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Really? Where are these invisible fans? ;-P

Not sure if there is sarcasm there or not but yes, if the team truly clicks then they will be very hard to stop. I'll take the wins but keeping my feet grounded right now. I've always said in professional rugby the margins are very small and when a team plays well, it's usually because the...

to be fair we butchered several chances tonight. I thought the score flattered the sharks who had a few moments but we're mostly very bad.

Genia was mostly good and mostly I've loved having him in the team but he kicked too much tonight. Twice when we had the extra man and just outside the 22. Once in the Scond half when we had a five on three overlap on the left and he went right to the corner.

Why? You didn't need them last week ;-) Given the shortage of locks we have had over the last few years perhaps I'm happy to finally have a few that our hookers can throw too. Hopefully this week we will actually throw to them instead of over them

You've predicted we'd be smoked every week so we can hardly call you an oracle yet. ;-) The Tahs were much better on the day. We had nothing in the second half. Could not keep the ball for more than a couple of phases and could barely lay a finger in the Tahs when they had it.

We'll done Tahs. Took their opportunities well in the second half but f@ck did we have to give them so many?

Did English and Maddocks lose a bet with those haircuts?

We'll I hope the beers are at least pretty cool for the supporters

Absolutely crazy having the boys play a game that involves so much physical intensity in that heat. Not good for the players or the spectacle as I expect the skills to be quickly impacted. Hasn't there been an issue with temperature and a tah's afternoon fixture early in the season before?

three wins in a row. A bloke could get used to this! Good test next week against the Tahs in Sydney. Really looking forward to it

Yes depth will matter but I'm expecting another messy game with lots of dropped ball because of sweat issues. Hopefully we can get up again.

oh dear. In the herald sun's the Punt "After winning just four Super Rugby games last season, Melbourne Rebels are already two from two and will host the ACT Brumbies tomorrow night" Well at least they got the day and opposition correct. Maybe this was sent to the sun by the same unpaid...

#&!*@. I wish I had read this thread this afternoon. The unpaid intern who did the magnetic fixture with the rebels membership pack put down 8pm tonight for game time v Sunwolves. Just sitting down for the pregame and I find out I missed it. &#*@!

I saw it. The early Kiwi games always look fantastic compared to ours. I thought the defense was not there yet but attack looked right on. I expect it was a but cooler down there as well so sweat on the ball wouldn't have been the same issue. All of this is bye the bye though. Given the gap...

They have not been very good here in early either. Blues won easily last year but then again, who were they playing. Take your point though. Think they will be the teams to beat again

well it wasn't the best but I'll take it. Feb games in Melbourne are always poor skill no matter who plays. I don't think I have ever seen a good game that early. Our defense was not coordinated so that could improve. Kick chase was way better that the fast walk I have seen in the past. Line...

haven't missed the posts which is why I made the comment about the low benchmark. That was supposed to be an ironic comment but the wink did not come through for some reason I actually agree with you. I think wessels should do a good job of merging the two rosters into one and I am looking...

Mate, your not setting a very high benchmark there. I have a lot of sympathy for the force fans having seen my beloved Fitzroy railroaded out of the AFL. I couldn't follow Brisbane nor any other team and I still find it rubs me a bit raw, particularly with all the help other teams got after us...

5. on those occasions when a kick makes sense we put in a decent kick chase.