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That’s kind of what I’m saying, the structure is the issue, not the person, but wingers aren’t selected to flatten centres. Koroibete at his peak was the perfect balance, dangerous in attack and defense. Even Jonah lomu was a ridiculously poor defender.

If you scroll back a few pages you’ll see I’m certainly no Fisher fan. The first 30 minutes we were appalling, no excuses for that. The last 50 minutes we stood up and had a good crack. The #2 team in the world trains for the situation where they are 2 men down and although it seems easy to...

Defense is certainly not Kellaway’s strength, but that’s not why he’s in the team. I’m not entirely sold on Toole being a step up in Laurie’s passive defense structure. He’s fast but I can’t really see him sitting Reiko at full steam on his arse. To be clear, I’m all for giving him a shot on...

Ok Mrs Rennie

Yes he was, I will take credit for that

Wilson was not shit. He wasn’t perfect but he will certainly feature in the 3-2-1

The thing was he appeared to give us advantage, which could explain why bell took the risk at the next ruck. Poor reffing

Wtf was Noah doing there???

Yeah world class Lenny hasn’t been the same since Eddie didn’t pick him. Despite his global superiority at 13 I reckon it’s worth giving him a shot at 12 because that’s where we are truly crap. His left boot would be more useful one in as well.

Welcome to our world

I can see why Eddie turned to league coaches for defense. If Laurie is the best we have in the entire country, well fuck me. Nathan grey was light years ahead

Yay bucket hat Laurie

I think Joe has taken the view that none of our 10s are good enough so the best approach is to build some stability and experience with what we have until the saviour arrives on the scene. He could be viewing Lynagh as 'that guy' but sensibly has taken the view that he is best off getting...

We have had lots of players in this basket over the last 20 years. We all acknowledge it's an issue and there have been thousands of pages on this forum proposing various remedies that encapsulate every tier from U6's right through to the test team. As much as I'd like to hear it, this isn't...

There will still be a bledisloe I assume? Unless the NZRU decide to make it biannual…..

Yeah I figured the economics of a tour to Argentina wouldn’t add up. So we incorporate them into some sort of PI arrangement out this way. Or we just do a 2 match hit and run there like we just did.

He played for the Wallabies last year. They were his first and only appearances.

Wouldn't the obvious thing to do in 2026 & 2028 be to invite Argentina for a similar tour one year, and a return tour the other year? They are on similar ranking to us currently. Alternatively, what about entering NSW and Qld Origin teams in the Pacific Nations Cup (NSW +ACT +Vic; Qld + the...

It probably won’t. Schmidt opted for the 66 cap Wallaby ahead of the bloke who got dropped from his super side as his 3rd halfback. Everyone agrees Nic is near his use by date but it’s hardly worth getting in a lather about given our dearth of alternatives. You blokes are hardly flush in that...

He probably isn't making things up. On the other hand, the Waratahs were under no obligation to release him, and it would be a bad optic to release a player ad lib just to satisfy the desires of a contracted player. It's entirely possible that the Waratahs were sympathetic to the move, but...