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Just five days between games, both of which were grand finals. It could have been scheduled Saturday or Sunday. Probably because there were no Easter airline seats left. Piss poor organising IMO, the screams if this was a men's game would have been deafening.

Its already clear that Super Rugby has told the refs NOT to protect players from head injury. In the Reds/Brumbies game Noah Lolesio coat hangered the halfback only to hear "its only a penalty, he hit his shoulder first". Because of the shape of the shoulder, almost every swinging arm that hits...

Seems like a pretty piss-poor reason, but its the NRL, I would not expect anything else. "How could you miss a game of rugby league, the world's greatest game, just to be an ambassador at a Rugby World Cup?"

Piloted a Hurricane, I think. The development stream for good NZ refs seems to have lost a wheel or two. Maybe we should start a thread on whether Doleman is worse than O'Keefe and whether Murphy (Aussie) is worse than both. (Only Kidding)

Why is Dobbins starting? Heaven has only had about three games and now he's resting on the bench? He's been top tier in every game he's played so far. Maybe its the Ewen McKenzie trick - swap them after 20 and then bring him back on if Heaven's injured. Who would want to be a hooker in the...

But Christie is starting and Nock is on the bench. So, this is not, IMO, the strongest possible line-up.

The Waratahs should have switched Bell and Kailea. Kailea has looked strong and Bell has had a massive workload. On the other side, Botha has been pushed around badly two weeks in a row. Maybe the others are injured, bit as soon as Tupou goes off I have my heart in my mouth every time a scrum is...

Wilson has shown glimpses of his potential in the past but last night he was one of the Tahs best. All night, not just occasional times. He could be very hard to drop if his form continues.

I'll see you one Damian Murphy and raise you one Ben O'Keefe

The Brumbies scrum folded on the first two scrums in the game and BOK said play on. That's one of his standard plays. Scrum penalties only called when the ball does not come out.

Nice to know you are expecting to lose! But before you go committing self harm have a rewatch of the Tahs second half. I don't think they won more than one of their own lineouts, their kicking for touch never made more than 20 metres (except for the one they didn't kick over the sideline), some...

If the Highlanders and the Chiefs win, and they would both be favourites, then it's a long way back for two of the best teams in 2023.

Last night it was Creighton getting 20m, Except on one occasion when he got good distance but it didn't go out. Its an Australian Rugby characteristic.

Its round four and I think we can confirm that the Brumbies are still the best Australian team by a good margin with the Reds next best.

I'm guessing Shiggins was watching on TV. Watching it live at the ground made my eyes bleed it was so bad. The Tahs were terrible. Their field kicking was diabolical, the lineout was a shambles, Leota had a shocker (I counted four simple mistakes that led to turnovers), penalty kicks for touch...

Given that Christie, Barrett and Ioane are way out of form, the Brumbies are a real chance here. I've swapped my tipping on the game even though the theory is you should always go with your first pick. Then again, I am in position 126 on the tipping ladder, so follow me at your peril.

Tahs $1.28, Force $3.50. Tell 'em they're dreaming! I know the bookies set the odds based on who the punters think will win, I don't blame them. But the punters putting money on the Tahs to those odds haven't watched either Tah's game live. To date they have not inspired $1.28 confidence. The...

I was at the game and thought that the Tah performance wasn't all that good. I thought the Highlanders were defensively excellent and some other teams will find them very tough to beat. Their midfield is colossal and the whole team is very hard to break down. After I got home I watched the...

I'm much more worried that the Highlanders will just think the game is in Otago and will play the same way. Highlanders are probably the team you least want to play in the rain, they are just so used to it!

Getting to the Tahs Brumbies game in Bowral seems to be a bit of a hassle! 1. Game time is advertised as 3pm to 8pm. I assume they are having a few other games as well. But I can't find anywhere when the main game starts and I don't want to spend a lot of time waiting to watch the main game...