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This seems the most likely to me too. It will be interesting if they pull someone else into the broader squad and, if so, who.

My info may well be out of date. I don’t follow it that closely. I recall stories of players agitating to move clubs to play centre or fullback because it bumped their value up considerably. I always understood it was on the basis that the talent pool runs deeper at winger than most/all the...

Donaldson would be a fall back choice, but he has won a man of the match playing 15 for Australia.

Bobby, Wilson & McReight start. As pointed out already by others Wilson was used as 2nd jumper over Hooper last game so I think that’s a pretty clear indication that is the way Schmidt was thinking. Hooper has grabbed his opportunity with both hands and if Schmidt goes with Hooper, Valetini &...

3. Ikitau 2. McReight 1. Valetini

I dunno. Depends a bit on where both Potter & Donaldson are at with injury. Kellaway, Jorgenson, Sua’ali’i & Donaldson can all play 15. Toole, Daugunu & Potter cover wing and Flook has played plenty of wing. Flook, Stewart and Paisami all cover the centres if Sua’ali’i had to push back to 15...

I’m actually getting a lot of comfort about how well we are handling injury disruption to date. Obviously don’t want any more but guys like Hooper, Toole, Pietsch, O’Connor, Tupou’s reprieve and even the latest coming of Nic White have all been caused by injury and, whilst they haven’t been...

Three of fhe number 8s this year have been Gleeson, Wilson & Valetini. Charlie Cale will also be back from injury at some point & De Crespigny & Samu play 8. You might need to turn up the hearing aid :)

Apparently Schmidt’s standard is that you have to be fit to train by Monday - which only gives Gordon 1 more week. And we can see that when in doubt Schmidt has choosen not to risk guys with niggles. Also, not sure exactly how long White has postponed his retirement. You could be right that we...

I’ll be happy to see Lonergan get a crack.

You keep making this point but it isn’t true. Lynagh got plenty of criticism and JOC (James O'Connor) is getting plenty of scrutiny and criticism this morning too. Edit: and not just on here.

Schmidt’s strategy at the moment seems to be to prioritise maintaining continuity above rotating players just to create depth. It blew up in his face a bit with Lolesio but otherwise I think his strategy is going well. Injuries on their own create a fair amount of squad turnover and I feel like...

Paisami then probably Stewart. Unless they decided to move Sua’ali’i in one and play Daugunu or Flook at 13. I think Paisami is better than he’s often given credit for, but he’s still a clear step down from Ikiatau IMO.

We persist with him. I get that people want more from him but personally I fhink he’s progressing fine and we don’t have anyone behind him knocking the door down. And I know this isn’t the opinion of everyone but I think Ikitau is going great at 12. Maybe he’s still a better 13 but gee he...

I know I should be happy that we are competing in games like that - but I gotta say I’m still disappointed. Game was there for the taking. Unfortunately just a few too many errors at key times and goal kicking again our Achilles heel. I also thought O’Connor could have peeled of a bit more on a...