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Of the 55 only two professional boxing bouts and he had a nap in both of them, apparently. I don't even want to think what sort of shape this kid will be in if he has to lose 10kg in 10 days. He'll be so dehydrated he'll be lucky if he doesn't keel over before Quade gets near him.

He pretty much has to play at 15 now, we've lost most of our alternate fullbacks from last season. Ironically the second most experienced 15 in the side now is probably Quade after his time at Toulon! He did develop into a good 12 too by the time he got injured, but we're well covered at 12...

Well I think Schatz should be a 6. ;) He's definitely on the short side for a lock, although Dave Dennis is not much taller (192 vs 190 according to the maligned google figures) and he has played at lock. Admittedly in a pretty terrible Tahs lineout! But I always thought Schatz was more of a...

Painful watching the Aussies cock up so many chances!

Makes sense. Unfortunately McIntyre isn't really either of those, and certainly not the ball runner. Might see Duncan P or even Hunt slot into that role then, playing more of a 9-12-13 backline rather than 9-10-12. I'm a bit surprised that guys like Magnay and Perese weren't included. They...

First look at Maranta. At least he should find plenty of space to do his customary three-stride flop over the line! No Quade or Pickle. I don't know enough about 10s to know how important a flyhalf is compared to 15s but I'll be interested to see how McIntyre goes. He may struggle a bit in...

Yep, and the other two both have much higher salaries. Damned selfish of them. There is national pride at stake and they keep pinching the bulk of our best athletes!

No, that right there is the reason we can't beat the All Blacks.

Given that Magnay is unlikely to unseat Kerevi at 13 this season (barring injury), maybe he'd be worth giving a go on the wing? I haven't seen him kick but that doesn't seem to be a big requirement for a Reds winger - Nabuli and CFS are prime examples. Kicking from depth seems to fall pretty...

My first line pick is Paia'aua 12 and Kerevi 13, but it really depends what type of game they want to play outside Quade. Paia'aua is very much a second playmaker and his running is more slippery than confrontational, he evades tackles rather than busts them. I think with Quade's ability to...

Not retired, he's still only 26. I think he was told there wasn't a place for him this year on the back of those signings. I don't think anybody's heard where's going. You'd think he'd find a place somewhere in Japan or France.

It's almost an embarrassment of loose forwards at the Reds this season! The total opposite from last year when we had pretty much just Gill and Tui and were praying neither of them got injured. Smith should have 7 locked down but 6 and 8 are now really open. Tui vs Timu and Houston vs Higgers...

Don't worry, I'll be objective - I hate all you southern bastards equally! The missus is from Mudgee but went to uni in Canberra so she usually cheers for the Brumbies on the rare occasions I can get her interested enough to watch a game. Although she frequently refers to them as the "Canberra...

Ok I'll do that - I'll just need to figure out the best way to take real-time notes since I won't have the benefit of a recorded replay when I get home to write it up!

I'm going to the Mudgee game. Looking forward to it! May even be able to cover it for GAGR if required.

3. Hooper 2. Naivalu 1. Folau

I don't think he clearly scored his try at all. His left hand touched the ball first, then there was separation, then he grounded it with his right hand. That's a knock on. The video ref said his left hand was in contact with the ball the whole time, which to my eyes was just not true. But...

I don't think the ball runners were the main cause of that. It was losing the kicking game once again, compounded by scrum problems and turnovers. Despite all the progress the Wallabies have made between June and now, England played the exact same game but without the breakdown dominance they...

Get in line, some of us were calling it back in July. ;)

Peyper's been shocking but let's not pretend he was the difference. This was a dreadful performance, the Wallabies crumbled under pressure. I suspected we had lost this at about the 20 minute mark after botching four tries (as we have pretty much every game this tour) but I wasn't expecting...