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Cheika's a find. We now have the most successful superugby coach (Deans), the most successful HC coach (Cheika), the most successful Australian international coach (MacQueen), the most successful South Efrican international coach (White), and the best Australian coach atm (Link) all in our...

I'm more a rugby fan than a member of the cognoscenti, but it wouldn't surprise me if Deans is adopting a conservative strategy because the RWC he asked to be judged by has been and gone. Likewise maybe he's decided that attacking rugby hasn't worked for him and it's time to try something else...

What's going on with Robinson? Unfit, injury, found out, insufficient workrate, poor lineout lifting, still unhappy about being passed over for (vice)captaincy? Anyone know? He used to be our first pick, and props are meant to peak in their late 20s/early 30s. Has his scrummaging really gone...

Managed to get 3 non-rugby south australians (tautology?) to watch the midnight viewing of the game with me. I had to spend a fair bit of the game explaining why Union is more exciting than League. In hindsight I probably shouldn't have mentioned the Vichy regime. The most exciting moment in...

I remember when Sharpe was out of the side and our lock pairing was Horwill and Chisolm our scrum was awesome but our lineout was shocking. That was 2009 I think, so I'm not sure how Horwill has developed since then. Maybe that's why Deans keeps putting Dennis in the side -- to have someone to...

One match off was probably contributed to by the fact that it received no censure from the ref at the time, who was aggressively disinterested in what Sharpe had to say. I still think it deserved what it got. It's not like a bakkies or meelamu headbutt where it could be argued to be accidental...

I hope we win and I'll be up very late (thanks channel 9) cheering for a win, but our momentum has been heading inexorably in the wrong direction over 5 matches against Wales and the ABs. So I'm not optimistic.

Good to see he has a lot of respect for the scrummaging of Dan Palmer at least. That's a good sign for Dan coming from the forwards coach. Whether or not it shapes Dingo's opinion is another matter.

I'd like to hear more front-row interviews, especially props. That Al Baxter interview was gold, regardless of what you think of his career. And maybe if front-rowers got a bit more attention and therefore prestige we'd get more of them through the ranks. Kepu's out injured right now isn't he...

If Deans is going to persist with a midfield lacking in attacking flair (which I think he will) then whoever is planning set-piece moves needs to step up their game to provide them with more attacking options. Asking JOC (James O'Connor) or Beale or Ioane to play what's in front of them might be plausible...

Kaplan evening up the slate in the dying moments.

Sharks will grind it out and slow it down from here.

Is Gill on the field?

An extra week in the wallabies training setup under supercoach Deans will do them a world of good.

Reds don't do well as favourites.

We just about need QC (Quade Cooper) and TPN to swap tackle techniques. TPN is actually big enough to execute what QC (Quade Cooper) is trying to pull off (ball-and-all/strip-the-ball) and wouldn't concuss himself as much, and QC (Quade Cooper) might start consistently stopping players. Plus I think his skull is a bit thicker than TPN's...

I'd be interested to know how many times we've won 3 matches in a row in the last 5 years or so. Anyone know where I could look that up? I did a bit of an internet trawl but came up blank. Also, does Timani play tighthead lock for the tahs? Is that where he played against Scotland...

If I understand it correctly, I'm guessing the reason for law 3.14(d) is to stop teams who are getting dominated at scrumtime from faking an injury to a front-rower and bringing on another flanker instead. This would unfairly advantage them (can't be dominated at scrumtime, more mobility in the...

Way to take one for the team, QC (Quade Cooper) and KB (Kurtley Beale). Shift the focus away from the loss.