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Good get but harsh on Jackson Pugh. Deserved a start

Ollie Callan has been cleared to play this week. Wells and Williams out due to failed HIA’s which is a shame as Williams in particular was looking good. Hopefully no one else is out and maybe we get someone back. Any update on McCaulay and Koteka? If not would like to see Pugh starting at 8...

Happy with that team, I was hoping we would see Kuenzle tried at 13 to get our best players on the park. I think harsh to drop Kalapu to the bench but probably makes sense to start the older bloke first and more impact from Kalapu off the bench. Great to see Cron can see what all the fans...

Force definitely a chance here at a neutral ground, if we can win this we then have Moana at home so can really set the season up. Injuries are a concern and also worried about the impact of McReight and Wilson against us. I like the calm heads of Hegarty and Stewart guided us...

WA is the only place in the country that increased player numbers in 2022. Since the Force were allowed back in things have picked up again and with the huge amount of ex-pat kiwis, saffas, and British more attention needs to be paid to WA. The Force now have a decent amount of homegrown...

Yeah fair enough I just think at this stage the force still need a bit of both. I would be disappointed if thrush keeps playing, I think it was ok for a one off but going forward if McCaulay and Rodda are still injured they should be playing Luke Callan, Will Sankey etc

So are you proposing a player draft where all the wallabies players and top up payments are allocated equally across the clubs? We would be happy with that

Great job, totally controlled the second half. Hegarty and Stewart are two good old fashioned rugby players that just controlled the game really well. Liked the look of Williams as well and Horton off the bench, kaituu and Fainga'a better watch out or one will be on the outer

Glad that isn’t the big news. An international quality second rower would be nice

I said during Shute shield that Debreczeni could be a bolter for the wallabies and I still think it could happen. Being coached by Larkham and behind that forward pack will give him a great opportunity.

I disagree with the comment about the scrumhalves. As much as I don't like it, I think Prior proved that he still needs to be starting ahead of Fines. He just gives us a lot more structure and direction. I also think our lineout - defensive and offensive should be a great strength this...

Losing Fergus Lee-Warner was a big loss as we know, plus we lost Thrush who was reliable. Not easy to replace second rowers unfortunately.

Yes but I think Tiatia is pretty good at 15 as well. So a lot of options. Someone has to play 13, would like to see Kuenzle tried there.

I think Stewart and Hegarty are 2 great pick ups. Will be interested to see what combo they settle with. I prefer Stewart at 12 and Hegarty at 15, but one of them will have to play 10

Kerevi is pretty much the first player picked. Hooper will still be there. Hopefully Quade as well. I think Skelton showed enough to persist with him starting

On another front who believes that Charlie Gamble can get in front of Hooper for #7 by the time the world cup is here? Will be interesting to see what the Tahs do to start the season. Or is anyone backing McReight or Samu instead?

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I would be very surprised if Eddie wasn't still planning on heading to USA to coach them in the 2031 home world cup.

Maybe this "Australian" style of play, running rugby etc is no longer the best for us anymore. We don't really play smart rugby like we used to be known for. Maybe we are better off going down a different path and playing a bash and crash style anyway. We have the players available - Tupou...

My first reaction to the news was positive, even though I like Rennie and don't think he is that bad a coach. I still don't think England should have sacked Eddie as he has proven he can step up come world cup time. I think Razor is already on a handshake agreement for All Blacks after the...