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hasn't every possible front row combination that we can field been manshamed on several occasions?

white has bought himself another 3 tests with his 3 excellent kicks so far, for mine

running rugby! entertaining!

this scrivener guy just revealed that part of the new tactics would be to kick out of our half more and not use as much "petrol" trying to run it out of our own 22... fuck me dead. they're only just realising NOW that running out of your own 22 is stupid when playing test rugby? Honestly...

Bob Dwyer has today posted an article on this very website calling for a switch of the halves despite the fact that the forwards aren't any good, so whilst one (or many) may have an entirely different view, it's not really unreasonable to suggest that one may feel comfortable swapping backline...

Tell me, did you have this "the forwards are the issue and the identity of the flyhalf is a non issue" attitude after the two bledisloes and before last night, or were you all for having cooper start last night in lieu of To'omua? The only reason that you're unprepared to discuss the merits of a...

that he "remembers" they block out the fuck ups

You're going to get a yellow if a player goes beyond the horizontal. If it's clear on the video, you're going to get a yellow. It isn't difficult to avoid and it's been this way for some years now. Both the hooper yellow and the bok penalty were fair, IMO. As was the yellow for deliberate...

So - you think we shouldn't aim to be improved in the pack, we should just hope that we magically start dominating everyone and should pick the backline based on forward domination? I've kinda assumed that we won't be dominating anyone up front, and that near to parity is as good as we'll get.

I don't think that's true. I think that playing with a half pairing that is dedicated to playing the game at the right end of the paddock is a fairly strong idea when there's a good chance that we will have some difficulty in the pigs. Or would you rather play the game in our own 22 when we...

I don't think the guys that influence the strategy of the side (9,10) are really fairly described as showponies, especially not when I've named White and To'omua. They are about as "piggy" a half pair as we could select. If we are marginally better or worse than the other side (or equal) in the...

Please keep in mind that this is experimental but in terms of the backline, and chosen on the basis that the forwards are going to get seriously hassled no matter who is 1-8, I propose: 9. White. Genia is either comfortable or out of form. No longer an automatic selection at all whilst wh have...

The issue that, I think, many of us have with Cooper is that his supporters have marketed him to us in a way that makes us expect more from him than "just as good as To'omua". Yeah, I kinda hope he would be as good as "2 test match" To'omua. Cooper is consistently marketed as the do-it-all...

You're on fucking drugs, mate. We didn't look like seriously threatening their line all night. The exceedingly likely outcome of us not taking our kicks because of a "possible" 7 points was that we would end up losing 38-0 rather than 38-12. Who the hell kicks for the corner at 16-6 down in...

Cooper's jiggy jig shit at the defensive line was found out at test level about 3 years ago. Can someone please inform him of this?

My point was that we will never consistently win agains the top 2 (or more) sides until we sideline this "entertainment" stuff and just focus on doing on what it takes to win.

Will Genia should never captain again. He eschewed at least two kickable shots at goal whilst the game remained within reach. Proptip: when your team hasn't looked like scoring a try all fucking night, and you have a genuine 80% goalkicker, take the fucking points, would you? FFS :mad: I...

Amongst much discussion about the makeup of the 23 and the coaching, I think the most glaring issue exists in the process long before you even think about who is going to be in your 23. It's quite simply characterised by a couple of quotes from fairly important figures: and We will never...

I have no problem with the 10 changing things up, running every so often or whatever, in order to keep them guessing. What I don't like is the idea that the 10 is best served by hanging onto it long enough to attract a man on every phase. Because now your centres are in traffic before they get a...

So should the halfback be running from every ruck to commit a defender also? There's a reason that halfbacks, 10s and centres are usually not hot-swappable.