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Meh. "Hey Will, can you tell us about playing with Quade?" Blah, blah, blah. But I do agree with Cyclo that players need to be careful. With the way their words -- spoken probably after a training session and off the cuff -- are so carefully parsed, there is always the risk of...

I think it's a fair argument to say that White is better than Burgess and would be an appropriate selection. But if White is 2a, then Burgess is 2b. The Wallabies missed him massively last year when Genia went down and White was already wounded. He's also a great change-up from Genia because he...

Seems like every man and his dog has a theory, doesn't it? I hope he stays. I hope it's not more of a circus than it has to be, whatever happens.

Too much.

Yes. That's exactly the point of my post.

Someone call in Don Watson. There're some weasel words that need whacking.

Digby makes $800,000 all up from the Reds and ARU, doesn't he? I think that was the number reported in the stories about his departure. I would expect Folau to receive something similar. Whether that is "fair" or not is pretty irrelevant. Part of his salary will be thought of as marketing.

Yes, the reasons that Cooper doesn't defend at 10 for the Reds are very well documented. But he will need to defend in the line at test level. The problem with the way the Reds use him is that he doesn't have the opportunity to show whether he can defend well in the line now -- maybe he can...

French commentary is the best.

I believe BDA is projecting what Deans will do, not what he wants to see.

Maybe it was an ironic celebration? Irony is always hard to convey on the sporting field.

3 games for the price of 2. Get it done, Tahs HQ.

Sure, shit happens. But people go berserk when Quade throws an intercept for a try. JOC (James O'Connor) is supposedly the "safe" option. Perception is a funny thing.

Paul Cully's 25 for the first part of the squad: http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/who-will-squeeze-into-deans-25man-tent-20130506-2j2nn.html I like most of it but would take Douglas over Timani, Tomane over Cummins, Tapuai over McCabe, and probably Palmer over Kepu.

Having just watched the Rebels v Chiefs, I'm less excited about JOC (James O'Connor) at 10 and more certain that Beale will be at 15. The former had some good moments but at least as many that were poor -- if Quade cops it four intercepts and charge-downs then so should JOC (James O'Connor). KB (Kurtley Beale) is looking very fit and...

After the Cheetahs game, as we forlornly rued the missed opportunities, my group agreed that if things came good for the Tahs, that would be the game they regretted. Really needed to take the 4 points on that one. I think we'll end up ranked 7 or 8 and a few points shy.

I pretty much agree with all of this. I'd thought it should be Douglas until recently, but I now feel a specialist technician is needed. My impression is that in addition to not calling, Horwill isn't a number one option in an ideal world either. You can make do if he is, but really you want a...

I pretty much agree with all of this. I'd thought it should be Douglas until recently, but I now feel a specialist technician is needed. My impression is that in addition to not calling, Horwill isn't a number one option in an ideal world either. You can make do if he is, but really you want a...

Any combination of Horwill, Douglas, Simmons (or even Pyle, but I can't see him getting a run against the Lions) with Mowen, Higgers or Palu would be pretty good. It's when a non-option like Timani is selected at lock that things get more complicated.

Kev is a good lineout option, but not quite a technician in the Sharpe mould (at least in my viewing). So I'd prefer he was with another good option, rather than a liability like Timani. Sita and Sharpie was manageable because the latter was such an excellent performer at the line out. Kev isn't...