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Absolutely agree with you. I'm just tired of talking about the scrum, the line-out, the handling, the lack of discipline, the scrum, as that has all been done to death in this short period since the start of the season... so I thought I would raise Phipps and his passing woes from last year.

I've just watched a recording of the game. As much as I like the energy that Phipps brings to the team, especially in defence, can we please give Lucas a start? I am sick of seeing passes at ankle level, at basketball rim level, at 3 paces behind the player being passed to, at nut level, at...

You will find in that little melee that a Reds player also pushed Holloway in the face with an open palm. Maybe that Reds player should have been penalised as the third person in?

Well. That final score made the game closer than it looked. The Highlanders shut up shop with 25 minutes to go. They could have put more on us if they had continued to play the game. I didn't realise that Sea World was in town and had swapped our entire team with seals. Hands like flippers...

I think that QC (Quade Cooper) could be a very good 7s player once he is fully conditioned for the short form of the game. The risk with QC (Quade Cooper) is that under pressure, as seen with many of his 15s games, he chooses the wrong options. In 15s that doesn't always translate to points against his team. In 7s, it's...

Maybe it was an over reaction by me... But that high blood pressure from pre-2012 came back to visit me during the first 10 minutes of the game. Fixing the scrum. What's the short term solution?

I think it's going to be a long, painful year for a lot of Waratah fans. Much like the Hickey and Foley years.

Well... The positives. 1. The margin wasn't as big as I thought it would be (excluding the last minute try). 2. Line out didn't implode. 3. Phipps. The everywhere man. Best scrum half in Australia by a mile. The negatives. 1. The props. Enough said. 2. The second row. Louisi - what does he...

I've been following 7s for a long time now and I can't remember an incident of an extra player having such an impact on the game. I'm sure that in the earlier days of 7s, with less strict policing on the sidelines, players would be coming on and off resulting in extra players. The difference...

The problem is that this didn't just affect Australia, even though it resulted in a more favourable draw. It affected all of the other teams as their likely opponents changed. Who is to say that Fiji would not have won the tournament, or South Africa, or any of the other quarterfinal...

I hope that they don't drop Lewis Holland for Quade. He seems to have found some form.

Folau is so talented that there's little doubt that he would do well. However, would he do better than the current performers, given a limited preparation and assimilation time? One of the key differences in sevens is the work rate at the tackle ball so as to reduce the number of players who...

How good were the Fiji and Kenyan supporters?! I thought it was the Suva Sevens at one stage, such was the intensity of the Fiji supporters' cheering. Some scintillating sevens over two days and a wonderful atmosphere. I can't wait for next year!

That's what I thought when I saw this at the game. Went home, put the replay on. You can clearly see that the Reds player is looking at Folau in the lead up to the jump. As he sees Folau take off for the ball, he makes a token effort to jump into Folau with his arms up. He also looks up to...

Am looking forward to your match report. I saw someone furiously taking notes on the play. :-)

When a team spends more money on its coaching team but loses a close game to a team that spends less on its coaching team, it's very easy to jump to the conclusion that the former team has spent unwisely. This is not necessarily true and there are many variables which could result in a...

Discovered today that I'd booked in meetings for tomorrow from 2 to 3.30pm and then from 5pm. Not happy now. Was quite looking forward to tomorrow.

I I was planning on being lazy and driving there. Might just walk now.

I took my times off the CAS website. Seriously hard to find any info. NSW schools rugby website hasn't been updated; still has 2013 info as the leading news. In any case, only a 15 min difference so not a major issue.

Found it. 1.15pm and 2.30pm.