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IMO, whoever wins between Australia and South Africa will win the RWC. I would have said SA yesterday, but with Steyn gone and BdP likely to head back to the bench, things are starting to swing in the Wallabies favour. Likely teams: Springboks/Wallabies 15. Lambie vs. Beale 14. Pietersen vs...

Tusi Pisi is really playing well, he and Fotuali'i make a great combo with real flair. But the Springboks are stealing the show. Steyn has been phenomenal since switching to #12, and BdP really lifts the forwards. Nobody could say that Smit is more positively influential, the pack look just as...

Not to mention O'Connor and Beale, who are technically Rebels players. Plus Cordingley made the 2007 squad. Could it be that the ARU are just trolling us?

I knew he was going to be out longer than a week (concussion's usually 3-4 from my experience), but I was just saying that even if he was fit he wouldn't make the 22 in the finals so we may as well bring across #7 cover we so desperately need. Sorry I didn't clarify that.

That's a worrying sign. He should be fine, but we shouldn't risk those niggles against minnows- no offence Russia. With Horne, Fainga'a, McCabe all definitely gone, and Beale, Palu and Ioane in doubt with hamstring and thumb troubles respectively (however Beale is likely to play), Deans is going...

Fainga'a's RWC is done and dusted. He'll miss out next week, and he won't make the 22 from then on in. May as well bring in a #7 backup whilst we have the chance.

Mark Ella? Jonah Lomu?

I didn't think Horne would play #12, but this is Dingo we're dealing with. Anything's possible on "Robbie's magical mystery tour". Who else is there- Ioane? Surely not.

Concussion is supposed to be 4 weeks. That would rule Ant Fainga'a out. McCabe will be gone as well, and the first addition will be either Beau Robinson or Matt Hodgson. Lachie Turner and Ben Tapuai will be next in. Deans has also said that he's going to use the entire 30, so look for Phipps to...

Don't you have anything better to do? Anything at all.

They'd be foolish not to. Barnes had a cracker coming back, and although we lost McCabe, Horne, Fainga'a and Palu, none of those four would have been likely to start in the Quarter Final anyway. We looked really potent with the dual playmakers, and they linked up well to set up a few tries in...

3. Adam Ashley-Cooper 2. Berrick Barnes 1. Quade Cooper

Good display from the Wallabies.

Irish journalists are clutching at straws. - It was the ugliest game of the RWC (with the possible exception of ENG vs. ARG) - Stephen Moore's absence was a big part of our scrum problem, not to mention our forwards problem. - Conditions didn't suit the Wallabies, they suited the Irish, as...

Good to see Sharpe having a real crack, he's been really enthusiastic in hitting breakdowns and making tackles. Hopefully Robbie brings him into our 1st-choice match day 22 from here on in. McCalman, however, is showing how out of depth he really is. Whilst I know he isn't a #7, he's started...

If England win the final, I will probably just give up. Not by choice, but it will be too crushing to keep watching Rugby. For a while, anyway.

Scott Fava?

Pek Cowan? And Barbarian, James Hanson would be another who didn't make it onto the pitch.

Not one of the greatest ever, but it's certainly "beautiful in a dramatic and eye-catching way". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOmkm5ssxxA And this is one of my favourites, because it's not until the very end that you know who's going to get the try. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH9FmORmbmc

Didn't realise it, against the Boks? Out of interest Barbarian, are there any players who've been named on the bench but have never actually ran on the field? Mitch Chapman's the only one I can think of...