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Watching on BeIN, Justin Harrison is a surprisingly erudite analyst. Good comment about occupying bodies in the first few phases, then occupying space in the next. Whoda thunk it?

Great performance so far from the tight five. Coleman and Arnold, keepers.

I agree the tooth fairy doesn't exist. I think you're confusing paranoia with delusion. But you're right in one respect. I do see good in most things. I'm a Wallaby supporter. I like all our players. The idea that all the players and fans from some state are colluding to gull you, or anyone...

Bait-and-switch, I think the term is.

Well, the caller anyway. Napoleon complex for tall people.

Debating the merits of Foley does seem to be about the most popular subject on this thread. Second only to complaining about it. :) Meanwhile, the Welsh national anthem: My hen laid a haddock on top of a tree, Glad barks and centurions throw dogs in the sea, My guru asked Elvis and...

What I don't understand is that when we bring on a poor lineout thrower, we immediately go to the back. It's like double-dare-you.

Indeed, but a "little over" is all it takes. You have to understand how normal distributions work. The average is 6. 10.5 is 1.75 x the average. On a normal distribution, that puts Foley in the top 10% of results each game. I'm not saying that Foley is our best player. Far from it. But his...

paranoia par·a·noi·a (pār'ə-noi'ə) n. A psychotic disorder characterized by systematized delusions, especially of persecution or grandeur, in the absence of other personality disorders. Extreme, irrational distrust of others.

My pleasure, Train Without a Station. However, you can't simply attribute Foley's score to turning up. Starting a game scores no points in the Eales medal voting. Your fellow players have to vote for you. 179 points in 17 games is 10.5 points a game. That means that on average, between 3.5 and...

Nah, Latu's a classic impact player. He'll be used the same as Nau: 10-15m of high intensity.

Pooper is good. There's always been a strong groundswell of opinion that Hooper should be dropped, despite being our best player. It's tribal, like remote tribesmen worshiping grass airplanes, or belting cane toads with nine irons.

Good team. Prediction of the Pooper's end are premature.

In my experience of match threads here, you older members are already on about post 400 of 3,000 on Foley v Cooper yourselves, without the need for any outside assistance. :-)

I think it's worth noting that participation isn't actually declining. 267,463 participants were involved in more than five games or structured sessions in 2015, reflecting an increase of 10.7% or 25,866 new participants. There was a 7.6% decline in Club XVs participation. However, there was a...

Seriously? After an exchange consisting of four posts, in a game thread where they're competing for selection? You can tell all this from that? Or has this "new member" person made trouble in the past? The saucy minx!

Straight out of the Bob Dwyer coaching manual. It's weird how Bob's ideas are considered 'old' when they're usually obvious, and often exactly how the All Blacks play.

We'll have to agree to disagree. Foley's an excellent playmaker. He just underplays his hand compared to the Picasso of the Pass.

I think the operator in this case is beIN. beIN isn't bound by Australian law and so had no requirement to negotiate to provide access to 10, and almost certainly wouldn't be able to do so under its contract with Foxtel. Foxtel merely provides access to beIN as part of its package, and so we get...