First Nations & Pasifika XV vs the Lions - Tue, Jul 22 @ 8:00 PM, Melbourne

[Major Tom]

One other random observation from last night... Michael Hooper is really great in commentary. His story of meeting Toutai Kefu and his admiration for him was really well enunciated.

Also, in relation to Hooper's suggested team/squad changes I also think you need to take it with a grain of salt. He's doing the job of a commentator/pundit now. If he was still playing or was coaching the team I imagine his view would be quite different. It's just not interesting to hear someone explain the difficulties of making lots of changes when you've got very limited time to prepare.

Hmm I do remember him suggesting jack debreczeni be brought into the wallabies squad. I don’t know what he’s thinking there. Bloke struggles with form and injury as it is.

 

[Merrow]

For sure - hopefully he keeps developing and is in the mix for the Brumbies next season

Been upgraded from academy to a 2 year contract

 

[Uh huh]

Well the jury is in re: the earlier comments from people not liking the jersey. It's sold out everywhere.

 

[Marbig]

Well the jury is in re: the earlier comments from people not liking the jersey. It's sold out everywhere.

I reckon it’s got more to do with the effort of the blokes that were in the jersey tbh