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3 Wallaby coaches is good going though. (Brock, Daryl Haberecht, Dr John). We're deeper at lock. Colin Scotts could have been a monster for the Wallabies but played grid iron instead. Greg Peterson will probably become a Wallaby. At prop, IIRC Ray Smith from the '87 premiers played prop...

Let's not kid ourselves. This is a bloke who struggled to keep up at 3N pace rugby. Its not easy carrying a 6'9" frame about, let alone being expected to do all the tight work. He's seriously got his hands full next year getting to S23 (or whatever the fark it is) standard.

I was wondering how long that would take. Bernie easily. Simply beautiful player to watch, elegant, athletic, a touch of magic with every touch.

Garbage. You can't polish a turd.

From a test in France in 2004 or 2005 in which he'd finally earned a starting spot due to the selectors giving in to incessant Queensland braying. Only to knock the ball on every single time he touched it. It must have been 8 drops or knock ons, no exaggeration. Christ he was awful that day...

Gee I think that's harsh on McCalman. The guy is a significant upgrade on Fava, Hoiles, Richie Brown and John 'Tits for hands' Roe. He hasn't made rookie boo boos, which usually come with the territory. He has the workrate and the attitude. He needs to wrap up better in defence. He needs to...

Seriously ? He looks to be well into his 30s. Unfortunate.

Elsom at blindside - you are kidding me. It'd be Juan Smith with Kaino nipping at his heels and a hell of a lot of daylight before you get to Elsom. He's picked up some form on the EOYT.

He writes well but its a load of garbage. Smith doesn't acknowledge the putrid state of refereeing of the scrum. The timing of the engage calls is a farce. The inability of experienced internal referees to recognise boring in (Wales & Italy tests) & props engaging with shoulders below hips...

I'm historically one of the biggest Nathan Sharpe haters on here. But I credit the bloke - he's been excellent this season. We've been incredibly fortunate that he's stayed on in Oz. He's tightened up his game - he runs the ball in close a lot more now, he's no longer seagulling in the backline...

The sort of game where 10 blokes deserve a point. 3. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 2. Barnes 1. Moore Good to see Pocock developing the carry skills to go with his pilfering. Too many take Sharpe's lineout for granted.

I thought he was ordinary and up to his old tricks. Barnes was superb - unselfish, maintained the quality of the attacking lines and structure, put speed on the ball and shifted the point of attack. Giteau ran across field, hogged the ball and isolated himself. It would be best for everyone if...

Slipper's a fantastic talent and is still just a baby in scrummaging years. I vastly prefer him at tighthead though. He has wonderful natural strength and endurance to absorb pressure. Teams are finding packing with noses scrapping the ground doesn't worry him either - he has rare &...

I'm Spartacus !

Jason Little lost his test spot to the bigger and more physical Daniel Herbert. That was after the world's best centre combination was toasted by Frank Bunce's power. Little subsequently worked his way closer to 100 kgs and was used more at 12 and wing than outside centre. Selectors just...

Absolutely spot on. Rod Macqueen single handedly lost us that game.

To describe him as a leaner is generous. At least Deans has stopped him from getting into his favourite spots at 1st and 2nd receiver.

Gen Y. The generation that have their mum call their boss at work.

Holy Co-incidence Batman, my team came third (with me carrying them as per usual). 2 jugs of Carlsberg. I don't know that you can really call that a prize. Er, WTF is this podcast bullshit anyway ? I don't get the context.

See, I'm not with you on that. Everything I've seen, read and heard leads me to believe that Gregan was the true leader of those sides. Eales was slowly pushed aside and effectively captain in name only. Macqueen wanted to dump Eales as captain after 12 months in the job, Eales was struggling so...