The Baas looked pretty good last week in the England game - at least until Schalk Brits went off as he, and to a lesser extent Rocky, had a field day.
They were ahead 33-3 or some thing like that with 25 minutes to go but some of the old legs gave out.
I wonder if Deans chose 3 fetching type backrowers to see how they would deal with the new regulation that the guy with hands in first at the breakdown is allowed to keep his hands on the pill to tug it out after the ruck has formed.
As I wrote elsewhere: so long as the refs don't allow the 1st arrival from the other team that same leeway it may work - and, of course, no leeway should be given to the guy who has gone to ground with the pill.
If the refs perform how they should then Smith, Hodgson and Brown should have a good night, but never underestimate the ability of the whistleblowers to come up with convoluted interpretations of the simplest things.
They are like the pious churchmen of the olden time, and even of these days, when instead of passing on the simple teachings of JC they have established a concatenation of esoteric creeds and rituals that seem, to them, more important than the teachings themselves.
But I digress - and am probably given the yellow card.
It's good to see the weather is clearing up in Sydney - fingers crossed.
