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This is a great sign for QLD depth- if Lance, Tapuai etc. are receiving high acclaim from the consensus of supporters, where are they going to fit when Morahan, Lucas and Harris come back?

3. Higginbotham 2. Ioane 1. Genia HM: Horwill, Daley & Tapuai

I watched half of Japan vs. Samoa in the Pacific Nations Cup, and it was an extremely dour match of Rugby. Basic skills, like passing/catching/kicking were not to be seen, with both sides throwing wild passes to nobody and making dumb mistakes. I have a feeling the Wallabies will smash them...

Fair enough, I was clutching at straws indeed.

The best way to help him get back to peak fitness is to give him time of the bench for a while. Please Deans, don't follow Hickey's injury management system by throwing him out to the dogs in a Bledisloe with no preparation.

Injured his neck in late 2006, more injuries ruining his RWC 2007, knee surgery in 2008 leading to low fitness/form and subsequent benching throughout 2009, until finally climbing his way back up the rankings this season. Kudos to the bloke for fighting his way back into Test contention through...

A lot of world-class Rugby players are bald these days. The chrome dome appears to be a new favourite of the professionals. You could almost do a Bald XV: 1. Ben Franks 2. Stephen Moore 3. Guthro Steenkamp 4. Nathan Sharpe 5. Paul O'Connell 6. Thierry Dusautior 7. Martyn Williams 8. Victor Vito...

Satui (NC) was the QLD 1 #7 last year, and is again this year. Surely he's a frontrunner for the Aus jersey?

Surely you're trolling. Dropping the incumbent captain despite Deans' comments that have confirmed his place in the line-up, dropping the most consistent performing back out of the 22 (AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)), getting rid of the most dominant tackler and committed forward (TPN). Not to mention playing an untried...

But having him start instead of Moore is a lot better than having Burgess start for Genia, or Hodgson start for Pocock. I do see your point though, don't get me wrong.

I'd include Robinson on that list, and even Moore/TPN aren't too far apart.

Agree that Baxter/Mortlock/Dunning/Daley/Waugh (especially Waugh) likely won't feature this year, but I included them just to showcase that we do have depth Hookers: Polota-Nau, Moore, Fainga'a, Charles Props: Slipper, Robinson, Kepu, Alexander, Holmes (smokey, but an extended squad means he's...

9. Weepu 10. Carter 11. Gear 12. Nonu 13. SBW 14. Toeava 15. Muliaina ------------------- 20. Mathewson 21. Smith 22. Dagg ------------------- R. Cowan R. Cruden R. Guildford/ Ranger R. Sivivatu

I'm very impressed with the depth Deans has created. I've been very disappointed by the lack of success lately, on top of the continuous selection of dud players, but some of his experiences have paid dividends and I'm a little more confident of success if we lose a big name player. 1. Robinson...

I'm heading over for Aus vs. Ire, should be excellent.

Who misses out? I rate McCabe, I'd have him over Davies, however I think Deans will be interested to see how Davies performs at Test level. A 50:50 call between those two. Neither will I, so that's why I tried to follow the Deans formula. I went for the same amount of players per position as...

If Deans has shown anything during his tenure as Wallabies coach, it's that he's extremely loyal and that he's very set in his ways. His 3N squad will be heavy on forwards, and he'll only take 2 hookers and halfbacks and rely on those two not to get injured. He'll probably take a lot of loose...

Two things. Firstly, don't write off schools like BBC and BGS so easily. BGS beat IGS, came close against Churchie and have two boys in QLD 1. BBC have been playing good rugby as well, not only this year but for the past few seasons. Secondly, there's no way any of these schools would agree to a...

I can't wait for this.

IMO, the Brumbies need to sign Mowen and both an inside and outside back. With Elsom leaving, the Brumbies really need a tough, hard-working #6 and for me Mowen is the obvious answer. A pack with Moore, Alexander, Kimlin, Mowen, Hooper/Fainga'a and Vaea is certainly formidable, but with Giteau...