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SMI is still upset over Bruce…

If by not messing around you mean running at full pace straight at defender and being tackled... then yes, he is definitely not messing around.

Donaldson at fullback? Too soon?

Likely trading insolvent since 2018… Sooooooo, it’s not Covid’s fault?

Sorry, bit late to thread… Why’s it so sticky in here? Dismal? Wambers?

Also, Italy in 2017... in Brisbane... All three June tests that year had Saturday 3pm kick offs.

Quite a few... Off the top of my head... South Africa in 2021 and 2022... Fiji in 2017... Samoa in 2005.

True, but with the exception of a rare Lions and Bledisloe game at the 'G the Melbourne test matches are usually played at AAMI Park or Marvel.

Nothing to do with stadium infrastructure, but rather deals being arranged by the respective state governments.

Like I said, this isn't the first time the Wallabies have scheduled a test that clashes with club rugby, and I'm sure it won't be the last...

As far as I'm aware there was never any plan to announce an April training squad, and Schmidt wasn't going to select his first squad until the end of the SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) season...

To be fair, how would the Rebels' lineout operate if they had a capable hooker?

So, move the test to Adelaide?

Australia played France on a Saturday afternoon in 2014 in Sydney when there were Shute Shield games on... I think the where is largely irrelevant though - the Wallabies have played Saturday afternoon tests when there has been club rugby being played at the same time on several occasions. If...