Tonight Hickey said something on the rugby club that was either the best lie I've ever seen or was a genuine surprise: He said that Ulugia was always going to be replaced after 30 mins when hopefully he would have taken the sting out of the Cheetahs and he was NOT pulled because of his poor play. Taking him at face value, this selection now seems to make more sense than it did at the time. (I said more sense, not complete sense). Given TPN is not right for this week, which he also announced, will Fitzpatrick start or will Ulugia be entrusted with the first 30 minutes again? Given the Brumby front row is far less imposing without Moore, I would start Fitzpatrick.
They've announced a 24-man squad including TPN with the extras in the forwards, so it looks like Mitchell is OK. But I'm not in favour of delaying team announcements like this because you obviously have people playing injured to some significant extent. Its only round 6, not a final. You have to trust the squad depth.
