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OK - although in that particular scrum it was the fact that he didn't collapse or pop, and at least held his side or moved forward that meant the scrum wheeled and disrupted the Argies - rather than going the way of the other 7 scrums. The subtext - he's a better loosehead than Slipper, by...

I'm not sure how Benn Robinson is supposed to make Ben Alexander's side of the scrum go forward. He made his side go forward though, which was important. Benn Robinson also didn't collapse or stand straight up with the pressure of the scrum. Slipper did twice, and got yellowed for it. Fatcat...

I was talking to someone just yesterday about this. When you're in a form slump as a batsman, sometime the more you try, the worse it gets. Until one day you just middle a shot - most likely against poor oppo. It reminds you of what you can do, and how you can do it. Then you middle another, and...

Hard to know from the couch, but I've heard a story of there being some rampant egos in the camp, and not just from the amigo types, but those who are usually good blokes - seems there's something just about the Wallabies and the culture that's developed there. How has it developed into that...

The senior ABs have had one since the turn of the century

I think it's 70-80% mental with the Wobs at the moment - confidence in themselves and the team is totally fucking shot and with it the belief and hunger to win. The problem is there's no simple training ground run that fixes it. I think this is what's got Link stymied.

Keep fighting the good fight brother

I was more referring to the previous week's podcast where Ben Darwin was talking about the value of having players with history of playing together - not so much the gameplan (everyone has to change to the new one anyway) but rather an instinctive knowing of what the other will do