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I am not at all surprised by this news of South Africa, they've been edging more and more towards this, for a while now the South African Rugby Union has been taking advantage of A&NZ pushing for every advantage they can and it's hardly been an equal partnership at least for the last 4 maybe 8...

I fully expect even with Jaco Peyper reffing, that the Reds should still come away with a win, if not a bonus point win. Anything less isn't really good enough. But to those saying Jaco isnt 'that bad' I think you really need to watch the string of South African home games last year in the...

I think O'Connor to 10 and Stewart starting is a good move, I think / suspect this move is showing how much we need to win this game. I think / hope Lucas (or someone else) is our long term 10 because O'Connor isn't anything more than a stop-gap. I'm intrigued that we've gone with O'Connor and...

I found it very interesting when I looked at the headlines from the Murdoch Press: Rugby on its knees after $285m blow Rugby blows its Fox Sports deal 25-year break-up has Australian rugby on life support Yet this isn't very news worthy for other new organisations, with the Australian (owned...

I don't think he'll be that strong running the ball. I think his closest analog is probably Higgers.

He was very good, but he also tried to do too much -- to be expected for his debut; but he will need to be a little stronger through contact, and more patient with the ball, and a few times he wasn't quite on the right support lines a few times he was on a clean out line when he might have been...

Didn't work out at Flyhalf, the Reds see him as more of a 12 now, but if he did work out he'd have been excellent.

Any of Fraser McReigh, Harry Wilson, and Liam Wright could genuinely contest for Wallabies back row spots this year. McReight and Wilson can probably play 6, 7, 8. All three are more than serviceable lineout option. Wilson looked very good about the Brumbies but a lot of people are expecting...

I actually think we don't need Skeleton, he's shown a number of times he's not able to perform the same as he does outside of that system. Rodda is locked in, LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) is probably a going to be playing second row (given the glut of young backrowers the Reds have), and LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) looked quite good against...

The Brumies front row were completely dominated by Tupou and the Reds pack. I get maybe Fainga'a and/or Alen, but the Reds front row was so dominant! Valetini is an odd choice too.

I think Rennie will probably go with a young team, I'll have a go at the forwards -- very early to say for the backs, especially considering all the young / new players we have floating around. But judging from the first round: I think the Reds front row put a strong application in against the...

They are clearly trying to build a team for the next 2-5 years developing young talent and promoting from within. I think those guys would make a massive contribution and help us win now, but I do see the value of playing the young guys (at least Zander), would be excellent when Hoopert is back.

I agree, I think it really hurt us losing Ruan and Sef Fa'agase before. Not to mention James Slipper, Kirwan Sanday, and Sam Talakai; if we had any two of those we'd have been much stronger in the scrum. But I see the value in developing Feao Fotuaika and Dane Zander they looked solid in the...

What did people think about Wright vs Hooper?

What did people think about Wright vs Hooper?

I'd actually like to see maybe CFS on the wing, he'd give Lucas (and O'Connor to a lesser degree) a big body to dump the ball to and get him out of trouble while still making a few meters just with his bigger body. Plus I don't REALLY rate Jock Campbell (yet) he's shown glimpses of being a...

This is pretty close to the team I think Cheika will pick. I think he'll stick with BPA, you could see Latu is still too much of a penalty magnet and clearly isn't up for much more than 40 min at best. I'd like to see him bring in Tupou but he won't do that and I do see the logic behind that. I...

Yeah, let's look at those minuets -- Fiji 14, Japan 13, Italy 2... so a grand total of 30 minuets, less than a half. And what about against Argentina ZERO. I'm sorry if we can't play a few of our young guys against Japan or Italy then Australian rugby is really truly fucked! There are 6 games...

@ Braveheart81 Oh, I don't know some of the easier games, like Japan, Fiji, Argentina, even potentially against Wales. The good coaches in World Rugby find ways to get young guys game time. As to Powell or Gordon being inferior players, I'd wager both have more Super Rugby minuets than Phipps...

So I just want to say this situation with Jake Gordon (or Joe Powell, depending on who comes off the bench) is EXACTLY what my critsisum of Cheika has been about, he has had ample opportunity to blood one of our young halfbacks, but has refused to do so. Genia is world class, Phipps is clearly a...