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Yeah look I dont mind him being in the squad, realistically it's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other, and I'm sure he is a good influence. I am convinced that Quade needs Kerevi doing shit to be effective though. A few weeks ago everyone thought it would be a good idea to give Gordon some game...

That's who I was thinking of. Donaldson definitely played some minutes at 15 though.

3. Bell 2. Petaia 1. McReight

I know you don't rate him but he is clearly talented. He's from rare crop of playmakers all the same age, being Harrison, Lolesio and himself, between that and the Tahs also having Edmed at their disposal he doesn't know whether he is Arthur or Martha when it comes to what position he should...

well thats not going to happen

I don't think that's controversial but the issue is who would be the back up fly half. Potentially JOC (James O'Connor) or Hodge could be selected as a journeyman, or they could use Donaldson in a 'break glass' scenario during the pool games and then parachute someone in if Gordon gets injured. I don't think...

I’m pretty sure Lambert went to NZ just as extra cover in case Slipper had to switch to THP, so I think rule him out. Eddie seems to have been reluctant to cap Schoupp and I think he just wanted to get him into the environment and have a look at him. Gibbon is already capped and I think he’d...

As I was compiling it I thought that Gleeson may miss out but then realised there isn't anyone else that plays #8. We could get away with playing Holloway or Leota there against Portugal or something but if Valetini has to miss the Wales game or the first QF for whatever reason then we need a...

I have Perese in there, I don't think there is any point persisting with Hodge any more, may as well get some minutes into Donaldson against Georgia and Portugal. Perese, Petaia & Donaldson will effectively all be utility players. I suspect we will run the 1sts out against France in the warm...

Righto so here's my guess on the RWC 33: LHP: Bell, Slipper, Gibbon HKR: Porecki, Faessler, Uelese THP: Tupou, Faumasili, Nonggorr LCK: Skelton, Frost, Arnold, Philip BSF: Hooper, Holloway OSF: McReight, Hooper N8: Valetini, Gleeson HBK: McDermott, White, Lonergan 10: Gordon, Cooper IC: Kerevi...

That’s the thing though, unless they have done something illegal they shouldn’t be penalised. It doesn’t matter what ‘they’ ‘like to do’, thats what the laws are for. Your other paragraph does provide a bit of clarity on the last penalty though. The 30-40m advantage on the previous one was...

Ok so they have invented a law around it now, albeit a trial. I still think the sanction should be a short arm, alleviates any safety concerns whilst still giving said team the advantage but not gifting them points.

That’s TTs whole point. I think it needs as much attention as some as the other officiating anomalies that have been pointed out. The referee needs to pinpoint an infringement, but they rarely do, they just throw their arm up in the direction of the dominant scrum. In some cases there are...

Where precisely is the hate in my post, and the lack of options at fullback was the whole point of it. However, I’ll acknowledge that Kellaway runs great lines, and he has proper rugby smarts. Petaia put in some great footwork, maybe not as intelligent but needs more space maybe?

I’m a bit torn about what to do at fullback. Kellaway was OK today, and he’s safe as a house, but unless he gets put in a hole he doesn’t offer a lot in attack. I reckon Eddie needs to have a look at Petaia there in the game v France knowing that Ikitau will be back.

I didn’t time that one either. They said something about that in the commentary though, apparently they do allow something for a change in tee. The time of the game when that happened was a lot less consequential however - although rules are rules.

Except when he did

This one was sent to me privately, I haven’t checked it but I’m just going to put it up here: Law 8.21 Penalty Kick: The kick must be taken within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicated their intention to do so, even if the ball rolls over and has to be placed again...

The ABs C team with the unheard of Whitelock/Retallick second row pairing and that Savea muppet at 8. Obviously it wasn’t their best starting team, and there was a reason they had those blokes on the bench. I saw some significant improvement from our boys. No doubt the the team Rennie would...