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Can someone with a better eye than me explain the improvement in defence? The first 20 minutes had Fisher looking for another job on here but it was barely mentioned thereafter. Did the players adapt to the system, or did we revert to a different system? No doubt the dudes on the Roar will...

I think burgess would have been good if given more time and positionally managed properly

Rankings pretty meaningless at this time of year, Ireland and Italy both benefitting by virtue of not playing anyone. We haven't been able to climb off the rankings canvas since Eddie's double point losses to Fiji and Wales. After the NH tours it will provide a more accurate picture.

It's quiet in here. You here Ben Youngs?

The jury is out on this point as he hasn’t played rugby since the start of year 11, but he certainly seems better equipped for the 15 man code. Kind of like a folau that can kick and tackle. I figure we will find out in November, even if only in that mid week game for now.

It was minute 64 when ALB got his card and 71 when Clarke got his. During that 16 minutes we out scored them 14-0. All of that is rendering all of his arguments incorrect. The problem was we had given them too much of a lead from the first 30 minutes.

If it’s a drawn series the holder of the cup retains it, they aren’t actually winning it. But it’s a fair point from a spectator point of view.

That’s kind of what I’m saying, the structure is the issue, not the person, but wingers aren’t selected to flatten centres. Koroibete at his peak was the perfect balance, dangerous in attack and defense. Even Jonah lomu was a ridiculously poor defender.

If you scroll back a few pages you’ll see I’m certainly no Fisher fan. The first 30 minutes we were appalling, no excuses for that. The last 50 minutes we stood up and had a good crack. The #2 team in the world trains for the situation where they are 2 men down and although it seems easy to...

Defense is certainly not Kellaway’s strength, but that’s not why he’s in the team. I’m not entirely sold on Toole being a step up in Laurie’s passive defense structure. He’s fast but I can’t really see him sitting Reiko at full steam on his arse. To be clear, I’m all for giving him a shot on...

Ok Mrs Rennie

Yes he was, I will take credit for that

Wilson was not shit. He wasn’t perfect but he will certainly feature in the 3-2-1

The thing was he appeared to give us advantage, which could explain why bell took the risk at the next ruck. Poor reffing

Wtf was Noah doing there???

Yeah world class Lenny hasn’t been the same since Eddie didn’t pick him. Despite his global superiority at 13 I reckon it’s worth giving him a shot at 12 because that’s where we are truly crap. His left boot would be more useful one in as well.

Welcome to our world

I can see why Eddie turned to league coaches for defense. If Laurie is the best we have in the entire country, well fuck me. Nathan grey was light years ahead

Yay bucket hat Laurie

I think Joe has taken the view that none of our 10s are good enough so the best approach is to build some stability and experience with what we have until the saviour arrives on the scene. He could be viewing Lynagh as 'that guy' but sensibly has taken the view that he is best off getting...