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Even now he is just becoming a starter (Rennie's comments)

It is those 8 - 10 pints a few days a week, followed by the mystery meat kebab

The problem goes back before Gibson, we had a wallaby laden squad, Super Rugby winning side but the next tier of prime development options knew that if they went elsewhere they would get more game time and more $$$ - and then Wobs contingent all left at once. No one was brave enough to move on...

But could catch high balls, get over the advantage line and score tries

Yep, he just had "he who shall not be named" in front of him

A rather under appreciated skill

I think they are all potentially going to be found out without a lot of team work, We will need two at the back with the skills of a 15 and the ball will be targeted at the third

Kellaway has now spent time at 15 at the back end of the last 2 tests?

The challenge is that I reckon Walton is one of the young centres with the most up side in the country, he is a bloody good footballer

It isn't too bad, but with a few areas of concern, 2 (not sure who is the 3rd hooker), 9, 15 & the locks

You could even have 1 Angus Bell 2 David Porecki 3 Harry Johnson-Holmes 4 Jeremy Williams 5 Ned Hanigan 6 Lachlan Swinton 7 Michael Hooper 8 Will Harris 9 Jake Gordon 10 Will Harrison 11 Izaia Perese 12 Joey Walton 13 Lalakai Foketi 14 James Ramm 15 Ben Donaldson 16 Tom Horton 17 Adrian...

Yeah, it does suggest some interesting selection dilemmas, in the centres particularity how do you fit in Foketi, Perese & Walton? and the backrow, Hooper, Swinton, Warren-Vosayaco, Harris, Sinclair, Holloway, Hanigan ......................

They would be budgeting for Ramm and another ( Funa, Nawaqanitawase, Newsome)

The squad so far https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/waratahs-roster-all-but-finalised-as-coleman-rolls-sleeves-up-for-pre-season-20211007-p58y5p.html

Coleman says Funa wants to trial at 15, he has played fullback in the NRL so he must have some skills

It is interesting to see how quickly gaps are filled up, last year we were wondering if we would ever have quality locks again, now we are looking at letting one of our best young locks get a full pre season

Yep, Maddocks head dropped and he started planning his escape. He dropped some high balls early, got dropped, then sent to the wing, then signs O/S Not exactly a sign of resilience

I have been surprised how much Valetini has improved, he looks at home as the Wobs 8

I like the Kiwi approach, the premise of a core group with the balance available to other the teams if they join their core is sensible and stops the soloing In the end RA supplies the cash Now if we can get some basic agreement on playing styles ..................

The usual, bad passes in or near contact