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Not. I'm glad we have other options on that side of the scrum, though I'm not sure what the current pecking order is in Cheika's mind.

It's harsh to judge a player on 15 seconds of a winning game, especially a prop in open play, but 60:15-30 was a pretty eye-catching interlude from Benn Robinson. For a while after that too, now that I watch it. I value the setpiece more than open play in a prop's resume, but that really was a...

Interesting that this has emerged so near to the wc. Would've been more interesting if it were even closer. Not much time for coaches, refs and law-makers to decide how to handle it. Shame we couldn't have used it ourselves, given how poor the wallabies have been at restarts lately.

I read a comment on the guardian criticising Pocock for not speaking up about the Di Patson issue. Apparently they felt that was hypocritical. o_O He wasn't even in the squad. I do fear for his future. He's going to be subjected to twice the scrutiny as other players, and you can bet that...

Moore adding to his sparse comments on the matter: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/stephen-moore-michael-cheika-back-david-pocock-on-homophobia-stance-20150324-1m6i6t.html

Who it's directed at is entirely beside the point. The point is that homophobic language has been deemed contrary to the rules by all governing bodies. You wouldn't ask who an eye gouge had been directed at as a relevant context. And in the age of ref mics, if a firm stance had not been...

What do you mean by "directly offended"?

Just want to add my voice to the "good on ya Steve and Poey" group. This incident will have done more to educate people of the unintended consequences of ignorant, outdated language than a thousand quiet-words-over-beer. I'm sure Poey especially will pay a hefty price for this and I'm sure...

That could explain Hooper's crazy eyes. Stay in school kids, just say no to Poey. Smoking it doesn't make you cool.

Pocock was pretty damn good in the 2009 trinations against SA in Brisbane too. IIRC it was the only trinations match the boks lost that year. Of course it was also the only one we won.

My recollection of the EOYT was that we dominated possession because we weren't kicking much and the opposition were. And the reason we weren't kicking much is because we weren't great at regaining possession once lost. As for NZ, I don't think anybody is suggesting that Pocock is a free...

Yeah I've seen that and it's true. But as has been said several times already, all support of Pocock is predicated on the assumption that he returns to something close to his best. And it seems that even given that assumption there are still people who would take Hooper. I've explained why...

Scared of getting even slightly isolated by him. Scared of seeing him enter their ruck. Scared of what will happen if they aren't perfection itself in clearing him out. Scared of getting caught with the ball anywhere in the red zone. What did you think I meant? Scared of his political activism?

I think Pocock has far more fear factor than Hooper to opposition teams, the sort of fear factor Smith (and Pocock) used to give us. Currently nobody is scared of our forwards in any facet of play. Scrum? No. Lineout? No. Breakdown? No. Mauls? Haha good one. Every international forward...

I think Ireland are showing at the moment that there is still plenty of opportunity at test level under the current interpretations to attack teams at the breakdown to great effect. They really put the fear of God into ballrunners. Also, the choke tackle seems to be a great way to get around...

Well he's probably the person she's most likely to listen to on topics such as "What you shouldn't say to the press" and "please don't take this any further, we'll give you paid leave to make up for it". There's also "Think how this'll look on your resume" if conversation lags. He'd...

Seems like the only possible benefit is to make rugby fans feel a bit less comfortable trashing the IRB.

I wish we had the wingers not to have to give the twerp the time of day. We do not. I'd still rather have Giteau flying sideways from Toulon than JOC (James O'Connor). Better a kicker than a dropkick.

Another ad idea would be to have a sequence of some big bastard phoning his boss. Maybe the boss could be a brickie at a construction site. Conversation 1 (while wearing neck-brace): "Yeah sorry mate, I can't come into today. Busted my neck in a scrum." *show scrum porn* Conversation 2 (arm in...

With Nonu out it might be worth a shout subbing To'omua for Foley and trying the 10 Foley 12 Beale combo later in the game. Not that I think To'omua's done much wrong.