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Surely Growden misheard and Cheika was taking about him.

This all makes sense, as does IS's similar point. Clearly I was not thinking very well after those last whiskies. I retract the point.

Disagree. The phrasing of the question often determines the outcome.

My pet peeve this season is the way decisions are referred to the TMO. There have been loads of instances of this. If Jackson had said "try or no try" tonight, then it could well have been a very different decision. I'd like to see the call standardized so that the TMO has to determine if a try...

I reckon Barnes is definitely a confidence player. We've seen that at the Tahs in recent years. I also don't think he kicks that well under pressure, which is why he's rarely been a first choice goal kicker.

I have to admit, I didn't have a lot of sympathy for Reds fans after their Brumbies match. I have a lot more now. It always sucks to be on the wrong end of incompetence, even when your team blew it too.

Bang on. The stupid thing is that not making a decision IS making a decision -- it's choosing not to award a penalty. What annoyed me more was the utter lack of advantage in knock on situations and his nonsensical calls about whether the ball was out of the ruck. Reminded me of his game...

Absolutely ridiculous. Should have just given the Tahs the tap after the first fail.

Clarification: I don't think Jackson is biased, just that he sucks and can't control the game. Also, not why the Tahs lost.

Jackson is shit, but we knew that weeks ago. Waratahs still had a chance to win and couldn't. It's a season of missed opportunities in that regard. We'd be in the finals right now if it weren't for two missed kicks in two weeks. And while Barnes is a great kicker, he never does well under pressure.

Otherwise they wouldn't get a chance to wear those spiffy team blazers.

Although if they were going to take 3 halfbacks, why not just take White in the 25 and then wait on Burgess for the last 6? Unless there is some competition between White and Phipps, I suppose.

Or on probation after dropping that Twitter c-bomb.

I think you're right in your reckonings, barbarian. I'm not happy about Burgess, McCabe or Beale, but all for different reasons.

Fortunately no one's paying me to figure that out. ;)

If the Rebels offered Kingston starter money, the Tahs aren't going to beat that to have him as a back up. That's what value means for a rugby team with a salary cap. You can't overpay for non-essential players. The Tahs would be better off finding a winger who gives them 85% of what Kingston...

A bit thin, but Kingston probably commanded too much to be a back-up. It's about value, which is why the Tahs would have let him go.

Kingston going was probably inevitable after Crawford and Betham both clearly surpassed him in the pecking order. I'm guessing we now sign both Beale and Horne. I really, really hope we can secure Folau.

Big Willie seems to have a lot more potential to me. It took Sita two years to be able to catch more than 50% of the passes thrown his way.

Clearly you can not only make it up but actually do it too.