CONFIRMED: Lions name side for Super Rugby final

Kirifi is an out and out 7 and not a big one so he either starts with Ardie and Sititi (a very short back row) or he’s a luxury on the bench

I noticed how he was anonymous against the Brumbies when Flanders and Lakai were pretty good

I’m not following Wayneo, you reckon he tried to extort 30mil out of SARU to stay in Super Rugby?

My take is that as one of the refs who played himself at a high level, he sees the game much as the players do and his decisions make sense to them, even if they are less clear to those of us in the stands.

There’s no easy games this year, you just have to throw in new talent and see whether they sink or swim.

Agree it didn’t get better at all when Bower came on

It is a real worry for the wallabies although tempered somewhat by the fact they can cobble together a decent starting pack

It’s the depth off the bench which is a worry

With guys like Skelton pushing behind it should help

The Brumbies are a shining light and won the set piece battle against the lightweight Canes tight five

Even the great Lomax looked mortal without any help from the lightweight Numia, young hooker and second rate locks

Indeed I would suggest Kirk thinks along those lines as well, I’ve heard it was something between the two if it wasn’t his family reason.

It is for New Zealand Nick, its a limitation on them I suppose, they really do (despite the team obviously trying to uphold 100% win ratio) target every four years. The World Cup. They simply don’t have the money to do otherwise I would suggest.

That means players have to be let guy while they are still no1 (not that that is Mo’unga’s situation, Barrett was still no1 when he left/decided to).