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I think paired with White, who's is not a bad player, is also harming him in this regard. There is just so much more rigidly structured thinking as opposed to fluidity. McDermott is also not a perfect player by any means and has a propensity to throw in a clanger every once and again but the...

I think Vunivalu is a luxury we can't afford right now. He'd be world player of the year for a top team but we need more fundamentals. I think Donaldson is better suited to 23 to cover 10 and 15 with Kellaway on the bench. With Kellaway as cover for 13, both wings and starting at Fullback I...

Hopefully we get one of my guys QC (Quade Cooper) or JOC (James O'Connor). You no doubt recall how I thought QC (Quade Cooper) should have been our 10 months prior to the squad being formed. In all seriousness I don't think we can change course now. It would literally be miracle chasing if we replaced Gordon who was the form 10 all year...

Yeah I think Fiji put to bed the idea that you can just select a player based on kicking alone or one or two other qualities. What we gained in goal kicking was not equal to what we lost in decision making, overall skills, or defence. Kellaway is one of the only players that actually has...

So who's everyone's second teams? I go into every Wallabies game thinking we'll finally find the elusive form that took us to the bled in 2001 but I think there's no harm in putting teams out there now. I'm mostly Scottish but find them to be even more miserable and whinging than the poms. That...

Reds handily beat the Wild Knights last year in the invitational. I think the very best Japan teams are about equivalent to the worst super teams. But Japan has div 2 teams with heaps of Aussies running around as well. Anyway, my broader issue is the number of Aus players in our pro...

I am, but that more so includes France, UK, Ireland for players who may be wallaby potential. However the calibre of players most often heading to Japan and the US are either those not currently making super squads, or players close to retirement. For the former, I think you could argue that...

No. Where did I say that?

Even with Skelton, Tupou, Ala'alatoa, Tate and whoever else I no longer think it's reasonable to expect any combination of 23 players we have to be competitive at this world cup, regardless of the coach. Aus rugby is getting close to a position where, like in soccer, players essentially openly...

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These aren't really the points I was making.

That is all just rearranging deck chairs on the titanic. You single out Slipper for a match in which he was absolutely fine. If he'd not played TH then we'd have been smashed on that side instead of LH, zero sum game there. Isn't HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) also quite injury prone? More semantics. The Meafou thing...

Great to see those Melborne players get a run. They are so under represented, never hear of them.

It suggests Fiji are poor defenders because Wales aren't really known for their attack, or rather they haven't been for 40 years. Even if it's a genuine stat and they are that good we don't have to worry about that this weekend.

Other way around I thought. David Pocock still looks pretty good.

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Harry Wilson as part of a strong international pack would go down in history as better than Kieren Read.

I find it incredulous that Barrett and Mounga can look so ineffective given their respective resumes. Having a pack that's soundly beaten will put any 10 under pressure but I've always felt those two are the ultimate flat track bullies, it's just so rare for the darkness to be beaten up at the...

The breakdown was at an extremely high level in this match. France became dominant there at the end but both backlines were terrible I thought. Maybe just because France didn't want to play there and NZ tried to solve their problems by hoiking it too early. I think Smith, Whitlock, Retallick...

His fellow halfback Aaron Smith can give him directions. Really done with waiting for this match.