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It's okay, Mumm's on now. Everything is saved!

Is it too early to start talking about who'll be Cheika's replacement? I'm really thinking it's not. This is bloody pathetic across every facet of the game - scrum, lineout, defence, attack and above all, kicking.

Yeah, either illegal betting or media organisation, but probably betting. Illegal bookie or punting syndicate. I doubt it would be a legal betting agency as they just cover themselves by shortening the odds enough that in the long run, they don't really care who wins. So there's no real...

It's not just that Hodge can play 15, but that being able to play 15 gives better cover across the outside backs. With his two positions being 12 and 15 (which are the two most specialist playmaking/kicking positions outside the halves) he pretty much covers the full backline, whereas Kerevi...

If you are going 6/2 you need a true utility back in the 23 jersey IMO. Much as I love Kerevi I wouldn't be putting him at 23 in a 6/2 bench as he is not a utility. Even To'omua doesn't really cover the outside backs positions. With Beale and Hunt both out of contention the obvious player for...

Watching that like:

Well done Canes. I certainly wasn't expecting it after the Round 1 towelling by the Brumbies! Let's face it, that decision to send the B team to Argentina in all likelihood cost the Lions the title.

Such sad news, I'm in shock. There is cause for hope in that he is young and fit, which is a real bonus in beating this. All the best to Christian, his family and the Brumbies community from your mates up north!

It's all pretty bizarre re Gill. We're talking about a coach who's happy to go to a World Cup with only two 9s in the squad, and lets his best scrummaging tighthead go to be replaced by an uncapped rookie, but we're supposed to believe he's worried about losing his fourth-string 7, after leaving...

Good to see Hodge, Robertson and Timani in the squad. All three deserved IMO. I hope they actually get some game time. Cheika has been pretty good at naming new talent in the wider squad but does tend to revert to the incumbents on match day. Pretty good squad overall. Ironically after our...

That is convenient. Crawling distance to Gate A. There's even the disabled lift so that those of us who are munted don't have to negotiate the stairs. I will certainly be able to bear those 45-point home ground losses a bit more cheerfully than I did this season.

Wait, where's Newstead opening?! Caxton St?

On the plus side, a mid-strength Milton Mango will feel like a full-strength heavy in the dehydrating heat of a Brisbane February.

Yes, which is probably why the Highlanders were able to knock them over twice. The Highlanders play a possession and counter-attack based game and the Tahs couldn't really cope with it. They knew what was coming in the semi-final but didn't (or couldn't) adjust their game and were well beaten...

Pocock could do it. Hooper is a bit firey but could do it, but I prefer him to focus on the game. Of the backs, Giteau seems to me the only one with the combination of being close enough to the ref to be effective, and experienced enough for the job. Is your confidence in the coaches...

Yeah for the Poite game we will need pure scrum power. Put the strongest front row on. For the Peyper game, if anything goes at the breakdown, maybe Fardy will have a good game at last. If he brings his England game to Poite's match, we'll get whistled off the park. Blindside is my biggest...

Where the f--- is Liam F---ing Gill?!?!?!?!!

Fair call, but I think you've misunderstood me a bit. It's not about giving the Force the slops, I'm starting with the assumption that MOC is a capable coach (as evidenced by his career overseas and all the good things the players have said about him) who for whatever reason wasn't working out...

AND defence coach. Nuff said.

It's not just the performance of the backs but the persisting with poor performance when other options were available that I don't understand. Guys like McIntyre and CFS weren't performing while players like Duncan P and Laloifi sat on the bench and came on with 8 minutes to go. When they were...