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Do people think Hunter starts all 3? He's clearly our best center and we're very light on in that department.

No one is even considering Hodge at 13? I think if nothing else we'll need his experience in the backline. I agree going a 6/2 split is probably going to be ideal.

Nah, obviously he's bring brought in as our free two players.

@ Derpus Yeah, I do feel like it's a bit weird we've got Leota & Wells in there but not Wright. He does fix all our issues of back row balance if you play him at 7. I do still think McReight is the better pure 7, but unless / until we have a 6 or 8 who locks down that spot who is also a real...

I think it'll be best side for game 1, with a bench that can reduce the load on some key players (for example maybe you start Hodge & JOC (James O'Connor), so you take Lol'o on the bench and he takes the last 30min with Hodge there as cover if something further happens). Similarly you play your first front row...

I agree that Foketi has been in good form on attack, but you need a body of work, and like guys like Liam Wright, it's just too little too late. Also their was an eliment of you score one so we can score two in a number of their games. .Also anyone in that Waratahs backline until proven...

I still don't get why some people are suggesting Latu would make a Wallabies team and/or is better than the guys we have available. He got done for drink driving AGAIN a few months ago. And as far as I can tell he's not been playing much for Stade Français anyway. If he can't crack his club side...

Timani is in the squad because he's that 'what you see is what you get' guy. He's an out and out vet, he's got over 150 Club Caps and has played a few tests. He's a 'plug and play' guy, you know what you are going to get, he won't do anything that surprises you -- either way he won't do anything...

With To'omua looking like ass in the last few weeks at least, who starts at center along with Pisami if not Matt?

Mm, I don't feel like he's shown any of that in his two games yet. Still feel like Stewart would have been really nice to have in the 23 for one of those halfbacks (likely Thomas).

Has anyone in the 23 actually played 10 for any extended period at Club or Schoolboys even? This is such a messed up team?!

Nether are a real lineout technician. We need desperately a Geoff Parling type, a genuine 2m monster who can run a lineout and make heaps of tackles.

I mean Tupou is probably the best scrumager in World Rugby (or at least pretty bloody close) and he's really built a reputation as such, given that you typically get the benefit of the doubt more often than not. And he's not been penalized for it (pretty sure he's not been penalised in the scrum...

Wallabies will all be on FTA. Like I said it's not THAT much of an issue. Maybe for Super Rugby:TT where we have 5 games and only 1 of those being on FTA then it gets a little more difficult. But the issue isn't a Stan one, this is a Foxtel/News Corp issue, as they are the ones blocking it, I'm pretty...

I think the truth is every prop who has come up against Tupou has 'had a plan' and none of them (bar maybe Greg Homes) has come even close to matching him. The Brumbies were getting push off their own ball for fun! That's with AAAAA and Sio packing down and Lonergan is no slouch either, plus...

But they looked at it, it was fine, even afterwards they looked at it and were happy with the decision. To the naked eye it's fine. I think we spend too long picking over too many decisions on too much detail. That call could have gone the other way, but a dozen others could have gone the other...

Fair call on the light workload in the past few weeks. I'd give Tate the week on the bench, and maybe start JOC (James O'Connor). But point is I think you've gotta understand they are going to cut lose a bit and make your selections knowing some of them might be a little under/over cooked and make your...

Regarding Hooper, my views are pretty well known. But I'll just say if McReight continues this form for SRTT he'll only get harder and harder to not pick and that Hooper is VERY fortunate to not be playing in a comparable competition this year because I doubt he'd have come close to matching...

I actually think Flook long term is a 15 -- not sure about his kicking game and tactical play, but just the way he runs the ball etc, he's a knifing sort of ball runner who needs that space and needs to be able to ask questions of defenders rather than outright beat them with power. A little bit...

I don't know what the Brumbies Supporters are upset about, if anything he was pretty generous to the Brumbies trying not to decide the game. The Brumbs had a TONE of penalties in the last min, they were clearly cynical with a number of those penalties and frankly Berry could have probably given...