Australia Training squad for 2013

[TOCC]

SANZAR released the Super Rugby draw 2 months before the ARU released the British Lions schedule, and:

The Force were realistically the only team that could have played them on the date that they have been given because the Force have a Bye round the weekend before... If any other team had of played the Lions on that date it would have meant 3 games in 7 days.

The Reds gave up their Bye round to play the Lions, all the other Australian teams are playing that weekend..

The Reds and Force maybe able to keep their Wallabies, but the Tahs, Rebels and Brumbies are almost certainly not going to be able to keep them due to proximity to Test matches.

[The InnFORCEr]

The Reds gave up their Bye round to play the Lions, all the other Australian teams are playing that weekend..

Perhaps the Reds opted to "transfer" the date of their bye so they could play the Lions, but they certainly did not "give up" anything, I know they were "on fire" a few years ago, so they may still be smoking

[AndyS]

The Force were realistically the only team that could have played them on the date that they have been given because the Force have a Bye round the weekend before

Agreed, which begs the question why they aren't playing them on the weekend instead of four days before the match against the 'Tahs...?

Personally, if Ckeika's bleating works and the 'Tahs have their Wallabies available for the Saturday match, I would rather the Force targeted that game instead of the Lions match. The Lions should be playing WA rather than the Force anyway.

[James]

Did anyone see Drew Mitchell's new hairstyle on FoxSports?

Good lord.....

This one is pretty bad:

[sittingbison]

I hate to say it but this pic fills me with dread, and its not the haircut %((

#notnormal #extraterrestrial

[GIGS20]

Robbie Deans should be given his marching orders right here and now on the back of this decision we the rugby public of Australia deserve to see the best available talent week in and week out!

Don't panic, if deans is responsible for the list of players to be quarantined we will definitely still be able to see the best Australian players running around in the Super 15