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Disappointing. This was the perfect chance to move Fardy to lock, Mowen to 6 and McCalman to 8, which would've been my first picked side anyway (although Horwill starting over Simmons obviously) Having Schatz and McCalman on the bench really isn't balanced at all.

He also knows how to face the haka properly - see the last few seconds of this clip (I can't seem to find a better source - this one's cut off unfortunately) That's the sort of passion we want in the wallabies, and is bound to fire a whole team up!

3. Lilo 2. Genia 1. Moore

A very unexpected 495 for the round, especialy since I had 3 guys starting on the bench! Best round of the season so far I think, and now just outside the top 300.

TJ Ioane is on the bench. Just had to change my team because of it as well. Hope you still have your undo transfers up your sleeve!

Hookers also get points for lineout wins, although it's only 1 point for each, and -3 points for each not straight, so I guess it's only really ever a maximum of 10 points or so

Emirates Western Force v Reds 1. Pek Cowan 2. Heath Tessmann 3. Kieran Longbottom 4. Toby Lynn 5. Sam Wykes 6. Matt Hodgson (c) 7. Chris Alcock 8. Ben McCalman 9. Alby Mathewson 10. Sias Ebersohn 11. Nick Cummins 12. Kyle Godwin 13. Ben Jacobs 14. Patrick Dellit 15. Sam Norton-Knight...

Pek Cowan has been in good form all year at LHP and offers a fair bit around the ground as well as solid scrummaging, but I doubt he'll get a look in since he's at the Force.

Emirates Western Force v Brumbies Canberra Stadium, Canberra Saturday, 27 April 2013 Kick-off: 7.40pm (local)/5.40pm (AWST) 1. Pek Cowan 2. Heath Tessmann 3. Salesi Ma’afu 4. Toby Lynn 5. Sam Wykes 6. Ben McCalman 7. Matt Hodgson (c) 8. Richard Brown 9. Alby Mathewson 10. Sam Norton-Knight 11...

I think our prop stocks are pretty good once we get rid of Maafu and Manu gets elevated to a full contract. Cowan and Faulkner provide a lot around the ground, although prehaps not explosiveness. I think Manu's no slouch either from what I can recall. We defintely need someone to stand up and...

Highlanders Named To Play Crusaders 1. Tony Woodcock 2. Andrew Hore (captain) 3. Chris King 4. Brad Thorn 5. Josh Bekhuis 6. Jarrad Hoeata 7. John Hardie 8. TJ Ioane 9. Aaron Smith 10. Hayden Parker 11. Hosea Gear (vice-captain) 12. Ma’a Nonu 13. Jason Emery 14. Tony Ensor 15. Ben Smith...

Yeah maafu was definitely a liability last week.Should be out of the 22 and longbottom to the bench. A few too many forwards on the bench as well I think considering the expansive game the cheetahs have been playing. I'd have left junior on the bench and dropped wykes. Still not overly happy...

That was definitely a game the force should've won. Clearly dominant in the first half, but unfortunately lost 4 or 5 of our own lineouts, which really makes it difficult to maintain momentum. That and the few missed penalty / conversion attempts and we should have been 10 to 15 points in the...

3. Barnes 2. Cummins 1. Hooper

3. Douglas 2. Cummins 1. Hooper -10. Everybody else

I think that this game was pretty much a fair reflection of where the wallabies are at this point in time, and probably for the last couple of years. We really don't deserve to be 2nd in the rankings, and seem to have just been lucky that our opposition hasn't brought their A game in a lot of...

Sheehan looks far better than phipps, as expected. Much quicker service, and less stupid decisions. I still don't understand how phipps even gets a look in the wallabies extended squad

Well I really should have checked the team lists properly before making my changes - bringing in Higgers for Pocock was a shocking decision! And Fritz Lee on my bench was pretty much useless. Would've been a semi decent round otherwise

So why did sharpie get taken off so early? Sure he got bit of an injury in the first half, but he was playing on and obviously said he was OK to play on at half time. He was one of the best players on the park in the first half and it would have been more than fitting to let him play out the...

I thought of those in the RWC squad, Nick Phipps and Rob Horne looked like they are very lucky to be in the squad looking at their performance against a minnow team. We looked better when Lucas replaced Phipps and Horne had a pretty minimal impact on the game, except for opening up that massive...