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He was good last year, wasn't he?

Cooper may well become a better tackler, but I think it is a stretch too far for him to learn to be a good defender. Barnes does this probably the best of the Australian sides; leading the line forward together, being a little Bonaparte before the opposition attack begins organising the defense...

What about Hong Kong? Large expat community, and the Hong Kong Bledisloe may have generated enough interest for a lot of locals to attend. Plus, MajorRagerly could go ;)

I thought that was us!

The idea isn't to create more rules, more stoppages or more confusion, but I assume that noone really sets out to do that. What I was aiming for was to create a scenario where a player doesn't break the rules because the punishment is much worse than the benefit of committing the penalty...

Couldn't Kepu sneak into a second string pack? I'm not sold on the "new" Kepu.

100kg? I don't think so.

I'd like to see a more horses for courses approach to selection. In the RWC, there may be games that are played in wet and muddy conditions, where players like Mark Gerrard and Dan Palmer may come in handy.

Yeah, but how many has Beale kicked? It must only be 3 or 4 attempts.

Is Quade currently the form kicker of the Australian teams?

Well if we're three rounds in and we havent seen any improvement, we may as well abandon this farce. ;) (Just fishing, obviously)

Cyclo, no offense taken. The idea is that the punishment for offending on the field is real and effective. It's not about the effect on the player, but the team.

A couple of ideas for fixing up rugby. I know this subject has been done to death, but I'd like to have a go. Firstly, the referees harden up and adopt this system: Referee's MUST yellow card a player from a team that has broken a law twice previously in that game. Also, referees MUST...

The Highlanders have played their gameplan very well, and they've knocked off some big name teams, too.

Classy, Reddy!.

Horne just didn't return from half time, didn't he? I thought he played the whole first half.

Rod Davies, Mitch Chapman.

We'll save a spot for you.

3. Burgess 2. Mowen 1. Beale -3. Hangers. I'm a big fan but he wasn't fit to be kit technician out there today.