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The Jags struggled with a near-Argentina side last season as they adjusted to the travel / speed / demands / style of play of Super rugby. Please keep in mind that Argentina have beaten Australia and South Africa in recent years. Imagine how two Chinese teams, a South East Asian team and a...

I think Peni's showed a lot more than Masirewa thus far, and all Brache has showed in his years at Super level is that he's not up to it. I'm seriously perplexed as to how the guy has a contract.

Yeah nah nah yeah thats a pretty juicy starting XV. My thoughts: - Talakai is sturdy but surely Tupou would replace him in the starting XV come the proper season (and the end of Tupou's sentence). - I don't see the need to play Tui. Surely Stiles knows what he offers (a hell of a lot IMO)...

And against the Brumbies for the trial the week previous. Big lump of a lad that Swinton.

Jim Stewart broke his neck in the Shute Sheild grand final and was told he will never play again. A real shame as he was a very talented youngster. Who to play 8 for the first few rounds? Wells? Dempsey with Hanigan at 6?

Really? Source? Thats so soft. What about Messam with the shoulder charge or swinging arm? It was barely a headbutt. It was scarcely more than a smooch. Messam was having a few words and Thor was all tied up. He was just returning the sentiment. Between this and the new high tackle laws...

Thats true but goodluck trying to field a team of WA/VIC/ACT born and bred players. Whilst they weren't born in the states they current play, players like those below certainly identify with the states in which they forged their careers: McCalman, Hodgson, Carter, Fardy, Cowan, Meekes...

SOO is too NSW/QLD centric given how the ARU wants to push the game across the nation. How about foundational states (in terms of Rugby Union playing) (NSW,QLD) vs. the rest (WA,ACT,VIC)? You could do it on the basis of their first Super game or where they are currently playing. Once you...

Otherwise, I thought it was absolutely fantastic. Theres nothing to really say outside of what others have already said - 10s is so so much better than 7s. All Aussie teams looked promising but we sent out a bunch of duds and I wish we'd taken it a bit more seriously (lord knows we could use...

I'm also still outrageously confused as to why they ran with 2x 4 team pools and 2x 3 team pools. Would it really be so hard to field another two teams? I think it made the tournament sloppy and biased towards certain pools. They could've done Premier Rugby Barbarians from QLD and Shute...

To be fair with the team we sent up there I'm not surprised we lost. Rory oconner? Does he even have a contract? Brad wilkin? The luckiest man in Australian rugby with a contract since Tom carter? Lachie Swindon? The u20s tah player who most likely won't make the u20 Aus side. Pair that with...

How about that crusader throwing away that Samoan blokes boot? Dya reckon NZ will cry foul over that one? Sure it didn't go as far as Phipps' heroic crowd effort but it was the same intention. Or are we just judging Phipps for his ability to execute his dickiness better? I'm thinking...

Brumbies look clueless. I feel like a broken record.

Hunt has played very very well.

Wouldn't say they were rubbish. Had some good passages just dropped the ball went it counts. Ryan I thought was good. Cracked of a game. Great entertainment.

Softest yellow I've ever seen. Also a terrible call for not releasing. Completely illegal by the wild knight. Tuqiri going alright haha!

Yeah the first half of the first game wasn't much but the teams are still learning to play. Tahs vs Wild Knights has been fantastic this far. Good handling given how slippery that ball would be.

Rebels 19 - Chiefs 5 English MOM for me.

English with some monster shots!! Fainga'a and Hodge manning up very well as well and looking good in attack. Hodge goes over. I spoke to soon the last five minutes have been electric.

Well that's a bit more like it.