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Also, has there been any update on JJT's knee injury?

Matt O'Connor would have been a better option as HC (though not as good as Matt Taylor), supported by Tim Lane as attack coach.

Works for me. Anthony is a better 13 than he is a 12. Seeing him at 12 and Taps at 13 (or 15 for fucks sake) used to drive me fucking nuts

I'd kind of like our 10 to be running at the line, keeping the attack square and putting people through holes from minute 1 though

JJ got stretchered off with a knee injury in the Country vs Stars game. If it's an ACL (looks possible) does that mean that Turner is likely to get the contract he's after?

We could do worse though

I'm not saying your source is wrong, but that would be at odds with everything that has been said publicly by TGC

Paddy James is still at Bros and he's a better 10 than 12 in my observation

The reasoning that Horwill isn't a better lineout operator than Simmo or Mumm, not a better grunt merchant than Skelton or Douglas ignores the fact that it seems that Mumm is Fardy's direct back up and the only case for McMahon coming to rest Hooper and/or Pocock v minnows. IMO not worth it to...

I have nothing to say other than 1. I'm glad the Douglas is there, but Horwill should be too. I'd have both and no McMahon (Mumm to back up 6). Clearly Poey is now a bona fide 8 for us atm but it's a little riskier to play the Pooper with your only option to step in and start at tight lock being...

I still suspect Karmichael's best position will be 12 (I thought that when he came over) and Kerevi's is still a toss up (he's done well at both but I kind of like him running slightly wider)

The Wallabies (as they often do) have put me in a week long state of agonizingly lonely and obsessively analytical contemplation. No matter which way I look at it from I seem to arrive at the following as our best 15. 1. Sio 2. Moore (c) 3. Kepu 4. Simmons 5. Horwill 6. Fardy 7. Hooper 8...

Not necessarily in that exact configuration but those are the players (with a few of them being too close to call)

I definitely think the team that represents the Wallabies best shot at RWC glory. 1. Sio 2. Moore (c) 3. Kepu 4. Simmons 5. Horwill 6. Fardy 7. Hooper 8. Pocock 9. Phipps 10. Cooper 11. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 12. To'omua 13. TK 14. Speight 15. Folau 16. TPN 17. Slipper 18. Holmes 19. Skelton 20. McCalman or...

Yeah that's weird as shit

Obviously a few of the Souths boys will rightly claim spots in both teams and there be less Uni and Sunnybank players than last year. Muirhead, CFS, Van der Walt, Turner?, Ngaumo (though there is little love at QRU for him), Maloloua, Mikaela and Teti Tela all didn't play last year and are...

I think when selecting for this test several things must be considered a) winning the Test match - To do this we will NEED set piece solidity, breakdown accuracy and timing (though that will improve with a more practise of the attacking shape. We won't be caught short so often) and MAUL DEFENSE...

Tonight mostly confirmed to me that the Wallabies best 23 is what I thought it would be last December. 1. Slipper 2 Moore 3 Kepu 4. Simmo 5 Horwill or Carter 6. Fardy 7. Pocock 8. McCalman 9.phipps 10. Cooper 11. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 12. To'omua 13. TK 14. Speight 15. Folau 16. TPN 17. Sio 18. Holmes 19...

The execution in attach was poor for about 50 mins save for an isolated few good passes from Cooper (see AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)'s try). Genia is injured, Phipps starts. No problem there. Probably would have happened anyway, To'omua was excellent, absolutely excellent. He is the foil that Cooper needs, not Giteau...

God there is some fucking fond memories of that 2010 season. I had been a semi committed fan my whole life but I think it was the two games post SA in 2010 where we beat very good Bulls and Stormers sides with a team of no names that turned me into a die-hard. Our dominance of the Crusaders...