Taniela Tupou ruled out - Jermaine Ainsley off the bench

Yet another Western Force product.
Cant wait to see the Rabble's take on this.

I have it on good authority that Ainsley is a Melbourne product, and Tongan Thor is a Melbourne product slumming it at Reds

BTW Izzy is a Melbourne product, as is Kurtley. CLL too. Cipriani was until jailed. Judas was a Melbourne product but is now a Reds product stolen by Force along with a host of others

Well Izzy came from AFL! So he must be a Malbin product! :P

Well I would say that Izzy is a not very well product! But what do I know (that the ABs don’t)

Well Kepu's head was sent to Melbourne with that scrummaging display.

Kepu and tats were not the problem the early penalties came from the loose head and then set the tone for the rest of the game as the ABs had the ref on side as the “dominant scrum”

What did Tom Robinson actually add to the game? It isn’t the set piece, dominating tackles, bollocking runs so please tell me what is it?

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Originally Posted by sandgroperrugby

Kepu and tats were not the problem the early penalties came from the loose head and then set the tone for the rest of the game as the ABs had the ref on side as the “dominant scrum”

What did Tom Robinson actually add to the game? It isn’t the set piece, dominating tackles, bollocking runs so please tell me what is it?

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Robertson plays for the right Super Rugby team. Rob Simmons is not an impact player it is like bringing on Al Baxter as Eddie Butler said with tongue planted in his cheek to shore up the scrum. Rory Arnold must have went on a date with Cheika's daughter or neice.

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Originally Posted by Bakkies

Robertson plays for the right Super Rugby team. Rob Simmons is not an impact player it is like bringing on Al Baxter as Eddie Butler said with tongue planted in his cheek to shore up the scrum. Rory Arnold must have went on a date with Cheika's daughter or neice.

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I always watch Michael Hooper in the scrum replays, when the Wallabies get done in a scrum. His head is up like a meerkat and he is just hanging on the side and not pushing. 7 against 8 does not work. This goes on season after season, and they award Hooper with a huge 5 year contract. As a former prop, I remember the huge difference it would make, when you had a decent solid flanker actually pushing behind you, along with the lock.

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Originally Posted by JSJ

I always watch Michael Hooper in the scrum replays, when the Wallabies get done in a scrum. His head is up like a meerkat and he is just hanging on the side and not pushing. 7 against 8 does not work. This goes on season after season, and they award Hooper with a huge 5 year contract. As a former prop, I remember the huge difference it would make, when you had a decent solid flanker actually pushing behind you, along with the lock.

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Well that’s gotta be the biggest $6mill mistake in the history of the world and too late to cancel it now. Maybe they should’ve waited till AFTER the Bled game haha!

After the bled game wouldn't have changed the contract, win loss percentage has nothing to do with it. (apparently)

He would have got $7m after that game