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Wow! Since when have we done that??

Wtf was he thinking? ‘I’ll just keep going and bustle my way through the whole French pack”

Interesting reading all these comments. It’s essentially going to be a team comprised of players from Aus A and NZ A, and as we (Aus) are hosting the Lions it’s not going to be stacked with Kiwis. My best guess is it will be 50/50. I can’t see many turning down the opportunity to play in it...

3. Slipper 2. Holloway 1. Hooper

I think he went off for a HIA which was roughly coincidental with the timing of White coming on anyway, so he didn’t come back on. I would figure he is in the mix for any team selection. Foley and Skelton are the two, I think Rennie is keeping his options open for the third in case there is an...

Realized the user friendly time of the game as I looked up the detail….beautiful!! Anyone care to speculate as to the make up of our team v Les Frogs?

WR (World Rugby) point rankings are relevant once a year, at the conclusion of the Six Nations. The chest pumping that goes on in between is at best laughable, as exemplified by Wales and Scotland leapfrogging us by literally doing nothing. The formula could do with a work over in this day and age but at...

Yes, I get what you are saying, I’m just pointing out that if they stayed where they were they could have / would have stopped a try, in the wallabies case. An isolated incident no doubt, but in the ABs case if Cane and 23 had stayed where they were Japan would not have scored, they probably...

I think that is a by-product of trying to over structure things. We saw a similar situation in the earlier game when Sam Cane went to swap with his inside man and the Jap guy saw the opening and went over the chalk. “Trust your instinct” and “play what’s in front of you” come to mind.

Given the alternatives, I think we can. Only for this RWC cycle though. I notice you mention QC (Quade Cooper) in your injury list….that is the obvious caveat, and the reason he is here to begin with.

I should point out out that I actually like your post match critique, sans the omission of mentions of sub par Brumbies players,

Yes, the adjudication is different when the culprit is a home nation. That’s his point. I gave up crying about crooked line out throws long ago.

Well that was a nail biter. I didn’t mind the interpretation of the McDermott clean out if that’s how it was interpreted all the time. But it’s not and any other day of the week, someone in a gold jersey, even Retallick this time around, twice on Sundays, that’s a red. Foley didn’t have a...

Retaillick is going home for the summer

World Rugby aren’t big on making decisions to the detriment of the home nations

Maybe officially but I find it hard to believe that professional rugby players have been doing nothing for 3 weeks. It’s a tough blow but the silver lining is we have Ned in camp. EDIT: read above. Who is the replacement, I assume it will be Red Swain?

It’s definitely an interesting choice for marketing - 2 injured players and a kiwi

oh yeah for sure, I’m not criticizing Pete, I just think Crichton would be fine at it, along with those other roles. He isn’t small for a provincial back rower, he’s 6’3 and around 110kg. That said, I’d agree with others here that at that stage of his career center will probably be his thing...

I would look at it as there isn’t much downside in it. He is going to play rugby, it’s just a matter of whether it’s in Australia or not. Head tells me if it’s not in Aus it will be wherever Jack Maddocks is at the time. Re the comparisons with Burgess, I get your point but agree with qwerty...

I think I read he is retiring after rwc2023 and in any case he is 31. Happy to stand corrected.