Guys I really think all of you should take an unbiased second look at Simmons tackle.
Good idea - why don't you try it too?
He just stood there and conteponi ran into him. Dumb maybe. wrong place wrong time definitely. On purpose? no.
Oh. Right.
You forgot "lowered the shoulder" and "while he should have been running back onside".
Fail hard at unbiased from you Mr Sully.
Generally I thought Simmons was OK. But if he's in possession of this mystical lineout general ability that apparently makes him first choice, why can't we steal bagloads of opposition ball? Other than his complete idiocy, an above average game from him.
Anyway, the bigger problem still remains the front row:
1) Slipper got dicked. I really think he should concentrate on tighthead, and that's good news for him, because:
2) Alexander still can't bind and still can't bend. He's showing a wonderful lack of commitment to the dark arts of tight head prop, and should be flicked. And maybe Blades should too, because clearly he's not in possession of a sound understanding of the Laws in this area, or the physics. And that call he made on Fox about not having the ref instruct the 9 - what is that? Jeez...
(MOD EDIT: Cutting out a load of tripe)
1 Robinson
2 Moore
3 Kepu
4 Timani
5 Horwill (if he's not broken)
16 Fainga'a (who I thought played well... for him...)
17 Sio (loosehead)
18 Slipper (tighthead)
Rest of the team is pretty much the same for Dunedin.