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I haven't watched every minute of every game, but players I have liked/noticed are: Props: Slipper, Holmes, Weekes have looked good. Hooker: I actually thought Fainga'a was doing his usual excellent tackling etc when he's been on. Second Row: Australia is actually pretty lucky here - Horwill...

Ioane probably should have got a red there - very bad spear.

We might see something like Lucas on D with everyone sliding in one place and Davies taking Ioane's wing spot. I don't know if this will be bothered with though.

Bloody oath. If it wasn't for the handling errors they would have had this one. Still might grab it anyway!

Brumbies looking pretty decent here. Mogg has a great, confident boot. Better hands and their attention to detail elsewhere and they'd be scoring some points here.

I'm really looking forward to seeing whether the new Brumbies can pull this one off. Chiefs probably better on paper, but for some reason I have a fondness for young, underestimated teams.

I know it's early days, but I'm damn glad that after 3 pretty poor games the Reds top the ladder. A few years ago a poor game meant a 50 point flogging or worse. The standards are higher now though, so let's get the powder keg in shape for when Cooper gets back.

Annoying game to watch as a reds fan. Rebels are surely going to knock someone over shortly. Rebels could have 5 in the wallabies squad for mine: kingi, Pyle, JOC (James O'Connor), Beale and saffy.

Hang on, are you arguing for Carter to be dropped or against?

For his late shoulder after a kick through? Fair enough I think.

I would be happy with either of Kingi or Lucas at this stage. I haven't watched all of his games, but have been generally unimpressed by Phipps.

Great call on Kingi. That backline has me very worried as a Reds fan.

This is a shitty situation. There were so many good vibes coming out of the Brumbies pre-season. I hope it blows over and they can all concentrate on what matters.

Sorry, didn't mean that to sound like I had declared "the opinion" for everyone. Just that was my distillation of this thread into some kind of medium ground.. Comprising and all that. I don't think he's a bad player - I just wouldn't pick him above anyone that's made the Wallabies so far at 12...

So I guess my conclusion is that carter is at least pretty good and performs at his potential but has been overlooked for players that arguably have higher potential that is not as consistently reached. He is also mouthy which annoys some and delights others. Case closed?

Exactly, digby was perfectly entitled to run that line.

Bruce, people can find Carter's onfield behaviour distasteful regardless of your personal like of him and regardless of whether it will have any effect.

Did anyone notice how difficult it was for Pocock to speak in the post-match interview (due to being so out of breath). Hard worker, he was everywhere last night.

They didn't get a penalty. The ref rulled that the Highlanders knocked on getting the ball out of the scrum. Whether the Crusaders deserved a penalty is another question - though considering the drama of the clock I think the universe is relatively balanced.