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I have nothing to base it on, but I reckon that White is probably listening to Larkham about the backline. My thoughts are that Bernie is telling him that To'omua is the better 10 and Lealiifano is more flexible.

Interesting that they've put JOC (James O'Connor) at 10 first. Perhaps that is the outcome of him spending the full pre-season with the team and filling that role during that time.

This has nothing to do with the NFL. Also, by my understanding Rugby is not a NCAA sport, or it is not listed as such. So, making dismissive posts about how people do not understand such things have absolutely zero relevance to the issue at hand. That issue is: how rugby is treated at the...

I'd personally love to see him play 8 in the Tim Gavin/Kieran Read vein.

For mine, it sounds like its a Trial and the coach is seeing how the new guy can play. Then he is seeing how JOC (James O'Connor) has recovered while giving KB (Kurtley Beale) some rest/training time.

Really doubt it will happen. There has been substantial investment in the Super 15 franchises and would be some very pissed off people if that was all flushed away. Despite the clamouring of many people to change the structures in place, they are what they are and there will be small...

More likely just noting the new players. Otherwise, fitting 9 players in a backline could be tough.

I can't see the SA ratings being significant in determining the scheduling of an Australian derby.

That would certainly make for a very sizeable back line.

Sounds like KB (Kurtley Beale) 10, JOC (James O'Connor) 15 and Woodward 14 might be on the go. Which begs the question, who will be at 12? Will it be Mitchell again?

Well, given that it starts in February, its more throughout their Spring and into their Summer. Either way, that's not necessarily a bad thing with the US because you're not going head to head with American Football for an audience and instead are providing them with something similar shortly...

At least he's got the profile of a hooker.

Hopefully one of the Irish posters (is it Bardon that is the Leinster fan?) can give us more details on the bloke.

His defence is also one of his strengths. I suspect though the suggestion of putting him at 12 would be to accept the Nonu/Smith style "Big 12, Skillful 13" setup. This is what I think Dumbledore was referring to by the JOC (James O'Connor)-at-13 faction, who support the notion that the inside channels have...

Those particular missed tackles play on my mind especially. Its not like JOC (James O'Connor) played a lot of the season for the Rebels but in that time, whilst playing 12, he made two clangers of epic proportion.

While it would provide some interesting attacking options, I still have some hesitation about its defensive strength, particularly given the propensity for bigger runners in the 10-12 channel. That aside, I am going to assume that the coaches probably understand the current state of rugby better...

That year makes a big difference and he is right, Melbourne do have more flexibility on the international slots, even if we are developing plenty of local talent.

I would note that those aren't quotes so we can't tell if they are speculation by the reporter. It is interesting that it seems to have been picked up primarily across the Tasman where there would be more interest in the local boys. The other thing that comes to mind for me is that Gerrard...

It gladdens me to see that my fellow Rebels supporters also see through the BS.

How he functions with other teams has very little relevance to how he functions with the Rebels team. Using the perceived strength of the Rebels backline last year as authority for assertions that he should not play there is a straw man argument. KB (Kurtley Beale) played four games at 10 for the Rebels last...