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Because McReight, Willson and McDermott all have been in fairly imperious form -- McReight was more than double the next player in pilfers; Willson has been arguably our best ball-running option and undoubtedly our best option in the squad; and McDermott has been pretty unarguably the best...

I wouldn't blame Rennie for picking White game one, but even if we assume White is exactly as good as Powell, Gordon and McDermott, and I personally don't think he is, nor do the stats suggest that, he is absolutely not our future. White is beaten by all 3 in pretty much every key stat by all of...

As if we didn't all have enough irrational opinions I have deiced to throw a spanner in the works of all of that and give us the ability to throw SOME reason into the mix. So I've painstakingly created a speadsheet of the Stats from Super Rugby AU for every player to play in the comp...

I think the difference with Tate is he didn't / doesn't really have anyone as hot on his tail as Daugunu perhaps did/does with Tom Wright where except for in defense they are very comparable. At least in terms of stats. Where as Tate's season was better than anyone else's in his position --...

Chekia just picked on who was his mates. I agree with BumbleBee that Stewart & Simone are almost exactly who we want at 12 long term. But I really don't think we can start Lolesio game 1 against the AB's. 100% against the Argies maybe the SAs but game 1 in New Zealand even if he'd had a full...

How the fuck did I miss all this talk of Simone starting! He's a quality player but perhaps only marginally better than Hamish Stewart. It'd be crazy to start any of the Simone, Lolesio, Ikitau, Harrison. They are quality players but very obviously untested -- starting them against the...

As for Rodda I'm mixed and I think Rugby Australia are too -- they'd likely want to not send the message that what he did is anywhere near acceptable. And bringing him back into the squad so soon after doing what he did would really send the wrong message. Having said that -- he might just be...

To those wanting To'omua at 10 -- please re-watch the Rebels games where he played 12 and contrast them with the games that he played at 12 -- To'omua is 'fine' at 10, especially at Super Rugby level. But he's very likely going to be out of his depth at Test Rugby, he's just not up to really...

I disagree that Simmons and Coleman was playing worse than Philip, but I'd agree it would have been close. But Philip has been there or there abouts for some time now. He's been on the cusp of Wallabies selection for a while and just kept getting pipped at the post, and now he's kind of (one of)...

Argies have basically zero pre-season, SA have much less too and both will be sending a under maned squads.

I think he's a similar style of coach as Cheika except he's more humble and will actually adapt, but he's a leader who knows how to win. In terms of head coaching potential he's one of those guys who is a multiplier for his assistant coaches, where he doesn't add too much himself but the better...

Yeah, I think we will see a lot of our young guys getting a run against the Argies for example. My 'development' Team would something like: 1) Johnson-Holmes? 2) Uelelse 3) Fa’amausili 4) Hosea 5) Hanigan 6) Valetini 7) McReight 8) Wilson 9) Powell 10) Lolesio 11) Ramm 12) Simone 13)...

What do people think of Ned Hanigan's future? Is he ever going to be big enough (or play big enough) to be a genuine test lock? or will he forever be stuck in that hybrid 5/6 space? I think as a hybrid both Samu and Wright are better all-around players and Wright is probably on par with him at...

I would think a large part of why Wilson isn't as involved in the ruck as he might otherwise be is he's making a lot of tackles (more recently) and a lot of runs (more generally), but also for the Reds Wright and McReight are so deadly over the ball, having said that he's gotten a few pilfers...

Dctarget -- I disagree it kind of awkwardly locks him into Hooper for a while, it'll be tough to justify dumping Hooper as captain if things are going well enough should you know who you want to lead your team at the next World Cup. And Hooper has always fucked up every back row he's played in...

Hey! Hunter plays like he's a good 10 maybe 20 Kg bigger than he is! I don't think we can throw Lolesio to the lions -- game 1 against the AB's starting at flyhalf. He was good against the Reds and he was good to start the season, but it's not like a McDermott situation where Tate has forced...

Hey, against the Rebels he made a pretty freaking good case for him to play winger of the forwards (flanker)!

I don't see why everyone is writing off Daugunu under the high ball etc. He's not been in that role because the Reds to play that way, but he's more than capable under the high ball, he's got a more than adequate kicking game (he's kicked for goal -- he's got a kicking game!). I agree he's not...

I mean I've been calling for Hooper to be moved to the bench for a long while, even if we assume he's 'clearly the best 7' -- personally I'm not convinced. But I'd personally like to see something like 6 Samu, 7 Wright, 8 Wilson with Hooper coming off the bench. I had a look at the season stats...

Nah, Kerevi wasn't bad the weird defensive system made him look much worse than he was. Plus I've got faith Rennie harnessing his unique defensive tendencies.