies played smart tight footy with a big pack, we had a lightweight backrow that didn't provide much punch (would be great on a dry flat pitch). In the right conditions I think that team would've...