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46th minute Michael Hooper loses an uncontested breakdown over a scrum half... ...thank God David Pocock is back.

Pocock beats No-Pocock...

I know Nic White was initially on a two year deal. I don't know if it's been extended beyond that or anything since... but yes. He should be there at least next season.

Mine or Cheikas... because those are two very different beasts...

1. Geoff Parling 2. Ben Glynn 3. Charlie Ewels 4. Maro Itoje 5. Courtney Lawes 6. George Kruis 7. Joe Launchbury 8. Dave Attwood 9. Johnny Hill 10. James Gaskell 11. Elliott Stooke 12. Sam Skinner 13. Tom Savage 14. Ed Slater 15. Tom Denton 16. Charlie Matthews 17. George Merrick 18. Harry...

True. They're still playing against a pack two hookers down, missing their forward leader in the second row and with injuries to 3 back rowers though...

Think he's gone to 10 and Leali'ifano will be that vocal steadying influence at 12.

Actually, I'd say smart money's probably on the Sharks. The Brumbies still haven't woken up yet and injuries have severely tested their forward depth already. Their first two hookers are out (fortunately Folau Fainga'a is still good), their lock captain in Sam Carter is out and they've had...

Crusaders tend to get stronger as the season goes on... Two points on this game: 1.) The Australian coverage of this match... Beauden Barrett very much seems all world when you credit things done by both Beauden and Jordie Barrett to Beauden Barrett... 2.) TJ Peranara was not only man of the...

Brumbies have foraard depth. How that shows itself is as the season wears on and you wind up with players missing from squads due to injury. Not having to play two back rowers short after week 1. They'll get better as the season goes on, at the moment they're just ruining their chances at...

That's because they are... Melbourne Rebels rugby: When your Western Force second rower is unavailable so you bring in your Western Force second rower to play next to your Western Force second rower...

Queensland Reds: 1. James Slipper 2. Brandon Paenga-Amosa 3. Taniela Tupou 4. Izack Rodda 5. Kane Douglas 6. Adam Korczyk 7. Liam Wright 8. Caleb Timu 9. James Tuttle 10. Jono Lance 11. Eto Nabuli 12. Duncan Paia’aua 13. Samu Kerevi 14. Chris Feauai-Sautia 15. Aidan Toua 16. Alex...

Brumbies line-up: 1. Ben Alexander - 2. Josh Mann-Rea - 3. Allan Alaalatoa 4. Rory Arnold - 5. Sam Carter 6. Lachlan McCaffrey - 8. Isi Naisarani - 7. Tom Cusack 9. Joe Powell - 10. Christian Leali'ifano - 12. Kyle Godwin - 13. Tevita Kuridrani 11. Chance Peni - 15. Tom...

I'd have him at fullback, but I don't think it hurts giving him the odd Super Rugby game at 10. Trend at International level tends to be to have two playmaker "halves" out there and the second tends to play at either 12 or 15. With New Zealand's depth of hard ball-running, offloading 12s and...

I'll hazard a guess that that's how they'll score a lot of their tries this year. I'd be a lot more nervous if the Brumbies didn't have the Reds next. They've clearly taken the trial games for granted and played a lot of the new and younger guys to give them a lot of time to get used to the...

I don't know that they are underacheivers so much as they have had less talent than the other 4. Could be alright this year though... a season under Bryn Gatland's belt (mark my words, I reckon that kid will wear an All Blacks jersey some day before it's all said and done) and a few other...

I suspect the Reds are going to look worse than they are because of schedule after the first few weeks. The cards make it hard to judge where this team is with week one... honestly,hard to gauge either team as a result. This is a rebuilding Reds side, it'll be interesting to see where Rod...

Yeah, Rebels twice gave up the lead when they had the Reds shorthanded. Once when it was 13 vs 15 as well.

Been watching a lot of Northern Hemisphere rugby in the off season. That Higgers red card was not consistent with how I've been seeing called in the past 4 or 5 months...

Certainly the deepest, but I would say the best. That said, I'm probably unable to keep my own bias out of it. :p If the backs can keep healthy then I'm feeling pretty confident they'll take the Australian conference despite what others are saying about the Tahs and Rebels. They could...