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KiwiMurph

@tim Timani is one, at 34. Swain, Philip and Leota are others.

LSL is the other lock.

Leota is a 6 at international level (190cm tall).

Bovidae

Swinton won't be playing and Perese would be doubtful with injury.

Stargazer

@bovidae Yeah, Swinton shouldn't get the 50% reduction of the entry point suspension. Doesn't have a clean record. If they do it right, he gets at least 4 weeks off (instead of 3).

antipodean

@kiwimurph said in Aussie Rugby:

Franchise breakdown

2 x Force
6 x Tahs (including Hooper)

Hilarious. That many from a squad that couldn't win a game.

Canes4life

Looking like a few injuries but from that squad I would pick the following to start:

BELL
PAENGA-AMOSA
TUPOU
PHILIP
SALAKAIA-LOTO
VALETINI
HOOPER (c)
WILSON
MCDERMOTT
O'CONNOR
KOROIBETE
TOOMUA
PAISAMI
WRIGHT
BANKS

antipodean

@canes4life good squad, but Tupou is overrated.

Canes4life

@antipodean will they pick Alaalatoa ahead of him?

antipodean

@canes4life said in Aussie Rugby:

@antipodean will they pick Alaalatoa ahead of him?

He doesn't lose half as many balls in contact and is just as good if not better in the scrum IMO.

KiwiMurph

@canes4life Slipper starting loosehead. Bell is just a pup.

Derpus

@antipodean he's not better in the scrum IMO, but far more effective everywhere else. Tupou's ruckwork is embarrassingly lazy. For such a big, powerful guy he isnt actually that strong in contact either.

Stargazer

Crucial

@stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:

'Glancing contact'? WTF?

Let's just ignore that he was getting out of the ruck and looked at someone's head and took aim with a shoulder at it.

Accidental head contact doesn't get let off because you are supposed to take care but deliberate contact is OK if you don't quite succeed in causing damage? That is fucked.

Bovidae

Swinton also had two goes at cleaning out. He missed the first time. Glancing contact to the jaw - OK.

Stargazer

@crucial

Machpants

@stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:

Blowjobs given to the judiciary, obvs - that was fucking disgusting

pukunui

@stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:

@crucial

Wait, he got a red card for THAT?
Rugby is fucked.

Rancid Schnitzel

Thought those Neanderthal features looked familiar. He’s the guy who was sent off in the Bledisloe game last year. Might be something of a liability for Rennie.

mariner4life

correct decision, shouldn't have even been a penalty in the first place.

antipodean

@stargazer glancing

You have to question the competence and integrity of the judiciary watching that.

mariner4life

@antipodean get off the fucking ball and you won't cop one.

also it's not like he charged in, he leaned back and had another go. A red card is incredibly harsh already, a suspension on top would have been a double injustice.

if you play rugby, and if you stick your head over a ruck, you are going to get hit in the head. There is no way of avoiding it.

I feel like we are going about this brain impact thing all wrong in every code.

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