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4 day weekend yet they still cram all super rugby games into 2 days, why?
Both AFL and NRL have games on all 4 days
Would have been nice to have a game to watch tonight or even Sunday or Monday
There is as a lot from Stooke I agreed with as well as a lot I didn’t.
He is correct in saying the whole board needs to be accountable but McClennan definitely needed to fall on his sword and he did state that signing Eddie was a captains pick.
The whole discussion around women’s rugby and...
That’s a shame, have spoken to Ollie a few times after games and seems like a great young guy and had a great future. Hard to keep these young guys forever if they don’t get a shot, especially the ones from over East.
Yeah I was going to say the same thing, Donaldson would be a good option as a #22 in a 5/3 split on the bench. Could even have White as #21 as their combo has been good
Was never a Donaldson fan last year but now he is with us love him. The running game is one thing but I don’t remember the force ever having such a good kicker out of hand, good distance and very accurate. In comparison Lynagh had a little pop gun
And what a centre combo we have, I give...
Surely not Lynagh, Donaldson embarrassed him tonight, Lynagh’s defence was not great but also being at the game you notice the difference in the kicking game, Donaldson was getting 10-20 metres more off the boot and more accurate
Yes the non selection of Hooper and Cooper gets all the headlines but the Richie Arnold selection was another shocker by Eddie and then of course he was too arrogant to stop picking him. Dropping Kellaway to start the World Cup was another
The games will all sell out regardless of what price they charge. As others have said this and the 2027 World Cup are rugby Australia’s only chance of keeping the game afloat and making up for years of incompetence so they need to milk it for everything they can
Happy with those changes, Kuenzle deserved to stay in the starting side and prefer the 5/3 split on the bench.
Big fan of IFL but I do think we missed White's leadership last week so I think this is our best option.
Reserve front row still a big concern. Would have liked to have seen...
From a force perspective hoping to see Moli
on the bench, hopefully White back and starting. Keep Anstee at 6, Kiwi guy on bench and Wells still out
Spink back hopefully but go with a 5/3 split and put Kuenzle on the bench to cover 10/12/13 with IFL and O’Donnell also on bench.
I think Tom Hooper offers good versatility in #20 or #21 jersey.
Frost and Salakai Loto starting
should be ok if we don’t have Skelton. If you have frost and Lukhan in the row it should give enough lineout options
Does anyone know of any good pre-game functions before the Brisbane test or still way too early for this?
I know there are lots of good packages available but they include tickets to the game which I have now bought separately
Thanks, I managed to get tickets today to the Brisbane test after realizing last minute it was on sale today
Not sure what the point of the ballot is now though ….
Some refs seem overly harsh on this extra “roll” penalty at the moment. Half the time the tackler has not released them and they are just trying to present the ball back to their team.
The ones that come to mind are the tahs one at the end and James Lowe in Ireland v Scotland this weekend...
I thought kuenzle was good, made a lot of crucial tackles I could see watching live. That’s about it
should try Potter at full back next week, drop Burey and pick another winger.
can’t make any other changes as we don’t have any other options